"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...

"Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Rowland and educator Jessica McKay have crafted a lyrical celebration of working moms everywhere and a soothing story for their children. As a mother gets ready to go to work, first she works on building the world for her child. Because it can sometimes be hard to be separated during the day, Mom collects some simple words that she and her child can repeat whenever they are missing each other or feeling overwhelmed:...

"Home can be a blue house with white trim you share with your mama. But it can be bigger than that, with lots of Big Mamas to take care of you when your mom works--different houses for every day of the week. Mondays mean Nurse Louella and bike riding. Tuesdays mean eating fufu with your fingers with Miss Zikora. And Wednesdays . . . well, no matter where you are, as long as you are with your Big Mamas, you are home."--

"A wonderfully heartwarming look at what happens when a parent and child are separated during the workday, and the sweet moment when they're reunited at the end of the day."--

Through the lives of several children and their working mothers, this book shows how families keep each other in their thoughts even when they are far apart.

"This sweet bilingual picture book follows a boy and his stay-at-home dad, who takes care of him while his mom goes to work at the port, "where huge cargo ships come and go every day." She oversees the containers that go around the world! The boy recounts his days spending time with his father, from "when the sun starts filling the room with light," to eating breakfast, brushing his teeth and talking to his grandparents who live in a different country....

Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work.

Nikki needs reassurance that her mother won't forget her when she goes out to work.

On the first day she tries to work in her new office set up in the old toolshed, Mrs. Bellyflop is continually interrupted by the antics of her three children.

Folders with paper and cardboard representations of things found in a briefcase allow children to "go to work" just like Mommy. A story conveys the message: Mommy may be busy at work, but she's always thinking of you!