When Mama Comes Home Tonight
By Eileen Spinelli; Jane Dyer (Illustrator)
(Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Hardcover, 9780689810657, 32pp.)
Publication Date: September 1, 1998
Other Editions of This Title: Board Book, Paperback, Hardcover
Categories: Bedtime & Dreams, Family - General, Health & Daily Living - Daily Activities
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It can be hard waiting for Mama to come home, but once she's there it's the best time of the day. This soothing, rhythmic book celebrates the precious rituals a mother and child perform together as they wind down to bedtime. It shows that when you share them with someone you love, even the most simple activities can be playful, relaxing, and intimate.
Jane Dyer is the illustrator many books for children including When Mama Comes Home Tonight by Eileen Spinelli and the New York Times bestselling Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.











