{"product_id":"of-love-and-pies-hardcover-signed-by-the-author-and-illustrator-sheila-mcgraw","title":"Book:  Of Love and Pies, Hardcover, by Sheila McGraw","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"fl-heading\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fl-heading-text\"\u003eTo buy your copy of Of Love and Pies, please click here: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/author\/B001K8PLKK?ccs_id=d2af3536-8dfc-44de-ab63-bfce7a8ccd53\" title=\"Books by Sheila McGraw\"\u003eBooks by Sheila McGraw\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"fl-heading\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fl-heading-text\"\u003eRecipient of the 2021 \u003cem\u003eLiterary Titan Book Award\u003c\/em\u003e for Children's Picture Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan there ever be too much love or too much pie? In this sweet and boisterous story, whenever the narrator says 'I love you' somewhere a baker bakes some pies. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the pies accumulate, the children's hands and faces are always sticky, and all their clothes have berry stains, while outdoors, kids who once got stuck in the mud now get stuck in the pies!\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinally, when pies are heaped as high as the moon, and everyone is on pie-overload, something's got to give, and a satisfying compromise brings the story to a happy and loving resolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Readers' Favorite says about \u003cem\u003eOf Love and Pies\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eI can’t imagine having too many pies. But, perhaps like everything else, too much of any one thing can become overwhelming.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIf so, there would be so many pies in the world that people would be playing in them, squishing their juicy goodness all over themselves and building pie trails far into the sky, perhaps all the way to the moon. Too many pies? Perhaps. There has to be a compromise, wouldn’t you agree?…\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheila McGraw’s picture book story, Of Love and Pies, is a funny, pie-filled story about love. Or, perhaps it’s a love-filled story about pies. You choose.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTold in rhyming verse and accompanied by charming illustrations, this gem of a story will entertain and amuse young readers of all ages as they compare the need for “I love you’s” with the need for more pies.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1248 no-lazyload\" height=\"118\" width=\"209\" alt=\"Illustration from Of Love and Pies by Sheila McGraw\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcgrawstudios.llc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/LandP-mouse-2.png?resize=209%2C118\u0026amp;ssl=1\"\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe plot follows the supposition that the statement, “I love you,” equates to another pie for each time the statement is shared. And this makes the possibilities both outlandish and humorous. Like the nonsense verse of Dr. Seuss and the compassionate loving bond of stories like Robert Munsch’s Love You Forever, this story will capture our hearts more intensely with each reading. Beautifully told and funny, too. Personally speaking, though, can one really tire of either “I love you’s” or pies?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1232 no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcgrawstudios.llc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5star1.jpg?resize=125%2C29\u0026amp;ssl=1\" height=\"29\" width=\"125\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e— Reviewed By\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEmily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers’ Favorite\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Love You Forever® by McGraw Studios","offers":[{"title":"19.99","offer_id":40223253758012,"sku":"BOOK-OLAP","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5995\/9100\/products\/Of_Love_and_Pies_jpg_480x480_d1b725fc-6567-40fe-8e37-694ad4e8b756.webp?v=1655748505","url":"https:\/\/mcgrawstudios.myshopify.com\/products\/of-love-and-pies-hardcover-signed-by-the-author-and-illustrator-sheila-mcgraw","provider":"Love You Forever® by McGraw Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}