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When Mama Comes Home Tonight (by Eileen Spinelli)

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Good book for the end of a hectic day.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that timeless, old-fashioned illustrations move a reader through a comforting, rhyming text. Young children see themselves in this simple story.

Violence & scariness: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.

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Talk to your kids
Families can talk about their evening rituals before bedtime. What's your favorite part about getting ready for bed?

What's the story?

What's the story?
A mother and her child celebrate that special time between homecoming and bedtime. Calming illustrations capture universal rituals of snuggling, playing, eating, bathing, a bedtime story, and a lullaby song. Children and their working parents will find this ideal environment comforting.

 

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Don't all parents and toddlers wish bedtime went this smoothly! Although the rituals are romanticized -- devoid of tantrums or battles of wills -- children will love the tenderness and safety this story provides. The simple, flowing text encourages children, even those with limited language skills, to repeat rhyming words and peaceful passages. Child and parent model calm behaviors for readers to emulate.

Pastel watercolor and color-pencil illustrations set the mood of gentleness and serenity. They have an old-fashioned appeal, like the paintings of Mary Cassatt. There is sweetness to the story, and the illustrations will have parent and child returning time and again to this book for role modeling and comfort at the end of a hectic day.

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Book Details
Author: Eileen Spinelli
Illustrator: Jane Dyer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: January 1, 1998
Number of pages: 32
Paperback price: $6.99

This review was written by Sharon Asta
 
 

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