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Your Mama Kindle Edition

by NoNieqa Ramos (Author), Jacqueline Alcántara (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 88 ratings
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A sweet twist on the age-old “yo mama” joke, celebrating fierce moms everywhere with playful lyricism and gorgeous illustrations, Your Mama is an essential Mother’s Day read.

Yo’ mama so sweet, she could be a bakery. She dresses so fine, she could have a clothing line. And, even when you mess up, she’s so forgiving, she lets you keep on living.

Heartwarming and richly imagined, Your Mama twists an old joke into a point of pride that honors the love, hard work, and dedication of mamas everywhere.

A Kirkus Prize Finalist

Kirkus Most Joyous Picture Book of 2021

School Library Journal Best Picture Books of 2021

2022 NCTE Notable Books in Poetry

2021 Nerdy Book Club Award

Virginia Center for the Book Great Read 2021

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    4 - 8 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Publisher
    Versify
  6. Publication date
    April 6, 2021
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    978-1328631886
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From the Publisher

Illustrator Jacqueline Alcántara talks about creating the art for YOUR MAMA

Your Mama

Your Mama So Sweet

The opening spread of Your Mama is one of my favorites! My mom is an amazing baker - cakes, cookies, brownies and beyond - but what I loved most was when she handed me a big spoonful of the raw cookie dough and we would eat every last drop of the dough from the bowl.

Your Mama

She's Got Road Trips Whipped

I love packing up the car and taking a road trip. That love was passed from my grandfather, to my mom, to me. I was actually on a roadtrip - from LA to Chicago - while creating the idea for this spread so I took inspiration from the wide open desert landscape I was seeing right outside my window. I used pastels to create the backgrounds of most pages they have beautiful vibrant color, but also because I was searching for a way to replicate that background texture of “flash tattoo” art and pastels worked beautifully.

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Mad Dap

I decided to add the tattoo motif for a few reasons but it first came to me while I was sketching, and thought of the old school “I love mom” tattoos. I wrote out the “Your mama” lines in tattoo style banners and loved the way they moved through the page and could interact with the characters. This is one of my favorite banner images - as the mom and child dance, snap, twirl and get all wrapped up in moment together!

your mama

Your Mama So Woke

I loved that this mama is in constant motion! And not only taking her child to vote or to a demonstration - but ALL you kids! I loved this line and could see the image in my mind straight away! I create my drawings first with pencil, then fill the characters in with marker. For this book, I did backgrounds created with pastel and combined everything together in Photoshop.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2—In a glowing tribute to mothers, here is one hip parent who spends quality time with her child. Illustrated banners throughout the tale begin with the words "Your Mama" and continue with a description which is pictured on the pages, such as, "Your Mama So Sweet," "Your Mama So Strong," and "Your Mama So Funny." The rhythmic text is lively while vibrant, detailed illustrations reveal the many activities mother and daughter share, such as baking, road trips, birthday parties, and singing along with the car radio. "She got friends at work, at church, around the 'hood. Life is good." English text with a smattering of Spanish words fit with the illustrations of a brown-skinned Latinx mother and young daughter. This mama brings verve to everything she does, whether sewing costumes for her child, attending Parents' Night at school dressed in a flowing orange dress, or taking her girl to the library. With long, wavy black hair; large gold hoop earrings; and heeled knee-high boots decorated with red roses; this mama has as much energy as her child. VERDICT An essential purchase, this contemporary, high-spirited salute to motherhood is a warm and welcoming valentine to family and love.—Maryann H. Owen, Oak Creek P.L., WI

Review

"A lyrical, spirited picture book that takes the old 'yo’ mama' joke and cracks, snaps, and pops it into an ode to motherhood. Using a vibrant tattoo motif, colorful, joy-infused artwork, and playful, melodic words, Ramos and Alcántara’s winning picture book celebrates motherhood at its most inspirational.... Ramos conjures jubilant scene after scene with deft language and sprinkles of Spanish, and this tale’s more sublime moments simply shine. Similarly, Alcántara’s art represents motherhood as a model of ideals and mind spun for modern times...Overall, it’s a celebration that’s invaluable and needed."  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This snappy tribute celebrates the fierce awesomeness of sweet, strong, funny, woke, brainiac mamas. Using rhythmic stanzas that swing...the bright, vibrant illustrations, with text in a playful retro-tattoo style, pop off the pages....This joyous celebration makes a perfect read-aloud for Mother's Day—and every day.”   — Booklist (starred review)

