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61) Love, Mama
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
With a heartwarming story and tender illustrations, Jeanette Bradley's debut picture book 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.
62) You be Mommy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A tired mother lets her rambunctious toddler have a turn being the parent at bedtime.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A child tries to understand the life of a man he has seen sleeping under a bridge. The boy s mother patiently answers his questions and explains how people s life paths can be so different. The child observes the things he has in common with the man and wonders where his own path will lead.
65) Fallout
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Written in free verse, explores how three teenagers try to cope with the consequences of their mother's addiction to crystal meth and its effects on their lives.
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
An overweight, timid fifteen-year-old boy and his popular fourteen-year-old sister begin to overcome their guilt over their father's death and reconnect with each other and their emotionally-distant mother when they accompany her on a two-week speaking tour.
70) Selling hope
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1910, just before the earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet, thirteen-year-old Hope McDaniels, whose father is a magician in a traveling vaudeville show, tries to earn enough money to quit the circuit by selling "anti-comet pills, " with the help of fellow-performer Buster Keaton.
71) Snow bears
Author
Language
English
Description
When three little bears play in the snow, they pretend to be "snow bears" and their mother goes along with the game.
72) Here today
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1963, when her flamboyant mother abandons the family to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, eleven-year-old Ellie Dingman takes charge of her younger siblings, while also trying to deal with her outcast status in school and frightening acts of prejudice toward the "misfits" that live on her street.
74) Itch
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1968, after the death of her beloved Gramps, Delores "Itch" Colchester and her grandmother move from Florida to an Ohio trailer park, where she meets new people and, when she learns that a friend is being abused by her mother, tries her best to emulate her plain-spoken grandfather.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A cute little Halloween pumpkin announces that he is ready for a Halloween adventure. So he prepares to set out on the exploration of a lifetime. However, his ever watchful and caring mother wants to make sure he's prepared before he takes that first step outside"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lot of babies' first words were Dada. However, everything after that was Mama. Readers take a look from a baby's point of view as different animals try to teach their children that there are other words in addition to Mama for familiar objects and activities.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The thread between a mother and child starts to unwind when the child begins to walk, talk, and run. It stretches a little more on the first day of school. It swirls and unfurls the further the child gets from Mom's reach. One thing is constant that it always remains"--Provided by publisher.
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