Mommy Poems
John Micklos, Jr.. Boyds Mills Press, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-56397-849-4
Mothers rule in two books of poetry. Mommy Poems, John Micklos Jr.'s follow-up to Daddy Poems, includes a preponderance of his own poetry, plus those of Lee Bennett Hopkins, Arnold Adoff, Nikki Giovanni and Aileen Fisher. The poems trace the cycle of a day, beginning with Jane Medina's soothing ""Waiting for Mommy to Wake Up,"" expressed by a child wakened in the night, and closing with Rebecca Kai Dotlich's exquisite ""Tucking-In Song."" Some mothers may raise an eyebrow at 1950s images of a wife mending her husband's shirt or going to a tea party. Lori McElrath-Eslick's paintings tend to obscure facial expressions but set a serene mood. (Mar.)
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Reviewed on: 03/01/2001
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 32 pages - 978-1-56397-908-8
Prebound-Other - 32 pages - 978-0-606-33010-7
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-7569-5369-0
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-613-78914-1
