I Miss You Every Day

My 3 1/2 year old son responded really well to this book after we got it from the library. His dad was temporarily working out of state and we read this book often. He talks about who he misses and tries to pretend a house in the book is either grandma, dad, or our house. This is a great read aloud and the text is short, sweet, and engaging -- which is a hard accomplishment for dealing with sad and lonely feelings of a young child missing someone. This is brilliant, it engages genuine emotions with a silly-fun idea to mail yourself to someone. We love it!

This story was recommended by children's literature specialist Judy Freeman. I used this book for my second grade literacy groups. They wrote letters as with the little girl in the story to someone they miss everyday. The illustrations are bright and humorous as this little girl goes through the processes of mailing herself to her special someone. The story never tells who she is going to see and it was fun doing predictions with the second graders imagining where she might be going and who she was going to see. It led to many discussions and story sharing!