Love Waves

PreS-Gr 3—A gray-and-white bunny doesn't cry when his parents go to work or when they put him to bed. He knows that his mom and dad miss him when they can't be together, and that their separations are only temporary. The story unfolds from the point of view of both parents as they leave for work in the morning and concludes when they are home again to put their child to bed. Feelings of love are expressed in lyrical rhyme and followed by thin, undulating lines—"waves"—of teal-blue foil. Illustrations done in warm pastels show mother waitressing in a café and father working at a desk "on the highest floor" of a skyscraper. The parents imagine their child performing different activities throughout the day: "Swinging high above the trees…/Eating honey with your peas…." Children who have separation anxiety will be reminded that their parents' love is constant and that good-byes don't mean that someone is leaving forever.—Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, AB, Canada