Before I Was Your Mother

Kids have a hard time understanding that their parents were once small children. In this picture book a mom explains to her child of all the things she did before becoming a parent. She did things like make lots of noise, fought with her brother and loved all kinds of shoes! But the thing that the mom has always wanted is to have a little girl. She use to dream of that day and now her dream has come true and she is sharing the old stories of her childhood with her own daughter!

for a close friend having a girl (or who already has a girl). Shower gift, birthday gift, thinking-of-you gift - this is the perfect book. I've already given it to two of my close friends, who have both loved it. My 3-1/2 year old likes this book as a bedtime story as well. Very sweet, very tender, very beautiful.

I received this book for Mother's Day from a dear friend who supported me through a long struggle with infertility. I was blessed to give birth to my daughter Caitlin in September, 2000. This book is wonderfully touching as a mother tells her daughter about what she was like before she became a mother, and how much she longed to someday be a mom. She tells her daughter, Katie, how she named all of her stuffed animals and toys "Katie" ... and how "she dreamed of having her own little girl to love." "Now, I am your mother, and you are my only Katie. I tuck you in and tell you stories about the time before your time, when I was a little girl who ...slept in her firefighter boots...and who dreamed of having her own little girl to love." For any woman who has longed for a child and has had her dream come true, this book will tug at her heartstrings for sure. And what a wonderful way for us to remind our children of how much they were wanted and how deeply they are loved. I can't say enough about this book, as you can see. :) Caits Mama (Who also named her dog Katie when she was a kid)

Engagingly written by Kathryn Lasky, Before I Was Your Mother is a thoughtful tribute to mothers and daughters everywhere, reminiscing about how every beloved mother was once a precocious little girl herself. Charming color illustrations by LeUyen Pham fill the pages of this tender picture book for young readers ages 3 to 7. Very highly recommended for family, school, and community library picture book collections, Before I Was Your Mother would make an especially nice gift for Mother's Day!