This review was originally posted on January 18, 2010
Personally, I had no idea that the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Bloom County and Opus wrote children’s books. This one was given to me for my first Mother’s Day. It is a delightful celebration of the special love between parent and child. A little boy who does not fully appreciate his mother is soon provided a lesson of the power of her love like no other when martian raiders with big nets come to capture some greatly needed mothers.
The text is well written and engaging for young readers as well as those with more life experience. The illustrations truly are show stoppers. You will find that you want to linger as long as possible to study each illustration. The use of vibrant color is lovely and humorous details both large and small will delight and have you finding things you didn’t see before again and again.
Mars Needs Moms! is a very special book and worthy of sharing with a Mom you know…
Juvenile Fiction
Philomel Books
2007
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