Mother's Day is Sunday, May 9. Whether you call her mom, mommy, mama, mother, eema, mamá, maa, maman, etc., the mother figure has appeared in books for as long as we've had books. Here are some books with mothers or mother figures for different Youth Services age groups:
Ages 0 to 3
I'll Always Love You by Paeony LewisI Love You, Good Night by Jon Buller
Mama's Right Here by Liza Baker
My Mom by Debbie Bailey
Ages 3 to 6
Five Minutes' Peace by Jill MurphyIf I Were Your Mother by Margaret Park Bridges
Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mommy's Hands by Kathryn Lasky
Mother, May I? by Lynn Plourde
Beginning Reader
Amelia Bedelia books by Herman ParishAre You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
The Berenstain Bears' New Kitten and other books by Stan Berenstain
Helping Mom by Mercer Mayer
Grades 2 through 4
Mary Poppins by P.L. TraversMrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
My Mom the Pirate by Jackie French
Grades 4 through 6+
Matilda by Roald DahlPolo's Mother by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Teen
All We Know of Love by Nora Raleigh BaskinPlay Me by Laura Ruby
A Thief in the House of Memory by Tim Wynne-Jones
If you'd like more suggestions, please visit the Youth Services desk and ask a librarian! Happy Mother's Day.
Posted by wk. *Mom heart and birds image found at The Gift Detective.
