Just Like Mama

By Lesléa Newman

Just Like Mama is a beautiful testament to the love between mother and daughter, and especially how, in a child's eyes, a mother does everything perfectly, from cooking to playing to simply loving. There are some things that no one can do as well as a mom. "With a pile of pancakes shaped like moons, and cocoa with a cloud of cream, no one can cook breakfast just like Mama." Nor garden, host tea parties, cook supper, or tuck her child into bed. No one does it just like Mama can. And in the end, nobody loves Mama just like her little girl does.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810983931
• ISBN13: 9780810983939
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Gardens and Tea Parties and Kisses on My Cheeks

Sweet, imaginative and true to life, //Just Like Mama// is age appropriate and enjoyable to read to young children, even infants. It presents full-page, colorful and easy-to-decipher drawings on every page, guaranteeing gleeful entertainment. Writer Leslea Newman and illustrator Julia Gorton are a decidedly good partnership for children's books. The font is unique in its attempt to look handwritten, and might prove difficult for a youngster to learn to read from. A great tale, however, for moms to read to their children and enjoy the pictures with them. //Just Like Mama// may even inspire a few misty eyes in those moms and bring memories back to life, or create new ones to share with their children. This is definitely a good choice in reading material for a child's first library collection. Reviewed by M. Chris Johnson

beautiful testimony to the love between a mother and daughter

How does a mother tell her daughter, "I love you?" Let us count the ways. She makes apple pancakes shaped like a moon. She hunts for frogs while gardening. She hosts tea parties for the teddy bears. She plays dress-up in a glittery gown. She fixes spaghetti for supper. She gives the best hugs at bedtime. And how does her little girl show her love for Mama? The gentle rhyming text by Leslea Newman, who also wrote Eight Nights of Chanukah, and the endearing colorful illustrations by Julia Gorton, who also illustrated Score! 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire, combine to present a beautiful testimony to the love between a mother and daughter. It would be a charming read for mothers and daughters to share on Mother's Day and throughout the year to remind us that nobody loves us "Just Like Mama"!