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Are You My Mother? (精装)
by P.D. Eastman
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Story, Mother love, Picture books, Ages 4-8, Children's books |
| Market price: ¥ 118.00
MSL price:
¥ 98.00
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Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
This book has the most riveting and heart-wrenching plot in spite of its simplicity, which is a truly classic, passed from generation to generation. |
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W. Kaplan (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
My son is a big, hulking, almost-16-year-old, but to this day, when he sees construction equipment, he says, "Look, Mom! It's a Snort!" "Are You My Mother" was the book my son never tired of. All through his early toddler years, it was his bedtime favorite, his naptime favorite, a comfort when he was tearful, and his best friend. How many times did he curl up on my lap with his blankie and his thumb while I rocked him and read this book? The "plot" concerns a baby bird who hatches while the mother bird is out of the nest. Baby sets out to find his mother, and asks everything and everyone he sees, "Are You My Mother?" The "Snort" reference comes when the baby bird asks a huge piece of digging equipment, and..."The big thing just said SNORT!" This is what my son waited for throughout the book... he laughed every single time. And still does. In the end, the birdie finds his mommy. The perfect, secure ending for a small child who wants reassurance before bed, or any time. This book is a classic. My son still has it, and I know he will read it to his own children some day. I hope I am there to see it. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Poor little birdie came into this world and his mother was out getting him his first meal. He goes through a series of, "Are you my mother?" to planes, cows, dogs, until he almost gives up. As this book unravels, you cheer on the birdie while he goes through his wonders of who he feels a sense of belonging to. P.D.Eastman uses repetition and adds easy drawings to perfect a child's love and want to hear this book over and over again. One of the first books I learned to read by and still owns the same raggedy copy. |
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Carol Woodson (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
In spite of its simplicity, this book has the most riveting plot of any baby book I've ever come across. What could be more compelling to a small child than losing your own mother and not knowing what she looks like? The ensuing search has the youngest on the edge of their high chairs. The whimsical mother surrogates, dog, cat, etc., are absurdly funny to even the youngest. The protagonist is brave and persistent and, with a little help from the most outrageous "mother" of all, the "snort," the baby bird eventually finds his own true mother. The illustrations are comic and endearing. I particularly like this book because the illustrations do not overshadow the text. Kids today are inundated with easily accessible images, graphics. They need words, language, early and often! Both of my children came under the spell of Are You My Mother at an early age. Moreover, I give it and the accompanying toy bird character at every baby shower I attend. I think it asks a pertinent question that mom's as well as kids could ponder. As a bonus, Are You My Mother will be read by the child later as a beginning reader. I absolutely love this book and so do kids! |
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A reader (MSL reader), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I re-read the classic book, Are You My Mother? and I understand why it is a classic. My Grandmother read this book to my mom when she was a child and my mom read the book to me when I was a little girl and I will read it to my kids when I have them. This book is great for any child because the drawings tell the story and it will help your child learn to read because they will want to read this story again and again. This story is about an adorable baby bird that hatches and can not find his mother. The baby bird is anxious to find his mother and goes on a journey to find her. He asks everyone and everything he sees if they are his mother. This book is guaranteed to make you and your children laugh. This is also a book adults as well as children will enjoy reading. You will have to read the story yourself if you want to know what happens to the baby bird during his journey. |
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Michelle (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Are You My Mother is one of those books you never forget. Rediscover this book that you loved as a child; it will be even more sweet and meaningful as you read it to your own children. Follow baby bird as he searches for his mother. The sweet, little bird represents all of the innocence of a child as he naively asks animals, a car, a boat and even a "snort", "are you my mother?" This classic children's book not only has a beautiful story, but it lends itself well to the kind of animated reading that excites young listeners. Read it to your little bird again and again! And reaps the rewards at the end of the story when your child says, "you are MY mother!" |
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Cheryll (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I read this to my children when they were quite small. My daughter adopted this book as HER book when she was just over one. My husband and I would often read this at family gatherings to our children and whatever nieces and nephews would join in (all ages) and we usually acquired quite a crowd as the various children were attracted to the zany voices that this book inspires. Now my children are grown and I work as a speech and language pathologist in a public school. This usually is the first "story" book I read to the younger set. Once they are hooked on board books and lift the flap books and have acquired a small amount of ability to sit still for a book, I introduce this book. It is soooo good for vocabulary and sentence skills and so much fun to read aloud to the kids. I incorporate lots of nutty voices and motor movement to act out the plot and I never hear a word of complaint when I pick this book out for another reading. Usually I leave out several books for the kids to choose from and invariably this one is chosen first, no matter how many times I have read it to them! |
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Carolyn (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Great book. I begged my parents to read this one over and over again and now my little one loves it too. It's such a cute lesson - wait in one spot for your mother if you're lost - but it's also cute in how it shows the new life of the baby bird. When you read it over, and over, and over, you'll find out how easy it is to memorize 72 pages! Great book - should be in everyone's library. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Revisit the warmly inviting pages of PD Eastman's classic for treat readers from four to forty-four and beyond will enjoy. Whether it is your first time or your thousandth, the simple but delightful illustrations and familiar storyline of a little bird believing his mother is lost will wrap you in the cozy feel reminiscent of those half-forgotten feet-pajama winters and watermelon summers. Not to be missed. Share it if you can with your favorite tot, but if not, read it to yourself. Read it aloud. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
This was one of my absolute favorite books as a child. Twenty seven years later I read it to my one year old, and when I picked it up for the first time to read it to him I still had all of the words memorized from that long ago. He has shelves and shelves of books, but every night this one has to be read or he won't go to sleep! A classic book that will be around for more years. What better story to read to your children than about a baby's and mother's love for each other. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
What happens when the Mother Bird is away from the nest when the baby bird hatches? In this book we see what happens to one such bird that is put into this situation. He ends up leaving his comfortable nest in order to search for his mother. He goes in search of his mother and ends up asking a kitten, cow, dog, car, boat, and a plane if they are his mother. Luckily for him he is returned to his nest by a friendly Snort (dump truck) before his mother gets back. The spirit of the little bird who goes looking for his mother is wonderfully expressed through the illustrations. They are simple, but expressive, cute, and colorful. The story flows well, and this makes for a cute, fun book. |
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