My Moms Love Me

by Anna Membrino (Author) Joy Hwang Ruiz (Illustrator)

My Moms Love Me
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Cuddle up and celebrate love in this picture book that shines a spotlight on LGBTQ+ moms!

"A hug from Mommy, warm and tight.

A squeeze from Mama feels just right.

This is how my mommies say,

'We love you, baby, night and day!"

Two mommies share a perfect day with their little one in this joyful picture book! From visiting animals on a farm and sharing a car ride sing-along, to a sudsy bath-time and bedtime snuggles galore, love and warmth beam out of every page. Rhyming, rhythmic text from author Anna Membrino is the perfect storytime read-aloud, paired alongside luminous, glowing illustrations from artist Joy Hwang Ruiz. With the lyrical sweetness of favorites like I Love You Through and Through and Guess How Much I Love You, this picture book is the perfect way to celebrate love for LGBTQ+ families!A just-right gift for new parents, Mothers' Day, baby showers, birthdays, and more.

Palpable joy radiates from the center of this little, close-knit family.... lovely. -- Kirkus Reviews

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Kirkus Reviews

Read-aloud enthusiasts will quickly warm up to this sweet picture book, and many readers will appreciate its affirming portrayal of an LGBTQ+ and interracial family. 

Lovely. 

Publishers Weekly

The happy, ungendered baby at the center of this day-in-the-life-style book luxuriates in maternal adoration. Opening with a scene of the smiling infant receiving a "hug" from peach-skinned Mommy and a "squeeze" from brown-skinned Mama, the cheerful narrative proceeds to capture a meal, a mess, a farm visit, and a bath and bedtime routine. With minimal plotting and simple rhyming couplets, Membrino emphasizes family togetherness throughout. "Mama's voice is soft and low./ Mommy smiles, my heart glows.// I love my moms and they love me./ Together we are family!" Ruiz's soft illustrations are outlined in multicolored lines and washed in flowery pastels; uncluttered, light-infused scenes radiantly capture the family's contentment. Together, pictures and text alike present a tender portrait of the moms' love for each other and their child. Ages 3-5. (Mar.)

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Anna Membrino
ANNA MEMBRINO is an editor, writer, and ultimate frisbee player and coach. She currently lives in New York City.

FATTI BURKE is an illustrator from County Waterford, Ireland, who currently lives in Amsterdam. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since she graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 2012 with a degree in visual communications. Her work revolves around the things she loves--food, home, memes, animals, and tradition.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338811964
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orchard Books
Publication date
March 20, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV013040 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Families
Family life
Mother and child
Children of gay parents
Lesbian mothers

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