ornaments
the rainbow hand
the poems in this award winning collection celebrate the relationship between mothers and their children with a wide variety of subjects and emotions from a child walking in her mothers comforting protective shadow to a ten year old girl wondering if her mother was a clean freak when she was young . here is mothers heart my mothers heart is a bottle i want to fill with warm milk to soothe her hurts with honey to trap her bitterness with a squirt of tabasco shake her up inspired by her memories of her mother and her own role as a mother of a young son these poems by wong skillfully illustrated in full color by jennifer hewitson create an honest portrait of timeless human connections . sometimes funny always sensitive this collection will find a ready audience among young people especially children and teens who are interested in writing their own poems . the rainbow hand was a penn state lee bennett hopkins award honor book and an aba pick of the lists . praise from reviewers in an exquisite and moving collection of poetry wong explores the myriad emotions connected to the word and image of mother ... a gift book for children to read with adults . kirkus like the presence of a mothers hand wongs thoughtful and reflective volume is comforting and easily accessible . the poems are solid and steady reminders of the connections between mothers and children ... universal love discipline strength and emotion are all in evidence here . school library journal all of the poems hold a kernel of truth that readers of all ages will recognize ... children will find their own tangled feelings here . booklist