All the Places to Love

from James:

MacLachaln resonates with those who have (who long for) a ceremonial home. In this case, it's a farm that's been in the family for generations. You learn what each person in the family loves about the land as they explain the places to a newborn.

A sweet book about a child born and raised on a farm as told from his perspective and from his family's reminisces. The illustrations are superb, too. This one is a keeper.

Everyone has a different place to love, and together they make up all the places to love. This delightful story chronicles each family member's favorite place and how everyone introduces a new baby to his/her favorite place.

This book is a good example of poetry and can be a good writing-starter.

This is an author who touches the heart with both her illustrated and non-illustrated books.

This is a simple, delightful tale of life in the country. Told from the perspective of young Eli, we are drawn into the beauty of the earth and importance of family. This is a calming book that hearkened to a time when life provided the opportunity to stop and enjoy nature.

Highly recommended!

This is the story of a young boy who lives on his grandparents' farm with his parents. He describe the places he likes to go to with each family member. Soon, his mother gives birth to his little sister. The young boy then begins to describe how he will continue on the tradition with his little sister, telling her about the places he likes to go and with who. And he will find a place he likes to visit with her.

This is a charming story about family and tradition. I would use this story for Pre-K through first graders. It's beautifully illustrated. I do wish the illustrations would have been a little more child-like, but overall, it is a wonderful story. I think children would relate because they could tell about some of the places they show more like to visit and who they like to go with. show less

I personally really like this book. Growing up on a farm in the country I can relate to it and it brings back many memories that I have. With that being said, I do not think it would be a good book to use in an elementary classroom. It is simply a book about the life of a child. This could be a true story and it has no exciting aspects that would appeal to children. It is a picture book written for adults.
The illustrations are good. They are very realistic and the illustrator uses color and lines to give each of the drawings depth. The text of the story accompanies the illustrations very well.

I loved this book. I loved everything about it. The sentences were fairly simple, yet descriptive. The illustrations were true enough to reality yet were soft enough to evoke warmer feelings. The lessons--of being grounded, of loving where you are, of having family who love you and watch over you, of finding beauty everywhere, of enjoying the simple things--were fantastic. The entire book was just very pastoral, bucolic. It evokes the imagination. This is truly a wonderful book, and I'm seriously considering buying it.