A darling story of all kinds of mamas and babies throughout the course of a day. This would be a great book for story time.

What a cute book for little ones. Happy Mamas by Kathleen T. Pelley shows all the things mothers and their offspring do using humans and animals. As it says on the back of the book, "All mamas want to see their babies learn, play and grow. Join these happy mama and their little ones in forest, jungle, snow, field, and beyond and see how universal a Mama's love can be"

Doing everyday things such as bathing, singing, eating and playing, each mama and baby have smiles on their faces. The illustrations are amazing. Ruth E. Harper has done large, colourful, happy illustrations with lots of detail that are fun to look at. They add so much to each page that you can't help but spend time looking and talking about them to your little one. I like how the day is broken up from getting up in the morning, meals and going to bed at the end. This would be a great read anytime during the day, but a wonderful bedtime story. This should be in everyone's family library.

Rhythmic text, warm and colorful illustrations, and the appeal of cute baby animals will draw young readers to this book. At each time of day various mamas, both animal and human, are shown in activities with their offspring. Whether it is finding bamboo for a panda cub, a baby elephant spraying water from its trunk, or a child tiptoeing close to see a butterfly, each scene is vibrant and inviting. The mothers in the wild are busy making sure their young are fed, safe, and happy, just as the human mothers are. Penguins slip and slide on the ice, kangaroos and joeys jump about, babies play peekaboo or float rubber ducks in the tub, but they all have happy faces and contented mamas looking on.

For young readers who are fascinated with baby animals, parents looking for a good bedtime story, or teachers searching for a text to do a compare/contrast lesson, this title fits the bill. Those looking for diversity in children's books will be please to see a variety of ethnic backgrounds pictured in the human families.

Lovely little book. My children loved it, so you know its a good one when they sit still for a whole book.