"Ramos reconfigures a well-known joke format into an uplifting, rhythmic exultation of motherhood in this bouncy debut....Parents and children alike will appreciate this thoroughly contemporary portrait of familial love." — Publishers Weekly

"A dynamic picture book affirmation of love, adoration and acknowledgement for mothers as both caretakers and individuals....Alcántara's vibrant, tattoo-inspired illustrations boldly complement Ramos's text. The collaboration is an energetic display of admiration for the hard work, love and dedication of mothers." — Shelf Awareness

Perfectly dazzling. — Kirkus Most Joyful Picture Books of 2021

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08B3GNKP2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Versify; Illustrated edition (April 6, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6551 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 88 ratings

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NoNieqa Ramos is an educator and author who wrote THE DISTURBED GIRL’S DICTIONARY, a 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens and a 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection. The Virginia Center for the Book selected their pb YOUR MAMA, illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara, as Virginia’s GREAT READ for 2021 highlighted by the Library of Congress’ Center for the Book at the National Book Festival. YOUR MAMA was a School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2021, a Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2021, a 2022 ALA Rise Feminist Book Selection, and a National Council of English Books Notable Poetry Book.Their pb BEAUTY WOKE, illustrated by Paola Escobar, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2022, a Chicago Public Library and New York Public Library Best Book of 2022, and a Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2023.

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In February 2024, Inkyard Press will release NoNieqa's short story EVERMORE, a queer retelling of THE RAVEN, in a SFF YA anthology called RELIT: 16 LATINX REMIXES OF CLASSIC STORIES. Lerner Books will release NoNieqa's first picture book bio, Booklist-starred THE TRES HERMANAS: A SISTERHOOD of the COMMON GOOD, illustrated by Nicole Medina.

In September 2024, Lerner will release NoNieqa's YA novel, THEY THOUGHT THEY BURIED. Check out NoNieqa's website to learn more about their work.

Customer reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
88 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

AugustaE
5.0 out of 5 stars love and poetry for your Mama!
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
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This is a book nobody should miss, especially not mamas. The book turns those old, “Your mama” insults upside down and inside out. This book makes you proud to be a mama and reminds kids of all the things their mamas do for them. It's full of humor and poetry and most definitely love! Lines mixing English and Spanish are wonderful and warm, like Mama “Leaves love notes in your almuerzo.” Some lines cracked me up, like, “Your mama so forgiving, she lets you keep on living.” The illustrations are innovative and bright, wrapping the main text in banners that symbolize each different element of a mom, like an anchor for strength. Best is the vibrant connection between the mama and daughter in each scene. Everyone should read this ode to mamas and get ready to move because it's going to make you want to snap and dance!
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Brittany T.
5.0 out of 5 stars An elegant ode to Mama's everywhere!
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2021
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Mama's are all that and them some. "She strong, like a marine." and "so woke, she takes all you kids when she votes." NoNieqa Ramos has pinned a magnificent picture book, which expresses the love, adoration and care of Mama's and Mama figures. Your Mama encompasses poignant and richly poetic text with Jacqueline Alcantara's delightfully joyous illustrations. Combined, NoNieqa and Jacqueline have crafted a positive and uplifting spin on the old school 'Your Mama' joke. They've created a beautiful ode to all that Mama's and Mama figures do, which is "ever-ry-thang'!!
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meliarocks
5.0 out of 5 stars Mami’s are the best.
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021
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Gorgeous illustrations. Sweet, realistic & humorous.
Will be gifting this often.
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M G
5.0 out of 5 stars A lovely book
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021
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Beautifully written and illustrated. Love this tribute to moms!
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Pia Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful way to express how versatile mothers are
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024
Mothers are fabulous what a way to share this book with your kids and really emphasize with them how much we do for them and how much we love out kids; but in reverse too that the kids recognize how amazing mothers are!
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ebob80
5.0 out of 5 stars Original and Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023
This book was such an original play on an old form. Ramos gives the phrase "your mama" new meaning in this beautiful ode to mothers. With captivating, colorful illustrations, I found myself pulled through the story alongside my son.
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WINSOME BINGHAM
4.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2022
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I enjoyed this book. I love seeing Momma's celebrated and the author did a good job of making sure the child character had agency on the page. That was a treat for me.
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April B
5.0 out of 5 stars Your Mama is... such a great book.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2023
I loved this new spin on the old your mama jokes... because your mama and my mama and all mamas deserve some recognition for all the great things they do.
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