A Gift for Mama

[close] Published on Apr 29, 2014

A GIFT FOR MAMA takes young readers on a delightful journey through the streets of 19th Century Vienna as Oskar looks for the perfect gift for Mama. With but a single coin, he buys a yellow bloom and prouldy sets home... until 'Oskar's generosity and inquisitiveness set off a charming chain of events which provide a story about give and take, and the clever workings of necessity when it comes to fertile and deserving imaginations.'*

Alison Jay has created a color-drenched and alluring world in A GIFT FOR MAMA by the award-winning author Linda Ravin Lodding. (Knopf Books for Young Readers/Random House, March 2014).

Now at bookstores nationwide and available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Mama-Linda...

**Starred review, Publishers Weekly, December 2, 2013:
"The beauty and rich culture of historic Vienna course through this sweet, circular story from Lodding. . . . Colorful storefronts, elegant carriages, and a stately opera house depicted in Jay's earth