A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza

A Mother for Choco is amazing in many ways. First of all it talks about different things that Choco has, like wings and striped feet, big cheeks, and yellow feathers. I liked this because it pointed things out to me about Choco that I probably would not have noticed other wise. Another thing that I really liked is that it emphasized that being a mother is not about what one looks like its about what one does. In my mind this related to adoption, which is an fantastic thing to elude to in a children's book, in my opinion. On the second to last page, there is a miniature giraffe in a train, I wonder if that has any connection to the giraffe at the beginning of the book. It brings the story back full circle which I think was very clever, but maybe there was another reason that that giraffe was put there.