A body-positive picture book, adapted for audio, about a young boy's love for his mother and his mother's belly.
Everyone has a panza—it can be big and round, soft and small, or somewhere in between. But a young boy’s favorite panza of all is Mamá’s. Her panza is capable of remarkable things, and she loves it as an important part of herself. Her panza was also his first home. Even before he was born, it cradled and held him.
When he’s feeling shy and needs a place to hide or when he wants somewhere to rest during a bedtime story, Mamá’s panza is always there. With affirming text by Isabel Quintero, Mamá’s Panza is a young boy’s love letter to his mother, along with a celebration of our bodies and our bellies.
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"This body-positive book celebrates the wonder, love, and strength our bodies allow us to express."
— Booklist
A sweet, body-positive celebration of motherhood and its physical expression.
— Kirkus ReviewsMamá’s panza is “a drum I like to play
— an action that precedes “my panza’s turn to be a drum,” and a loving game of chase between the two.Be the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Isabel Quintero lives and writes in the Inland Empire of Southern California, where she was born and raised. Her debut novel, Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, was the recipient of five starred reviews and several awards, including the 2015 Morris YA Debut Award and the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award. For fun she reads and writes, watches comedies, and eats paletas and chicharrónes every chance she gets. Her favorite paleta flavor? Pues coco, of course.