I Yoga You

by Genevieve Santos, Genevieve Santos (Illustrator)

Overview

Parents and children learn how to say “I love you” through yoga as they move through their day together in a perfectly mindful way.

I love you in the morning when we salute the sun.
Wiggle and stretch out of bed, our day has now begun.

From morning to night, I Yoga You celebrates the love a parent shares with their child while also teaching simple yoga poses. Sun salutations give way to mountain poses, tree poses, and more as families move through their mindful day together.

This padded board book teaches little ones a new way to say “I love you”—reveling in those quiet daily moments that shine with energy, delight, and surprises.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534454897
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	12/10/2019
Pages:	26
Sales rank:	1,109,613
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Genevieve Santos is an illustrator born, raised, and living in San Jose, California, and sole proprietor of a small stationery company, Le Petit Elefant. Wanderlust got the best of her, so she traveled to thirty-one countries before turning thirty, sometimes backpacking, sometimes by camper van, sometimes on her own, but always with a sketchbook. Her love for animation started at a young age and is what drives her to draw the slightest observations. She also has an insatiable weakness for ice cream.

Genevieve Santos is an illustrator born, raised, and living in San Jose, California, and sole proprietor of a small stationery company, Le Petit Elefant. Wanderlust got the best of her, so she traveled to thirty-one countries before turning thirty, sometimes backpacking, sometimes by camper van, sometimes on her own, but always with a sketchbook. Her love for animation started at a young age and is what drives her to draw the slightest observations. She also has an insatiable weakness for ice cream.

Editorial Reviews

2019-12-18
In this rhyming board book, 13 cheerful children move through a day of yoga postures, from a morning sun salutation to a bedtime "sleeping pose."

The opening lines mirror the cadence of the old song "Skinnamarink": "I love you in the morning / when you salute the sun. // I love you when you stretch out straight. / Our day has now begun!" Unfortunately, the rhyme and scansion deteriorate as the verse continues. "I love you in the garden / when we say hello to plants and trees" is fine, but it's followed by the tortured "I love you when you make me laugh— / you're full of such sillies," and rhyming "down" with "proud" is a huge stretch. Still, the 13 children shown incorporating yoga into everyday play are a diverse bunch. The adults helping the children dress, garden, play, meditate, fly, manage emotions, and explore are equally varied in terms of age and race, though there are no characters with visible disabilities. Any book lover will appreciate the penultimate stanza: "I love you / when we read book… / after book… / after book until the end of the day." The final line abandons the meter completely. "It is time for bed, sleepyhead. / Namaste." The last spread labels the poses modeled by each of the children. Clear backgrounds, a large clean type, and thick pages turn this simple paean to love into a useful instruction manual for the youngest yogis.

Mindfully executed (mostly). (Board book. 1-4)

Kirkus Reviews