My eight-year-old, Jaya, thought it was sad but definitely a story she’d recommend to a friend. Julianna, my three-year-old, was all about Rachel Nagelberg’s bright, colourful illustrations. Jaya really enjoyed the cut and paste effect of the flowers on each page.
The 11-year-old narrator of this story takes the reader
through her experiences learning that her mother is ill, watching her mother
die, and then finally after her mother is dead and she must face life without a mother. Baker uses very really terms, she doesn’t sugar coat
things and I think that is something that a lot of kids and parents will
appreciate. The language she uses is very appropriate, while reading it to my
two daughters I found myself holding back tears.
I highly recommend this to all parents/guardians of small
children, because death is something that all families are faced with at some
point or another.
5/5
About the book:
I Remember Mommy's Smile by Dina Wolfman
Baker
ISBN:
978-0615447520
Publisher:
Baker's Dozen Press
Date of
publish: April 2011
Pages: 45
S.R.P.:
$11.95
About
the author:
Dina Baker
lost her mother to cancer after a long illness. She wrote this book with the
hope of helping other children who are coping with similar situations. In
addition to authoring books and essays and running Baker's Dozen Press, Baker
is an accomplished public speaker who has been engaged to address numerous
audiences regarding I Remember Mommy's Smile-PhD psych candidates studying
school psychology, children in child bereavement camp and with general
audiences.
For more
information on I Remember Mommy's Smile
and excerpts from the video, go to www.MommysSmile.com .
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