Where You Are My Love Will Find You

Where You Are My Love Will Find You

Author and Illustrator: Nancy Tillman

Ages Group: All ages

Published: 2010

This is a sweet, short story that follows a child through a variety of adventures in life reminding the child there where ever he is, whatever he does his mother’s love will always follow him. When he is feeling down all he needs to do is “lift up your face, feel the wind in your hair…” .

This is a story that is a gentle reminder for all of us that we are loved. In this particular story it is a mother’s love, but if you are reading it with your class you can talk about all of the love that surrounds us along with all the different kids of love. A friends love, a spouse’s love, God’s love etc. That wherever you are and whatever you are doing you are never alone, someone, somewhere loves you.

The illustrations in this book are as soft, gentle and beautiful as the message. Some of pictures are so beautiful they could almost look like an actual photograph. I really liked how on almost every page, the illustrator shows the child with a different kind of animal. The fun, animal adventures makes for an interesting picture book that even the youngest child would enjoy looking at.

I would recommend this book as a read loud around Valentines’s Day of maybe even during a time of a death or tragedy in the classroom, community or world. The message is one that we can never be reminded of enough. The words and pictures are very calming. The book is short but may contain some challenging words, could be read and enjoyed by first or second graders.