The little girl in this book is appreciative of so many things in her world - her window, apricot jam, the river, pencils, chips, books, her teddy, and of course her mum!
Apricot jam is what I like most in the world. Except for these shoes ... right now they are what I like most in the world. Except for the river ... The river changes but it is always the river. That is why I like it most in the world.
Here is the website for Mary Murphy author of over thirty books.
Publisher blurb Walker Books: What I like most is this pencil. It is red outside and red inside. Its colour comes out like a red ribbon. It’s what I like most in the world. Except for... A little girl tells us about all her favourite things, from her light-up shoes, to hot, steamy chips, to her red pencil. But the girl knows that, even as her feet grow, her plate empties, and her pencil shortens, there’s someone she’ll always love … and that is what she likes the very, very most. An intimate ode to the unwavering love a child has for their mother, this tender, lyrical story is brought exquisitely to life by Zhu Cheng-Liang.
Make sure you linger over the end papers when you pick up this book - images of Spring and Autumn - reflecting time and change which are the themes of this book.
Have you seen the book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown? The format for What I like Most feels very similar. I would use all of these books in a writing class.
Zhu Cheng-Liang is from China. He has illustrated over fifty books. His work was chosen for the book All in a Day by Anno.
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