Love you, Mum ill. by Karen Hull
Lothian Children's Books, 2016. ISBN 9780734414441
(Ages: 1-3) This is a simple and short rhyme, perfect for bedtime.
Each page features a different Australian animal mother and baby set
in an Australian landscape portrayed with soft colours. The animals
themselves are presented in a realistic way. Each page has a
different time of the day and shared activity (morning, when we sing
together, when it's just you and me, in the evening) and follows a
chronological structure from morning until night. Each page states,
'I love you . . . ' followed by something the mum says at that time
(eg. 'Wake up sleepyhead', 'Hold on tight'). It ends with a reversal
of who is speaking; whereas throughout the rest of the book the
mother is speaking to the child, on the last page the baby animal
says 'I love you, Mum'.
This is a simple story that captures the special times shared
between mother and child.
Nicole Nelson