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  • Published: 5 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9781728242460
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $16.99

Me and My Mama




Carole Boston Weatherford, a Caldecott Honor winner, creates a celebration of family love with this beautiful, rhyming book filled with many of the adorable reasons children love their mom and reminding us how much mom loves us!

A celebration of family love from beloved children's author Carole Boston Weatherford, this beautiful rhyming board book filled with many of the adorable reasons children love their mom, and reminds little ones how much mom loves them!
With rhyming text, a young child reflects on their mom and the many reasons they love her. There are so many things we love about our mom from the things we do together, to her unique characteristics, and the ways she understands us. All of these special things show us just how much we are loved by our mom!
This is an adorably cute book for children to feel the love and security of mom and to celebrate the diverse ways that love is shown and celebrated!

  • Published: 5 April 2022
  • ISBN: 9781728242460
  • Imprint: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
  • Format: Board Book
  • Pages: 24
  • RRP: $16.99

About the authors

Carole Boston Weatherford

Named the 2025-2026 Young People's Poet Laureate, Carole Boston Weatherford earned a BA from American University, an MA from the University of Baltimore, and an MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She has written more than 80 books and has earned many awards including the NAACP Image Award, a Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. She often writes about African American history, traditions, families and music. Weatherford is the winner of a Ragan-Rubin Award for Literary Achievement from the North Carolina English Teachers Association and the North Carolina Award for Literature. A retired English professor, she lives in Maryland.

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