Mama, Do You Love Me?

Millions of copies across 26 languages is not an accident — this book captures something real about the push-pull of a child testing her independence while needing absolute reassurance that love holds. Lavallee's watercolors are genuinely beautiful. It is worth knowing that Indigenous literacy advocates have flagged some cultural inaccuracies in the illustrations, so educators using it in group settings may want to add a little context about the Inuit people depicted.