Will You Come Back for Me? [Hardcover]

Ann Tompert (Author), Kathleen Tucker (Editor), Robin Kramer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K Four-year-old Suki learns that she will be going to daycare while her mother helps her father in the office. The little girl's fears are explored realistically, but the ending is pat and contrived. The fear of separation and of the parent not returning for the child are shown beautifully through Suki's silence during the first daycare visit and in Kramer's expressive ink and colored pencil illustrations. However when Tompert uses Suki's dream about leaving her teddy bear at Brown Bear's School for Teddies, she loses all subtleties in order to hammer home the point that Suki's mother will never forget her since she "belongs in her heart." This book, with its multi-racial characters, may help to ease the fears of going to daycare. In spite of its didacticism, it will be useful in a parenting collection, since so many children are facing daycare and nursery school today. Janet E. Fricker, Warminster Township Free Library, Pa.
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"The book's warm interplay between mother and daughter is sincere and heartfelt."

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"This ingenious, therapeutic story is told naturally and with affection."

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (August 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807591122
• ISBN-13: 978-0807591123
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,848,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Warm and Fuzzy, July 5, 2000

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Susan (Central Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Will You Come Back for Me? (Hardcover)

Starting school brings about many new emotions in children. Will You Come Back for Me? by Ann Tompert addresses a child's fear and anxiety about being separated from mom. The child in this story is dispondent after mother leaves and just watches for her return. The mother calms the child and tells her she is leaving her heart with the child and will surely return to her. She crafts a heart for the child to carry with her as a reminder. The child then makes new friends at school, knowing her mother will return. An excellent, feel-good, warm and fuzzy book. I would recommend reading it to any child who is beginning preschool or daycare, or any child who is having trouble separating from mom.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gets the message to preschoolers, July 6, 2010

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jen__b "jen__b" (Atlanta, Ga USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Will You Come Back for Me? (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) (Paperback)

This book is exactly what my 4 year old needs. We tried starting preschool and had severe separation anxiety and had to pull him out. This book speaks directly to those fears and helps us, as parents, get on his level. We have lengthy discussions on what is happening in the book. We are enrolling him again this year so we are reading this book daily (and others, but this one is the best).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for nervous preschoolers., October 25, 2010

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J. Wallace "day care lady" (Redmond OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Will You Come Back for Me? (An Albert Whitman Prairie Book) (Paperback)

I bought this book 15+ years ago for my then 3 year old son who was starting preschool. He had asked me this exact question. (Will you coe back for me?) This is a sweet reassuring story that will help a child understand that Mommy ALWAYS comes back. I still have this book tucked away with my son's other "must keep forever" books and toys.