Delivery

PreS-K—The central premise of this near-wordless picture book is that love is far-reaching because it is transported by many types of vehicles. In this case, these are literal vehicles, but in discussion, the term can easily be applied more liberally. The source, and beginning of the journey, is a grandmother who has baked heart-shaped cookies for her grandson. These she passes on to a courier, who passes them on to a farmer, and so on and so forth until they reach their destination. Whenever the cookies are placed on a new vehicle, the white coating obtains a red heart to symbolically remind readers that it is carrying precious cargo. The journey itself is rather extreme, especially since the end pages reveal the destination was next door all along, but it does make a point, and children will enjoy seeing all the different vehicles. Meshon's naive-style digital paintings are unremarkable, but his design choices (such as the white vehicles that pop on the colored backgrounds and characters) will appeal to a young audience.