You Be Mommy (You Be)

by Karla Clark (Author) Zoe Persico (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: You Be

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.

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Publishers Weekly

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.)

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Karla Clark

Karla Clark writes fiction for adults and children. 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 created 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.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781250225382
Lexile Measure
440
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Publication date
March 31, 2020
Series
You Be
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
Library of Congress categories
Bedtime
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Mothers and daughters

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