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Milord, Susan

If I Could: A Mother's Promise

32 pp. | Candlewick | April, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-2348-7 $15.99
(4) PS Illustrated by Christopher Denise. This loving ode celebrates the tender bond between mother and child: "If I could, / I'd rouse the sun / and make it shine / till day is done." Warm acrylic and charcoal images depict two expressive raccoons enjoying a day of picnicking and playing at the beach. Though the repetitive verse occasionally stumbles, it successfully communicates the constancy of a mother's love.
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

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