Overview
In this irreverent, hilarious, and charming picture book, award-winning poet Victoria Chang and celebrated artist Marla Frazee show that all toddlers love their mommies--no matter what. Is Mommy tall or short? Short! Is Mommy fun or boring? Boring! In this joyous ode to hardworking mothers everywhere--who may not always be fun or organized or neat--Victoria Chang asks, do their toddlers love them anyway? Of course! Marla Frazee's colorful and humorous illustrations bring this simple text--perfect for reading aloud--to vivid life.
Full Product Details
Author: Victoria Chang ,
Marla Frazee
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:
Width: 21.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 28.40cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781481402927
ISBN 10: 1481402927
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 03 November 2015
Recommended Age: From 0 to 5 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Poet Chang (The Boss) makes her children s debut with a dialogue between children and an unseen narrator, which Frazee (The Farmer and the Clown) draws with raucous exuberance. The cast is a crayon box of round-headed elfin preschoolers a red one in polka dots, a green one with many pigtails, and soon. Is Mommy tall or short? the narrator asks the polka-dot girl. A spread shows the alternatives, comically exaggerated: does her mommy tower over her, or is she a tiny doll? A page turn reveals her shouted reply: Short! A child in orange pajamas joins her. Is Mommy pretty... or ugly? (the child s groggymother awakens with a wild, spiky bedhead and puffy slits for eyes). Ugly! yells orange pajamas. The children always choose the rudest option, but the group answers the final question ( Do you love your short, ugly, mean, boring, old, messy mommy? ) with a resounding Yes! ....the children s anarchic glee rings very true.--Publishers Weekly August 31st, 2015
Author Information
Victoria Chang is a celebrated poet, whose books have earned such honors as a PEN Center Literary Award and a California Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, American Poetry Review, POETRY, Believer, New England Review, VQR, The Nation, New Republic, The Washington Post, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. She is a contributing editor of the literary journal, Copper Nickel. She lives in Southern California with her family and her wiener dog, Mustard. Is Mommy...? is her first book for children. Marla Frazee is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book and a three-time Caldecott Honor winner. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, and Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, as well as her own Farmer Books trilogy, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, and The Boss Baby, which inspired the DreamWorks Animation film. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Clementine chapter books by Sara Pennypacker. The mother of three grown sons, she lives in Pasadena, California. Visit her at MarlaFrazee.com.
