I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know

“When I count all my blessings,// you’re always number one.// Sweetest of all is...// we’ve only just begun.” Odom and Robinson’s rhymes capture the unconditional love that various caregivers feel toward children in this poetic tribute. Hwang Ruiz’s chromatic digital renderings have a luminous quality as they depict arrayed family formations of various abilities, body types, and skin tones doting on cherubic infants and toddlers—chestfeeding and cuddling, and enjoying mealtime and playtime, bath time and bedtime. A view of children wreaking havoc in the kitchen leans into the joyous messiness of family life, and a birthday celebration spread is full of smiling partygoers. Repeated use amplifies the driving sentiment: “Day by day,/ as I watch you grow,/ I love you more/ than you’ll ever know.” Ages 3–6. (Mar.)