Love Life Story

About the Book

Writer/illustrator John Jugum extends the resources of art to create a highly original artistic atmosphere in which kids can answer basic concepts in numbers and words with his beautiful new picture book Love Life Story. Tactile, with life-affirming illustrations and colours that little kids can instinctively latch on to, Jugum's new volume carefully assimilates complex ideas into a mix of images, words and colours that are perfect for kids four to seven years old to play with. It is an orientation geared to engage its readers to learn positive affirmations through play.

Dedicated to Jugum's daughter, Jade Tereza, Love Life Story is about the author's wish for transference, so that she may feel how his love for her connects to her love for Life and for the whole Earth. The book comes with a complete understanding of the sweet spots in a child's senses. The illustrations distill a universality of positive emotion, radiating good cheer. Children connect to psychic worlds that adults have forgotten. By colouring these worlds (via sublimation and dream) with bright, beautiful images, Jugum achieves a symmetry that kids love. They learn that Earth, Life and Love are beautiful–with it comes connectivity and therefore openness to the world.

In the world of chaos, love is the only medicine and this medicine Jugum configures especially for kids. The illustrations are dream impressions of everyday things-easily identifiable, warm and comforting-surely these are the elements to a well-regulated dream life for kids. When the book ends, the adventure of Love Life Story begins.

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