There is a wonderful book for young children called, Mama, do you love me? Written by Barbara Joosse and illustrated by Barbara Lavallee, it is a story about an Inuit mother and daughter and it speaks to the unconditional love of a parent for her child. In this story, the daughter (referred to only as “Dear One”) is trying to feel out the boundaries of this love.
The story opens with the young daughter asking her mother, “Mama, do you love me?” To which the mother replies, “Yes, I do, Dear One.”…
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