PICTURE BOOKS FOR MOMS OF BOYS

PICTURE BOOKS FOR MOMS OF BOYS

For all of you boy moms out there! I had 3 girls, then a boy, then 1 more girl. My boy's no longer a little guy, but fully in the beginning of his teenage years. I'm finding with each day that passes I'm looking straighter across into his face instead of down. He gets sweaty and his socks may have a slight odor to them called eau de boy. But when he was little I came across a sweet book called Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms by Christine Cole MacLean. We read that book a lot, and it MIGHT have been for the sole reason that I wanted to implant the idea in his head that his momma loved his hugs and no sweat or stink or age would alter that! A few months ago I came across a self published book written by a mother to her son. It's entitled If You Ever by Kaitlin Bishop. It reminded me of my Firefighter book in that it portrays the fierce love of a mother for her son. In this case, Bishop knows her son is a born adventurer, and she reminds him in poetic form of all the ways she'll help him, and that she can't wait for him to come back and share his journeys with her! As a mom who can testify to how fast time goes with your kids, I pray this is the case with all of them, but for now, I'm going to sit on the rocker with him and read him this book. Then kick him off quickly, because my legs will be numb! On a side note, Bishop does all her own illustrations which gives the book that extra bit of sweetness.