FICTION

Where Is Mama?: A Pop-Up Story

by Yating HUNG
tr. from French. illus. by author. 24p. Abrams/Appleseed. 2013. Board $19.95. ISBN 9781419707186.
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PreS—In springtime at the pond, Mama Frog finds a comfy place to lay her eggs and then heads off to find a suitable lily pad to call home. The eggs soon hatch, leaving five tadpoles hunting for her. They first encounter a duck who describes their mother in such a way that the tadpoles visit a fish. The fish, then a turtle, and lastly a crab each give the tadpoles an additional clue as to their mother's physical description. Listening for her calls, they finally find her awaiting them on a lily pad. P. D. Eastman's Are You My Mother?? (Random, 1960) remains the better choice for a book about newly born animals hunting for their mothers.—Laura Hunter, Mount Laurel Library, NJ
Reviewed by Laura Hunter , Dec 01, 2013

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