Mama’s Home

PreS-Gr 3–This lively picture book will have readers considering all the people that influence their lives, every day. The main character, a Black girl, spends every day of the week with a different loving member of her extended chosen family, each of them showing her the diversity of cultures within the Black community as well as different job opportunities. Well-crafted spreads showcase a different food and a different job that the family members are sharing with one another and the community. The main character appreciates all of them, but is happy to be home with her own mama, tucked in her own bed, at the end of the week. In every home she was loved and welcomed; in every setting she was cherished and yet relishes her own place with Mama best. The stylized art, featuring a variety of skin tones, hair styles, body types, family households, and definitions of “home,” is warm and cheerful, adding to the joy of the story.