Tuesday Storytime: Winter Mamas

I cheated slightly with these, as they are all set in winter, but the focus is on the relationship between the mother and child. 

Mama, Do You Love Me?

Barbara M. Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee

ISBN: 0590459848

A lovely stylized book focusing on a traditional Inuit mother and child, with the child wondering whether Mother would still love her under different circumstances, ranging from accidents to michief to ever-more-outlandish propositions of transformations into scary animals. Very sweet, illustratively fantastic.

On Mother's Lap

Ann Herbert Scott, illustrated by Glo Coalson

ISBN: 0395589207

Another Northern Native American (unfortunately unidentified in the text, but widely considered to also be Inuit) mother and child story. Michael is ready for a nice afternoon on the rocking chair with Mother, but he wants to include all of his toys and blanket and pet.... and really there's just no room for the little sibling at all. Mother gently intervenes and reminds the boy that there's always room for everyone.

Big Snow

Jonathan Bean

ISBN: 9780374306960

David and his mom are getting ready for a big snow, and for overnight guests. Well, MOM is getting ready, and David is helping sporadically before getting perpetually distracted by the onset of snowy weather. An interesting naptime dream makes for some late-story drama, and the conclusion is a bit abrupt.