"You Don't Look Like Your Mother," Said The Robin To The Fawn

by Aileen Fisher

Recounts in verse a robin's introduction to a number of animal infants who don't look like their mothers, including her own.

Genres: Picture Books

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Aileen Lucia Fisher was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals. Her poems have been anthologized many times and are frequently used in textbooks. In 1978 she was awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.

Reviews

[Donna Mork · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely book about a robin that goes around comparing the baby animals to their mother and remarking on how different they appear. Then she has her own babies.