The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Jonell, Lynne

Mom Pie

28 pp. | Putnam | March, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23422-5 $$12.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Petra Mathers. Mom is so busy preparing a holiday dinner that Christopher and Robbie decide to make a pie of what they want most, with ingredients such as Mom's snuggly slippers and her soft gloves. "'Mom pie is not good to eat,' said Christopher. 'It is good to touch and to smell.' 'And to snuggle with,' said Robbie, 'when you are busy.'" In words and pictures, Jonell and Mathers respectfully portray the small dramas of a child's world.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2001