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I LOVE MY MOMMY BECAUSE... by Laurel Porter-Gaylord

I LOVE MY MOMMY BECAUSE...

by Laurel Porter-Gaylord

Pub Date: Feb. 1st, 1990
ISBN: 0-525-44625-7
Publisher: Dutton

The theme of these titles is engagingly combined with a classic animal-book for the very young. In the first book, a toddler gives the first reason for loving her bearded white dad: "he plays with me." Other reasons are demonstrated by animals and their young: "He brings me dinner" is illustrated with a horned puffin and its chick; a giraffe helps its calf "reach things," etc., until the conclusion, when "I love my daddy and my daddy loves me" is illustrated with a different child and her dad. Beginning with a black mommy reading to her son, and depicting different animals, the second book follows the same pattern. Wolff's beautifully designed paintings are precisely rendered and memorably affectionate (especially a kangaroo tucking her joey into her pouch and a sea otter rocking her pup to sleep on a wave). Fortunately, these sturdy pages will survive the many readings they're sure to receive. The animals are unobtrusively captioned.