You Be Mommy (You Be)
by Karla Clark (Author) Zoe Persico (Illustrator)
A tired mommy lets her daughter have a turn being the parent at bedtime in You Be Mommy, a humorously charming debut picture book from writer Karla Clark and illustrator Zoe Persico.
Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight.
Can you be Mommy and hold me tight?
In this clever, rhyming picture book, a mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her. An utterly relatable theme told with humor and heart provides a story parents and children will delight in reading together at bedtime.
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Publishers Weekly
A tuckered-out mother requests a role reversal in this playful rhyming picture book. Regaling a young child with her day's tasks ("She worked all day at the computer store./ Came home to a big mess on the floor!"), the bespectacled, brown-skinned mom sweetly requests that her daughter "Read me a story and pat my tummy?/ Wipe my nose when it gets runny?" In Clark's repeating exhortation: "Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight." Her daughter gamely attempts to facilitate a nighttime routine but, in classic fashion, soon finds herself getting tired, too. Vibrant digital illustrations by Persico portray a comfortable home for the duo's gentle game. Though Mommy's plight is easy to emphathize with, there's no hint of resentment: this mama may be exhausted, but she loves her kid all the same. Ages 2-6. (Mar.)
Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.Karla Clark writes fiction for adults and children. She loves children and they love her back. Before her two sons were born, the neighbor kids would ring the doorbell and ask, "Can Karla come out and play?" Her nieces and nephews dubbed her "Aunty Fun." Karla lives in Rockford, Illinois with her husband and autistic son. When she's not writing, she creates decoupage paper collages that she sells at art shows. She is also the author of You Be Mommy.
Steph Lew is a concept artist/illustrator from San Francisco, CA. When she's not drawing, she enjoys video games, baking, and propagating her succulents. But most of the time, she would be taking pictures of her shih tzu, Mango. Other books she has illustrated include So Big and So Small (John Coy), Can't Catch Santa! (Emily Cunningham), and the Little Golden Book It's a Small World!
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Mothers and daughters
