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Mommy! Mommy!
CCBC Review:
A sweetly comical board book features a pair of chicks repeatedly searching for their mother. “Mommy! Mommy!” There she is, behind the fence. “Here I am!” Now she’s behind the shrubs, only her ruffled pink frill visible. But it turns out to be a flower. “Oops!” Is that her behind the rocks? Yikes! It’s something large and pink and frilly with gnashing teeth. How about peeking out behind the roof of the barn? No, it’s the rippled sun rising. But who’s that next to the sun? It’s mommy! Taro Gomi’s spare, repetitive text is funny, but the real charm is in the stylized illustrations featuring two big-eyed, boxy chicks with the suggestion of tail feathers, and their bigger boxy mother, not to mention the rectangular pink menace. Young children will enjoy the humor and drama both. ©2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 6 months-2
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
Format:
Board book
Subjects:
Birds (Fiction)
Farming and Farmers
Humor
Mothers
Patterned text/Repetition
Publisher:
Chronicle
Publish Year: 2013
Pages: 20
ISBN: 9781452108346
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Gomi