Love is the reason we are here. Love lives and grows within each child and bears fruit in his/her life, family-to-be, relationships and attitude toward self, others and our planet. Love is giving, compassion, kindness and creating an open heart. Love comes in many forms, many ways and for many reasons - all bringing the truth and hope of our humanity to light. The books below offer tender, sweet moments of love for us all. OneWomansMind.net has partnered with Amazon.com to offer product previews using simple mouseovers. Just roll your mouse over a book title and the product information and associated links are provided. Any item linked from this site and purchased from Amazon.com helps support and maintain OneWomansMind.net. Search for a specific title, author or illustrator   Web OneWomansMind.net

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge written by Mem Fox, illus by Julie Vivas

Authors and Illustrators

Patricia Polacco

Cynthia Rylant

Wendy Anderson Halperin

Mem Fox

Lovingkindness and Compassion

Melissa Parkington's Beautiful, Beautiful Hair by Pat Brisson, illus by Suzanne Bloom

Peach and Blue by Sarah Kilborne, illus by Steve Johnson

A Fairy Went a-Marketing by Rose Fyleman, illus by Jamichael Henterly

The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge written by Mem Fox, illus by Julie Vivas.

The Tale of the Heaven Tree by Mary Joslin, illus by Meilo So

Gold at the End of the Rainbow by Wolfram Hanel, illus by Loek Koopmans

Lu and the Swamp Ghost by James Carville with Patricia C. McKissack, illus by David Catrow.

The Trow-Wife's Treasure by Olivier Dunrea

And Here's to You by David Elliot, illus by Randy Cecil

Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts, illus by Frank Morrison

Jamela's Dress by Niki Daly

Love, Family and Home

The Cozy Book by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus by Betty Fraser

A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams

Soft House by Jane Yolen, illus by Wendy Anderson Halperin.

Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant, illus by Wendy Anderson Halperin.

A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus by Betty Fraser

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

My Mama Had A Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray

The Secret Remedy Book: A Story Of Comfort And Love by Karin Cates illus by Wendy Anderson Halperin

My Beautiful Child by Lisa Desimini, illus by Matt Mahurin

The Remembering Stone by Barbara Timberlake Russell, illus by Claire B Cotts

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, ills by Stephen Gammell