The Pocket Mommy

Saying goodbye to Mom at the kindergarten door can be tough. Samuel hates it and wishes he could have a tiny, pocket-sized mommy to carry around with him all day. His mom slips a pretend mommy into his pocket, and when she comes to life, Samuel is delighted . . . at first. But he soon discovers that having a mom along in kindergarten isn't as much fun as he thought it would be. Sure, she helps him remember the words to songs and keeps him company. But she also rearranges the bookshelf, corrects his artwork, and tries to clean out the guinea pig cage--all with disastrous (and comic) results. An energetic romp with a sweet core, The Pocket Mommy follows one little boy as he navigates the age-old conflict between the comfort of the familiar and the joy of letting go.

A little girl finds a way to keep her mother close when she starts school.

Zayan doesn't want to leave his mommy to start school. She gaves him a paper doll a "Pocket mommy" to keep in his picket and it helps him adjust to the seperation.

The author explains how to make a book with the help of a panda he has drawn--who has his own ideas about how to make a book. Includes a flap, a pull tab, and a pop-up image.

Written from the perspective of a fetus, HELLO MOM is as much a description of the miracle of life, as it is an intimate message from an unborn baby to her mother.

When Mommy leaves she always knows to give me kisses from head to toe. Kisses to save and use all day, whenever I need one and Mommy's away... Pocket Kisses is the perfect book for kids missing Mom while she's away. Each page celebrates the special pocket kisses Mommy leaves behind -- a boo-boo kiss, snack-time kiss, bedtime kiss, and more -- all revealed beneath each of the 7 sturdy lift-the-flaps. There's also a fabric pocket on the front cover and a special keepsake "pocket kiss" that kids can punch out and hold on to, reminding them that Mommy's love is always with them!

Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . . he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish, clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams, and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends. If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor Book Grandpa Green was an homage to aging and the end of life, There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood and life's beginning. Smith's vibrant sponge-paint illustrations and use of unusual collective nouns such as smack and unkindness bring the book to life. Whimsical, expressive, and perfectly paced, this story plays with language as much as it embodies imagination, and was awarded the 2017 Kate Greenaway Medal. This title has Common Core connections.

A young surrogate mother attempts to make an ordered world for her child as she wanders through the maze of trendy yuppiedom to the treacherous waters of her relations with her old love, Sinclair.