While working on my blog posts for this week I decided I wanted to look for books about Moms in honor of Mother's Day. Since I am me the first one I found was a book about gorilla moms.
A Mom for Umande tells the story of Umande a diamond back gorilla who is born to a gorilla momma who is not quite ready to step up and be a parent just yet. Umande is cared for by zoo keepers until they find a new mom for Umande at another zoo.
This story was very heart warming. You instantly feel for Umande and want for him to find a forever family. This book is really fun and unique in that it deals with issues of family and adoption in a very inviting way. You get to see how Umande's birth parents were good gorillas even if they weren't fit to be parents. You also get to see the positive, loving relationship formed between Umande and his new mom.
The illustrations are cute, warm and inviting. They really complement the overall positive feeling of the story very well.
I also find this story very interesting because Umande is a real gorilla. It's very easy to find additional information and photos about Umande on the internet, which lends itself well to projects and learning in conjunction with the book.
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