Looking for some great reads for May? Check out these titles from our friends at Blue Willow Bookshop!
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
A classic that every child read, While his mother is off looking for food, a baby bird hatches from his egg. Embarking on a hilarious, at times very touching, hunt for his mother, the little bird encounters a variety of creatures.
Is Your Mama A Llama by Stephen Kellogg (Scholastic Press
Another classic. A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals.
Your Mama by Noniega Ramos (Verisfy Books)
A sweet twist on the age-old “yo mama” joke, celebrating fierce moms everywhere with playful lyricism and gorgeous illustrations. Perfect for Mother’s Day.
Odder by Katherine Applegate (Feiwel and Friends)
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. It’s her mother who is the hero.
Someday Daughter by Audrey O’Clover (HarperTeen)
Audrey St. Vrain has grown up in the shadow of someone who doesn’t actually exist. Before she was born, her mother, Camilla St. Vrain, wrote the bestselling book Letters to My Someday Daughter, a guide to self-love that advises treating yourself like you would your own hypothetical future daughter. The book made Audrey’s mother a household name, and she built an empire around it. While the world considers Audrey lucky to have Camilla for a mother, the truth is that Audrey knows a different side of being the someday daughter.
Honey, Baby, Mine by Laura Dern and Diane Ladd (Grand Central Publishing)
Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other.
RuleBreaker by Susan Page (Simon & Schuster)
The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time–Barbara Walters–a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, Barbara Walters was a force from the time TV was exploding on the American scene in the 1960s to its waning dominance in a new world of competition from streaming services and social media half a century later.
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