A Mother for Choco
Paperback – Picture Book, March 19, 1996
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · March 19, 1996
Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, gently surprising story about how love makes a family, whatever its members look like.
- Themes
- Adoption, Love and belonging, Families come in many forms
- Genres
- Adoption Stories, Baby Animals, Alternative Family Stories
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Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not. Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do.
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And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together. Keiko Kasza's twist on the "Are you my mother?" theme has become one of the most highly recommended stories about adoption for children.
Families That Fit
A warm, gently surprising story about how love makes a family, whatever its members look like.
Come here for
- A child’s search for a mother, and a quietly unexpected answer.
- A story that loosens the link between resemblance and belonging.
Expect
- An adoption-centered take on the familiar “Are you my mother?” question.
- A family made up of children who look nothing alike.
Where it sits
| Adoption Stories | 99% |
|---|---|
| Baby Animals | 75% |
| Alternative Family Stories | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Adoption Stories
- Parent-Child Stories
- Authors
- Keiko Kasza
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- March 19, 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Adoption · Love and belonging · Families come in many forms
- Reading lane
- Adoption Stories