Love is All we Need

A beautiful picture book from a talented emerging illustrator about all the different ways we can all show love and care about each other.

Through six diverse and inclusive families, Krina Patel-Sage shows how love infuses all kinds of activities in our daily lives. Big events, like the coming of a new baby, or special festivals or anniversaries throughout the year; but also small moments, like a warm towel after a bath, or a hug after a fall.

There are acts of friendship, kindness, consideration—all kinds of activities that foster the sense of happiness and comfort that love gives, all portrayed with brightly colored images and a simple rhyming text.

There is also the fun of identifying the children on every spread: Ella, Dylan, Roman, Ali, Sophia, and Adam are named on the front endpapers and appear with their families all through the book, at home, in the street, at school, or in the playground.

Krina Patel-Sage is an illustrator, author, and designer. Beginning her design career at a London-based children’s publisher in 2012, her passion for creating innovative illustrated non-fiction grew. She went freelance in 2015 after her son was born, working for a variety of children’s publishers, moving from design to illustration. In 2018, she was shortlisted for Penguin’s WriteNow illustration prize. She wrote and illustrated My Mindful Book of Zen and illustrated Caterpillar Cake by Matt Goodfellow. She lives in London.