Ma Dear's Aprons

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Ma Dear's Aprons was written by Patricia C. McKissack and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book). [1]

Summary

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Pros

A compilation comments from Good Read's members can be found on their site. Most of them gave the compliments to this book, like Amy Layton, who rated this book five stars, she thought that this book celebrates the hard work of a single black mother and the little things in life that cheer both her and her son up. Though routine and at times monotonous, Ma Dear and her son's life is a content one, filled with hard work and an appreciation for what they have. Using Ma Dear's aprons as a means to celebrate their family and their hard work is such a nice way of showing how work and pleasure can intertwine, though they don't often do. It is recommended for kids grades 1-3. Other reader said that it was a beautiful book that addresses the struggles of an African American single mother and her son in what appears to be the 19th century. It would be great to use for working on character perspective and also in a history unit that focuses on the African American or Caucasian divisions of the time period. It was a thoughtful, engaging story about the relationship between a young boy and his single, working mother. The story takes us back to the time when there were horse-drawn wagons, washboards instead of washing machines, and the act of doing laundry was a time consuming process. Students reading this book will be amazed at how life was for a family in the first half of the 20th century. Since the story is told from the little boy's point of view, students can relate to his feelings of boredom, excitement, and love as the story progresses. [1]


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References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Ma Dear's Aprons. Retrieved February 10th, 2021
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman. Retrieved February 10th, 2021