The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Jenkins, Emily

Love You When You Whine

32 pp. | Farrar/Foster | September, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-374-34652-6 $15.00

(2) PS Illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier. Unlike that self-satisfied Guess How Much I Love You bunny, here's a parent whose claim of unconditional love has some grit. Rendered in comical, understated watercolors, a resigned mother cat lists numerous scenarios in which her impish daughter is less than well-behaved but, of course, still loved. All the examples capture the universally difficult yet amusing aspects of life with a preschooler.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2006