I Love You

<p>A joyful poetic read-aloud book that uses gentle words paired with simple yet vibrant watercolor illustrations to help celebrate growth love and family. A great gift to celebrate the addition of a little one to your family.</p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>Author's Note</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>At the beginning of 2025 I was set to be a first-time father</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>and I wanted to express the joyous gift God had given me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>So I decided to write a letter to my son telling him how</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>happy excited and anxious I was to welcome him into my life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>What originated was something short and sweet but straight</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>from the heart. Then I had the crazy idea of transforming the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>words to my son into a children's book. I gave great</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>consideration on how I wanted the illustrations to be. I</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>determined that they had to be simple. My vision for the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>illustrations was that the art should enhance the words without</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>overtaking their significance. I want the reader's imagination</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>to take over and create their own meaning using the essence</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(67 67 67 1)>of the words and illustrations.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h4><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Reader Views Book Review</strong></h4><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Reviewed by Elizabeth Upshur for Reader Views (2026)</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>First-time father Juan Reynoso's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I Love You</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is a beautifully crafted intentional and loving dedication to opening up your heart and the joy of paternal adoration. There are many books on the subject of love particularly the love between mother and child (classics like Roger Knapp's </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Love You Forever</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> quite readily spring to mind).</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)></span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Read the full review here:</strong></p><p><u style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>readerviews.com/reviews/i-love-you-reynoso</u><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p>