Momma, Will You?
Book description
Lilting rhymes in a question-and-answer format tell the story of a young boy eager to introduce his world to his mother and baby sister.
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Why read it?
1 author picked Momma, Will You? as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is another quite different type of book which has taught me a lot about rhythm, how impelling it can be, and how a refrain can be used to advantage. Proceeding at a jaunty tempo here the boy frames his questions to his mother throughout the book with 3 possible answers, ‘Yes, or no or maybe.’
"Momma will you feed the hen?
Yes or no or maybe?
Scatter corn a round the pen.
You and me and baby?
To which the mum replies, in this case in the affirmative
Yes, we’ll feed the speckled hen
Scratching in the dew
Then…
From Patricia's list on children’s rhyming picture texts.
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