My Mama Is a Mechanic

by Doug Cenko

Overview

Snuggle with Mom for this sweet book about a mother as seen through her son's eyes. To him, she is a surgeon when she repairs his favorite stuffed animal, a chemist when in the kitchen, and an architect when they play with toy blocks. But no matter what happens, she is always his mama, and that's the most important thing of all!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936669714
Publisher:	blue manatee press
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Edition description:	None
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Doug Cenko is an author and illustrator living in Chicago, IL. He has worked at an animation studio, a live special effects company and design agencies, but illustration is what he truly loves to do. When he’s not drawing, you can find him—or better yet, not find him—mastering the art of hide-and-seek with his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

2019-03-17
In this follow-up to My Papa Is a Princess (2018), a young child lists the many roles their mama performs.

In paired digitally created images, usually double-page spreads, the child describes a series of occupations, some fanciful and some not. The first image depicts Mama engaged in some grand pursuit with text that reads "My mama is…," while the second image concludes the statement and depicts reality. She drives a monster truck in an arena in one image, while the next depicts her holding a cardboard-box truck; in another pairing, she wears scrubs, suturing a patient while her child holds a tray of tools in the first image, while the second reveals her sewing up the abdomen of a ripped teddy bear. Other roles she pursues are: chemist (cooking), quarterback (tossing a football with her child), treasure hunter (discovering lost items under the sofa cushions), architect (playing with blocks), hot lava rescuer (playing make-believe), superhero (more make-believe), and mechanic (attaching training wheels to her child's bike). While it's a little too bad that readers don't see any actual occupation this mama may pursue aside from motherhood (wouldn't it be awesome if she really were a surgeon?), the depiction of a black mother and her child stands out among similar titles that depict either white humans or animals.

Sweet recognition of mothers' myriad talents. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews