This tailor-made Mother's Day offering and companion to Daddies Are Awesome celebrates all that (feline) mamas do. For example: "Mommies are clever. / They know when you're sad. / They'll hug you and kiss you / when you're feeling bad." A good match for the affectionate text, the soft-hued illustrations portray various breeds of mother cats cuddling, protecting, and playing with their little ones.

The team of Costain and Lovšin (Daddies are Awesome, 2016) gives moms their due.Rhyming verses tell of all the ways moms are amazing: "Mommies are magic. / They kiss away troubles… // …find gold in the sunlight / and rainbows in bubbles." Moms are joyful—the best playmates. They are also fearless and will protect and soothe if you are scared. Clever moms know just what to do when you're sad, sporty moms run and leap and climb, while tender moms cuddle. "My mommy's so special. / I tell her each day… // … just how much I love her / in every way!" Whereas dads were illustrated with playful pups and grown-up dogs in the previous book, moms are shown as cats with their kittens in myriad colors, sizes, and breeds. Lovšin's cats look as though they are smiling at each other in their fun, though several spreads are distractingly cut in half by the gutter. However delightful the presentation—the verse rolls fairly smoothly, and the cats are pretty cute—the overall effect is akin to a cream puff's: very sweet and insubstantial.A $16.99 Mother's Day card for cat lovers. (Picture book. 3-6)

It-s all about moms-feline ones-in this playful companion to the dog-centric Daddies Are Awesome. Lovsin-s handsome illustrations capture the distinctive mannerisms of more than a dozen cat families. -Mommies are clever./ They know when you-re sad./ They-ll hug you and kiss you/ when you-re feeling bad,- writes Costain in a pair of scenes; in one, a Maine coon cat envelops its child, and a calico mother licks her kitten in the other. Animal-loving children will revel in the careful detail Lovsin brings to her feline portraits, while mothers will appreciate the underlying moms-can-do-it-all message. Ages 4-8. (Apr.)