PICTURE BOOKS

I Love You So Much!

by Steph Stilwell (text) & illus. by Steph Stilwell
Grosset. Dec. 2025. 16p. Board $9.99. ISBN 9780593888520. PreS-Gr 1
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PreS-Gr 1–More suitable for caretakers to buy in bulk and mail as valentines, this cartoonish board book and its scenes of cheerful heart-shaped balloons, smiling chocolates, and pots of giddy daisies will woo the most hardened toddler into holiday swoons. It has blank lines for children to fill in so perhaps in library collections, this one stays behind the counter. The text espouses greeting-card level endearments: “Life with you is roses,/ my little cuddle bug,/ I love being with you—/ every snuggle and each hug.” Shout-outs in word balloons supplement the courtship, sometimes platonic: “You’re my best bud!” and “Love you bunches!”
VERDICT Not essential, but it’s a whole lot of love in relatively few pages, and children won’t mind the sugarcoated sentiments.
Reviewed by Kimberly Olson Fakih , Sep 26, 2025

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