In this gentle and empowering picture book with vibrant full-color art, Shreya moves from embarrassment to pride as she learns that Amma’s sari is much more than a beautiful piece of clothing.
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CRRL Kids: Mother's Day
Funny and heart-warming stories about moms and their children. Includes board books, picture books, and Beginning Readers.
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- Helping her mama pack up a special balikbayan box for their relatives in the Philippines, a little girl sends along a secret wish to one day meet her family and to see and experience all the places where her mother grew up.
- Chip has a great idea-switching with Mom so he can stay up like a grown-up. But if he wants to stay up late, he also has to do Mom's list of grown-up chores, like dishes and laundry.Maybe being an adult isn't as fun as he thought!
- A mother and child explore the wonder of the changing moon together.
- Celebrates the comfort and confidence a mother's voice brings to her child.
- A day in the life of a mommy and baby.
- A young boy admires his mother's body art and each part of her life her tattoos show.
- On the day of her performance with her mother's mariachi band, Rosa battles stage fright but finds solace and confidence with the support of her Mamiachi and madrinas.
- When Leila's mother gets sick, lots of things change for her family, but one important thing stays the same--they still have each other, and they know how to find joy and laughter when they need it most.
- It's time to go to the market! Mama Cat is selling her most delicious desserts, from bright rainbow cookies to shimmering sunshine muffins. Can cute kitten siblings Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger find the perfect present to treat their Mama?
- In rhyming text, a young child reflects on the many reasons they love their mom.
- When Jake's mom upcycles every last thing in the apartment, Jake begins to worry that the only thing left to change is... him!
- Sova's mother studies owls and their migration patterns, and one late night, when Sova is old enough, she accompanies her mother to observe and tag saw-whet owls in the woods.
- Parastoo enjoys the colors of the seasons with her grandparents, but she misses her mother, who is working as a nurse for soldiers at the border.
- From a captain of grand adventures to a silent supporter, any mother knows that to be one is to be so many different things and also just to be one thing: a mama.
- An ode to mothers of all sorts is packaged in this bright, bold, rhyming read perfect for the youngest of readers and their families.
- Layla wakes up nervous to go to her new school, so she looks to Mama to help her feel better. The mother and daughter duo head to the kitchen and combine all the necessary ingredients -- kindness, hope, warm hugs, and prayers -- to create a new…
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