Our Love

Concluding with a glorious gatefold parade of animals and their babies, Our Love is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the love between parent and child. Each spread is given over to an illustration of a different animal grown-up and little one with a line of text that is both particular and general: we see a koala mum with a baby on her back, ‘Our love can climb higher than any tree’; bears snuffling up berries with the text, ‘Our love is sweeter than any breakfast’; a penguin family, ‘Our love warms me on the coldest of days’. ‘Love’ books are always popular but this feels particularly charming. Fatima Ordinola’s soft delicate illustrations in a palette of pinks, blues and purples, have a real warmth while each animal duo or group project an enveloping sense of love, togetherness and family. The illustrations provide ample opportunities for book talk too as we meet a range of animals, from lions and elephants to birds, giraffes and tortoises, this is certain to be a favourite with all family members.

Read our Q&A interview with Fátima Ordinola.