Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work!

by Rhiannon Ally

Illustrated by Wendy Leach

$16.99 USD / $21 CAN

When news breaks, you turn to people you trust to tell you what's happening. Rhiannon Ally has anchored the news in major cities across the country for more than 13 years. Millions have trusted her to give them accurate news and help them process the tragedies and celebrate the triumphs. But for Rhiannon, her most important –- and favorite -– job is being a mom.

Like so many working moms, Rhiannon struggles with "mommy guilt." Am I working too much? Do I spend enough time with my kids? How is this affecting them as they grow? In the U.S., 75 percent of mothers with children under 18 work full time. When Rhiannon's four-year-old son begged her, "Mommy, please don’t go to work!" she knew she had to write a children's book showing the struggle for working moms and explaining to kids why mom goes to work.

Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work! is a story for young children feeling sad when mom leaves for work. Leo and his sister, Luci, try to find a way to get Mommy to stay home from work. But when a mishap at their school threatens to cancel a bake sale, Leo and Luci's Mommy jumps into action. Mommy is a TV reporter and she can rally the community to help. We meet other working moms who are a doctor, principal, baker, and more who help make the bake sale happen. Leo and Luci learn that even though moms work, they don't forget that family always comes first.

Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work!

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About the Author

Rhiannon Ally

Rhiannon Ally is a mother, wife, daughter, news anchor, and author. Rhiannon currently Anchors ABC News’ “World News Now” and “America This Morning” and is a Correspondent appearing on “Good Morning America.”

Prior to joining ABC, Rhiannon was an Emmy-Award winning evening co-anchor at KSHB-TV, Kansas City. Before that, she worked in Miami at WFOR-TV’s “CBS4 This Morning” and “CBS4 News at Noon.”

While at WFOR in Miami, Ally anchored breaking news from across the country including the Boston Marathon Bombing and Hurricane Sandy. As a new mom herself, Ally also started her own weekly series focusing on modern day parenting, and incorporated Miami hot spots for fitness, food and fun for moms. Ally joined WFOR from WCBS in New York where she served as an entertainment reporter and substitute anchor.

She began her on-air career in Topeka, Kansas, as a morning anchor at WIBW-TV, where she won a Kansas Association of Broadcasters Award for best Morning Show and was voted one of Topeka's favorite television personalities.

Mommy, Please Don't Go to Work! is Rhiannon Ally's debut children's book. This is a plea she has heard hundreds of times from her three children. She wanted to write a book addressing this topic and explain to kids that while mommy has to work, they are always number one.

Rhiannon graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her mother was an avid reader and taught Rhiannon to read at a very early age, and you could always find her with a book in her hand. Upon becoming a mother herself, Rhiannon fell in love with children's literature. She reads to her children nightly hoping to pass her love of reading to them.

Wendy Leach

Wendy Leach graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Missouri. She was honored in 2017 as a featured artist for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Wendy lives with her extremely silly family in Overland Park, Kansas.

Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work!

Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work!

About the Author

Rhiannon Ally

Wendy Leach

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