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Mommy Is a Soft, Warm Kiss

by Rhonda Gowler Greene
32p. 978-0-80279-729-2.
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PreS-Gr 1 This book opens with a mother and daughter planting seeds and ends with the little girl giving her mother a bouquet of flowers from the garden and saying, "Mommy, I love you." In rhymed couplets, the child expresses how important her mother is to her every day and all year round. Realistic, attractive illustrations show the parent and child engaged in many activities, with the mother the center of them. "Mommy is a caterpillar in her snug cocoon./I cuddle up beside her beneath a circle moon." The heartwarming picture shows the woman in a sleeping bag and her daughter snuggled up next to her, looking up at the full moon. This very sweet, rather cloying book feels much like a greeting card."Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
Spring, summer, winter, fall: the best of times in every season are those spent with a loving mommy or daddy. In these companion books, two children use metaphors to express their feelings for their parents. Realistic, perky illustrations capture the affection between the boy and his father and the girl and her mother, but the rhyming text borders on syrupy. Review covers these titles: Daddy Is a Cozy Hug and Mommy Is a Soft, Warm Kiss.

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