LOVE IS. . . An Everyday Valentine
Debbie Garcia-Bengochea
Paperback
(Wild Onion Press, March 15, 2010)
This gift-sized book of ten photos is a fun, visual feast as well as a young reader's spinach. On every page is a sentence that begins with LOVE IS... and finishes with words that every child must master by the end of second grade when "learning to read" switches to "reading to learn." But most of all, this little book will elicit giggles and compassion when young readers study the photos of kids with either Magic or Rainbow, renowned miniature therapy horses dressed up in various costumes or bringing their special touch to a special child. Blending photos of kids with physical differences with various others of different ethnicities, this little book makes a big statement: "In our current and future world, differences do not matter."