Philip D. Eastman - Are You My Mother?

To My Mother
This title was originally cataloged by the Library of Congress as follows:
Eastman, Philip D. Are you my mother?
Written and illustrated by P.D. Eastman.
[New York] Beginner Books; distributed by Random House [1960]
63 p. illus. 24 cm. Title. Title.

PZ10.3.E1095Ar 60-13495
eISBN: 978-0-375-98443-3 Copyright 1960 by P.D. Eastman.
Copyright renewed 1988 by Mary L. Eastman.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Published in the United States by Random House, Inc.,
and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
v3.1 A mother bird sat on
her egg. The egg jumped. Oh oh! said the
mother bird. I must get something
for my baby bird to
eat! she said. I must get something
for my baby bird to
eat! she said.

I will be
back! So away she went. The egg jumped. It
jumped, and jumped, and
jumped! Out came the baby
bird! Where is my mother?
he said. He looked for her. He looked up. He looked down. He looked down.

He did
not see her. I will go and look for
her, he said. So away he went. Down, out of the tree
he went. Down, down, down! It
was a long way down. He could not fly, but
he could walk. He could not fly, but
he could walk.

Now I
will go and find my
mother, he said. He did not know what
his mother looked like. He
went right by her. He did
not see her. He came to a kitten.
Are you my mother?
he said to the kitten. The kitten just looked
and looked.

It did not
say a thing. The kitten was not his
mother, so he went on. Then he came to a
hen. Are you my mother?
he said to the hen. No, said the hen. The hen was not
his mother. So the baby bird went on. So the baby bird went on.

I have to find my
mother! he said. But
where? Where is she?
Where could she be? Then he came to a
dog. Are you my mother?
he said to the dog.