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Walker, Rob D.

Mama Says: A Book of Love for Mothers and Sons

32 pp. | Scholastic/Blue Sky | April, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-93208-0 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon. Mother/son relationships are explored through spare rhyming text and multilingual translations. God is a common element, and the gender roles and some of the values feel stereotyped, in part because the text doesn't provide any context. Stately paintings show sons fulfilling their obligations to family and community. A thoughtful afterword contains more information about each culture and language.
Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

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