Flowers for Mama

Deborah Freedman is back with a heartwarming picture book on patience and love, perfect for Mother’s Day! For Mama’s special day, the kittens decide to gift her all sorts of flowers. Some are drawn and stamped. Others stitched and sung. Oleander, though, plants a seed in hopes of gifting her a real flower. But as Mama’s special day approaches, Oleander's flower still hasn’t blossomed. Will he have a gift in time?

Flowers for Mamashows us many ways art can be made and how, with a little patience and a lot of love, very different flowers can all come together to form a whole garden, just for Mama.

Publish Date: March 31, 2026

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 9780593695494

Pages: 40

Age Range: 3 - 7

Grade Range: P - 2

Language: English


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About Deborah

Deborah Freedman was an architect once-upon-a-time, but now she loves to build worlds in books. Her first picture books were tiny and hand-made over thirty years ago for her own children, and her first published book debuted in 2007.

Her books have been translated into ten different languages, adopted in classrooms across the country, and received many starred and rave reviews, honors, and awards — including SCBWI’s Crystal Kite Award and a Parent's Choice Gold Award.

When she isn’t making picture books or daydreaming, she likes to plant things and watch them grow, and to wander through museums, libraries, and the woods near her colorful home in southern Connecticut.