Books

Mother (characters)

This character appears in 102 books.


  1. Frances the Badger

    Bread and Jam for Frances

    by Russell Hoban, Lillian Hoban

    Mother: Frances mother, she teaches Frances that the same thing over and over is not as great as it sounds.

  2. The Cat in the Hat

    by Dr. Seuss

    Mother: Sally and Dicks mom. I don't like her. They can't have fun when she is around.

  3. Everything Is Illuminated

    by Jonathan Safran Foer

    Mother: Alex's mother, whom he is always frustrating, or in Alex's words, "spleening." She works at a café.

  4. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm

    by Nancy Farmer

    Mother: Wife of General Matsika, mother to the three. children.

  5. Dave Pelzer's Memoirs: Book 1

    A Child Called "It"

    One Child's Courage to Survive

    by Dave J. Pelzer

    Memorable Quotes by Mother:

    “You're all mine now”

  6. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

    by Franz Kafka

    Mother: A physically and emotionally weak woman who arouses protective instincts in her family.

  7. Coraline

    by Neil Gaiman

    Mother: Coraline's real mother.

  8. Five Little Monkeys: Book 2

    Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree

    by Eileen Christelow

    Mother: She takes her children to the river for a picnic

  9. Under Milk Wood

    A Play for Voices

    by Dylan Thomas

  10. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934: Book 4

    Happy Birthday, Kit

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strength and determination.

  11. Fairest

    by Gail Carson Levine

    Mother: Aza's adoptive mother.

  12. Money Hungry: Book 1

    Money Hungry

    by Sharon G. Flake

    Mother: rasberry's mother

  13. Dear America

    A Time For Courage

    The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917

    by Kathryn Lasky

    Mother: Kat's mother, who is fighting for women's suffarage on the picket-line.

  14. Blood Wedding

    by Federico García Lorca, Lillian Groag

    Memorable Quotes by Mother:

    “No, not a graveyard, not a graveyard: a bed of earth that covers them and cradles them in the sky.”

  15. Sea of Trolls: Book 1

    The Sea of Trolls

    by Nancy Farmer

    Mother: Jack and Lucy's mother, a wise woman, does small magic

  16. Girls of Many Lands: Book 1720

    Leyla

    The Black Tulip

    by Alev Lytle Croutier

    Mother: Leyla's mother

  17. Makeup Mess

    by Robert Munsch

    Mother: Advises Julie on how to spend her money and Julie invites her friends over to her house and makes a makeup mess!

  18. Mmm, Cookies!

    by Robert Munsch

    Mother: eats one of Christopher's playdoh cookies

  19. Birds, Beasts and Relatives

    by Gerald Durrell

    Mother: Widowed. Enjoys cooking (not successful at it) and gardening. Gerald's mother.

  20. Martin's Big Words

    The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier

    Mother: Martin's mother who taught him that he is as good as anyone

  21. Shiva's Fire

    by Suzanne Fisher Staples

    Mother: Parvati's mom

  22. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934: Book 5

    Kit Saves the Day

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strngth and determination.

  23. Zel

    by Donna Jo Napoli

    Mother: Mother of Zel.

  24. The Promised Land Diaries: Book 1

    Persia's Brightest Star

    The Diary of Queen Esther's Attendant

    by Anne Adams

    Mother: Susiana's mom, a servant in the palace kitchens (Fictional Character)

  25. Froggy

    Froggy Bakes a Cake

    by Jonathan London, Frank Remkiewicz

    Mother: Froggy bakes the cake for

  26. Powers Within

    by Sri Aurobindo, The Mother

  27. When Marian Sang

    by Pam Munoz Ryan, Brian Selznick

    Mother: Marian's mother who always tried to instill in her daughter a love for God

  28. Abyssinia

    by Ursula Dubosarsky

    Mother: Mother of Grace and Mary

  29. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

    by John Boyne

    Memorable Quotes by Mother:

    “We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us.”

  30. Little Hobbin

    by Theodor Storm

    Mother: Little Hobbin's mother

  31. Little Red-Cap

    by Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm

    Mother: Little Red Cap's mother

  32. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934: Book 3

    Kit's Surprise

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strength and determination.

  33. American Girls Collection - Felicity, 1774: Book 3

    Felicity's Surprise

    A Christmas Story

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Felicity's mother

  34. American Girls Collection - Felicity, 1774: Book 1

    Meet Felicity

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Felicity's mother, who takes care of her family with love and pride.

  35. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934

    Kit: An American Girl (Boxed Set) (collective work)

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strength and determination.

  36. Yellow Star

    by Jennifer Rozines Roy

    Mother: Syvia's mother that is trying to stay calm and not show her fear to Syvia so she doesn't get upset.

  37. How I Became a Nun

    by César Aira

    Mother: Cesar Aira's Mother

  38. Most Beloved Sister

    by Astrid Lindgren, Hans Arnold

    Mother: Barbara's mother, whom "Barbara's father loves most and who loves Barbara's baby-brother most" - or this is what Barbara thinks

  39. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934: Book 2

    Kit Learns a Lesson

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strength and determination.

  40. Once Upon a Potty: Girl

    by Alona Frankel

    Mother: This is Joshua's mother and she is trying to teach Joshua how to us the potty. She does not want to have to change his diapers any more.

  41. American Girls Collection - Kit, 1934: Book 6

    Changes for Kit

    by Valerie Tripp

    Mother: Kit's mother, who takes care of her family and their home with strength and determination.

  42. Year of Impossible Goodbyes

    by Sook Nyul Choi

    Mother: she will do anything to help save and comfort her children and family!


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