Review Detail
Kids Indie
67
Moms are pretty awesome!
Overall rating
4.0
Plot
4.0
Characters
4.0
Writing Style
4.0
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
4.0
A little girl tells her mother the ten things that she loves best about her, describing each one. She loves the comfort of her mother's hugs, and the encouragement her mother gives her to try new things. Her mother teaches her things and does things with her, but is also very kind and understands the little girl's feelings. The mother does fun things, and also helps the girl feel better. The two also have lots of family time, and share bedtime stories. The little girl says that she doesn't like her days with her m other to end, but it's okay that they do, because she will be able to tell her mother ten more things she loves about her tomorrow.
Good Points
While there are a lot of details about the kinds of things that the girl enjoys about her mother, the formulaic language ties all of the items together. The use of the phrase "that's okay because" ends each description and leads into the next one.
The illustrations do a good job of providing more details about the activities the two share; there are animals the mother uses with her funny voices for bedtime, a fun picture with the grandpa having his hair decorated with bows and barrettes, and a nice spread of the girl painting with her mother. Young readers will like to think about similar activities they do with their own mothers, and will be able to compare and contrast the sorts of reasons they love their own mothers.
There are no shortage of books about parents loving children, like Porter's You Are Home, Church's I Will Love You Forever, Perron's My Love for You, and Katz' Mommy Hugs, but it's much harder to find books that describe the loveable qualities of parents. This is perhaps because the parents are usually the ones reading the books, but it never hurts to remind children that parents are pretty awesome and deserve to be celebrated!
The illustrations do a good job of providing more details about the activities the two share; there are animals the mother uses with her funny voices for bedtime, a fun picture with the grandpa having his hair decorated with bows and barrettes, and a nice spread of the girl painting with her mother. Young readers will like to think about similar activities they do with their own mothers, and will be able to compare and contrast the sorts of reasons they love their own mothers.
There are no shortage of books about parents loving children, like Porter's You Are Home, Church's I Will Love You Forever, Perron's My Love for You, and Katz' Mommy Hugs, but it's much harder to find books that describe the loveable qualities of parents. This is perhaps because the parents are usually the ones reading the books, but it never hurts to remind children that parents are pretty awesome and deserve to be celebrated!
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