


📚 Our Mother’s Names 📚
Author: Uma Menon
Illustrator: Rahele Jomepour Bell
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Age: 4-8
Islamic Content: incl Muslims
Concerns: None
This gentle and tender story captures the universal love between mother and child. The story revolves around the word mother in different languages. Main character and her family speak Malayalam and she learns from her friends how they call their mother in their language. Includes Spanish, Arabic, Brazilian, Greek, Korean, Turkish Samoan and many more. The text and the illustrations give a soft tone to the story and would be a great read in classroom setting where a simple and interactive discussion can happen.
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