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I have read many of Babette Cole's works and I have recently stumbled upon this rare gem, “The Trouble with Mom” “The Trouble with Mom” is a children's book by Babette Cole which is about how a little boy's mother is a witch and is shown to be quite odd towards the other children and their parents. “The Trouble with Mom” may have some creepy images, but it is definitely one hilarious book for children!

Out of all the books I have read from Babette Cole, I think that this book was the most heartwa I have read many of Babette Cole's works and I have recently stumbled upon this rare gem, “The Trouble with Mom” “The Trouble with Mom” is a children's book by Babette Cole which is about how a little boy's mother is a witch and is shown to be quite odd towards the other children and their parents. “The Trouble with Mom” may have some creepy images, but it is definitely one hilarious book for children!

Out of all the books I have read from Babette Cole, I think that this book was the most heartwarming, in standards of accepting your parents for who they are. Babette Cole's writing is extremely simple and cute at the same time as it details a young boy's eccentric mother and her odd ways. I loved the say that Babette Cole described the boy's mother as being a witch since I rarely read many books where a child describes their parents as warlocks or witches and thinks they are cool, which really brought out the creativity of the story. I also loved the message of this book about how a boy accepts his mother for who she is and never complained about how weird his mother is which really proved how much the boy cared about his mother. I also loved the surreal tone of this story as it is spooky and hilarious at the same time and I loved seeing all kinds of weird activities that the witch mother has done including turning a group of parents into toads. Babette Cole's illustrations are creepy yet hilarious at the same time as the boy's mother is shown to wear a black dress and a tall black hat with a blue snake, a rat and flowers all over it. I also loved the image of the boy's mother putting her husband in a jar and the jar has a label called “Pickled Husband 1982.”

The only problem I had with this book was that some of the images were a little too creepy, mainly the images of the monsters that lived at the boy's mother's house. Probably the creepiest image was of a dragon who had bloodshot eyes. Parents might want to make sure that their children can handle monster images before they read them this book.

Overall, “The Trouble with Mom” is a truly cute book about accepting your parents' unique natures that many children will love for many years! I would recommend this book to children ages five and up due to creepy images. ...more

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