Mama's Coming Home

Kate Banks; Pictures by Tomek Bogacki

Frances Foster Books

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Mama’s back from work!

“Mama’s coming home,” says Papa. And that’s all it takes to get this rambunctious household – two boys, a baby, a dog, and a cat – to settle down. As they pitch in, preparing dinner and straightening up the house, Mama crosses the bustling city, eager to be with her family. Tomek Bogacki’s clever illustrations and Kate Banks’s rhythmic text capture the spirit of activity and anticipation as finally, at the end of the day, their two worlds come together. Children will delight in sharing in the celebration of this everyday homecoming.

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"Banks' short, poetic words build a mood of cozy anticipation with bouncing rhythms...while Bogacki finds cheerful chaos in both the bustling city and the warm indoors, evoking the scenes in rich colors and his signature, faintly blurred, childlike style." -- Booklist

"Simply patterned text repeating 'Mama's coming home' speaks directly to the young child, for whom a parent's return is an everyday delight." -- Horn Book Magazine

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Kate Banks; Pictures by Tomek Bogacki

Kate Banks is the author of many acclaimed picture books and novels for children, including The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. She lives in the South of France.

Tomek Bogacki has written and illustrated several books for children, including Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins, an ALA Notable Book and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. He lives in New York City.

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Mama's Coming Home
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Hardcover
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Frances Foster Books
March 2003
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374347475
ISBN10: 0374347476
Picture Book
8 3/4 x 11 inches, 32 pages, Full-color pictures throughout
Age Range: 3 to 6
Grade Range: p to 1
$16.00
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