I LOVE YOU EVERY DAY

Diverse communities demonstrate the many ways love is shared and expressed from day to day.

Otter uses simple but evocative statements to describe the multipronged nature of love. Love is about the security of a warm embrace, showing kindness, and expressing feelings across distances and generations. Love is also about making others feel safe, providing encouragement, and placing our trust in family, caregivers, and good friends. The text alone might border on saccharine, but Más’ bright, colorful illustrations provide young readers with concrete, recognizable examples of everyday loving behavior. Children and adults are seen intimately and peacefully interacting in home and community settings. The characters express affection and tenderness using easy-to-interpret facial expressions and body language. Their skin tones vary widely, from very pale to deep brown and many shades in between. Some of the families depicted are interracial. There is lots of variety in hair color: Several men have facial hair, and there are white-haired grandparents, one of whom wears a sari. The inclusive illustrations also feature two characters in wheelchairs, several wearing glasses, a pregnant woman, and a two-daddy family.

Little ones will find comfort and reassurance in this heartwarming picture book.