Mommies are for Counting Stars (Puffin Lift-the-Flap) - Softcover

Ziefert, Harriet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140565523 ISBN 13: 9780140565522

Publisher: Puffin Books, 1999

Synopsis

A mommy is a special person. She knows just how to kiss a boo-boo to make it feel better and how to do hair-dos. When you need an audience for your puppet show, a mommy will always watch. Lift the flaps and see all the ways a mommy is wonderful. This celebration of mothers is ideal for Mother's Day and for sharing throughout the year.

About this title

About the Author:

Harriet Ziefert is the author of hundreds of children's books and the publisher of Blue Apple Books in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her books include the bestelling Sleepy Dog in the Step Into Reading series and the acclaimed A New Coat for Anna, a story of the devotion between a mother and daughter during hard times after World War II.  

Cynthia Jabar is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. Believing storytelling helps children form their imagination as well as social skills, she also designs products for children’s story-making experiences.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K-Parental roles are celebrated in these lift-the-flap books. Cartoon illustrations of multihued parents and children accompany simple statements such as those in the titles. Occasionally, thoughts are continued in text found beneath the flaps. The roles as described here are traditional ones. Daddies tease and play, offer a bit of comfort, and go to work. Mommies do a lot of caregiving, cook breakfast, and remind children of their manners. None of these women are shown working outside of the home and a picture of children getting off of the school bus is paired with, "A mommy waits for you to come home." These books are not as charming as many of Ziefert's other titles or as effective as Laura Numeroff's What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best (S & S, 1998). Flap appeal aside, this is well-intentioned literary fluff comforting to those children whose lifestyles match the featured models.
Faith Brautigam, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140565523
• ISBN 13: 9780140565522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 16
• Illustrator: Jabar Cynthia