My Love For You Is Like the Night Sky Book Review #MyLoveForYouIsLikeTheNightsSky ~

This post is sponsored by Flying Cardinal Press. The review and opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal views.

ABOUT THE BOOK

My Love for You Is Like the Night Sky
Written and Illustarted by Laura Smetana

Ages: 0+ | 34 Pages

Publisher: Flying Cardinal Press (2025) | ISBN: 978-1737140993

Publisher’s Book Summary: With vivid watercolor collages, My Love for You Is Like the Night Sky, is the stunning companion to the award-winning book, My Love for You Is Like a Garden, named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023.

Say “I love you” at bedtime or anytime with this lyrical story that celebrates love with bold, colorful illustrations of stars, planets, and galaxies. As they look up at the stars, a child’s mother explains that her love is like the night sky. It glows with pride like the full moon, is as radiant as a meteor shower, and as vast as our solar system.

Readers of all ages will be inspired to step outside to marvel at the wonders of the night sky together—and maybe even spot a shooting star. Children will delight in learning the names of the planets in our solar system, the phases of the moon, and more in the glossary. A beautiful book to share with anyone you love!

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATOR

Laura Smetana is an award-winning author and illustrator. She loves creating bright, joyful cut-paper watercolor collages inspired by nature. Her author-illustrated book, My Love for You Is Like a Garden, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023, received a starred Kirkus review, and numerous other awards. She is also the author of Ice Cream with Grandpa: A Loving Story for Kids About Alzheimer’s & Dementia, (illustrated by Elisabete B. P. de Moraes), which won a Northern Lights Book Award. Laura co-authored her debut children’s book, Little Squiggle’s Lake Adventure, with her son. When she isn’t writing or painting, Laura can be found inspiring kids to create their own books at school author visits, teaching collage art to adults and children, stargazing, and going on walks to find the moon with her family. Laura lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and son. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Downers Grove Artists’ Guild, and the Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum.

Visit her online at www.laurasmetana.com.

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MY REVIEW

My Love For You Is Like the Night Sky is a must have book that is perfect for adding to your babies reading collection! This book is perfection for ages 0+ and I absolutely love the beautiful images found throughout of the night sky and all that it entails plus the wonderful loving message found within it too. I also appreciate that the author has a glossary at the end so that little ones can look for all of the things that can be found in the night sky and throughout the book….. whether that be a telescope, stars, the milky way and more! This is a short and sweet book perfect for reading to little ears and it makes a great baby shower gift too. I love that this is perfect for the youngest of readers and a great read for little ones learning to read on their own as well. My favorite quote from the book is for sure ‘Whether I’m near or far, my love for you is always within orbit.’…… but there are so many that I loved found throughout this book. Experience it for yourself by grabbing a copy today!

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