Kid Review: A Card for My Mom (Bashabi Fraser)

About This Book:

It is Mother’s Day tomorrow, and the shops are sparkling with lights and gifts, with people, laughter, and excitement―looking for the perfect gift to bring a smile of joy to moms at home.
Among the candles and balloons, the orchids and chocolate hearts, one young girl searches for a card that features a mom who looks like hers. Her mom has gold bangles that jingle-jangle when she washes the curry pots. Her mom wears silk kameez when she buys papaya at the market. Her mom has dark eyes that flash when she dances the bhangra. What will the little girl do if she can’t find a card with a mom who looks like hers? 

This is a lively, inclusive picture book about identity and belonging that joyfully celebrates moms and motherhood.

*Review Contributed by Cherokee Crum, Blog Manager and Staff Reviewer*

A Card for My Mom follows the narrator, a young girl, as she searches for the right Mother’s Day card for her beloved mother.

The illustrations are bright and striking, yet soft and sentimental.
The artwork captures the daughter’s vivid impressions of her mother beautifully as well as her decision to create a card of her own.
I loved the expression and movement visible in each spread.

Exploring gently topics of family, identity, belonging, is relatable and culturally rich with its scenes of meals being prepared, dancing, and celebrations. A Card for My Mom delivers an important message about representation in the world, while touching readers’ hearts with an earnest story of a young girls love for her mother.

Perfect for young children celebrating Mother’s Day, would be a great book to read before a class holiday project.

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