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Mama, I'll Give You The World
For one magical night, Luisa wants to make her
single mother's worries disappear.
About the Book: - Click Book Cover to Buy the Book.
For one magical night, Luisa wants to make her single
mother's worries disappear.
Every day after school Luisa goes to Walter's World of Beauty to watch her mama
work— cutting, coloring, and curling customer's hair, transforming them into the
images of their dreams. Mama works hard and hardly ever smiles, but when she
does, she is the prettiest flower in all the World. At the end of each day, she
puts her tip money in a special envelopes for Luisa—the envelope marked
"college." She wants to give her daughter the world—but Luisa has plans of her
own. It's Mama's birthday and, for one night, she wants to make Mama smile...
the way she smiles in an old photograph of her dancing at a place called
Roseland. So Luisa transforms Walter's World of Beauty into Roseland, by
decorating it with roses and collages of Mama's customers, who are also in on
Luisa's secret. And it isn't long before everyone is happily dancing, especially
Mama, who is the happiest of all.
Schwartz & Wade; Hardcover; Ages 4-8; August 2006; $16.95;
978-0-375-83612-1 (0-375-83612-8)
“Schotter’s nimble use of alliteration and words with
multiple meanings adds depth and richness to the text…These are scenes to savor,
snuggled closely one-on-one, or shared with a group.” –School and Library
Journal, September 2006
About the Author:
Roni Schotter is the award-winning author of 22 books for children, including
picture books and story picture books for middle readers, as well as
middle-grade and young adult novels. Her books are concerned with imagination
and its power and the extraordinary courage of children who think for themselves
and “dare to reach out to the larger world.”
Roni Schotter's many acclaimed books for children include The Boy Who Loved
Words, Dreamland, Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane
(a Parents' Choice Award winner) and Hanukkah! (recipient of the National
Jewish Book Award). The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter,
illustrated by Giselle Potter:
About the Illustrator:
S. Saelig Gallagher is the illustrator of Moonhorse by Mary Pope Osborne;
The Selfish a fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde; The Firework-Maker’s
Daughter by Philip Pullman; and Blue Willow by Pam Canrad. She lives
in California
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