Challenging the conventional views of motherhood that reduce moms to a rule-bound gendered identity and role, Mommies will encourage readers to explore and question their own as well as larger social norms.
Richa Jha delivers a strong statement through the simplicity of children’s voices, presenting a kaleidoscope of vastly different mothers who don’t fit the stereotypical narratives of motherhood. Priya Sebastian’s bold, charcoal-etched images infuse the simple narrative with an arresting depth to capture the diverse beauty of each portrayal.
ISBN: 9788194859260
Pages: 32
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Chandni Ke Pankh
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Mamang Dai +1
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- Description: Four delightful tales from Arunachal Pradesh on how the world came to be ñ two brothers create the world; a river wanders over the mountain; the dove sings a lullaby; a wayward sun tries to scorch the earth.
Dungi Dance
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Bhavna Jain Bhuta
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- Description: Dhum Dhum Dhum… dhup dhup dhup… Dungi dances to a dhinchak beat in this foot-tapping story that will make young readers move and groove, clap and tap! Big sheep, small sheep, bored sheep, happy sheep… eye-catching visuals bring to life the dance and drama in a woolly world.
Kamal Se Bhara Aakash
- Author Name:
Shanti Krishnaswamy +1
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- Description: Tiny drops of water form vast seas, tiny grains of sand form gigantic deserts, and tiny tots and their wisdom form exciting stories. Come with us ... as we take you to meet our friends Abu, Nootan, Kokila, and Jishnu. Is there anyone like you?
The Colour Thief
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Stephen Aitken +1
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- Description: What happens when a grouchy giant decides to scoop all colour out of the world – from the trees and flowers, from the birds and animals, the fish and the waters? A quaint, fairytale-like story, set amidst magnificent mountains, leafy forests, swirling seas and skies. Sandhya Prabhat’s pictures play with the ebb and flow of colour, startling the reader with brilliantly coloured pages and stark, monochromatic ones. A multi-hued journey in which a little girl who can’t see helps the grouchy giant see the world around in a completely new way.
Satyadas
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Bimal Kar
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- Description: A story about how truth and honesty are compromised when material well-being arrives. The story showcases with sensitivity the exit of human values with the advent of material wealth and prosperity.
Ninagidu Saadhyave?
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Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಾಲ್ಬೆರಳುಗಳಿಂದ ರುಚಿ ನೋಡಬಲ್ಲಿರಾ? ಅಥವಾ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಿವಿಗಳಿಂದ ನೋಡಬಲ್ಲಿರಾ? ಅಥವಾ, ಕನಿಷ್ಠ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕೂದಲಿನಿಂದ ವಾಸನೆ ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲಿರಾ? ಅಲ್ಲವೇ? ಸರಿ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಇರುವ ಜೀವಿಗಳಿವೆ! ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳು 'ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ'ವಾದ ಕೆಲಸಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವ ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಒಂದು ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಣುಕಿ ನೋಡಿ. ಮತ್ತು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿನ ತಮಾಷೆಯ ತುಣುಕುಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ.
Akela
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Richa Jha +1
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- Description: Akela Lekhan Coot is a writer who desires peace and quiet. He believes that the noise on his street is preventing him from being imaginative. So, he decides to leave the constant commotion and seeks solitude. Will the silence help him find the inspiration he needs to write his story? Through Ruchi Shah's stunning artwork and Richa Jha's poetic writing, Akela encourages readers to reflect on whether isolation is necessary for creativity or whether community life is needed to inspire it. The book explores various themes, including isolation, escapism, community living, creative blocks, creative enablers, self-discovery, and transcendence. It also touches upon the idea that people shape us, and we shape them. Picture Book Author: Richa Jha Illustrator: Ruchi Shah
Random Curiosity Volume-II
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Rahul Pal +1
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- Description: Curiosity is the fundamental basis for the process of learning. It helps children to explore, question and often wonder about the world they live in. This book puts together many such questions randomly posted to Prof. Yash Pal, like 'Why does the inner surface of the car wind shield get foggy when it is raining outside?'; 'Why do tears taste salty?'; 'What are stem stells?': 'Has the discovery of quarks challenged the idea of quantization of charge?' and even 'Does God exist?'. Whatever the question, Prof. Yash Pal's answers are always marked by their simplicity, honesty and a gradual unravelling of the scientific basis behind each. Covering a wide array of subjects, this book with about 300 questions arranged randomly, makes an interesting read for all. Prof. Yash Pal, a distinguished scientist, educationist and visionary, has always encouraged children to ask questions and believes that curiosity is what makes us human. An architect of India's space programme, Prof. Yash Pal was the former Chairman of the UGC, as well as the former Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Science & Technology. He has been the major force behind the latest National Curriculum Framework for school children. Dr. Rahul Pal is presently working as a scientist at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. After receiving his Masters degree in iological sciences from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, Dr. Rahul Pal did his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from AIIMS, New Delhi.
