Will it be okay? by Dragonwagon, Crescent 

BTSB Prebound(Cameron Kids, 2022)

BTSB #: 290444 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Fear - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Encouragement - Fiction

Summary: A mother comforts a child about her special fears concerning dogs, thunder, snakes, and other things.

Words in my hands by Asphyxia 

BTSB Prebound(Annick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 074568 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-16   
AR: 5.2 UG Lexile: 750 HL

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Deaf - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Drawing - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Australia - Fiction

Summary: Piper's mum wants her to be "normal" by passing as hearing to get a good job. But growing up reading lips to conform has left Piper feeling stifled until she meets Marley, who teaches her sign language, introduces her to the deaf community, and influences her pathway of protest and activism that she never dreamed of.

Worry balloon by Mancillas, Monica 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 599402 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 540 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Worry - Fiction Anxiety - Fiction First day of school - Fiction

Summary: On the first day of school, Isla's mind plays the what if game. Scary thoughts come, the world goes dark, and everything feels stormy. With Mami at her side, Isla takes a deep breath, and blows her worries away in a big balloon. But as school gets closer, Isla's worries come back like a tornado. Then Mami encourages her to imagine the good, and Isla remembers there's nothing she can't handle.

Yasmin the writer [Yasmin]by Faruqi, Saadia 

Paperback(Picture Window Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 325540 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.5 LG Lexile: 530 F&P: K

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Heroes - Fiction Creative writing - Fiction School stories Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Pakistani Americans - Fiction Muslims - United States - Fiction

Summary: Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.

Year we were famous by Dagg, Carole Estby 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2011)

BTSB #: 254356 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.1 MG+RC: 7.4 9-12 Lexile: 950

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Farms - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Money-making projects - Fiction

Summary: Based on a true story, in 1896, a mother and daughter hatch a plan to save the family farm by walking across the entire United States for publicity and prize money.

Yo no soy tu perfecta hija Mexicana by Sanchez, Erika L. 

PaperbackSPANISH(Vintage Espanol, 2018)

BTSB #: 775634 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4 UG

Genres: Spanish Language Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Grief - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Chicago (Ill.) - Fiction

Summary: When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed. In Spanish.

You be mommy by Clark, Karla 

BTSB Prebound(Feiwel and Friends, 2020)

BTSB #: 218218 Available

Dewey: EAges: 2-6   
Lexile: 440 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction Role reversal - Fiction Fatigue - Fiction

Summary: A mother tells her child that she's simply too tired to be Mommy tonight and asks her daughter to take over for her.

Your name is a song by Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah 

BTSB Prebound(Innovation Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 879846 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.5 LG

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Personal names - Fiction Sadness - Fiction Encouragement - Fiction Mother-daughter relationship - Fiction School stories

Summary: Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class.