How Do You Say I Love You?

by Hannah Eliot, Shirley Ng-Benitez (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn how to say “I love you” in ten different languages with this heartwarming board book.

“I love you” may sound different around the world, but the meaning is the same. From China, to France, to Russia, to Brazil, and beyond, this charming board book features “I love you” in ten different languages. Tapping into the emotions that parents feel for their children, the rhyming text is accompanied by sweet artwork that depicts different cultures around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534400122
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	12/05/2017
Pages:	26
Sales rank:	665,992
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Hannah Eliot is a children’s book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

Shirley Ng-Benitez is a writer and illustrator who lives in the Bay Area, California, with her husband and two daughters. Shirley is a proud member of the SCBWI, Picture Book Artists Association, Pacific Scribes, and Friends of Calligraphy. Shirley has illustrated a number of books, including Want to Play?, a 2016 Junior Library Guild Selection written by Paula Yoo, and Emily Lost Someone She Loved, a 2015 Gold Illumination Award and Bronze Moonbeam Award Winner written by Kathleen Fucci. Shirley is living her dream!

Editorial Reviews

10/16/2017
Children who already know how to say “I love you” in English can learn how to do so in 10 additional languages in a rhyming board book that zips around the world over the course of a day. Phonetic pronunciations help readers sound out each phrase, and the Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian entries appear in both transliterated versions in Roman letters and in their corresponding scripts and/or characters. Ng-Benitez helps children get a general sense of settings that include Brazil, France, Italy, and Spain in loosely sketched cartoons featuring warm parent-child moments and other expressions of love. Ages 2–4. Agent: Nicole Tugeau, T2 Children’s Illustrators. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

2017-11-22
Little readers learn how to say "I love you" in different languages.This board book takes little ones on a tour of the world as rhymes in an abcb scheme explain the different ways cultures say "I love you." In Italy they say "Ti amo," while in Egypt there's "Bahibak," but little readers will notice that in every culture, no matter what words are said, the characters' loving expressions stay the same. The phrase "I love you" is set in colored, boldface display type; each different translation is colored differently. The German "Ich liebe dich" is orange, and the Russian "Ya tebya lyublyu" is blue. All of the translations have phonetic spellings beneath them to help caregivers with pronunciation. The loose, line-and-watercolor illustrations feature people of all colors in famous and recognizable locales, emphasizing the expansive world that is still connected by a simple phrase. One drawback is that specific languages are not identified, which may lead readers to conclude that Egyptians speak "Egyptian" and that in both India and China but one language is spoken.A worthy if imperfect read for caregivers looking to introduce different cultures to their children. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews