April 2011

Booklists · Celebrating Mothers

In celebration of the enduring relationship between mother and child, here are some new books and staff favorites from our collection.

Fiction

The Unexpected Son

Shobhan Bantwal

Mothers and Other Liars

Amy Bourret

How To Be An American Housewife

Margaret Dilloway

Deep Down True

Juliette Fay

Winter Garden

Kristin Hannah

The Island

Elin Hilderbrand

A Song for My Mother

Kat Martin

Mothers and Daughters

Rae Meadows

The Distant Hours

Kate Morton

How to Bake a Perfect Life

Barbara O'Neal

Juno's Daughters

Lise Saffran

The Three Weissmanns of Westport

Cathleen Schine

Save Me

Lisa Scottoline

Island Girl

Lynda Simmons

Please Look After Mom

Ky*ong-suk Sin

The Goodbye Quilt

Susan Wiggs

Nonfiction

Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story

Asha Bandele

Prudent Advice: Lessons for My Baby Daughter: (A Life List for Every Woman)

Jaime Morrison Curtis

Global Girlfriends: How One Mom Made It Her Business To Help Women in Poverty Worldwide

Stacey Edgar

Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood

Carey Goldberg

A Double Life: Discovering Motherhood

Lisa Catherine Harper

Times Two: Two Women in Love and the Happy Family They Made

Kristen Henderson

Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps

Mamalita: An Adoption Memoir

Jessica O'Dwyer

If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Reporter's Notebook

Katherine Rosman

In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms

Laura Schlessinger

All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

Kim Stagliano

Signs of Life: A Memoir

Natalie Taylor

Picture Books for Kids

I Love My Mommy

Giles Andreae

My Mother Is Mine

Marion Dane Bauer

Clifford's Happy Mother's Day

Norman Bridwell

The Mother's Day Mice

Eve Bunting

Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!)

Diane De Groat

My Mother Is So Smart

Tomie DePaola

T. Rex and the Mother's Day Hug

Lois G. Grambling

Happy Mother's Day!

Mercer Mayer

Fancy Nancy's Marvelous Mother's Day Brunch

Jane O'Connor

Mother's Day

Anne F. Rockwell

I Love My Mom

Anna Walker

Need more suggestions? Contact your local library and a reference librarian will be happy to assist you.