It Takes a Lot of Love

By Michael Ambrosio

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971608547
• ISBN13: 9780971608542
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: LionX Publishing
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Kids loved this book!

Reviewed by Leslie Granier and Nicholas Lopez (age 5) and Marissa Lopez (age 2) for Reader Views (11/07) "It Takes a Lot of Love" is the story of a young bear that has so much fun playing that he does not want to go to sleep. He tries several stalling tactics but his mother keeps putting him back in bed. Through patience, determination, and a lot of love he finally falls asleep for the winter. This book emphasizes the frustrations parents face regardless of how much they love their children. I thought it was cute when the mother was trying not to laugh when the baby got tangled in his blanket, even though she was quickly losing patience. The use of rhymes will appeal to children and make them want to read this book over and over (probably right around their bedtime). Some of the words (persist and resist) used in the story are unfamiliar to young children but they should be able to follow what is happening. Marissa giggled throughout most of the book and asked to read it three times before we could move on to other activities. She loved when Baby Bear sneezed so hard he fell out of bed. Nicholas enjoyed the story in "It Takes a Lot of Love" and thought "it was so funny I laughed my head off." He really liked the picture with the bear carrying the fish in his hands. He wanted to know why the Mama Bear wears slippers but not clothes. He thought it was nice when the Mommy, Daddy, and Baby Bears were all hugging at the end.

The warm and fuzzy art style adds a comforting touch to this ideal read-aloud storybook

It Takes a Lot of Love is a rhyming children's picturebook about a little bear who has trouble falling asleep. Sometimes he sneezes and falls out of bed, sometimes he gets tangled in the covers. With help from his loving mommy and daddy, he finally manages to drift off. "Daddy and Mommy / together persist / With so much love, / I cannot resist. // So if you see me dreaming, / please don't make a peep, / because it took a lot of love / for me to finally go to sleep." The warm and fuzzy art style adds a comforting touch to this ideal read-aloud storybook just before a child's bedtime.

The perfect rhyming story

Beautiful pictures enhance this story as you read about an adorable little bear who has trouble staying in bed. The bear's mother tries patiently to put him back in bed for sleep, but every time the little bear asks for one thing or another. Finally the mother asks for the father's help in putting their little one to bed. This book shows the persistant patience of a loving mother and the warm strength of the father as together they succeed in putting their tiny one to sleep. Not only is the story adorable, but it rhymes perfectly with a soft cadence to the words.