101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows [Hardcover]

Walter Browder (Author), Sue Ellin Browder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2003

As a mother today, you're as likely as any dad to teach your kids how to pitch a tent, kick a soccer ball, or fix a broken bicycle chain. In a word, you're what your kids call "cool." But with your 24/7 schedule, you can always use extra help. That's why this book was written - to give you (or any dad, grandmother, or grandfather) more "Cool Mom secrets" to pass along to the next generation.

Cool Mom secrets are solutions that work. They go straight to the heart of whatever problem a child might encounter to solve it quickly and effectively, no nonsense, no fuss. And at the same time the child is learning a handy new skill, he or she is also learning a deeper life lesson about perseverence, patience, honesty, or courage.

Using Cool Mom secrets, you can teach a child...

• How to Use Chopsticks
• How to Throw a Spiral Pass
• How to See Better in the Dark
• How to "Catch" a Falling Star
• How to Spin a Basketball on One Finger
• How to Make the World's Best Caramel Corn
• How to Cruise on a Skateboard
• How to Identify a Poisonous Spider
• How to Hang a Spoon on Your Nose
• How to Crack an Egg with One Hand
• How to Weigh a Cloud

...and 90 other ageless, practical lessons. Years later, whenever your child uses any of these skills, he or she will proudly say, "My mom taught me that." Now, is that cool, or what?

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (April 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401600344
• ISBN-13: 978-1401600341
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,074,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Grandma's too!, May 3, 2003

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Darlene Duffield (Southern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows (Hardcover)

This is such a great book! Fun (and important) (how to tell a poisonious snake) things to learn in this book. And done with love with wonderful thoughtFULL thoughts at the end of each chapter - "COOL MOM THOUGHTS"! And written - obviously with such love and enthusiasm about being a mom. What, to me, is really great is this: So many times moms have so much "momming" to do that they can't spend the time they would like with their children - and THAT IS WHERE GRANDMA'S come in! There are great and fun things I look forward to teaching MY grandson -things I never would have known how to do (we will view a hummingbird up close!) --- THIS BOOK IS A GIFT TO ALL WHO LOVE CHILDREN!

Darlene Duffield

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It!, December 1, 2005

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Amanda U. (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows (Hardcover)

Just the recipe for the "world's best caramel corn" is worth the price of this book. My kids and I also loved "How to See Better in the Dark" (Secret #19); "How to Throw a Spiral Pass" (Secret #11); and "How to Listen to Your Cat Talk (Secret #4). I'm really surprised that any mother says she knows all this stuff. Maybe she had ten kids or something. I've only got three. What a fun, sweet, cool book. We've had so much fun with this. I just love it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where's the Mom info?, June 23, 2008

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Bill Reid - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Secrets a Cool Mom Knows (Hardcover)

This book was pretty much the same as the Dad volume, which disappointed me. I was really hoping to kind of get the feminine end of things from this book, since I have a little girl who's going to have her own little series of discoveries. I already know how to whistle through a blade of grass, find the stars, etc. I was hoping for some more variety - how to properly sew a button, or make doll clothes/furniture/what have you. That sort of thing. What I got was a book that you couldn't have distinguished from the "Dad" volume without the benefit of the cover.

Not that I try to enforce stereotypical girl/boy interests, but there are obviously some differences you're going to run across. I'm all about sexual equality,but somewhere you've got to fill both roles. I'm glad there are Moms out there who want to be the expert on how to carry a football or change a bicycle chain. But until guys start developing their feminine side a little more, there's a knowledge gap. One I hoped this book would help fill for me, but didn't.