Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: mama, new, home, finds, tsunami, hippo, true, story, baby, loses
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0152054952
ISBN-13: 9780152054953
Set during the devastating tsunami of 2004,MAMAis the touching true story of a baby hippo that was separated from his mother when the wave hit. After struggling alone for several days, the baby was rescued by Kenyan wildlife officers and brought to live in an animal refuge. There, all by himself, he adopted a new "mother"--that just happened to be a 130-year-old giant male tortoise. And they’ve been inseparable ever since.AlthoughMAMAtakes place against the backdrop of a terrible human tragedy, at the heart of this story is a moving and original tale of adoption--and of finding love and
Author: Deb Lund
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: mama, story
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2004-03
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0060288760
ISBN-13: 9780060288761
"Tell me the story about when I was inside you, Mama." A lot of exciting things happened while this little girl was waiting to be born. Mama’s belly was so big Daddy had to lean over to give hugs. Pictures were taken with a special camera, names were being chosen -- everyone was happy preparing for the birth. And when it finally did happen, it was what everyone had been waiting for. The union of Deb Lund’s sweet text and Hiroe Nakata’s gentle illustrations will delight, in this celebration of every child’s unique birth story.
Author: Kelly Jones
Publisher: Stunt Publishing
Keywords: mama
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-09-28
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0974593001
ISBN-13: 9780974593005
With a baby brother who talks all the time but who can only say one word, "Mama," it is up to his big sister to teach everyone else exactly what her brother is saying. "Mama" can mean he is happy; "Mama" can mean he is sad. His big sister discovers that he even calls out "Mama" when he wants his dad. Cleverly told in the voice of an insightful big sister, this book captures the bond between a little girl and her baby brother with an exquisite blend of funny rhymes and striking collages. Nurturing the bond between siblings, the bold, colorful artwork conveys important lessons about mutual respe
Author: Gloria Naylor
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: day, mama
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1989-04-23
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0679721819
ISBN-13: 9780679721819
On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island’s darker forces. A powerful generational saga at once tender and suspenseful, overflowing with magic and common sense.
Author: Art Ginsburg
Publisher: Cookbooks Cookbooks Cookbooks Cookbooks
Keywords: mama, cooks, food
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 1992-10
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0688111270
ISBN-13: 9780688111274
Our Mamas and Grandmas worked for hours to prepare the foods that we love to remember. Today we don’t have that much time, but we can still relive those tastes. TV’s colorful Mr. Food lives today’s busy life-style, too, so he’s come up with over 250 new and exciting recipes from his popular TV show to re-create those tastes, without all the old-time work. Following the success of his last book, The Mr. Food Cookbook, Mr. Food Cooks Like Mama is about making new memories with today’s popular foods, along with remebering the flavors from Mama’s kitchen. He use
Author: Hal Corley
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Keywords: carew, jack, mama
Number of Pages: 88
Published: 2009-09-30
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0573696942
ISBN-13: 9780573696947
Dramatic Comedy / 2m, 1f / Unit Set In the summer of 1969, Beau Stanley’s last hurrah before heading off to study architecture in college, doting Mama Lillian vows to help him finally lose his baby fat. Armed with a supply of diet pills and a food-free regimen that includes tearing down a family room wall, 3 a.m. trips to Dulles Airport and blazing, amphetamine-fueled days on the beach, mother and son spend a memorable vacation together. But Beau’s weight loss isn’t restless Lillian’s only project, and in an unguarded moment, she reveals her just-begun affair with a
Author: Lesléa Newman
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Keywords: mama, mommy
Number of Pages: 20
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1582462631
ISBN-13: 9781582462639
Mommy picks me up, up, up. Mama pours juice in my cup. Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its mommies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, there’s no limit to what a loving family can do together.
