A review by seullywillikers
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This might be one of the most beautiful pictures books I've ever read. A small girl's mommy has to leave for a week for work, disrupting their normal routines and leaving an empty space in their warm loving home. What do we do when we miss someone? The illustrations in this book are warm, lush, and the smallest details add lovely atmosphere (the possum family on the fence omg). This book shows people and families as they really are, not as a certain subset of society wants them to be, from the smallest details of tattoos, piercings, and medical devices, to the vitiligo and Sapphic parents; all of these details are virtually unspoken, the story isn't about having two mommies, because that is normal and beautiful, the story isn't about having vitiligo, because that is normal and beautiful, the story is about a little girl missing her parent while they have to be apart. I want everyone to read this book.