Only You

By Rosemary Wells

Book Overview

With tender illustrations and prose as warm as a parent's embrace, this love poem from a baby bear to his mother celebrates the simple activities-such as reading, playing, and eating together-that are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067003634X
• ISBN13: 9780670036349
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.3" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 1 year and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Only You

Only You by Rosemary Wells is a wonderful book that shows how important children are to their parents. In the story, the mother spends a lot of quality time by cooking, painting, dancing, and playing with her child. Spending time with a child is the best present a parent can give a child. The mother bear accepts her child and lets him explore the world around him. One beautiful line in the story is "Only you... can turn a gray sky blue. Without you near." Thus, no matter what the child does they should always feel safe. The mother bear supports the young bear's learning in every possible way by letting him experience the world. Knowing that children learn from first hand experience. The mother bear models reading behavior early in the book. Later the young bear sits in the same chair and tries to read a book. If a child see a parent enjoy activity it gives the activity more value. Thus, the ultimate message is parents are a child's first teacher and most important role model.