Daddoo's Day Out
- Author Name:
Prabhjot Kaur +1
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- Description: Daddoo, the little frog, on her day out Ö A lively book that celebrates friendship and introduces children to the world of animals, colours and sizes. The story with its view of life in a small pond and the larger forest can be used in the classroom.
Peace with Buddha
- Author Name:
Chitwan Mittal +1
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- Description: This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book. “What happens when our wish comes true, and we receive our doll? We play with it but soon enough, we wish for a shiny ball!” Buddha did not want people to suffer. He reminds us that desire leads to suffering. He encouraged us to think of the path to peace as lying within ourselves. This board book, Peace With Buddha will help children recognize the values of wanting less, finding peace and connecting with their inner selves. The Series, Learning TO BE is a creative way to introduce your little ones to big values in an engaging manner. Written in simple text and magical verse, this series is perfect to read aloud to toddlers (2-4 year olds) and excellent for beginning readers (4-8 year olds). Look for other titles in this series: Kindness with Mahavira and Service with Guru Nanak. This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book.
Everything is Ups!de Down
- Author Name:
Jane De Suza
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- Description: Details awaited
Lightning
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Prabhat +1
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- Description: लाइटनिंग रणथंभौर की एक बाघिन की कहानी है। उनके बारे में अनगिनत किस्सों में से प्रभात ने एक ऐसा किस्सा चुना है जो इंसानों और जंगली जानवरों की एकजुटता को दर्शाता है। संवेदनशील रूप से चित्रित, कहानी दिखाती है कि लाइटनिंग और लोग मिलकर रणथंभौर को वह स्थान बनाते हैं जो वह है। उगता सूरज-डूबता सूरज। वहाँ की रात है और रात का चाँद है और लाइटनिंग है। वह बोलती है तो पूरा जंगले बोल पड़ता है। सबको लगता है कि लाइटनिंग इस बार उनसे कुछ कह रही है।
Nanna Bhaavanegala Prapancha (How I Feel-Kannada)
- Author Name:
Varsha Sheshan +2
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- Description: How do you feel when Nani comes to visit? How do you feel when you spoil a library book? Read this book and see how you feel today.Written by Varsha Seshan,Illustrated by Gitanjali Iyer and Kannada Translation by Uma Rao Kolar.This book won Library of Congress Literacy Award 2020(special response award).
WHERE IS THAT CAT
- Author Name:
Manjula Padmanabhan
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- Description: One naughty little cat with an orange tail and pointy ears is lost! Minnie goes looking for her Pooni, and steps onto a busy city street filled with people to talk to and things to look at. Writer-artist-cartoonist Manjula Padmanabhan’s humour-filled pictures with delightful details invite us to join in the search – for the cat who is always just one step ahead!
Goondi Bari Aashbe?
- Author Name:
Adithi Rao
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- Description: Muthu’s constant companion is a rooster called Goondi. But her grandfather tells her not to get too attached to Goondi, since he belongs to Selvi Paati. And the village head wants to buy him for his son’s wedding feast… Muthu can’t bear the thought! So, she makes her move and Thatha makes his, in this tender story about what a dear friend is worth. Pictures add richness and depth to this layered narrative set in an Irula fishing village in Tamil Nadu. Their varying tones and textures capture the setting, the people and the moments.
