Excellent illustrations, great book!
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
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5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed May 21, 2008
I picked up this book in a book store in Alaska, well before I had children of my own. Then it was for the sheer pleasure of looking at the water color illustrations. Now I read it to my two kids, both love it. In fact my son (4 yrs) says “Read it again” right after I have just finished reading it to him 🙂
It’s a book about a child pushing/testing the limits of her mother’s love – trying to see if she does naughty things will mama stop loving her? And mama’s answers are always soothing and reassuring – telling her child that her love is a constant thing that the child can depend on. It is quite profound actually… we often get angry with our children for various naughty things they do. This book puts the thought into the child’s head that “Even if mama is angry with me, she still loves me”.
Along the way, my kids enjoy looking at the pictures of a musk-ox, a ptarmigan (bird), polar bear, wolves, and puffins and a snow country far away from their own.
Wonderful to read to your kids – and cherish just for the beautiful illustrations.
