Review - Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!
by Deborah Hautzig
illustrated by Normand Chartier
Date: 1989
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book
Pages: 24
Format: e-book
Source: library

Grover feels like a failure because he can't think of the perfect present to give his mother on Mother's Day. What he doesn't realize is that he's already given her the best present: himself!

(synopsis from Goodreads)

This is an okay picture book that sort of gives kids an excuse not to give their mom a Mother's Day gift. ("I'm your gift!" they'll shout. I don't know how well that's going to go over...)

Happy Mother's Day! isn't a terrible book, although I do find it a bit creepy to see Grover wearing clothes. It's just... wrong. A cape when he's Super Grover, fine. But seeing him walk around in overalls almost makes me shudder. It's like seeing a goldfish wearing a diaper or something. It's unnecessary and just plain weird.

Premise: 3/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 3/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 3/5

Enjoyment: 2/5

Overall: 2.67 out of 5