Bana Banaya Dekha Aakash
- Author Name:
Vinod Kumar Shukla +1
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- Description: बना बनाया देखा आकाश बनते कहाँ दिखा आकाश बना बनाया पहाड़,जंगल तरह तरह की चिड़िया नदियाँ, समुद्र, जीव-जंतु बनते कहाँ दिखा सूरज, पत्थर, जंगल बीज, बरसात ऋतु, बसंत और रंग-बिरंगे फूल दिन, संध्या और रात बना बनाया, रहे सब यह बना रहे ख्याल।
Coming Home
- Author Name:
Priti David
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- Description: Coming Home is a story set in a beautiful valley where a small community of farmers and their families live and work. Over the years, many of the young people have begun to migrate to earn a living. Everyone wishes there was a way in which these young people could stay back and earn a living right here. It’s a young boy, Selva, who has an idea which could do just that. But will it take shape and will it bring his older brother home? Read the book to find out just how a small idea can lead to big changes. Written by Priti David, this is a story about migration and home, seen from the eyes of 11-year-old Selva. age 10- 15 years
Can You?
- Author Name:
Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: Can you taste with your toes? Or see with your ears? Or, at least, smell with your hair? No? Well, there are creatures around you that can! Take a peek into an intriguing world to discover the different ways in which animals do things that are ‘normal’. And look out for the funny bits in the pictures.
Jhuplichi Madhachi Peti
- Author Name:
Achintyarup Ray
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- Description: बाबा कुठे आहेत? तो अजून परत का आला नाही? संध्याकाळ होत असताना झुपली अस्वस्थ आहे. तिचे वडील मध गोळा करण्यासाठी घनदाट जंगलात गेले आहेत आणि ती घाबरली आहे. कारण जंगलात वाघ आहेत. कारण लोक कधी आत जातात आणि कधी बाहेर पडत नाहीत. बाबांना रोज धोक्यात जावे का? झुप्लीला एक कल्पना आहे – मधाचे खोके! मूडने भरलेली चित्रे आणि मजकूर झुप्लीच्या सततच्या चिंतेला भव्य सुंदरबनच्या झाडामध्ये विणतात, हे ठिकाण जितके सुंदर आहे तितकेच धोकादायक आहे, या कथेत मध गोळा करणाऱ्यांच्या दुर्दशेकडे लक्ष वेधले आहे.
WHEN ALI BECAME BAJRANGBALI
- Author Name:
Devashish Makhija
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- Description: Mr Moochvaala and his mechanical monsters are going to cut down Bargad chawl, and its residents are worried. They are in danger of losing their homes – their nooks and crannies, shelters and perches in the big banyan tree. It is left to Ali the monkey to find a way out. He swings, jumps and leaps into action, and comes up with a monkey trick that gives a new twist to the phrase ‘playing god' in this hilarious and heartwarming story with wonderfully animated pictures!
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What is Mommies about?
Mommies is a tender picture book that celebrates the everyday magic of mothers. Through gentle words and expressive illustrations, it shows how moms comfort, protect, play, teach, and create a safe world for their children. Each page captures small, relatable moments that feel real to every family.
Why should readers pick up Mommies?
It’s a heartfelt read-aloud that helps young children understand love, care, and emotional security. The book is grounding, warm, and reassuring — perfect for bonding time and early emotional learning.
Who is Mommies ideal for?
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Kids aged 2–6
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Parents looking for a bedtime or bonding book
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Pre-schools and early learning centres
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Libraries building family-themed collections
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Gift-givers for birthdays, baby showers, or Mother’s Day
Key Themes
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Mother–child bond
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Emotional warmth
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Everyday caregiving
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Family routines
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Comfort and safety
Where to read or buy Mommies?
Visit the book page here: https://rachnaye.com/books/picture-books/mommies-english-by-pickle-yolk-books
