Rating: Summary: A very powerful & emotional book for children Review: This book will make your child run the gamut of emotions, from sadness, to desperation, to joy at the end. I still remember this story well from my own early childhood. It sure made me appreciate my mother!! We bought it for our own child and it is one of his favorites. This is an essential book for any child's library. (A big caveat: make sure your child isn't overly sensitive. Also make sure to read this book to the very end or else your child will be very sad!) Also as another reviewer pointed out, this book has deeper themes for adults to ponder as well! It's one of the few books I can read to my kid and actually be interested in analyzing it. :)
Rating: Summary: The book you can read every day. Review: We have a new tradition at our home. Every night I ask my six year old son what he wants me to read him for his bedtime story, and every night he gives me the same answer. And while I make sure to read him something else as well, I'm happy to agree. "Are You My Mother" is sweet, funny, and every other heartwarming cliche I used to dread before I became a parent. He never gets tired of it, and even more suprisingly, neither do I. (His 8 year old brother and 10 year old sister also enjoy it.) Buy it.
Rating: Summary: great book Review: This is a story that children can relate to- that is probably why it has been around for a "ton" of years. A little bird searches for his mother walking from place to place. Ellen
Rating: Summary: Another brilliantly told and illustrated Eastman masterpiece Review: This stands alongside Eastman's "Go Dog Go" as a classic of children's literature. Though bound in the same style as Dr. Seuss's books, Eastman's illustrations are more gentle and humorous than they are fantastic. His books entertain children with their broadness, while captivating adults with the fineness of their expression. Eastman's dialog is simple enough for early readers to pick up words, yet complex enough to keep parents from being bored to tears on the thousandth reading. The story of a baby bird separated from its mother runs through several emotional phases (independence, discovery, loss, panic, fear, rediscovery), including the story arc's overall resolved drama, and invites children to surface and discuss their own separation anxieties. A must-have for every early reader that will turn into a book full of memories as they age.
Rating: Summary: A Must Read for Young Children Review: This book is well written using repetitive words that are small enough for children to understand. The book has a funny concept with a small bird trying to find his mother. Along the way, he encounters many different objects that he thinks is his mother. The dog was not his mother, and neither was the steamshovel, so where is his mother? My 21 month old daughter just loves hearing this story over and over again. She likes the pictures with all the different animals and also likes to identify them. I remember this book from when I was little, so I knew that it would be a "must have" for my daughter.
Rating: Summary: one of the classics Review: Are You My Mother? is one of the classic children's books, like Pokey Little Puppy or Green Eggs and Ham. It is a wonderfully simple book full of love. It belongs on your required reading shelf.
Rating: Summary: Timeless Review: A classic enjoyable book for any parent to read to/with your child
Rating: Summary: Are You My Mother Review: The book Are You My Mother is about a little bird. He falls out of his home, which a tree. He wakes up and finds his mother is gone. He is sad and goes to go look for his mother. He goes on this journey and looks and looks and looks. But alas he doesnt find her. He finds many people but they are not his mom. I dont think that this book teaches a lesson, but i think that the age level is for kids at the age of 6-8. I really like this book it is really exciting,and full of adventure.
Rating: Summary: sooo cute! Review: I know who my mother is, do you? The main character in this wonderful book, a really cute, small, baby bird, doesn't know who his mother is! I LOVE this book! It is sooooo cute when he asks the car if it is his mother! If you like Dr. Suess's books, you MUST get this one!
Rating: Summary: Have a new little one? Review: First of all, let me tell those of you who are having, or just had your first child, ignore the baby book advice that babies don't like books without bright colors. I am a mother of 4, and this book is in the top 5 books requested by the boys. It may look rather somber compared to the latest releases, but the kids love this one. This book is a wonderful story of a little bird on a serious quest. He shows such determination and perseverence. There is no stopping this little bird. The book is short enough to hold a child's attention at a very young age. Young children love books with a repetitive banter, and this book fulfills that criterion without annoying the adults. It is a great book to snuggle up with, with a great, positive ending. I can bet that you will get years of reading out of this little book.
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