My Day with Mom

by Rae Crawford

Overview

It’s fun to spend a day with Mom. First graders can read this story on their own.

Mom pushes. I swing.
Mom hides. I seek.
I run. Mom chases.



Swinging at the park, getting faces painted at the art fair, buying veggies at the farmers’ market–and then back home to make soup for themselves and a special guest!

You’ll also enjoy the companion book, My Day with Dad.

The books in the award-winning I Like to Read® series build vocabulary and promote fluency, which are essential for reading success. Acclaimed author-illustrators—including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high-quality books that are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823460212
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	04/29/2025
Series:	I Like to Read Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Rae Crawford is an NYC-based designer, illustrator, and comic artist, and a graduate of Pratt Institute. She is the author-illustrator of My Day With Dad, an I Like to Read book. She is also the creator of the comics Broken, Send Help, and Memecrossing, as well as a three-time semifinalist in illustration for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Her website is www.raecrawford.com.

Editorial Reviews

"There is much to look at, study, and enjoy in every spread."—School Library Journal

"A routine outing can be so much more when shared with a loved one."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

03/01/2024

K-Gr 1—Early reader titles have the important job of helping children move from enjoying picture books to becoming independent readers. Good ones are engaging and appropriate for the specified reading level. This book features a mixed-race family and is chock-full of colorful illustrations that draw readers in to the daily activities and experiences of parent and child. The child and parent visit the park, an art fair, the farmer's market, and then head home where they cook dinner together. As they travel through their diverse community, the child and parent are surrounded by their neighbors out enjoying a lovely day. There is much to look at, study, and enjoy in every spread. The text, however, is a bit baffling at times. There are many two-word sentences that sometimes make the book feel simplistic for the intended audience. With the text accurately detailing what is being shown in the illustrations and its simple sentence structure, this might make a good choice for ESL students. VERDICT The illustrations tell a much richer story than the text. Not a necessary purchase.—Cassie Veselovsky

School Library Journal

2024-01-05
A day out at the farmers market.

In this companion title to My Day With Dad (2023), this time the smiley youngster spends the day with Mom, shopping and playing outdoors. On a meandering, relaxed walk to the farmers market, the pair come across a park, an art fair, and a jazz band. The joy of swinging and sliding, plus the excitement of face painting, is tempered with frustration when Mom says no to a sweet treat at the market. But there’s soup waiting to be made at home! The art, which is occasionally presented in panels, breaks the action into manageable bites, and the simple text with varying sentence structures will help new readers become more confident. If kids aren’t familiar with the previous work, they may not realize that this is a two-household family, since there aren’t quite as many context clues. Dad does appear at dinnertime (which makes for a lovely portrayal of a friendly divorce), but some readers may conclude that he’s simply coming home from work, even with the line “All are welcome!” as he steps through the door. Ultimately, though, this is a delightful look at a family navigating two homes. Mom is brown-skinned, Dad is light-skinned, and the child is tan-skinned.

A routine outing can be so much more when shared with a loved one. (Early reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews