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Because Jamie doesn't want his parents to go to a party and leave him with a babysitter, he tries to delay their departure with a series of questions. Mama's loving answers make for a warm and reassuring story to allay bedtime fears.
Author Notes
Anna Grossnickle Hines was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 13, 1946. She studied art at San Fernando Valley State College. She received a B.A. in human development and an elementary teaching credential from Pacific Oaks College in 1974 and a M.A in 1978.
Her first book, Taste the Raindrops, was published in 1983. She has written and/or illustrated more than 60 books including Come to the Meadow, Maybe a Band-Aid Will Help, Remember the Butterflies, Flying Firefighters, and What Joe Saw. Both Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti and Grandma Gets Grumpy were given Children's Choice Awards by the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-This story dramatizes a young boy's unhappiness when his parents prepare to leave him with a sitter. As his mother gets ready for a party, Jamie asks her to tuck him in. The wise woman agrees to stay with him for five more minutes. As the child goes through his bedtime rituals, he tests his mother's love. ``Will you love me even if I spill my milk...on your special going-to-a-party dress...on purpose?'' The mother's answers to his questions reflect her patience, love, and resolve to go out. When the five minutes are over, he asks for one more favor; he wants the sitter to read him a story. Everybody wins in this typical family struggle. Hines has modeled a problem-solving situation into an interesting, even humorous tale. Her illustrations-colored pencil over marker-depict a realistic but sparsely detailed setting. However, while the characters remain recognizable, their facial dimensions change from one picture to the next, which mars an otherwise attractive book.- Nancy Seiner, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
In an appropriately small, cozy, square picture book, Jamie, who doesn't want his parents to leave him with a sitter while they go to a party, wins an extra five minutes with his mother. As Jamie and Mama go through their getting-ready-for-bed rituals, Mama reassures Jamie of her constant love. The pictures and text depict patient, responsible parents, and the story is comforting and realistic, if a bit purposeful. From HORN BOOK 1994, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
His parents are leaving when Jamie begins his intensive questioning: Would Mama tuck him in? Will she love him forever? Even if he spills milk on her party dress on purpose and she's angry? And would she still go? The persistent testing remains verbal here, while Mama is a commendable model for parents responding to such anxieties: She sets a five-minute limit during which--lovingly but sensibly--she answers Jamie's questions, tucks him in, promises another kiss when they return, and leaves him asking the baby sitter to make his one book a long one, ``and read it slow.'' The acute realism of the dialogue edges toward comedy, while Hines's cozy, unassuming illustrations and the small, square pages help convey the underlying security of this little boy's world. Appealing bibliotherapy. (Picture book. 3-7)
