I LOVE YOU ALWAYS

I LOVE YOU ALWAYS by Rachel Piercey. Illusrated by Freya Hartas

This heart-warming book is going to kick off my Valentine's picks for this year. When my kids were little this is exactly the type of book I would buy. It would have been read over and over, and I'll tell you why! This book has 100 hearts to find within the lovely illustrations. There are 5 scenes with 20 hearts hidden in each scene. It is glorious! The scenes are filled with lots of woodland creatures and insects, so why stop with just finding the hearts? How about finding and counting the lady bugs on each page or pileated woodpeckers, owls, chipmunks, etc? I did this over and over with so many books when my kids were young. It helped to add a new element every time we read the same book over and over! Actually, when I sat down to read this for the first time, I grabbed my youngest, who is a 7th grader, to read it with me. We found the hearts and then we immediately started finding the other animals. Old habits die hard. It was so much fun! If you have littles I highly recommend getting your hands on this book! I'll include a sneak peek in the comments so you can see how cute this book really is!