Cuddles for Mommy

by Ruby Brown, Tina Macnaughton (Illustrator)

Overview

Little Owl wants to cuddle with Mommy Owl, but there are many different types of cuddles. What kind will she choose?

What kind of cuddle should Little Owl give Mommy Owl? Little Owl thinks about many different types of cuddles: good morning, goodbye, thank you, and good night cuddles; cuddles for when Little Owl is sorry, when she's scared, when she's happy, and when she's sick. But none of them are quite right! Little Owl finally finds the right cuddle to give: the Mommy cuddle, because she loves Mommy!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499802030
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	03/15/2016
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ruby Brown is an experienced children’s author, living in Sydney, Australia, with her two young children. To date, she has written eight children’s fiction titles for Hardie Grant Egmont’s Chirpy Bird imprint, covering topics from birthdays and cuddles to super heroes and astronauts.

Tina Macnaughton has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but to the relief of many animals, she decided to go to art school. She's since illustrated over ten books and lives in Guildford, England. Find out more about her at tina-macnaughton.com

Editorial Reviews

03/14/2016
Little Owl, a barn owl with round eyeglasses, “wanted to give Mommy Owl a cuddle, but she couldn’t decide what kind of cuddle to give her mom.” It isn’t exactly a high-stakes scenario, and in the subsequent pages, Little Owl tries out various cuddles, from a “good-morning cuddle” to the kinds that accompany goodbyes, bad dreams, and feelings of guilt, gratitude, and pride. Macnaughton (One Snowy Rescue) brings a characteristically cozy/fuzzy aesthetic to the pages, making a sugary story even more so. Brown (I Want to Be a Lion Tamer) does a fine job of cataloguing the everyday moments, good and bad, that warrant a hug, but since all the cuddles are essentially the same, the book’s domestic drama feels like much ado about nothing. Ages 4–8. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

2016-03-16
Little Owl has a whole catalog full of cuddles, but she can't decide which one to give Mommy. There is the good-morning cuddle, the goodbye cuddle, the apology cuddle, the bad-dream cuddle, the thank-you cuddle, the "really happy" cuddle, the proud cuddle, the get-better cuddle, and the good-night cuddle, but none of these is exactly right for the kind of cuddle Little Owl wants to give "RIGHT NOW." She and her mother go over the list and discuss the circumstances for which each one is appropriate. "Have you done something wrong, Little Owl, or made a mistake?" Mommy asks, but Little Owl doesn't think so. Little Owl can give a thank-you cuddle later on, since they're going to the bookstore in the afternoon. And it's "a good thing" that Little Owl isn't feeling sick right now. Finally Little Owl has a brainstorm: the "Mommy Cuddle! Just because I love you!" Brown's consciously cute text is well-matched by Macnaughton's soft-focus illustrations. They present anthropomorphized barn owls who knit, play the trumpet, and effortlessly turn pages with their wings; Little Owl wears huge, round spectacles as well. However thoroughly it examines its theme, however, this does not rise above the mountains of "I love you a whole lot!" books crowding the shelves. Cuddles are nice, but this book isn't needed to prompt them. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews