For Mother’s Day we’ve chosen stories about some of our favourite mothers and grandmothers either to read and enjoy or to give as presents. We’d love to hear who your favourite picture book mothers and grandmothers are. Who would you add to our list?
My Mummy and Me is a beautiful board book to share with babies and toddlers. The little mouse loves his / her mummy and describes all the things that s/he likes doing with her and how much s/he loves her.
I empathise much more with Mrs Large now that I am a parent! In All in One Piece she is getting ready for a rare night out with her husband. Granny is babysitting but her four children constantly interrupt her preparations. We hope that she had a great night out without them!
Mummy comes to Silver and Sparkle’s rescue when it snows in Little Deer Lost. She helps them to find their way home and is perfect to cuddle up to when night falls.
We always read Hello! Is that Grandma? when we visit grandparents, it’s part of the tradition of going to visit. As well as Grandma we are introduced to Mum (who is reprimanded for not behaving properly at the table!).
We especially like the last surprise in Wee Granny’s Magic Bag. Wee Granny is ready for anything, her bag is full of surprises, some big and some small and she can always be relied upon to help when needed.
We are big fans of the Katie Morag stories and were very happy when author Lorraine chose Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers as one of her favourite picture books. Granny Island and Granny Mainland are chalk and cheese but one helps the other out when she has a problem in this lovely story.
We love Primrose‘s Grandmama who is called to the palace to stop Primrose misbehaving. She is such a fantastic grandmother, she solves the problem of Primrose’s unprincesslike behaviour in a highly amusing way that suits everybody.
I love Spindle’s grandmother in The Best Jumper. She reminds me of my own grandmother who was always knitting! Spindle’s grandmother comes up with a lovely solution when Spindle grows out of his favourite jumper but can’t bear to part with it!
A day trip to the seaside becomes much more exciting when Gran starts to misbehave in The Trouble with Gran. We have the ebook version as well as the picture book. It’s great to watch author / illustrator Babette Cole reading her own story.
All of these look like great choices. My personal choice would be Wee Granny’s Magic Bag.
We love Wee Granny, she doesn’t quite have the kitchen sink in her bag – but something from the kitchen almost as big!
Great selection! There’s surely a book for everyone on your list. I’d like to read The Best Jumper.
All the best.
David Chuka visiting on the Kidlit Blog Hop Tour
The Best Jumper is one of my favourites. Thank you for visiting Story Snug 🙂
Wow, what a great list of books, I love borrowing books from the children’s library, have to see if they have them in our library. Thanks.
You’re welcome. Thank you for visiting Story Snug 🙂
Great selection of books. I have read Little Dear Lost. Adorable illustrations! Wishing all the UK Mums a very Happy Mother’s Day!
Thanks for the fun list! I agree with Sally above that Wee Granny’s Magic bag would be my first choice. Sure my toddlers would love guessing the surprises!
I would love to have a bag like Wee Granny 🙂
What a cute and fun book!
Thank you for visiting Story Snug Michele 🙂
Catherine, as always this is an awesome list 🙂 Can’t wait to pick out some of these at the library!
Thanks for sharing these on Kid Lit Blog Hop this week!
-Reshama @ Stackingbooks
You’re welcome Reshama- happy reading 🙂
I love Mommy and Me! Thanks for sharing this fabulous collection with us and on the Kid Lit Blog Hop.
You’re welcome 🙂