Let's Go on a Mommy Date

March 15, 2008
Best-selling, inspirational novelist Kingsbury tries her hand at a childrens picture book. Her sweet, rhyming story introduces a mommy who thinks about taking her two preschoolers out for some funto the zoo, the park, the circus, the farm, the movies. But what if it rains, she worries? So lets not wait, she decides.Best of all is cuddling up together at home, taking time to play and read a book. Thewordsseem sometimesmoreforgrown-ups than for children (See, time will take you far from here; youre growing way too fast. / All I want is Mommy time to make the moments last), and the idyllic scenarios are greeting-card blissful. But as with Pap and Me, reviewed below, families will welcome the celebration of what is often taken for granted.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)