Mama, Do You Love Me?

July 1, 2001
Joosse's book joins another bestselling title, the text and illustrations of which inspire hours of fun as books-cum-nesting blocks. Mama, Do You Love Me? Nesting Blocks based on the book by Barbara M. Joosse, illus. by Barbara Lavallee, and Sylvia Long's Mother Goose Nesting Blocks each include 10 blocks that will capture readers and builders on all sides. For example, on the "Mother Goose" blocks, one side has a nursery rhyme, one side shows a related illustration, another a numeral and the last has two to three letters in the alphabet once the tower is built, young children can read all 10 rhymes, the numbers in order from one to 10, and the entire alphabet, A to Z. The blocks fit neatly inside one another and store in a sturdy carrying box.

July 1, 2001
A decade ago, PW called Barbara Joosse's Mama, Do You Love Me?, illus. by Barbara Lavallee, "a striking volume which uses a timeless culture to convey a timeless message." Chronicle celebrates the book's success with a 10th anniversary commemorative edition that includes a fabric jacket and a limited edition print of mother and child.

January 1, 1991
In a series of questions and answers reminiscent of Margaret Wise Brown's 'The Runaway Bunny' (Harper), a small Inuit girl uses her imagination to test her mother's love. The rounded, stylized watercolors are brightly appealing, full of humor and love. A beautiful combination of a rich culture and a universal theme.

(Copyright 1991 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)