I Love You Because You're You [Board book]

This book has quickly become a family favorite--and this new format with padded covers and cardstock pages will become an enduring classic of the genre.

As a poem about a mama fox's unconditional love for her cub, this story describes the many moods of all children--from happy to frightened, bashful to silly, and more--and reassures them of parents' abiding affection and approval. Truly remarkable watercolor illustrations from David McPhail, sensitively wrought and never saccharine, are the perfect complement to Liza Baker's rhythmic, rhyming text.

Now available in a padded, paper-over-board book, I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU celebrates a parent's unconditional love for a child, as illustrated by award-winning artist David McPhail.

Liza Baker is a childrens book editor and the author of several books for young readers, including two previous titles illustrated by David McPhail, I Love You Because Youre You, and Mamas Right Here. Liza lives in Westchester, New York, with her husband, Aaron, a Lieutenant in the New York City Fire Department, and her three very busy young sons, Gardner, Byron and Caleb.



David McPhail was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He attended Vesper George University from 1957 to 1958 and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School from 1963 to 1966. He has been an illustrator of childrens books since 1967 and an author of childrens books since 1971. He says he enjoys writing and illustrating as much as he did when he began.