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Kerner, Susan

Mama's Right Here

32 pp. | Star Bright | April, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59572-701-5 $16.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-59572-702-2 $6.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Estelle Corke. Children of various ages and ethnicities describe the ways their absent mothers remain with them ("she's the face of the moon"; "in the beating of my heart"). The rhymes are a bit forced, and the images lean toward clichéd, but many adults will find this a useful, reassuring introduction to concepts of loss due to death, divorce, or incarceration.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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