Mom Pie

by Lynne Jonell, Petra Mathers (Illustrator)

Because their mother seems too busy preparing for company, Christopher and Robbie cook up the idea of a Mom pie to serve as her surrogate.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published March 5, 2001

About the author

Lynne Jonell is an author (and occasional illustrator) of sixteen books for children, from picture books to novels for ages 8-12, all with an element of fantasy: magical hamsters, talking cats, tiny planes with a secret fuel, rodents with special powers, and more. Her novel Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat won the Minnesota Book Award; her latest book, The Sign of the Cat, is a swashbuckling sea adventure. Coming in 2018 is Far Sight, Deep Time, a time-travel novel set at her ancestral castle in Scotland.

Her books have received starred reviews in Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Sesame Street Parents, and have been published in nine languages. She teaches writing at the Loft Literary Center, is married and has two sons, and lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/lynnej...

Reviews

[Krista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of odd, funny and sweet mixed together. Definitely not a must read. Randomly found this book at the library and wasn’t familiar with it. 2 boys miss their mom because she is distracted and busy preparing to have company. They make a mom pie full of all the things that remind them of her.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sweet tale about two young boys who just want to be with Mom. She is very, very busy and getting a little stressed out about a turkey dinner and getting ready for company to arrive. Sounds like Thanksgiving, perhaps? She shoos the boys out of the kitchen, so they decide to make a pie that reminds them of Mom.

The tale is a bit strange, but cute, and shows how we all can get a bit wrapped up in the details of the day and that our kiddos want to be with us and help us. The illustrations are a bit rudimentary, but it feels more like a child's story that way. We enjoyed reading this story together.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations really aren't great and it might seem kind of silly, but my daughter, who loves pie, thought it was great. Plus, it's a good reminder of what is really important in life.