When Owen's Mom Breathed Fire

When Owen's Mom Breathed Fire is a Swedish translated delight. We meet Owen and his single mom in their kitchen one morning as Owen's mother is frantically and loudly trying to get both she and Owen out the door to their respective places. To cope, Owen briefly escapes into the quiet of his big rubber dragon mask. The next morning Owen finds not his familiar mom, but his mom as a dragon who apparently does not know the first thing about being a mom. She lets him have chocolate everything for breakfast. She cleans the plates by licking them. She quiets her cell phone by stomping on it. Although it starts out to be a pretty fun day for Owen, who gets a little sidetracked by the zoo and the park on his way to take his mom to the doctor, his mom-as-a-dragon becomes a bit of a handful especially when she discovers she LOVES to breath fire. Weird, funny, sweet and reassuring, this book is a must have for its wonderful artwork, humor and alternative sensibility.