Younger Fiction

• Bauer, Caroline
  My Mom Travels A Lot
  Warne, 1981
  E Bau (Grades 1-3)
  A child points out the good and the bad things about a mother's job that takes her away from home a lot.
• Dorer, Ann
  Mother Makes a Mistake
  Gareth Stevens, 1991
  E Dor (Picture Books)
  Knowing Kate would rather play than bath, Mother mistakes the word for bath, substituting other words so many times Kate finally insists on being given a bath.
• Dorflinger, Carolyn
  Tomorrow is Mom's Birthday
  Whispering Coyote Press, 1994
  E Dor (Grades 1-3)
  Tomorrow is Mom's birthday and Tyler can't figure out what to give her until he thinks of something really terrific.
• Kasza, Keiko
  A Mother for Choco
  G.P. Putnam Sons, 1992
  E Kas (Picture Books)
  A lonely bird named Choco goes in search of a mother and discovers the perfect one.
• Levine, Abby
  What Did Mommy Do Before You?
  Albert Whitman and Co.
  E Lev (Picture Books)
  Illustrates how a mommy too, was once small and dependent, until she grew big and eventually became an adult.
• Penn, Audrey
  The Kissing Hand
  Child and Family Press, 1993
  E Pen (Picture Books)
  When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
• Lyon, George Ella
  Mama is a Miner
  Orchard Books, 1994
  E Lyo (Grades 1-3)
  A daughter describes her mother's work as a miner.
• Martin, Patricia
  The Most Special Mommy in the Whole World
  Rourke, 1986
  E Mar (Grades 1-3)
  Heather want to show her mother how special she is on Mother's Day.
• Vail, Rachel
  Mama Rex and T: Homework Trouble
  Orchard Books, 2001
  E Vai (Grades 1-3)
  Mama Rex has plans for a fun afternoon with T until she learns that he has a diorama about pigs due tomorrow and it's off to the library, the museum and the park to gather information and supplies.
• Wells, Rosemary
  Mama, Don't Go!
  Hyperion Books, 2001
  E Wel (Grades 1-3)
  Yoko loves kindergarten, but doesn't want her mother to leave until her new friend helps her realize that mother's always come back.
• Williams, Vera B.
  A Chair for My Mother
  Greenwillow books, 1982
  E Wil (Grades 1-3)
  A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable chair afer all of their furniture is destroyed in a fire.
• Winthrop, Elizabeth
  Promises
  Houghton, 2000
  E Win (Grades 1-3)
  A young girl experiences a range of emotions when her mother undergoes treatment for cancer.
• Wynott, Jillian
  The Mother's Day Sandwich
  Orchard Books, 1990
  E Wyn (Grades 1-3)
  Ivy and Hackett's plans to give their mother a Mother's Day breakfast in bed almost turns to a disaster until Mother finds a way to save the day.
• Zolotow, Charlotte
  This Quiet Lady
  Greenwillow, 1992
  E Zol (Grades 1-3)
  A child finds out about her mother as a young person as she looks at old pictures.

Older Fiction

• Duey Kathleen
  Anisett Lundberg: California, 1851
  Aladdin, 1996
  + PB Due (American diaries series)
  The small piece of gold which Anisette carries in the pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California Gold rush.
• McKenna, Colleen
  Mother Murphy
  Scholastic, 1992
  + McK
  When Mrs. Murphy has to get off her feet because she's expecting a baby, Collette takes over with surprising results.
• Mead, Alice
  Soldier Mom
  Farrar, Giroux and Straus, 1999
  + Mea
  Eleven year old Jasmyn get a different perspective on t life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother in the care of her mother's boyfriend.

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