Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind

by Naoko Stoop (Illustrator)

Love is patient,
Love is kind . . .
Love never ends.
 
Featuring the same little girl from All Creatures Great and Small , Naoko Stoop’s charming companion volume contains the text from Corinthians 13:4-8. Though used often at weddings, this verse also creates the perfect child-focused story about friendship, generosity, and the permanence of love. A self-taught artist, Stoop paints on planks of wood, which she buys specifically for their unique character. No canvas is ever the same!
       
This is the fourth in a quartet of spiritually oriented books to treasure, along with All Creatures Great and Small , Noah’s Ark , and Jonah and the Big Fish .

Genres: Childrens

22 pages, Board Book

Published January 3, 2017

About the author

Brooklyn, New York based selftaught illustrator creating childhood images in her loft studio.

"I’m trying to bring out the five-year old in people through my artwork. Because I believe that is the last moment before children start learning how complicated the world is, and that was when I once stopped drawing. It took me decades to come back to myself. Now? Here I am drawing everyday! For more about my work, please visit my website. Thank you for looking. Grew up in Tokyo, Japan, Creating in Brooklyn, New York, I love Moomin Troll and Totoro!!"

Reviews

[Dana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the sweet illustrations of this book and the Bible verse itself. How challenging to assist in visualizing an inanimate subject like love. This book tries to meet this challenge.

[Ashlynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful! This was part of my three year-old's Valentine's present and he loves it! The pictures are lovely and really help little ones grasp the meaning. He keeps asking me to read it over and over!

[Earl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy Naoko Stoop's illustrations. And this is one of my favorite quotes. Usually recited during weddings, this version makes it focus on friendship.