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My Mother Is So Smart!

by Tomie DePaola
32p. 978-0-39925-442-0.
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PreS-K DePaola offers a portrait of a little boy and his doting mother, who bakes cookies, sews Halloween costumes, and can even stand on her head. Each page offers one of her skills, with soft, acrylic paintings illustrating the full range of her abilities. This story acts as more of a nostalgic picture album of dePaola's childhood than as a fully developed story, but the simple sweetness of the vignettes both in text and illustration present a heartfelt tribute to one fabulous woman. While the story is an endearing celebration of one specific parent, it's unlikely to resonate with many of today's children."Sarah Townsend, Norfolk Public Library, VA" Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
A young boy offers evidence of his mother's smarts: she can change diapers, bake cookies, dance the polka, and stand on her head. DePaola's tender, pastel-hued illustrations aren't set in any specific time, while his text (a nod to memories of his own mother) celebrates a child's ideas--some stereotypical, some not--of motherhood.

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