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5 Minutes for Books:
My Mommy’s on a Business Trip

May 25, 2009 by Jennifer Donovan

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Check out all our current giveaways on 5 Minutes for Books! We have four open right now, including the first in our Summer Fun Giveaway during which we’ll have daily giveaways through June 7.

Most of us end up leaving our children overnight at some point, whether it’s for a getaway with our husband, a girls’ weekend, or a ladies’ retreat at church. Some of us are gone several times a year for blogging events or other business travel. Making sure that the children are cared for is an added pressure whenever we have to leave. We want to be sure that they are cared for physically, but their emotional well-being is always on our minds as well.

My Mommy’s on a Business Trip by Phaedra Cucina is a delightful picture book that helps address this. The text is clear and simple, yet it has a good rhythm for reading aloud (as any picture book should).

The book is written from the perspective of a child, wondering what her mommy is doing while on her business trip. The pictures show the child play-acting the same things that she thinks Mommy is doing: having fun riding trains and planes, swimming in the hotel pool, and having lunch meetings.

The message is reassuring, including the points that Mommy always calls, and Mommy always comes back. I think that this book would be good for any child, from about age two on up. And I mean, on up. I would think that an eight-year-old who was struggling with his mother’s travel would be comforted by this book as well (especially if he or she had a younger sibling to read it to).

Although the pictures and text depict a traveling mom, if it’s the dad who travels, I would think that it would be a good resource to use at home in that situation as well.

It does include the fact that “Mommy had to go away because her work helps our family and makes her happy,” which is a bit more Mommy-centered, addressing the working vs. non-working moms. I think it’s an important message, and can help children take pride in their mom’s accomplishments.

The back of the book includes a world map and a U.S. map, which is great to show the child right then where Mommy is (or where she has been on other business trips).

This book was recently recommended by Working Mother magazine, and I can see why. It is available exclusively at MommyTrip.com.

We have one copy to give away to one winner (with a U.S. or Canadian address). Leave a comment if you’d like to win. The winner will be announced in next week’s column.

The winner of Learning to Live Financially Free is # 59 Cathy.

You should have received an email from me. If not, please send your shipping info to 5minutesforbooksATgmail(DOT)com.

Written by 5 Minutes for Books managing editor Jennifer Donovan, who also blogs at Snapshot

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

Reader Interactions


35 Comments

  1. israel y says

    May 31, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    thanks for the chance to win this book!

  2. Gianna says

    May 31, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Please enter me 🙂

  3. Janet says

    May 31, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    ty 4 the awesome giveaway and 4 the entry:)

  4. Sharon Fairclough says

    May 31, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Sounds like a very nice book I can share with my goddaugthers. Thanks for the giveaway

    sharr1226 at yahoo dot com

  5. Andria says

    May 31, 2009 at 11:14 am

    I would love a chance to win. Thank you.

  6. Lentil says

    May 31, 2009 at 2:18 am

    This would be great for when I go back to work

  7. Roseanna Cannaday says

    May 30, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    My daughter is 2 and I am a single mom. I always worry about her when I am away on business because she isn’t in daycare and I take care of her from my office at home. This would be a great book for her when I have to leave for conferences and meetings.

  8. Donna M. Clark says

    May 30, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    I would love to be entered to win this book. It looks really interesting. Thank you for having this giveaway.
    litefoot873 (@) hotmail.com

  9. JDSG says

    May 30, 2009 at 11:35 am

    This book sounds wonderful. It would be so useful for my brother and his family. I’d love to pass it on to them if I am the lucky winner.

    JDSG

    visionquest2020 (at) msn (dot) com

  10. Erma says

    May 30, 2009 at 7:23 am

    I would love the chance to win, thanks.

  11. Karen Gonyea says

    May 29, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    I want it 🙂

  12. Marianna says

    May 29, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  13. Linda W. says

    May 29, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    Would love this for my nieces and nephews. It’s so hard for them when a parent is traveling.

    Please enter me.
    desertrose5173 at gmail dot com

  14. Heather M says

    May 29, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    I’d love a chance to win!! Thanks

  15. Sherri B. says

    May 29, 2009 at 2:27 am

    This book would be perfect for my niece! Her mom has to travel for work sometimes and it isn’t always easy explaining to her why her mom isn’t home once it gets dark. Thanks!

    sherri419 at gmail dot com

  16. Linda C says

    May 28, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    I’d love to win this book for my little niece.

  17. corrie clemens says

    May 28, 2009 at 11:38 am

    i want to win it because of who wrote it.!

  18. Nikki says

    May 28, 2009 at 7:42 am

    I would love the book!

  19. Meredith Rogen says

    May 27, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    I would love this for my friend’s daughter!! Thanks.

  20. MRS.MOMMYY says

    May 27, 2009 at 9:07 pm

    LOOKS like a neat book

  21. susan varney says

    May 27, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    love to read this one myself [email protected]

  22. Michael Capp says

    May 27, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    I’d love to win!

  23. shannon Baas says

    May 27, 2009 at 8:45 am

    What a great book.

  24. Mandy James says

    May 27, 2009 at 8:11 am

    I would love to win this book for my daughter, since I have a full time job and am a full time mother.

  25. LynnC says

    May 27, 2009 at 8:10 am

    My almost two year old is just beginning to realize that Mommy goes away for business quite often…right now she is ok with it but I think this book would help Daddy explain

  26. wahooinlaw says

    May 26, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    My husband could use this book when I’m out of town!

  27. renee says

    May 26, 2009 at 10:41 am

    I’m a subscriber

  28. renee says

    May 26, 2009 at 10:40 am

    I’d like to be entered to win.

  29. sara loud says

    May 26, 2009 at 8:42 am

    On the rare occasion when I have to travel for business, I write a book for my daughter. this would be a fun addition to our library!

  30. judy brittle says

    May 26, 2009 at 4:04 am

    This is a wonderful book! Thank you so much!

  31. Dena says

    May 26, 2009 at 12:44 am

    I would love this book!

  32. Jinii Boren says

    May 25, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I would love this!

  33. Jenn says

    May 25, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    I’m a SAHM but my friend is not. I think this would be helpful for her and her daughter!

  34. Mozi Esmes Mommy says

    May 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Looks like a good book!

  35. Ellen C. says

    May 25, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    I’d love to win this book for my nieces. Thanks for the chance.

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