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Image Description: Book cover - "Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle. Two mothers hold their toddler between them and kiss her cheek. The mother on the left is White with lavender hair tied up with a blue scarf. She wears a matching blue, floral dress. The mother on the right is Black with shoulder-length hair and a red hat. She wears a matching red outfit. The toddler has a big grin on her face. She is Black and wears a purple outfit. Her hair is tied into a pouf on the top of her head with a purple ribbon.
Book Description:
A little girl stays home with Mama when Mommy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that will resonate with every child who has missed a parent.
For one little girl, there’s no place she’d rather be than sitting between Mama and Mommy. So when Mommy goes away on a work trip, it’s tricky to find a good place at the table. As the days go by, Mama brings her to the library, they watch movies, and all of them talk on the phone, but she still misses Mommy as deep as the ocean and as high as an astronaut up in the stars. As they pass by a beautiful garden, the girl gets an idea . . . but when Mommy finally comes home, it takes a minute to shake off the empty feeling she felt all week before leaning in for a kiss. Michael L. Printz Award winner Nina LaCour thoughtfully renders a familiar, touching story of a child who misses a parent, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, whose distinctive style brings charm and playfulness to this delightful family of three.
About the Author
Nina LaCour is the bestselling and Michael L. Printz Award-winning author of Yerba Buena, Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, We Are Okay, Watch Over Me, Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You. She is also the co-author of You Know Me Well, a novel written in collaboration with David Levithan, and a contributor to numerous anthologies, including Summer Days and Summer Nights, edited by Stephanie Perkins.
She lives in San Francisco.
About the Illustrator
Kaylani Juanita is an award-winning picture book illustrator. She's received a Coretta Scott King Honor for her illustrations in Magnificent Homespun Brown, a Stonewall Book Award for When Aidan Became a Brother, and a spot on The Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Books for Together We Swim. Her clients include Chronicle Books, Simon & Schuster, Abrams Books, and many more. Born, raised, and educated in California, she has a BFA from CCA and an MFA from UC Davis. With a passion for counter-storytelling from her perspective as a Black Filipino American, she’s devoted to the ongoing journey of learning and practicing anti-imperialist, decolonialist, and anti-racist theory. Kaylani strives to explore different ways for people to imagine themselves through pictures and words.
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Where to Read for Free
I did not find Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle in one of the free virtual libraries, but Open Library and World Cat are useful tools for finding books at a library near you. You can watch this book read aloud by Story Time with Ms. Jay on YouTube.
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