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.
• Bauer, Marion Dane
  My Mother is Mine
  Simon and Schuster, 2001
  E Bau (Picture Books)
  As a child makes a Mother's Day card, various mother animals are shown taking care of their young.
• Bunting, Eve
  Flower Garden
  Harper Brace Javanovich, 1995
  E Bun (Picture Books)
  Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a window box of flowers for her mother's birthday.
• 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.
• Eastman, P.D.
  Are You My Mother
  Random House, 1960
  E Eas (Grades 1-3)
  A baby bird who falls from a nest searches for his mother, questioning every many animals and other things until he is finally is reunited with his mother.
• Goode, Diane
  Where's Our Mama
  Dutton Children's Books, 1991
  E Goo (Picture Books)
  When two children become separated from their mother in a bustling Paris train station, a friendly train station attendant help the children find their mother, who is described as the smartest, strongest, bravest and most beautiful woman in the world.
• Guarino, Deborah
  Is Your Mama a Llama
  Scholastic, 1989
  E Gua (Picture Books)
  A young llama asks his animal friends if their mama is a llama, and finds out in rhyme that their mothers are other types of animals.
• 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., 1988
  E Lev (Picture Books)
  Illustrates how a mommy too, was once small and dependent, until she grew big and eventually became an adult.
• Martin, Patricia
  The Most Special Mommy in the Whole World
  Rourke, 1986
  E Mar (Grades 1-3)
  Heather wants to show her mother how special she is on Mother's Day.
• Murphy, Jill
  Five Minutes Peace
  G.P. Putnam Sons, 1986
  E Mur (Picture Books)
  Seeking five minutes peace from her noisy children, Mrs. Large sneeks off to a bath only to be joined by Lester and his flute, Laura and her book, and the baby and all of his toys.
• Orloff, Karen
  If Mom Had Three Arms
  Sterling, 2006
  E Orl (Picture Books)
  Imagine what would happen if mom had many arms, and could flip many pancakes at a time, or shake arms with an octopus.
• Vail, Rachel
  Mama Rex and T
  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.
• 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 after all of their furniture is destroyed in a fire.
• Zolotow, Charlotte
  This Quiet Lady
  Greenwillow, 1992
  E Zol (Picture Books)
  A child finds out about her mother as a young person as she looks at old pictures.

Older Fiction

• 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.
• Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
  Polo's Mother
  Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006
  + Nay
  Polo the cat finds his mother and tries to impress her with his courage as he and the other members of the Club of Mysteries set out

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