I'Ll Be There

A celebration of a growing child’s accomplishments – and a reassurance that Mum will always be there. Children love the idea of growing up and doing things on their own. It’s fun to dress, read and have showers like a big kid. But it’s a little scary, too. Scampering along a stone wall just out of reach, a young boy asks his mother, ‘Will you still take care of me when I’m big?’ This is an honest, touching, warm-hearted portrait of a loving relationship and a child taking those first steps toward independence. This is a book about emerging independence. A young boy and his mother recall some of the things she used to do for him that he can now do by himself. This title addresses the uncertainty children may face at the idea of growing up and beginning to separate, even very slightly, from a parent.