FICTION

Mama, Why?

by Karma WILSON
978-1-41694-205-4.
COPY ISBN
PreS-K—A mama polar bear answers her baby's questions about dreams in this soft lullaby. As the stars travel around the world, "they see such sights. They share them with Moon as they twinkle at night." And in turn, "Such wondrous stories the moon must share. He turns them to dreams for polar bears." Wilson's soothing verses are paired with Mendez's astoundingly beautiful mixed-media illustrations. The lifelike mother and child are superimposed against ethereal backgrounds of the Moon, swirling stars, Arctic landscapes, an aurora borealis, and other fantastic images. The gentle story is just right for sending young children drifting off to dreamland.—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT
In a bedtime back-and-forth between a mother polar bear and her cub, Mama repeatedly answers a query: "Mama, why?" The sentimental text speaks to the cub's generalized queries about the moon, stars, dreams, night, and day. At times, the mixed-media illustrations verge on bizarre (e.g., polar bears frolicking in the night sky surrounded by seals).
Reviewed by Martha Simpson , Mar 01, 2011

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