Love

　　站在床邊看著你的父母，眼神裡有愛；半夜做惡夢醒來，母親抱著你輕聲說，沒事沒事，這也是愛……。

　　紐伯瑞文學獎金獎得主最新力作！透過各種情境，帶你體會「愛」，這個全世界數十億人口共享的真摯情感！

　　「一開始有光，還有兩個人站在你床邊，睜大了雙眼看著你，他們的聲音，是愛」、「當你坐在後座，隨著城市不平的路面顛簸時，計程車司機扭開的收音機頻道裡輕輕傳來的，正是愛的聲音，所有一切聞起來都好新鮮，就像生活一樣……」。

　　紐伯瑞文學獎金獎得主Matt de la Peña輕柔的筆觸，加上暢銷童書繪者羅倫（Loren Long）透過各種情境的描述，帶我們再次體會「愛」，這個從我們出生的那一天起一直擁抱，一直延續到童年以及未來歲月的普世價值。

　　Matt de la Peña抒情的文句，舒緩而又鼓舞人心，溫柔的呢喃鋪陳出一個強大的故事，各世代的讀者都能與之共鳴。(文/博客來編譯)

　　From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all.

　　"In the beginning there is light
　　and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed
　　and the sound of their voices is love.
　　...
　　A cab driver plays love softly on his radio
　　while you bounce in back with the bumps of the city
　　and everything smells new, and it smells like life."

　　In this heartfelt celebration of love, Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long depict the many ways we experience this universal bond, which carries us from the day we are born throughout the years of our childhood and beyond. With a lyrical text that's soothing and inspiring, this tender tale is a needed comfort and a new classic that will resonate with readers of every age.

Review

　　Praise for Love:
　　A Winter 2017-2018 Kids’ Indie Next Top Pick

　　★ "De la Peña’s prose poem speaks right to young children. . . . People often talk to children about love; in these pages, they can see and feel what it’s like. And there’s plenty for everybody."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

　　★ “From the moment prose and art appear in the opening spread, de la Peña and Long usher readers into a patient, pensive meditation on love. . . . Timely, timeless, and utterly necessary.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

　　“Newbery Award–winning De la Peña offers a lyrical ode to love in this stirring picture book. . . . In De la Peña’s lines, love becomes not just an emotion between people but a feeling suffusing the world.”—Booklist

　　“Long and Matt de la Peña . . . hit the mark with Love . . . a gentle, poetic picture book about love in all circumstances, even the tough ones.”—Shelf Awareness

　　★ "This heartfelt and sensitively rendered picture book meditation begs to be shared and discussed with children . . . Spread the love."—School Library Journal, starred review

　　"[A] poetic reckoning of the importance of love in a child's life . . . eloquent and moving."—People Magazine