A Mommy's Love: One Love, Many Ways

What does a mommy's love look like?In A Mommy's Love: One Love, Many Ways, children discover that love does not always look the same. Through beautiful illustrations, gentle examples from the animal world, and familiar family moments, young readers explore the many ways care, protection, guidance, partnership, and belonging can appear.From a mother sea turtle trusting her babies to find their way to the ocean, to seahorse parents sharing the work of caring for their young, rabbits protecting their babies from a distance, wolves relying on their pack, and lions passing down traditions, each example offers a new way to think about love.The journey then moves into children's everyday lives, where families can take many forms. A child may be loved by two mothers, cared for by a grandparent while a parent is away, welcomed into a chosen family, raised by a loving father, or carry the memory of a mother who is no longer physically present.Warm, inclusive, and reassuring, A Mommy's Love gives children a comforting way to talk about family, caregiving, separation, belonging, and loss while reminding them that love can remain present even when it looks different from what they expected.A reflective journal page at the end encourages children to think about who cares for them, what that love looks like, and what they know in their own hearts about being loved.One love can appear in many ways.