You Be Mommy
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A tired mommy lets her daughter have a turn being the parent at bedtime in You Be Mommy, a humorously charming debut picture book from writer Karla Clark and illustrator Zoe Persico.
Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight.
Can you be Mommy and hold me tight?
In this clever, rhyming picture book, a mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her.
An utterly relatable theme told with humor and heart provides a story parents and children will delight in reading together at bedtime.
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A tuckered-out mother requests a role reversal in this playful rhyming picture book. Regaling a young child with her day's tasks ("She worked all day at the computer store./ Came home to a big mess on the floor!"), the bespectacled, brown-skinned mom sweetly requests that her daughter "Read me a story and pat my tummy?/ Wipe my nose when it gets runny?" In Clark's repeating exhortation: "Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight." Her daughter gamely attempts to facilitate a nighttime routine but, in classic fashion, soon finds herself getting tired, too. Vibrant digital illustrations by Persico portray a comfortable home for the duo's gentle game. Though Mommy's plight is easy to emphathize with, there's no hint of resentment: this mama may be exhausted, but she loves her kid all the same. Ages 2 6.
