
Ask a Bookseller: A picture book that makes busy moms feel seen
Ashley Valentine is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Rooted MKE, her BIPOC children's bookstore and academic support center in Milwaukee, Wis., and she's done it while caring for her two children under age 5. She singled out the picture book "You Be Mommy" as one where she sees her own journey reflected.Written by Karla Clark, "You Be Mommy" shows a busy mother of three who comes home from her tech job and taps into mom-mode: driving to soccer practice, making dinner to her three kids' taste specifications, washing the dog, etc. In this story, she offers one of her daughters the chance…
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