You Be Mommy

by Karla Clark, Zoe Persico (Illustrator)

Overview

A tired mommy lets her daughter have a turn being the parent at bedtime in You Be Mommy, a humorously charming debut picture book from writer Karla Clark and illustrator Zoe Persico.

Mommy's too tired to be Mommy tonight.
Can you be Mommy and hold me tight?

In this clever, rhyming picture book, a mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her.

An utterly relatable theme told with humor and heart provides a story parents and children will delight in reading together at bedtime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250791351
Publisher:	Feiwel & Friends
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Series:	You Be
Pages:	30
Sales rank:	366,185
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Karla Clark writes fiction for adults and children, including the companion picture books You Be Mommy and You Be Daddy. She is an active member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Chicago Writers Association. Karla lives in Rockford, Illinois, with her husband and adult autistic son. When she's not writing, Karla creates decoupage paper collages that she sells at art shows.

Zoe Persico is an author and illustrator for picture books and a freelance designer for animation. From adventurous road trips to a night playing games or watching storms roll by, she finds inspiration in everyday joys.

Editorial Reviews

03/30/2020

A tuckered-out mother requests a role reversal in this playful rhyming picture book. Regaling a young child with her day’s tasks (“She worked all day at the computer store./ Came home to a big mess on the floor!”), the bespectacled, brown-skinned mom sweetly requests that her daughter “Read me a story and pat my tummy?/ Wipe my nose when it gets runny?” In Clark’s repeating exhortation: “Mommy’s too tired to be Mommy tonight.” Her daughter gamely attempts to facilitate a nighttime routine but, in classic fashion, soon finds herself getting tired, too. Vibrant digital illustrations by Persico portray a comfortable home for the duo’s gentle game. Though Mommy’s plight is easy to emphathize with, there’s no hint of resentment: this mama may be exhausted, but she loves her kid all the same. Ages 2–6. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly