Mama Loves You

by Caroline Stutson, John Segal (Illustrator)

A delightful love poem that captures the deep bond between mother and child.

Genres: Picture Books, Love, Animals, Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Selena]

This book describes how every mother loves their child. It ends with a mom telling her little one that she loves him/her. The theme of the book is no matter if you’re an animal or human all mothers love their little ones and they have unconditional love. I like how it showed different animals, but it was kind of boring. I think little kids would love it because it shows a mother’s love. I would have enjoyed reading this book more if it talked about a mother and her daughter or son to make it more relatable instead of using the animals. I do like the illustrations especially how they made the mom big and her baby really small.

[KaitandMaddie]

It’s sweet and I loved the rhyming.

[Becky B]

Various animal mothers rhyme their love to their little ones, and lastly a human mother does too.

The simple rhyming text and cute drawings will make this a big hit with little ones who love animals and story time but have a short attention span. It's a very quick read, but the rhymes and illustrations are done well. This would be a good read-aloud around Mother's Day.

[Kevin Hughes]

This is another children's book that is a gift to parents because it is not annoying to read. The flow of words is very nice and doesn't grate on your sensibilities after you read it the twentieth time.

[Neil Nicholson]

This is a poem in the form of a book. It has different animal moms telling the babies how much they are loved. It would be a wonderful read a loud for pre k or kindergartners. They could also explore the different characteristics of the animals in the book.

[Bee]

This book could have had a human mother and child to help the child relate to it more. It went over a lot of mother's and their babies but not humans. This book is great for talking about family relationships to children, or relationships with child and mother.

[Kristen]

A bit too sweet for me, but the illustrations are darling, and the rhyme and cadence would make it a good choice for baby or toddler story time. Sadly, it is a small-ish book, so you'd want to read it with a small crowd.

[Meghan]

Sweet illustrations and melodic text. A nice one-on-one book.

[Heather]

One of my absolute favorites to read to my little girl. I've been reading it since she was about 6 months old. I can probably recite it by memory at this point.

[Marilyn]

Cute message, illustrations and fun predictable sing-song verse. Great bedtime story.

[Misty]

I read this sweet book to my little two-year-old. She loves the mommy-baby theme and we get lots of snuggles, kisses, and hugs during this one!

[Elizabeth Meadows]

Charming little love poem! Perfect for toddlers.

[Ann]

Nice melding of words and pictures make this a sweet mother/child read.

[Leah]

What a sweet little book! Rhyming text describes various animals' love for their children. The illustrations are lovely, but the book is quite small. Parts might work in babytime.

[Laura]

This is a sweet book. Pretty pictures. Amelia and I both like this one!