Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield

This poem is about a young girl and all the things that she loves. She loves the simple things like sharing laughter with a friend, taking family rides in the country, and kissing her mama's arm. This is a good book to have in your classroom and share with your students. The main focus of this book is family and friends and I think it is important to show your students that you should love everyone. Another reason to have it in your classroom is that it is multicultural and I think that a lot of children can relate to the topic that is being talked about. This is also a good book to have at home for bedtime stories. Throughout the book, the young girl talks about everything that she loves but close to the end of the book there is one thing that she does not love and that is going to sleep.

The illustrator, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, does not have a lot of detail in her pictures but she does do a great job of adding many colors. She also does a great job of making the people in this book look real life like. I would recommend this book for kids ages 2-6.