Love, Mama
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
With a heartwarming story and tender illustrations, Jeanette Bradley's debut picture book Love, Mama is perfect for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and any day when a child needs a reminder of the strength of a mother's love.
When Mama leaves her young penguin Kipling, he knows she'll return home soon—yet he still can't help but miss her. After all, Pillow Mama won't read, Picture Mama won't laugh, and Snow Mama is too cold to cuddle.
But then Kipling receives a special delivery from Mama, including a note that reads:
My love for you stretches across the wide ocean,
through day and night,
from earth to sky
and back again.
And Kipling knows that no matter where Mama is, he is loved. Soon, Mama comes home, and Kipling ends the day where he belongs—right in her arms.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A toddlerlike penguin named Kipling longs for his mother's return in author-illustrator Bradley's lovely and empathetic debut. Kipling hasn't been left at home alone, but that doesn't soften the sting of her absence, nor do replacement "mamas" he tries out: "Pillow Mama wouldn't read. Picture Mama wouldn't laugh," writes Bradley as vignettes show Kipling trying to stage a storytime session with a yellow pillow and showing off a dress-up outfit to a picture frame. A special delivery from Mama, which includes a card with a message of love transcending distance, brightens Kipling's spirits and inspires him to send one in return. Bradley's soft paintings and understated narration create a rich maritime world and the comforting assurance of enduring love that should readily resonate with the children of working parents, even if their Mamas don't head off to work on an ice floe, as Kipling's mother does. Ages 2 6.
