In telling this adorable story I loved
the fact the author has decided not to give a name to the boy who’s telling
this story. If she did the reader would distance themselves from the story
because it’s about someone else and their mother; but the use of “I” puts the
reader into the story.
Every parent knows their child would
love for them to stay at home with them and have fun and not go to work. It’s
practically the same reason why children hate when they have to start going to
school. The author’s use of “bring home the bacon”, which we as adult know
means money, activates the imagination of the main character since he never
really sees any of the bacon he and everyone else in his family eats for breakfast,
and will activate the imagination of the readers of this book.
At least on Friday’s the character
knows his mother will home tomorrow and the day after, but not the day after
that when the sadness of not having his mother around will return.
For the charming way the book helps
for children to understand the topic of mothers having to go to work, I’ve
given this book 5 STARS.
I received a copy of this book in
connection to a giveaway on LibraryThing and the above has been my honest
opinion.
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