Flowers for Mama
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Mar 31, 2026
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- $5.99
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- Pre-Order
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Deborah Freedman is back with a heartwarming picture book on patience and love, perfect for Mother’s Day!
For Mama’s special day, the kittens decide to gift her all sorts of flowers. Some are drawn and stamped. Others stitched and sung. Oleander, though, plants a seed in hopes of gifting her a real flower. But as Mama’s special day approaches, Oleander's flower still hasn’t blossomed. Will he have a gift in time?
Flowers for Mama shows us many ways art can be made and how, with a little patience and a lot of love, very different flowers can all come together to form a whole garden, just for Mama.
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A quartet of gray kitties endeavor to find "something beautiful to celebrate beautiful Mama" in this lively process-oriented story. After an initial round of brainstorming led by young feline Oleander, the kittens decide to make flowers, and Freedman's mixed-media artwork creatively showcases the cats' unique, personality-driven approaches. One feline, splattered in pink paint, draws and stamps blooms. Another, depicted surrounded by tangles of string, uses "saved-up bits and scraps" to create an explosion of yellow flora. From a third, pictured with a pencil in paw, "melody, rhythm, and words emerged and bloomed as a song." Meanwhile, Oleander carefully fills a can with soil, water, and seeds, anxiously awaiting the organic result. When Mama's special day arrives and the tin remains flowerless, maternal comforting helps ensure a special celebration. Multidimensional art expansively showcases myriad ways to say "I love you." Ages 3–7.
