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Welcome back for round two of Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.
Today's next guest comes to us on tour with The Children's Book Review and features a Picture Book that reminds readers young and old that when one of our family feels down, it can bring us all down, but the job of bringing everyone back up belongs to us all! Mom's are often the superhero of the family, holding things together like super sticky glue, but they get sick too! They can feel down too! They can be overwhelmed and just a moment of kindness given freely and from the heart can go a long way in building them back up again. So, let's take a closer look at today's book and then KEEP READING as the author shares a special GUEST POST just for you...
Written by Phyllis Schwartz
Illustrated by Siski Kalla
Ages 4+ | 38 Pages
Publisher: Acorn Publishing | ISBN-13: 9798885280143
About the book...
When Mom, one day, came home and said, “I think I better get in bed”
It was up to us to get together
As a team so she’d feel better
We came up with all sorts of things to do
Because “when mom feels great then we do too!”
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~~~ GUEST POST ~~~
The Importance of Family Cooperation
with Author Phyllis Schwartz
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I am not a professional expert in this subject area. But as a wife, mother and daughter, I feel there is nothing more important than a family rallying around each other, especially when one of its members is sick or hurt. Not everyone is lucky enough to have the family support I have had through my decades of fighting three different kinds of cancer.
That support not only involves helping take me to the hospital, holding my hand during a tough medical test, or going to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine. There is an important step up that makes an even bigger difference: cooperating both outside and inside the home! You have to work as a team!
Not every family or team member can contribute at the same level, or at least not all the time. But everyone needs to figure out how to pitch in according to their schedule and according to their skills. Helping NOT just the sick family member but each other:
Can you change the sheets?
Can you go grocery shopping?
What about weeding Mom’s garden or watering her pots?
Can you try to be quieter?
More considerate of a sibling?
Do your homework without being asked?
Come up with a positive way to distract your sister?
Or with older children:
Drive your sister to an appointment?
Hold down the drama on a day when the sick or hurt person is having a tough day?
Make something special or healthy for the under the weather person to eat or the whole family?
Think up fun or funny things for everyone to do together or even on your own?
I’m a big believer in laughter and fun. I was lucky enough to have great medical support. But what really got me through decades of not feeling well?
Watching funny movies with friends and family! Dancing, singing, going to the zoo, eating homemade cookies, just sitting around with family and friends and telling jokes and stories!
It is not always fun and games when someone in the family isn’t feeling well. It takes organization as well as love. But a family that works together when it comes to chores or planning a dance party will ALL feel better, emotionally and physically. I know that for sure from my life experience. I wouldn’t be around now to tell this tale if this was not true! It’s all about love, respect, humor, fun, and cooperation!
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About the author...
Phyllis Schwartz is a married mother of two, who, after a highly successful career in the TV news business, finally has the luxury to indulge in and focus on her “civilian” writing. Even as a kid, she kept a diary and wrote little stories and poems, a creative release that continued well into adulthood. She wrote news by day and poetry by night. And despite battling three different types of cancer over more than three decades, she is still filled with energy, joy, and optimism, and she looks forward to writing more poetry and children’s books.
Her writing centers on the beauty she finds daily: Her friends, husband, and two children, as well as her garden and her beautiful beach town residence in dreamy Encinitas, provide continued inspiration for her verse.
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~~~ GIVEAWAY ~~~
Enter for a chance to win a copy of When Mom Feels Great, The We Do Too! and a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card!
One (1) grand prize winner receives:
- A copy of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
- A $50 Barnes and Noble gift card
Four (4) winners receive:
- A copy of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
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Special thanks to Bianca at The Children's Book Review for the chance to bring this tour to you and to the author for the guest post. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, the publisher, this tour, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of the stops on the tour for more bookish fun!
TOUR SCHEDULE
Friday, September 23, 2022
Book tour kick-off
Monday, September 26, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Thursday, September 29, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Friday, September 30, 2022
An article by Phyllis Schwartz
The Importance of Family Cooperation
Monday, October 3, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Thursday, October 6, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Friday, October 7, 2022
A When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too! book activity
Monday, October 10, 2022
An interview with Phyllis Schwartz
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
A book review of When Mom Feels Great, Then We Do Too!
Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!
