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Just Like Mama Hardcover – Picture Book, April 1, 2010

by Lesléa Newman (Author), Julia Gorton (Illustrator)

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Just Like Mama is a beautiful testament to the love between mother and daughter, and especially how, in a child’s eyes, a mother does everything perfectly, from cooking to playing to simply loving. There are some things that no one can do as well as a mom. “With a pile of pancakes shaped like moons, and cocoa with a cloud of cream, no one can cook breakfast just like Mama.” Nor garden, host tea parties, cook supper, or tuck her child into bed. No one does it just like Mama can. And in the end, nobody loves Mama just like her little girl does.

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5 - 7 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Kindergarten - 2
Dimensions

9 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Publisher

Harry N. Abrams
Publication date

April 1, 2010
ISBN-10

0810983931
ISBN-13

978-0810983939
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PreSchool-Grade 2—A heartwarming book that reassures mothers that sometimes their children really do appreciate them. Each spread shows a woman and her daughter engaging in their daily activities. From hair combing to breakfast making to gardening and snuggling, nobody does it "just like Mama." The rhyming text is full of figurative language and charming details and is fluid when read aloud. The mother and daughter are definitely girly girls with a penchant for pink, flowers, and tea parties. The illustrations, with pastel-colored backgrounds, gardens, and lots of detail, highlight the cozy parent-child relationship. This title is definitely a great gift book, and it will circulate in public libraries as well. Mothers who read it will feel celebrated for all the things they do.—Susan E. Murray, Glendale Public Library, AZ
(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About the Author

Lesléa Newman is the author of fifty books for adults and children, including Abrams’ Eight Nights of Chanukah. She has received many literary awards, including poetry fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Julia Gorton is the illustrator and designer of many books for children, including Abrams’ Score! 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire. She teaches design at Parsons the New School for Design and lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams; First Edition (April 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810983931
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810983939
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 7 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 2
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.5 x 9 inches

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Lesléa Newman is the author of 75 books for readers of all ages including the teen novel in verse, OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD; the middle grade novel, HACHIKO WAITS; the poetry collection, I CARRY MY MOTHER; the short story collection, A LETTER TO HARVEY MILK; and the children's books, A SWEET PASSOVER, THE BOY WHO CRIED FABULOUS, KETZEL, THE CAT WHO COMPOSED, and HEATHER HAS TWO MOMMIES. Her literary awards include poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD was named an American Library Association 2013 Stonewall Honor Book, and A SWEET PASSOVER was named a 2013 Sydney Taylor Honor as well. A past poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, she is a faculty member of Spalding University's brief-residency MFA in Writing program. Her newest poetry collection, I CARRY MY MOTHER is a book-length cycle of poems that explores a daughter's journey through her mother's illness and death. From diagnosis through yahrtzeit (one-year anniversary), the narrator grapples with what it means to lose a mother. The poems, written in a variety of forms (sonnet, pantoum, villanelle, sestina, terza rima, haiku, and others) are finely crafted, completely accessible, and full of startling, poignant, and powerful imagery. These poems will resonant with all who have lost a parent, relative, spouse, friend, or anyone whom they dearly love.

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Anne Watkins

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019

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I bought this to share in my 3K classroom for Mother’s Day program. It’s a sweet story and was well received.

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2014

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FAN-TAS-TIC!! We love this book. It was a gift, and has quickly become a favorite for both me and my daughter. We've been reading it every night and never get tired of it. Just Like Mama is a sweet bedtime story, and what little girl doesn't want to be just like her fabulous mom?

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Jess

Daughter loves this!

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2016

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I got this for my 2 year old daughter for Christmas. We had borrowed it from the library and it was one of her favorite books. She still loves it, she insists we read it every night. Such a sweet book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014

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my granddaughter's first baby and hope she will be like her moma slove to be read to every day our Auden

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G. Ballard

Great mother/daughter story...

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2011

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We checked out this book from the library and my 5 year old daughter fell in love with it and just had to have it. Super cute!

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Just Like Mama. Illus

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Leslea Newman. (2010). Just Like Mama. Illus. Julia Gorton. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 9780810983939
0810983931

Genre: Picture Book/ Realistic fiction

Social Issues: Gender roles & SES inclusivity

In Just Like Mama, author Leslea Newman writes about the relationship between a daughter and her mother. Newman carries the reader through a day of activities between these two characters, starting with a morning hug and apple pancakes then ending with spaghetti dinner and their nightly ritual. In this book, a theme was clearly established that no one does it better than mama in this daughter’s eyes. The daughter’s admiration is evident through not only the written words but also the illustrations drawn by Julia Gorton.

Overall, Newman does a fantastic job conveying the special bond between a mother and daughter. However, I would urge readers to think about possible implications that may arise. When looking at the cover critically, one notices how the illustrator chose to portray the two characters. On the cover page, Gorton depicts the mother and daughter wearing elegant clothes: dresses, pink floppy sun hats, and pearls. I would encourage readers to think about the message this picture conveys to young girls about how proper ladies dress. These outfits, on the cover page and throughout the book, may marginalize girls who don’t wish to dress in this way. Young readers may believe that in order to have this special relationship they too will have to look and dress like Gorton’s illustrations. Consequently, these images further perpetuate the notion that women and girls must dress in a certain way to truly be lady-like despite the book's original message being about mothers and daughters. While conveying the central theme is crucial, one must also be aware of other potential messages that arise and the impacts they can have on the reader.

Furthermore, when looking at this book critically, it depicts one type of mother-daughter relationship that could be potentially detrimental to girls in lower socioeconomic classes. The activities in the book, particularly the section where they’re having a tea party, tend to feature pastimes of higher socioeconomic standing. Lines like “served on a silver tray” highlight material objects that might not be available to individuals with limited resources. Furthermore, while it’s possible that these activities took place during a weekend or a day off, there was no mention of the mother working. Nowadays, when it’s common to have working mothers, there is potential that many girls may not feel connected to the story. If Newman were to have included a page where the daughter says “nobody has the work ethic just like Mama,” it could have easily connected to the theme to the reality of many of the readers. With this change, the book would incorporate aspects of a diverse array of mother-daughter relationships that would resonate with girls from all socioeconomic backgrounds.

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