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Mama, Do You Love Me? (Hardcover)
by Barbara Joosse (Author) , Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator)
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Award-winning books, Story, Mother love, Ages 0-3, Children's book |
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A timeless culture conveys a timeless message showing that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting with beautiful illustrations showing native Alaskans in wonderful settings, and it is always the best gift for new mothers. |
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Author: Barbara Joosse (Author) , Barbara Lavallee (Illustrator)
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pub. in: June, 1991
ISBN: 087701759X
Pages: 32
Measurements: 9.9 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00285
Other information: New Ed edition
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- Awards & Credential -
"Pick of the Lists" of ABC Children's Choices
Main Selection of Children's Book of the Month Club
A winner of Golden Kite Award
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"I will love you until the umiak flies into the darkness, till the stars turn to fish in the sky, and the puffin howls at the moon..."
Love is the only thing that really matters! There's no mistaking the powerful allure of unconditional love in this young children's book, which has just been republished in a 10th anniversary commemorative edition. Mama, Do You Love Me? depicts an Inuit mother who loves her daughter, no matter what happens. Throughout the story the daughter repeatedly asks, "Mama, do you love me?" She comes up with many intriguing and playful reasons why the mother might be persuaded to withhold love. For example, what if the daughter broke the ptarmigan eggs? What if she put lemmings in her mother's mukluks? The mother does not hide or lie about her feelings. Sometimes she says she would be surprised, or angry, or scared, but these variable emotions do not change her love for her daughter. Her daughter is her Dear One, always and forever. This story is best suited for a young child, but it may also be interesting to anyone who's very keen on Alaska or Inuit life.
This exceptional book tells a beautiful and timeless story about a daughter's attempt to find the limit of her mother's love. There's a quiet joyfulness in both the antics of the Inuit mother and daughter and in the animals-including a polar bear and a musk ox-that the daughter imagines she might become. A charming story for mothers and daughters of all ages.
Target readers:
Baby-Preschool
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Barbara Joosse is a full-time writer and mother. She lives with her family in a little stone house in Wisconsin. Ms. Joosse has a degree in journalism, but for the past 19 years she has devoted her time and talents to writing nearly twenty books for children Barbara Lavallee lives in Alaska. Her vibrant watercolor illustrations are well-known for their depictions of a wide range of Alaskan life.
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Mama, do you love me? Yes I do Dear One. How much? In this universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent's love is unconditional and everlasting. The story is made all the more captivating by its unusual Arctic setting. The lyrical text introduces young readers to a distinctively different culture, while at the same time showing that the special love that exists between parent and child transcends all boundaries of time and place. The story is beautifully complemented by graphically stunning illustrations that are filled with such exciting animals as whales, wolves, puffins, and sled dogs, and a carefully researched glossary provides additional information on Arctic life. This tender and reassuring book is one that both parents and children will turn to again and again.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
I love this book and so does my 14 month old son. He loves the story and the illustrations. He sits "still" with me while I read it to him at his nap time and bed time and cries if I quit reading it. It is nice quiet, bonding time for us (he doesn't sit still for much). I feel it is suitable for his age and for when he is older. It has a great message. I highly recommend this book to everyone! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This is such an awesome book! And even though my daughter is only 32 months old she already asks for this book by name! It's such a simple concept... no matter what you do, your parents love you. It is so important that children know this. Their actions might not be the best but that does not change a parent's love for their child. I love the how each page is just focused on the Mama and her daughter & doll, that the artist chooses just to have them alone on the page. I also like seeing different cultures and how they live, I think it is important for our children to see how other children live. My favorite pages are the last several ones... " What if I turned into a polar bear, and I was the meanest bear you ever saw and I had sharp, sharp teeth, and I chased you into your tent and you cried? Then I would be very surprised and very scared. But still, inside the bear you would be you, and I would love you. I will love you, forever and for always, because you are my Dear One. |
Young Ja Hur (MSL quote), Korea
<2007-01-04 00:00>
It describes very well God's unconditional love through mom and daughter. Every child needs this kind of love from parents. Children attempt many ways to prove parents' love like this girl. When they feel this secure love from parents, they can easily believe in God. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Let me echo the sentiment that children learn what we teach them; no matter how foreign it may be to us, they can grasp any idea we throw their way. Cultural issues aside, I find this the most touching young children's book I have encountered for its completely unaffected demonstration of motherly affection. And truly, the illustrations enrich the beauty of the text. For the first time in my life I purchased a book for the sole purpose of dismantling it because I wanted a framed image over my daughters' bed daily pronouncing, "I will love you forever and for always because you are my dear one." Always the best gift for new mothers! |
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