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"I want my mother!" he cries. The shovel drops him back into his nest just as his mother is returning home. The two are united, much to their delight, and the baby bird tells his mother about the adventure he had looking for her.
The theme of this story is the strength of the bond between a parent and their children. Against all odds the baby bird eventually was reunited with his mother.

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Attached is the read aloud version of the story "Are You My Mother?" and included illustrations from the book.

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"Are You My Mother?" was published by Random House Books for Young Readers as part of its Beginner Books series. The purpose of the Beginner Book series is to use exacting blends of words and pictures that encourage children to read by themselves.

This story so effective because of the humorous illustrations and its use of repetition. The illustrations are done in a limited color palette and the cartoon-like illustrations focus on the baby bird and his search, with no extraneous details.

The brevity of the story, the controlled vocabulary, and simple sentence structure are at the right level for a beginning readers. The repetition of words and phrases and the clues provided by the illustrations also support the beginning reader.

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The baby’s separation from his mother adds a certain tension that drives the story forward.  Even as the baby bird does delightfully silly things like ask a cow if she is his mother, the reader is anxious for the baby to find his mother. The conflict climaxes in the bird’s encounter with the snort: will this huge machine hurt our little baby bird?  Of course, the story resolves in a delightful way as the snort turns out to be helpful and not harmful.

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The challenge main characters need to solve to achieve their goals.

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Written & Illustrated by            P.D. Eastman 

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Written & Illustrated by            P.D. Eastman 

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P.D. Eastman worked closely with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) on a number of projects. Under the name P.D. Eastman, he created a number of beginner books that have remained popular over the years. Some of his beginner books include: Go, Dog Go!, The Best Nest, Big Dog . . . Little Dog, Flap Your Wings and Sam and the Firefly.

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The main events of a play, novel, or movie created and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

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Are You My Mother?" is a story about a baby bird. His mother, thinking her egg will stay in her nest, leaves her egg alone and flies off to find food for her soon to be born baby. However the baby chick hatches and does not understand where his mother is so he decides to go looking for her.
Sadly he doesn't know what his mother looks like and in his search he asks a kitten, a hen, a dog, and a cow the question "Are You My Mother?"
Then he sees an old car, which cannot be his mother for sure. In desperation, the hatchling calls out to a boat and a plane, and lastly he climbs onto the teeth of an enormous power shovel.
A loud "SNORT" belches from it, prompting the bird to utter, "You are not my mother! You are a SNORT!" But as it begins to move the baby bird cannot escape. "I want my mother!" he cries. But in this moment, his fate is suddenly reversed. The shovel drops him back into his nest just as his mother is returning home. The two are united, much to their delight, and the baby bird tells his mother about the adventure he had looking for her.