# What I Like Most - Hardcover

by **Mary Murphy** (Author), **Zhu Cheng-Liang** (Illustrator)

**In a lyrical story by Mary Murphy, gorgeously illustrated by award-winning artist Zhu Cheng-Liang, a child offers an ode to her favorite things -- and people.**

_What I like most in the world is my window. This morning, through my window, I see the postman at the red gate. . . ._

A little girl observes, one by one, things that give her pleasure -- the apricot jam on her toast, the light-up shoes that make her feet bounce, the sparkling river, the pencil whose color comes out like a ribbon. But even after the jar becomes empty, and the shoes grow too small, and the pencil is all used up, one thing will never change. In a tenderly imagined story, Mary Murphy celebrates the intimacy of the bond between mother and child, while Zhu Cheng-Liang's wonderfully inviting artwork brings the day-to-day details to life.

### Author Biography

**Mary Murphy** is the acclaimed author-illustrator of many books for young children, including _Mouse Is Small, Are You My Mommy?, Good Night Like This, Say Hello Like This!, A Kiss Like This, Utterly Lovely One,_ and _I Kissed the Baby!_ She lives in Dublin, Ireland.

**Zhu Cheng-Liang** was born in Shanghai and studied fine arts at Nanjing Art Institute. He is the illustrator of _A New Year's Reunion_ by Yu Li-Qiong, which was a _New York Times Book Review_ Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year. Zhu Cheng-Liang lives in China.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.7 x 10.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** April 07, 2020

## Details

- **Price:** 16.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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