With mother's day fast approaching it's time to feature some more of the pile of "mum" books that I've been sent to review. Next one in my list is Mummy's Little Sunflowers which actually goes much further than just looking at the relationship between child(ren) and their mummy. Instead this book looks at the dynamics of the relationship between siblings and in particular how a younger sibling can cause problems for their older brother or sister, yet they still need their help and support so that they can work together in a team.
Scurry comes out of nursery one day carrying a very special sunflower seed which he wants to plant and grow into a sunflower for his mummy. However his younger brother Scamp has other ideas as he loves eating sunflower seeds and very soon Scurry's special seed has also found its way into Scamp's tummy. 
I really liked this book, especially because it wasn't the usual story about a single child's relationship with their mummy. The illustrations are incredibly cute, and again are done by Alison Edgson who illustrated I Want My Mummy which I reviewed last month.
The relationship here between Little Miss C and Master C is currently going through a bit of a strained patch and I think it may well be time for us to revisit this book with LMC in particular and remind her that although her brother may really wind her up at times, they do also have lots of fun together and he wants and needs her to show him how to do things and how they can do things together. I think she overlooked some of the messages in this story when we read it before because the relationship between the two of them was at a different place just a month ago. I've added it to the pile of books for bedtime stories and I hope we can read it together and talk about it over the next few days in the hope that it might bring about a bit more harmony at home!
Disclaimer: We were sent a copy of Mummy's Little Sunflowers for the purposes of this review. This post contains affiliate links.
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