Sometimes Love

illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz
Penguin Young Readers/Dial
Forthcoming July 12, 2022
​ISBN: 9780593323823

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A tender, poetic picture book about a military family experiencing happiness, heartache, and learning to grow through change

“Changes come and changes go. Love through changes makes love grow.”
 
When her mother is deployed overseas, a young girl is temporarily parted from her beloved dog. Told in spare yet lyrical verse, this picture book shares a powerful message about the different ways we show love, from giving, to growing together, to sometimes letting go.

​But don’t worry, this pet story has a happy ending.

Praise for Sometimes Love...


“[Sometimes Love] eloquently conveys a wide range of emotions... illustrations that seem to shimmer off the page...An important lesson for young readers conveyed poetically with lots of heart."
-Kirkus Review, May 2022


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July 2 2020: PICTURE BOOK NEWS! My next picture book, SOMETIMES LOVE, with Joy Hwang Ruiz, published by Penguin/Dial is announced in  Publishers Weekly's Children's Bookshelf!