A Book of Loves Alan Gratz I want them to stop

I want them to stop hating themselves for their own mistakes

hoping she would not ask me to read a favorite verse aloud

until the night Vivian learns that her friend Bea's uncle

As a teenager in Paris

*2023 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

A Book of Loves Alan Gratz I want them to stopCelebrate the small, often overlooked things that cats, dogs, and children love in this sweet and gentle picture book from Newbery Medal winner and author of the Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant. Cats love boxes and windows and toysand other things. Dogs love sticks and biscuits and puddlesand other things. Children love bubbles and cake and storiesand other things. But what do they all love? Love.