A Gift for Mama

Oskar sets out to find the perfect gift for his mama and buys a flower, but when he meets a painter who says the flower would be perfect to paint he trades it. This pattern follows throughout the book with each new person Oskar meets until he meets a little girl who is crying because she has no gift for her mama, and Oskar gives him his last trade: a box of sweets. Oskar has nothing left to give his mama, or does he? This sweet circular tale speaks to empathy and kindness and is a perfect example of a circular plot. A perfect choice to engage kids in predicting what comes next, you can pause at that penultimate page when Oskar looks quite dejected indeed. Could any child read the picture such that they'd guess how Oskar's problem is show more resolved? show less

This picture book story captivates readers by just looking at the cover of the book. You are taken on a whirl wind of a journey with a young boy traveling through the streets of Vienna. The purpose of his journey is to find a perfect gift for his mother on his birthday. As he travels through the streets, he finds the perfect gift for his Mama which is soon given away to someone in need. This book represents how a simple act of kindness can go a long way to those in need as well as to those who want. You will be engrossed in the reading trying to figure out what the gift for his mother is going to be at the end of the picture book. With a little hint of kindness and a lot of dedication, life can take you on an adventure you will never show more forget. I would read this book to a group of first- second graders because I feel as though they will understand the meaning of the story. This age group is perfect for this book because as you get older, certain things become more important. show less

This book is about a little boy on a search to find a gift for his mother for her birthday. As he travels all around town, he encounters several different townspeople who needs assistance; and each time ends up giving away his gift in order to help them. His generous and caring nature overflows and eventually he goes home empty handed and devastated. But just as he reaches home, someone he had helped out earlier taps him on the shoulder and provides him with the "perfect gift". The moral of this story is to always try to be little bit kinder than necessary; and everything will always find away to work itself out.

A Gift for Mama is a story of a young boy names Oscar who is out to find the perfect gift for his mother. He goes out on the busy street of Vienna to look. He finds the perfect gift, a yellow rose. In the busy streets there is so much for Oscar to look at, he trades his yellow flower for a paint brush, believing this is the best gift. Oscar keeps trading this gifts until he finds on the warms his heart. Lone behold it is the yellow rose. This story is a circle story because he ends up with the same yellow flower. The illustrations of the story are very vibrant playing off the busy streets of Vienna. This book could be used in the classroom to explain how exchange works. The theme can also teach that it is always the thought that counts show more the most. show less

Cute story and beautifully illustrated. We enjoyed how he helped others and in return received the perfect gift then gave it all up to make a girl happy only to get the actual perfect gift back and still be delighted with it.

Warm, appealing, and predictable.

This book wasn't to drawn out to get through the plot. The book is fun story to read for fun. I could suggest it for a moral lesson of what goes around comes around. You could maybe use it when you talking about different places in the world.