Phone Number
Phone Number
Checkout ()
Browse Store
Bookstore Cinema eBar
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Page Turners & Pot Boilers
    • Literary
    • Non-Fiction
  • Kids
    • Picture Books
    • Early Reader
    • Young Adult
  • Wine
  • Online Ordering
  • Hours & Contact Info
  • Podcasts
  • Consignment Policy
Bookshelf twitter
Follow @bookshelfnews
RT @cibabooks: As if there weren’t enough reasons to #ShopLocal, here is one more: our #CIBD2021 Contest for Book Lovers! Ever dre… t.co/0YUVShFXip

RT @cibabooks: Was there ever a better time to #ShowTheLove to indie bookstores? 🧡 Thank you to everyone who sent in their love no… t.co/wLVW19fCJ2

@HelenKubiw @AnotherStoryTO @typebooks @AudreysBooks Thank you so much for including us in a great list of colleagues!

RT @emwf: Join Roxanna Bennett, @selina_boan, @leannedunic, Therese Estacion, Louise B. Halfe, Steven Heighton, @Dallas_Hunt,… t.co/d2Hbbla9rZ

Reviews

Celebrate Mother's Day!

Article By Barb Minett

Date: 2 May 2016

Share On

Related...

Poems That Make Grown Women Cry
Vogue Colors A to Z: A Fashionable Lexicon
48 Colored Pencils
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive

Mother’s Day

by Christina Rossetti

Today's your natal day,

Sweet flowers I bring;

Mother, accept, I pray,

My offering.

And may you happy live,

And long us bless;

Receiving as you give

Great happiness.

Rossetti was a 19th century poet who influenced Virginia Woolf and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Devoted to her mother, Francis, Rossetti dictated her first poem to her before she had even learned to write.

Mothers give us great happiness, so let us celebrate them in as many ways as possible! I have noticed over the years that books are a much more popular gift for Father’s Day than Mother’s Day. Is that because women, who buy the majority of books in Canada, also buy the majority of gifts for Father's Day? Perhaps we believe that flowers and food are what our mothers would most appreciate, resulting in an annual bombardment of bouquets and brunch!

This year, avoid cliche and grab your mama an exciting novel, an adventurous cookbook, a dreamy travelogue or a companion guide to her favourite activity - then listen to her read her favourite bits over quiche and mimosas!

Go To Reviews
  • The Bookshelf

    • 41 Quebec Street
      Guelph Ontario
      519.821.3311
  • Bookstore

    • Books, Magazines, Games & Gifts
    • Read Reviews & Interviews
    • Follow Columns & Articles
  • Cinema

    • Now Playing
    • Film Reviews
    • Cult Cinema
  • eBar

    • Dinner & A Movie
    • Live Music
    • DJ's & Dancing
    • Comedy & Burlesque
    • Special Events

A bookstore that shows movies • a cinema that serves dinner • a resto-bar that launches books