The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Join Max and his monster friends as they head off on holiday for lots of stinky, smelly, gooey, gunky fun in the sun . Bear, and for her series of spooky middle-grade fantasies about the Strega-Borgia family, which began with Pure Dead Magic - also happens to be the author of my all-time favorite reassurance tale, No Matter What. The rhyming text itself is simple and sweet, making for a good read-aloud, and the adorable illustrations are colorful and appealing. The ending was a bit difficult to swallow initially (the life of a star was initially lost on my children), but after reading it hundreds of times (not exaggerating!

Small’ an anxious, grim and grumpy character who is feeling unloved is comforted by ‘Large’ that he is loved. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.This is a lovely little tale in and of itself, but would also be very useful if you were looking to reassure an insecure child that nothing can change a parent's love, especially during a tumultuous time of change such as a divorce or bereavement. The first two examples are easy to see why a child might feel they need reassurance that they’ll still be loved–feeling awful and/or acting out when feeling grumpy or angry (grim and grumpy, and grumpy and grizzly bear).

It's always important to tell someone you love them - no matter what, even if they've behaved terribly, started to sulk, and have become a little tired and grumpy. DEBI GLIORI has illustrated many beloved picture books, including Joyce Dunbar’s Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep and Tell Me What It's Like to Be Big, along with her own No Matter What and Penguin Post. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. In this beautiful and lyrical picture book we see a clever and resourceful mother prove to her child that a parents love is limitless - no matter what! Bough for my son as it touches a little on death very lightly and as he’s been piecing a few things together at this age (nearly 5) I wanted to reassure him a little if he was a bit concerned.So much so that I have now bought this book for my baby nephew and hope that his parents will read the story to him and they'll enjoy it as much as my family and I. With a gentle, rhyming text and illustrations that exude a snuggly warmth, she offers a reassuring, though ultimately cloying answer. The stars feature heavily in the illustrations too remind those who have read it before how stars are always there, just sometimes we can’t see them. Used books have different signs of use and might not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. Small gives various situations in which he thinks his mother wouldn't love him - if he was a bear, a bug, or a crocodile, and his mother soothes every worry.

With peep-through pages throughout and an irresistibly, squishy shiny heart at the end, this is the perfect book to celebrate love in an uplifting and accessible way for little ones. Picture books that are reassuring can help soothe a child, help them know that they are loved–or should be loved. After finding two abandoned presents, Santa Baby and Roo embark on a race against time to deliver the gifts. So beautiful for a childrens book, a lovely way to show your child about love and acceptance from a young age. Our Step-by-step Guides and Planning Tools enable you to quietly gather your thoughts and safely save information.I think, this book is a great helper for parents to explain to children, that parents can not love the child less or more or fall out of love with him. Discussions in circle time could be used where we throw a football around student to student where each child says something that the love about themselves. As in books like Lisa McCourt's I Love You, Stinky Face, the child ups the ante with unpleasant scenarios: what if Small were some other ostensibly uncuddly creature, like a squishy bug or a crocodile? No matter what you look like, where you live or who your parents are, YOU are loved – just as you are! Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage.

In this delightfully optimistic and feel-good book, Fox and Porcupine discover that blue skies or grey, EVERYTHING is better when they're together. At first, he can't work out what the machine is for-it doesn't beep or buzz like all his other machines and it doesn't have an ON/OFF button. Their conversation is Small questioning Large's love and Large reassuring Small that "No matter what" Large will always love Small.Told in endearing rhyming couplets, it's the story of Small, who is feeling insecure and unloved, and his mother, Large, who must reassure Small that she will always love him, no matter what.