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När Åkes mamma glömde bort by Pija Lindenbaum

snowelf's review against another edition

4.0

So much fun! [a:Pija Lindenbaum's|222712|Pija Lindenbaum|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg] books are most certainly different. Maybe not politically correct, but full of compassion and tolerance. (I'm thinking for instance of [b:Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle|1371962|Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle|Pija Lindenbaum|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312052629s/1371962.jpg|1361826].) Owen's mom is overwhelmed, There's the burnt bread in the toaster, she is late in the morning, her plants are all dry and dead, there's dust in the corners. We do feel for her. And one day, she loses it! Luckily it's only for a day, and Owen gets his mom back. I love the quirky illustrations where the details reveal some of the humor in the story. My son met with Owen's mom's transformation with empathy and concern, but at no point did he find it too frightening, although I myself was a little anxious that something realllly bad was going to happen when they Owen's mom arrived at the gas station breathing fire ...
Too bad the [b:Bridget|1539190|Bridget and the Moose Brothers|Pija Lindenbaum|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1312024161s/1539190.jpg|1531346] books are not available here, we would love to read those as well.