★#25 on the Books.com.tw Instant Bestseller List
★Taaze’s Editor’s Picks for children of May 2025
★Named one of the Best Children’s Books by the Taipei Public Library
★Longlisted for the 2025 Openbook Award, Children’s Book
★Selected as a Notable Book for the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2026 Bologna Book Fair
★Rights sold: Korea

A mom store that turns everyday logic upside down invites you to come in and start bargaining!

After school, a boy comes home to find his mother missing. With his little sister, he searches all the places Mom usually visits, but there's no sign of her. Just when they’re about to give up, they stumble upon a mysterious shop up ahead—a store that sells moms! What would a store that sells moms look like? What kind of "moms" would be on the shelves? Could their mom be inside?

Told with warmth and humor, this story gently invites parents and children to explore: What does “Mom” mean to you? It is a perfect starting point for meaningful conversations about the parent-child relationship, love, and understanding.

Chia-Hsin Pan (潘家欣) is a poet and illustrator, also a mother who has written several poetry collections for her little daughter.

About the Illustrator

Lian-En Lin (林廉恩) was born and grew up in Taiwan. After leaving her first job in an animation company, she started making her paintings. Her expertise is in using crayons and acrylic paint and combining paper mosaics. Her creations are based on her feelings at a particular time or her life experiences. She enjoys dogs and cats, thundershowers in the afternoon, illustrating for children, rainy days, and reading thrillers. She was nominated for The Bologna Ragazzi award in 2015, 2018, won in 2021 and won The 3×3 International Illustration Award in 2014.