A Card for my Mum

It is Mothering Sunday tomorrow and the little girl in this book searches the shops for a card with an image of her mother. Everywhere she looks she sees bright lights and gifts, candles and chocolate hearts. Thinking fondly of her own mother, she sees her with her gold bangles jingle jangling as she washes curry pots, and her silk kameez with its beautiful colours. Searching each and every card she sees, there is not a single image that depicts her own mother. She has money only enough to buy a card, not any of the luxurious gifts on display in each of the shops. Not downhearted she realises what she should do. The card that she draws is a wonderful likeness of her mother. The illustrator captures the little girl’s sadness as her search bears no result and the quiet tenderness between mother and daughter, a joy that leaps from the pages. Just right for lauding mothers worldwide.