A Lot of Otters
 Barbara Helen Berger
 (Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
 1997 Philomel Books NY
  ISBN: 0399229108


It's bedtime & Mother Moon calls for her child. Below, a little boy in his pajamas with a book under his arm, finds a box to snuggle in & dream of floating on the sea with a lot of otters.

Barbara Berger's poetic text & glowing art form a multi-layered story about the boundless power of a mother's love, carrying readers on a dreamy, healing journey.

A much-loved book in our rural library, with pictures every mother & child can relate to, this tender & lyrical read takes you out into the otters' world of water & charm & comedy.

Otter mothers hold their young as another otter reads to them even as Mother Moon roams the sky looking for her Moonlet. When Mother Moon's tears fall into the sea, all the otters dive deeply for the fallen stars & bring them back to the boy in the box.

A lovely, whimsical book, a soothing bedtime story.

Barbara Helen Berger has loved sea otters ever since she first saw them. She lives on Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from Seattle where she grew up. Her other books include: Animalia; Grandfather Twilight; The Donkey's Dream; When the Sun Rose; Gwinna & The Jewel Heart.
(11/11/01)

Rebecca