Mommy, Where Are You?

by Leonid Gore, Leonid Gore (Illustrator)

Overview

One morning Ozzy wakes up...and Mommy isn't there!

Where could she be?

Behind the fence?

Down in the meadow?

Up in the tree?

Or maybe she is exactly where she is supposed to be after all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416955054
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	03/24/2009
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.36(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.48(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Leonid Gore moved to the US from his native Belarus in 1991. He has illustrated many beloved books for children and is also the author and illustrator of Danny’s First Snow. Mr. Gore lives in Oakland, New Jersey. Visit him online at LeonidGore.com.

Leonid Gore moved to the US from his native Belarus in 1991. He has illustrated many beloved books for children and is also the author and illustrator of Danny’s First Snow. Mr. Gore lives in Oakland, New Jersey. Visit him online at LeonidGore.com.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-K

In this fast-paced story with simple text, a young field mouse springs out of bed to find that his mother is not there. He looks for her behind a series of beautifully rendered die-cut illustrations. The acrylic artwork is executed in bold strokes and is textured using a variety of decorative techniques, creating a childlike sensibility and a three-dimensional aspect on every page. The warmth of the mother-child relationship is demonstrated through the search route that Ozzy instinctively chooses. He checks all their favorite spots: the big rock, the garden, the big tree, and the lake. When he turns back to the garden and peeks behind a boldly colored tulip patch, he is met with a cat. He runs back home screaming, but his fears are quickly quelled. This is a great purchase for libraries looking for engaging, interactive books with large typefaces to use for storytime, or for children just starting to read on their own. It will be especially useful to relax preschoolers' separation anxiety, with its reassuring message that, yes, their mothers will come back.-Sara Paulson-Yarovoy, American Sign Language and English Lower School PS 347, New York City

School Library Journal

When young Ozzy wakes up one morning to find his mother missing, the young mouse panics and rushes to find her. He spies a gray shape between the pickets of a fence: "There you are!" But when the page is turned, it turns out to be some cattails. He proceeds, espying his mother in an earthworm's back end, a rabbit's eye, a squirrel's back, a hippopotamus's ears (!) and, most dangerously, a cat's whiskers. While the guessing game is pretty arbitrary, young listeners will enjoy the succession of die-cut reveals, and they'll breathe a sigh of relief along with Ozzy when Mommy reappears. Although it doesn't have the visual or verbal weight of Owl Babies, it has its own small charm. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews