ISABELLE C. HAU | LOVE TO LEARN

My inaugural book, Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Education, was published in February 2025 by PublicAffairs, part of the Hachette Book Group.
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Book Highlights:
Explores the cutting-edge science of relationships on how early relationships are key to healthy brain development, resilience, and lifelong flourishing.
Highlights the urgent need for nurturing, loving connections in early education given contracting circles of relationships around our young children.
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Pre-pandemic, one in five young learners and 44% of high schoolers did not have a single caring adult in their life. Recent data shows that 8 in 10 infants born during the pandemic lack a strong emotional connection with their moms.
We face a silent crisis with long-term negative impacts, but there is hope.
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Love to Learn Vision:
Offers a bold vision for a future where learning is relational, and love is a literacy.
Focuses on relational intelligence as the key to unlocking human potential, going beyond artificial intelligence.
Invites parents, grand-adults, educators, administrators, edupreneurs and all who care about children's learning and well-being to imagine, innovate, and prioritize love and relationships.
Aims to inspire, engage, and maybe change our understanding of childhood itself.
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Relational Roots:
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Love to Learn is centered on the importance of relationships, and the book itself would not be coming to life without the incredible support of key relationships:
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Publisher Clive Priddle at PublicAffairs/Hachette Book Group, who believed in this big idea from the start.
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Agent extraordinaire, Jill Marsal with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, and editor Lisa Kaufman.
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The unwavering support of my my "Book of Directors," family and friends.
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Book Goals:
Typical goals with books are fame or money. For me, it is all about impact. How can each and every child learn and thrive? The profits of the book will be distributed back to nonprofit organizations featured in the book.
Press Coverage:
EdSurge
Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says, by Emily Tate Sullivan
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The Power of Early Relationships, by Rebecca Gale
Stanford
“In the Age of AI, What Makes Us Human” by Isabel Sacks
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“How Early Relationships Fuel Brain Development and Learning” by Isabelle Hau and Michelle Kang
Ellen Galinsky Research to Thrive Buy
A Turning Point for Relational Intelligence, by Ellen Gallinsky
Burke Foundation
The science of love
FastCompany
As technology evolves, this the one skill we’ll need to succeed in life” by Isabelle Hau
NordAnglia
“Why Early Years are the most important years in learning” by Jenny Anderson
Commentary
Marina Helou
Podcasts:
“The Future Belongs to Those With Relational Intelligence”, with host Ginny Yurich
“Love to learn, AI in Education, Play In Education”, with host Hayley Spira-Bauer
“How Love Helps Kids Learn”, with host Dr. Phil Stieg
“Relational Intelligence: The Key to Thriving in the Age of AI”, with host Mike Palmer
Podcast with host Joe Waters
“Play drives creativity, it drives collaboration”, with host Emily Murphy
“Using AI in the Classroom Without Losing Your Humanity”, with hosts Jeremy Roschelle and Betsy Corcoran
“Rebuilding the Village: Love, Learning & Connection”, with host Dr. Judy Carrington
“Why Relationships Matter More Than Ever in Education”, with host Sheldon Eakins
“Relational Intelligence, Educational Research, and Love to Learn” with host Matthiew Penot
“Education Demands Better Relationships with Children” with host Will (Menfei) Lee
“How Can Stories Shape the Future of Education”, with hosts Gorav Menon & Kevin Liu
“How effective are new education tools and technology in the classroom?” with hosts Dean Dan Schwartz and Denise Pope
“How to Accelerate Research and Solutions in Learning”, with host José ‘Pepe’ Escamilla