This is the picture book with the longest story of the ones about mothers and motherhood at my local branch, so I chose it as the first one in this storytime. I think children will enjoy reading the book. The teacher can use this story to let children know that mothers are the ones who care for you and love even though they do not look like you. At the end Choco accepted his new mother just the way she was. They were hippy, ally and piggy so Choco understood that they were different than their mother. At the bear's house his three little sons welcomed them. Then the bear invited Choco to go to her house to eat some pie and Choco accepted the invitation. The bear asked him if she wanted her to be his mother but Choco told her that she was so different.

The bear run towards him to see why he was crying so she hug him, kiss him and make him laugh.

He saw a bear and he started to cry because a bear could not be his mother since she was not like him. Choco walk away very sad because he was not going to find someone like him. He asked the giraffe, penguin and walrus but they told him that they were not his mother because they were not like him. One day he though that he was going to look for his mother and he set off to find her. This is the story of Choco a bird with no home or family. This story may be especially appealing to children whose families have been formed through adoption, but other children will benefit from it as well. This point lends itself to heavy-handedness, but it comes across here with simple good humor as Choco experiences a mother’s love through his encounter with Mrs. The straightforward plot communicates a profound principle that families need not be defined by biological similarity.

Bear, secure in her love even though she looks nothing like them. The story ends with the same resounding comfort as Eastman’s classic, as four children snuggle with Mrs. She laughs, “That would make me look very funny!” and invites him home to meet her other children, none of which are bears. When she suggests that she could be his mother, he objects that she doesn’t have his wings, yellow color, round cheeks, or striped feet. Bear he knows she isn’t his mother, but when he begins to cry she immediately comforts him, just as he imagines his mother would do. Eastman’s classic Are You My Mother?, Keiko Kasza presents a heartwarming story of another lonely bird who sets off to find his mother - but is disappointed after interviewing a giraffe, penguin, and walrus, to find that no mother shares his wings, his yellow color, his round cheeks, or his striped feet.

A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza