Mama Hug
ROCKY POND BOOKS, JANUARY 7, 2025
A scrumptious, love-filled book for preschoolers by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Mama cuddle, Mama swing.
Mama dance, Mama sing.
Join a lovable mama and baby for a joyful day of fun and snuggles. Emma Straub has created an irresistible rhyming text, and Stevie Lewis’s bright and adorable illustrations are the perfect match. This is a book that mothers will delight in reading to their little ones again and again. A wonderful baby shower gift and just right as a bedtime read, this sweet treat is a hug in book form.
Praise For MAMA HUG:
“The arc of a mother and child’s day unfolds in concise, rockaby rhymes and warm-hued, colorblock-like art in this cozy work for youngest readers. Digital illustrations by Lewis (the Prince & Knight Series) show the duo alone, in and around their home, and always within a few feet of each other—starting with a pajamaed cuddle and ending with tuck-in time. ‘Mama tickle// Mama toes,’ writes Straub (Gaga Mistake Day) on one spread as the brown-skinned parent tickles the pale-skinned baby’s tummy and the two compare their feet in a mirror. Then it’s outside to a field of towering sunflowers as Mama lifts the child into the air and the rhyme wraps up: ‘Mama’s love grows and grows.’ While adults might marvel at the parent’s boundless energy across many wide-awake hours (‘Mama ladder// On a Mama wall’), children will see unconditional love pure and simple (‘Mama kisses when Baby falls’). And no one should be surprised when bedtime reveals ‘Mama dreams// in Baby’s head’—even the stars form a snuggling mother-and-child constellation.” — Publishers Weekly