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  • I'll Always Love You

I'll Always Love You

Author
Publication Date
December 12, 1988
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
I'll Always Love You

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Description

In this gentle, moving story, Elfie, a dachshund, and her special boy progress happily through life together. One morning Elfie does not wake up. The family grieves and buries her.

The watercolor illustrations, tender and warm in color and mood, suit the simple text perfectly.

Publication date
December 12, 1988
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780517572658
Lexile Measure
540
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
BISAC categories
JUV002190 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets
JUV039030 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death & Dying
JUV002070 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Dogs
Library of Congress categories
Dogs
Death

School Library Journal

In this gentle, moving story, Elfie, a dachshund, and her special boy progress happily through life together. One morning Elfie does not wake up. The family grieves and buries her. The watercolor illustrations, tender and warm in color and mood, suit the simple text perfectly.
Hans Wilhelm
With over 42 million books in print, Hans Wilhelm is one of America's most popular author/illustrators of children's books, including I'll Always Love You for Random House Children's Books. Many of his 200 books have been translated into 20 languages and have become successful animated television series that are enjoyed by children all over the world. His books have won numerous international awards and prizes. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Mazza Museum of Art at University of Findlay, Ohio (the world's first and largest teaching museum devoted to literacy and the art of children's picture books), the Dodd Center at the University of Connecticut, the Kerlan Collection at University of Minnesota, and the de Grummond Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi.Hans was born in Bremen, Germany. He lived for many years in Africa before moving to America. He now lives in Weston, Connecticut, in an old farmhouse with his artist wife, Judy Henderson.