You be mommy

Karla Clark

Book - 2020

"Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight. Can you be Mommy and hold me tight? In this clever, rhyming picture book, a mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her."--Jacket

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Subjects
Genres
Stories in rhyme
Picture books
Published
New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends 2020.
Language
English
Main Author
Karla Clark (author)
Other Authors
Zoe Persico, 1993- (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781250225382
Contents unavailable.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

A tuckered-out mother requests a role reversal in this playful rhyming picture book. Regaling a young child with her day's tasks ("She worked all day at the computer store./ Came home to a big mess on the floor!"), the bespectacled, brown-skinned mom sweetly requests that her daughter "Read me a story and pat my tummy?/ Wipe my nose when it gets runny?" In Clark's repeating exhortation: "Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight." Her daughter gamely attempts to facilitate a nighttime routine but, in classic fashion, soon finds herself getting tired, too. Vibrant digital illustrations by Persico portray a comfortable home for the duo's gentle game. Though Mommy's plight is easy to emphathize with, there's no hint of resentment: this mama may be exhausted, but she loves her kid all the same. Ages 2--6. (Mar.)

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