Product Description
by Victoria Chang (Author), Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
In this irreverent, hilarious, and charming picture book, award-winning poet Victoria Chang and celebrated artist Marla Frazee show that all toddlers love their mommies--no matter what.
Is Mommy tall or short?Short! Is Mommy fun or boring?
Boring! In this joyous ode to hardworking mothers everywhere--who may not always be fun or organized or neat--Victoria Chang asks, do their toddlers love them anyway? Of course! Marla Frazee's colorful and humorous illustrations bring this simple text--perfect for reading aloud--to vivid life.
Author Biography
Victoria Chang is a celebrated poet, whose books have earned such honors as a PEN Center Literary Award and a California Book Award. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, American Poetry Review, POETRY, Believer, New England Review, VQR, The Nation, New Republic, The Washington Post, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. She is a contributing editor of the literary journal, Copper Nickel. She lives in Southern California with her family and her wiener dog, Mustard. Is Mommy...? is her first book for children.
Marla Frazee is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book and atwo-time Caldecott Honor winner. She has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, including All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, Stars by Mary Lyn Ray, and Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, as well as her own Farmer Books trilogy, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, and The Boss Baby, which inspired the DreamWorks Animation film. She is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Clementine chapter books by Sara Pennypacker. The mother of three grown sons, she lives in Pasadena, California. Visit her at MarlaFrazee.com.
