Mama's Milk / Mamá Me Alimenta
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Book Overview
Celebrating the warm and loving bond between mammal mamas and their babies, this lushly illustrated, lyrical book shows little ones doing what comes naturally: nursing. A perfect choice for cuddling... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1582462453
ISBN13:9781582462455
Release Date:March 2008
Publisher:Tricycle Press
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 8.0" x 8.0"
Age Range:3 to 7 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 2
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
My toddler loves this book and so do I!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
My daughter is 27 months and still nursing. She loves to read this book with me and see pictures of other babies and toddlers nursing and then to see that the animals nurse too - from land, to trees, and even in the ocean. The illustrations are great and it is a good quality book. The story is pleasant and rhymes a bit. A lot of thought was put into this book and it reads well. I have bought several books about nursing and extended nursing and so far, this is the best quality book I have found. Also, at the end there are little facts about how long each animal nurses and found this very interesting. Elephants nurse for 2-5 years! Something I did not know :) I think it's important for mom's who are practicing extended nursing to be reminded that it's such a natural and wonderful thing and important too for the toddler to see other children thier age nursing as well. It helps to balance out some of the negative things we see in our culture or hear from well meaning friends and family. Enjoy!
great, non-nipply nursing book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I love finding books that normalize breastfeeding to children, but a lot of them are too "nipply" to me -- as natural as it is, and as much as I might nurse a baby in public without a care, I don't like the books with nipples all over the pages. Maybe I just feel self-conscious if someone else should see the books, or maybe it's just me being prudishly American. Regardless, this book is quite tastefully done. Even those who think babies should be nursed under a cover and only until they are 6mo old couldn't object to it. Wish it was a boardbook, as most kids who are nursing are still ripping up paper pages, but it's a high quality printing on thicker than average paper.
Love this book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I really really like this book, and my daughter loves seeing all the animals drinking their mommy's milk. I like that it has all the animals on the two pages in back too, so we can go over all the animals again together.
Beautiful book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
My nursing toddler son and I LOVE this book! The drawings are beautiful, the story is sweet, and we learned a lot about other nursing mammals! Brian's favorites-- the nursing puggles (platypus babies) and the fact that kangaroos make pink milk. This book gets a lot of cuddles, sweet milky smiles, and of course ends in a good night nurse.
Gorgeous Book, Must-Have for AP Parents!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book celebrates how beautiful and natural breastfeeding is...even for humans! My children were delighted to see beautiful pictures of a mom cuddling and nursing a baby in bed, nursing on a park bench, and wearing baby in a sling. They exclaimed, "It's like us!" And the way the book connects nursing with snuggling and cuddling in all creatures is gorgeous. As an added bonus, there are little nursing facts about different animals at the book (like a father coyote takes care of feeding a nursing mother coyote and how elephants nurse up to five years!) It gives you the names of animals and their babies, the names of their homes, etc. too, so very educational to boot! Gorgeous, beautiful book full of love and natural beauty!
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