Recently, the author of a brand new young children’s book sent the library a copy of her book and asked us to review it. The library already has several books and dvds from the author’s mother and brother, and we thought her book would be a great addition as well, for a whole family of books!
The new book is called Will You Love Me Still? and features a funky cartoon cat who is concerned that her human friend might not love her when she does things that aren’t so perfect. The cat gets into several interesting and funny situations, and in the end, her humans friend reassures her that she will indeed always love the cat, no matter what. The story is a simple and fun one to share with young children around preschool age, giving them a good, healthy message that they too can be loved even when they do stuff that might upset their moms and dads.
A family who was visiting the library kindly volunteered to test out the book, and the young lady of the family not only asked for the book to be read again, but asked if they could borrow the book as well. And when asked what she thought of the story, she gave a big, wide smile. So I’d say that there was definitely a glowing review.
If you, like our young friend, want to borrow this book, you might need to wait a bit, but when it comes back to the library, it will be either on the children’s “new and noteworthy” book shelf, or it will be in the board books bin by the windows.
And if this book is out, you might like to check out a lovely book by Margaret Wise Brown called the Runaway Bunny, which also shares a tale of unconditional love. You can find this book either in the board book bin, or in the children’s paperback picture book bins (yes, we have two copies!).
Finally, we’d like to thank the author, Valya Boutenko, very much for donating her delightful book to the library as well!
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