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Love Is a Shape
  • Published: 27 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780593898666
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00

Love Is a Shape

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Hardback
27 Jan 2027
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22 Dec 2026
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Celebrate family and the many forms love can take in this timeless picture book—a perfect gift for any occasion.

Square is a dock.
Wavy is lake.
Love is the shape of the stories we make.

There are many ways love takes up shape in our lives. In moments big and small, follow one family as they express their love in different ways, from sharing a sweet treat with grandma to celebrate a birthday, to offering a hug and bandaging a sibling's scrape when they fall down.

With gentle, rhyming text and cozy illustrations, here is a tribute to the multitude of ways we care for one another, and a reminder to the ones we hold dearest just how loved they are.
  • Published: 27 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780593898666
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the authors

Kate Hoefler

Kate Hoefler is the author of several picture books, including Nothing in Common (illustrated by Corinna Luyken), Great Big Things, Rabbit and the Motorbike, and Real Cowboys, which received two starred reviews and was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Kate received her MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan, where she was a Colby Fellow. She lives in Ohio with her family.
KH

Praise for Love Is a Shape

Praise for In the Dark:
"Magical and astute, In the Dark sheds light on building community through kindness, compassion, and connection." —Booklist, starred review

"A story . . . told with a spare, lyrical prose that invites engagement. Luyken’s art . . . truly gives the feeling of an autumn bonfire glowing through the chilly shadows and brambles." —The New York Times

"A marvelous mix of autumnal spirits with a deeper call for understanding." —Kirkus Reviews