Mama's Home

Written by Shay Youngblood · Illustrated by Lo Harris

While her mother works, a girl is cared for by a whole circle of loving women.

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40 pages· AD990L· AR ~6.5

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Bookroo's summary

Home is a blue house with Mama, but it is also the homes of the Big Mamas who look after a young girl while her mother works: a different neighbor for each day of the week, each with her own food and fun. A warm picture book about chosen family and the community that raises a child.

From the publisher

A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that raises us. A young girl basks in the love of her community--which includes not only her mother but the many different women who make up her world. Home can be a blue house with white trim you share with your mama. But it can be bigger than that, with lots of Big Mamas to take care of you when your mom works--different houses for every day of the week. Mondays mean Nurse Louella and bike riding. Tuesdays mean eating fufu with your fingers with Miss Zikora. And Wednesdays . . . well, no matter where you are, as long as you are with your Big Mamas, you are home. A girl basks in the warmth of her community in this powerful love letter to chosen families and the villages that raise us, from Pushcart Prize-winning author Shay Youngblood and popular illustrator Lo Harris.

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