Mommy Time

Elisabeth Brami. Kane/Miller Book Publishers, $9.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-1-929132-22-5

Mommy Time! by lisabeth Brami, illus. by Anne-Sophie Tschiegg, chronicles an unseen child's fantasies of what a mother does during the day. Tschiegg's inventive artwork blends mixed-media collage with humorous imagined situations. ""Is Mommy fixing things?/ Is she washing dishes?"" prompts an image of the woman juggling bowls as she cleans them. (Mar)

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