Mommy?

by Maurice Sendak

Hardcover, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Your library

Publication

Michael di Capua Books / Scholastic (2006), Edition: 1 Pop, Hardcover, 12 pages

Description

While looking for his mother in a haunted house, a little boy plays pranks on the monster inhabitants. Features pop-up illustrations on foldout pages.

Media reviews

Boing Boing

The flip-up right panels showing the monsters' comeuppance are witty, marvellously engineered, and deeply satisfying.

User reviews

LibraryThing member adge73

The concept of this book is nice, the illustrations are good, and the paper engineering is amazing -- but even I had trouble manipulating the thing. It's too intricate to stand any but the most careful, spare use. That seems a shame for a book that is, in theory, intended for children.

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LibraryThing member teaperson

Fabulously engineered, a simple story. Lots of cool things for the adults to look at, too.

LibraryThing member hannahbk

I loved the ingenious way this book was put together. I loved the fact that the pictures just right out at you. It was especially interesting the way Sendak used only two words throughout the whole story. And yet the message behind the book was still conveyed.

LibraryThing member JoClare

One of the cutest Pop-up books out there, not only is it beautifully illustrated by the renown Maurice Sendak, but the premise of a darling baby, unafraid, searching though a house of monsters? It's adorable. And even though you're pretty sure he's going to find Mommy somewhere, well that's a bit

of a surprise too.
This one is a winner~

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LibraryThing member Kaberasturi

PreK to 2nd could read it. PreK to 4th could use it as a creative writing springboard. Pop-up book. The scenario involves a toddler crawling about through an arena of several different monster scenes as he voyages to find his mommy. He fearlessly defeats each villain until he finally reaches his

mommy. Could be used in the classroom with PreK students to acquire familiarity with book orientation or used with 1-5 grade students as a springboard for creative writing exercises. Central Issues addressed include finding mommy and/or exploring and facing individual fears.

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LibraryThing member DiamondDog

When Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks, and Matthew Reinhart collaborate, what do you get?! One of the most uniquely humorous and slightly off picture books you may ever find. In this macabre rendition of “Are you my mommy?”, a young boy, reminiscent of Sendak’s boy in “Where the Wild Things

Are”, searches room after room desperately calling out “Mommy”, only to be greeted by various monsters and ghouls. The illustrations are distinctively Sendak’s while the paper engineering can be non- other than Reinharts. The intricate pop-ups coupled with the gently frightful illustrations makes for a fun romp during the Halloween season, or anytime you’re in the mood for a scare! ***I just can't wait until a patron finds the topless woman on the "mummy" page!

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