Celebrate Unconditional Love with "Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch"

Melissa Ainsworth: Great story for teaching hope everyone has value.

United States on Aug 02, 2023

pollywally: Bought this for Valentine's Day to read some books that show non-romantic love, and this one was so sweet! It might sound a little cheesy, but I get all teared up when I read it and my kids all chuckle that mom is emotional again 😁

United States on Mar 28, 2023

Rachel Wade: My first graders love this book. And enjoyed reading it and working on all the important reading skills. I used it as a read aloud.

United States on Mar 03, 2023

Alyster B.Alyster B.: Bought this book to read to my class. The book is super cute. I love the story. Upon opening it, I noticed there were tears in the front cover, a corner whipped off on the back cover, and tears in some of the pages.

United States on Feb 13, 2023

J.W.: An absolutely beautiful story about kindness and caring for others. A must for your child's library!

Canada on Aug 11, 2022

malz: My 6 yr old loves this book,it touched my heart too.
it’s a beautiful story with wonderful life lessons.I wonder why this is not a classic!so glad to have come across this book
Beautiful illustrations ,the story is about kindness,empathy and thoughtfulness.
How one thought changed a person for the better.it’s story also subtly deals with loneliness and overcoming it.

It’s lengthy so age 5 and up I am guessing.

India on Oct 10, 2021

Venus: I took my Granddaughter to a theater play based on this book. We both enjoyed the story so much that I decided to purchase the book so that she will always have a reminder of our time together, as well as the message that was revealed during the play. I am keeping the book till her birthday.

Canada on Jun 22, 2019

courtney: Found this one for my kids while on a mission to celebrate Valentine's Day. This is, at it's heart, about the transformational effect of love on a lonely man, about reaching out to people you might overlook, about being a part of a community / connecting with people, and about how a person can enrich others' lives by sharing their unique strengths and talents. That's a LOT to successfully pack into a picture book! It teaches empathy, and it's really SO beautiful. There are 2 things I would tweak, but they are minor and not everyone will mind them:
1. I thought I had FINALLY found a valentines book for kids that was exclusively about friendship and platonic love and didn't fall into normal tropes. This is 99% true. But it does subtly allude to the default Valentine's expectation of romance in one little sentence along the lines of "he wondered if any of the *women* who visited [...] had sent him the valentine." Does it make sense for an adult heterosexual male to interpret a valentine as romantic? Yeah of course. Is his sexual or romantic interest relevent to kindergarteners or to the plot? Nope. I replace the word "women" with "people" when I read it to my 5 year olds, who are...

United States on Feb 12, 2019

Amazon Customer: This is one of my new favourites...should be a classic! I found it by hearing Hector Elizondo read it on YouTube, which I also recommend. What a beautiful story about kindness, community and our ability to change. My daughter, 5, really enjoys this story and has a strong empathetic response to the main character. It's a fairly lengthy book, so I would imagine it's good for ages 5 and up.

Canada on Nov 08, 2018

Angela: My favourite Valentine themed book EVER! I read it to my students every year. Great for teaching empathy, kindness, and the need for friendships. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

Canada on Aug 21, 2017