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Love by Sophia by Jim Averbeck

Love by Sophia

Hardcover – Picture Book, June 16, 2020

Jim Averbeck

Margaret K. McElderry Books · Hardcover · June 16, 2020

The precocious Sophia and her pet giraffe Noodle learn how to look at life, love, and art in this latest installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “fun, clever, and empowering.” Sophia loves her family and her wonderful pet giraffe Noodle, so when she gets an assignment to draw something she loves, she wants to make it extra special.

Art & ArchitectureLove & First CrushesGiraffe Storiesfamily
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Who it’s for
A playful family story finds fresh perspective in the art of showing what you love.
Themes
Love and family, Artistic expression, Seeing things from a new perspective
Genres
Art & Architecture, Giraffe Stories, Love & First Crushes

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The precocious Sophia and her pet giraffe Noodle learn how to look at life, love, and art in this latest installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “fun, clever, and empowering.” Sophia loves her family and her wonderful pet giraffe Noodle, so when she gets an assignment to draw something she loves, she wants to make it extra special. Taking her teacher’s advice, Sophia uses a little perspective and creates a work she calls Love.

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Before she can place her masterpiece on the refrigerator, her whole family has to approve of the painting. But this is the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the Louvre of refrigerators. Can Sophia persuade them to take a chance on a new perspective, so they can see love from her point of view?

Love, in Perspective

A playful family story finds fresh perspective in the art of showing what you love.

Come here for

  • A child’s affection for family and a pet giraffe
  • The gentle comedy of a refrigerator treated like a major gallery

Expect

  • An accessible picture-book take on love, art, and perspective
  • A family weighing one child’s work—and point of view

Where it sits

Art & Architecture64%
Love & First Crushes42%
Giraffe Stories38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Giraffe Stories
  • Multigenerational Families
  • Big Feelings
Authors
Jim Averbeck
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published
June 16, 2020
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Love and family · Artistic expression · Seeing things from a new perspective
Reading lane
Giraffe Stories