Are You My Mother?

Are You My Mother?

Author	P. D. Eastman
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	June 12, 1960

Are You My Mother? is a children's book by P. D. Eastman published by Random House Books for Young Readers on June 12, 1960 as part of their Beginner Books series.

Plot summary

It is the story about a mother bird who knows her egg will be in her nest where she left it, so she leaves him alone to go and get something for him to eat. The baby bird hatches. He doesn't understand where his mother is so he goes to look for her. In his search, he asks a kitten, a hen, a dog, and a cow if they are his mother. They each say, "No."

Then he sees an old car, which can't be his mother for sure. In desperation, the hatchling calls out to a boat and a plane, and at last, convinced he has found his mother, he climbs onto the teeth of an enormous power shovel. But he is betrayed by the behemoth, as it shudders and grinds into motion. He can't escape. "I want my mother!" he shouts.

But at this climactic moment, his fate is suddenly reversed. The shovel drops him back in his nest, just as his mother is returning home, and the two are reunited, much to their delight. He then tells her about the adventure he had looking for her.

Trivia

Are You My Mother? was part of the Beginner Book Video series which included Go, Dog, Go! and The Best Nest.

There is however a mistake in the book, when the mother saw that the baby is still there in the nest, she has a worm, in page 63, the worm is nowhere to be seen.

Eastman dedicated the book to his mother.