Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews
Just Like Mama
Illustrator: Julia Gorton
Picture Book
For ages 3 to 6
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2010 ISBN: 978-0810983939
It is a bright sunny day and a young girl is spending the day with her mama. When she wakes up in the morning her mother is there to sweep her out of her bed and to give her a big hug. As far as the little girl is concerned, her mother is the best waker-upper around. “Nobody wakes me up just like Mama,” she says.
After having her hair braided and eating her breakfast, the little girl goes out into the garden with her mama. With her flowered hat and her “sunny yellow clogs,” Mama is unique and the little girl is sure that “Nobody gardens just like Mama.”
With is warm rhyming text and its bright and colorful artwork, this picture book is a delightful celebration of a daughter’s love for her mother and a mother’s simple and total love for her child.
