On his first day of preschool, Dimitri's vocal affection for
everything is met with wary reactions--until his guileless words begin
to take root and grow.
Dimitri may be small, but his heart is as big and as open as a cloudless
blue sky. "I love you," Dimitri tells his new classmates at preschool.
"I love you," Dimitri tells the class guinea pig and the ants on the
ground. "I love you," Dimitri tells the paintbrushes and the tree with
heart-shaped leaves. So why doesn't anyone say "I love you" back? Could
love also be expressed in unspoken ways? In a familiar story of
navigating the social cues of new friendship, author Jane Porter and
illustrator Maisie Paradise Shearring offer a thoughtful tribute to the
tender ones--those who spread kindness simply by being, and who love
without bounds.