If I Were a Mother

New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1968. First printing (full number line). Quarto in tan, color illus jacket; 32 unnumbered pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Library binding. Very fine in same jacket with wee bit of chafing to jacket spine head. Nearly as new. Tight and crisp. Please see photos. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780690429169

"A young girl reflects that if she were a mother, she would follow the example of many animal mothers, like the monkey that checks behind its child's ears, or the lion that teaches its children to be brave." —Publisher. Motherhood; child-rasing, child-rearing. Mothers -- Juvenile fiction. Animals -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers -- Fiction. Animals -- Fiction. Mères -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. Animals. Mothers. Japanese author-illustrators of children's books.