![]() ![]() In desperation, the hatchling calls out to a boat, and then a plane (but neither respond), and at last, he approaches and climbs onto the teeth of an enormous steam shovel calling to it "Mother, Mother! Here I am, Mother!". Refusing to give up, he does not walk, but runs as he sees an old car, which he realizes certainly cannot be his mother. While he cannot yet fly, he walks, and in his search, he asks a kitten (who did not hear a word the baby bird said because he says nothing), a hen, a dog, and a cow if they are his mother, but none of them are. The hatchling does not understand where his mother is so he goes to look for her. ![]() ![]() The baby bird hatches while the mother is away. ![]() His mother, thinking her egg will stay in her nest where she left it, leaves her egg alone and flies off to find food. Plot summary Īre You My Mother? is a story about a hatchling bird. It was published by Random House Books for Young Readers on June 12, 1960, as part of its Beginner Books series.īased on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. Are You My Mother? is a children's book written and illustrated by P. ![]()
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