Lost moms

My two year old loves picture books about finding a lost mom. And there are plenty of those around, obviously a popular theme.

Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson. The little monkey searches for his mother with the help of a butterfly who finds all kinds of creatures, but has a lot of trouble finding Mom.




Busy Busy Busy by Jonathan Shipton. She loves this one. It´s not about a lost mom in the same sense as the other books, but Mom is overwhelmed and crying in the kitchen and the little one comforts her. The Icelandic translation of the title is "Just the Two of Us", which I think is a great title, a line from the page where the two of them run out into the sunshine.



Hug by Jez Alborough.  Little Bobo wants a hug. Everybody else is getting a hug, but Bobo finds Mom in the end and gets a big hug too.







Her absolute favorite is Owl babies by Martin Waddell. It´s a beautiful book about three owl babies, Sara and Percy and Bill, who wait for their mother to return, afraid she won´t. My daughter breaks out in a huge smile at the page where Owl Mom returns to her Owl Babies-- and her own mom gets a giant hug at the same time.