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Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In love with the girl he sneezed on the first day of school and best pals with Marshall, the "One Eyed Jack" of friends, seventh-grader Milo Cruikshank misses his mother whose death has changed everything at home
24) My mommy
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Peppa Pig loves her Mummy Pig for many reasons
Author
Series
Rose (Holly Webb) volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With help from a mysterious ghostly mirror which once belonged to her mother, Rose seeks to discover who her real family is. Were they full of magic too, like her?"--
26) Your mama
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text twist classic "your mama" jokes into a celebration of the beauty, power, and love of motherhood
27) Deep water
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Tully's attempt to swim across Lake Tahoe after a heartbreaking loss and become the youngest person to complete the famous "Godfather" swim takes a dangerous turn, forcing her to choose between safety and a win that could change everything
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
With his trademark childlike art, Todd Parr celebrates all different kinds of mothers. Whether mommies work far away or at home, cook or order pizza, they are all lots of fun and filled with love. --Publisher
30) Making happy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Leila's mother gets sick, lots of things change for her family, but one important thing stays the same--they still have each other, and they know how to find joy and laughter when they need it most
31) Families grow
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text shows an appreciation of the joy and excitement of the different ways a family can grow
32) Second sleep
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Max and his sister Rose go to visit their grandmother's lakeside vacation home, they soon discover that their nightly sleeps bring them to a timelocked place with kids from all different eras, united by their love of the lake--and Max begins to wonder if they can help him to find his missing mother
33) Mommy time
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Following a day in the life of two rambunctious children and their mom, this warm, revealing picture book builds a bridge of empathy between parent and child and celebrates the value of "Mommy Time."
34) Ruptured
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe navigates fear, grief, and hope for recovery about when her mother has a ruptured brain aneurysm while their family is on vacation, and right after her mother shares that she's planning to leave Phoebe's father"--
35) Bunny business
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the schools closed and his babysitter sick, Bunny accompanies his mother to work--but he finds waiting in her office with nothing to do or eat a bore so he goes exploring (what could possibly go wrong?)
36) My footprints
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Upset after being bullied, Thuy, a Vietnamese American, pretends she is different creatures, including an especially strong, wonderful being made up of her two mothers and herself. Includes note about the phoenix and the Sarabha
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Bluey wants to play Mum School instead of taking her bath. But when Bluey's balloon kids go out of control, Bluey doesn't know what to do! Will Bluey figure out what they need before bathtime?"--
39) For Lamb
Author
Language
English
Description
"An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful historical novel set in the Jim Crow South. For Lamb follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb's mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she is a lesbian. Lamb's brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north--if only he could curb...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy moms and their kids throughout their dayeating breakfast, going on a playdate, heading to the pool for a swim, and settling back in at night with a bedtime story and a good-night lullaby."--
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