101 Ways to Be a Special Mom [Hardcover]

Vicki Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1995

• Let your child choose a favorite meal for dinner and have it by candlelight
• Select and tend a bird feeder together, and then spend time discussing or drawing the visitors it attracts
• Create a treasure hunt with real buried treasure in the yard or garden
• Take a trip to a U-pick-it farm to gather your own strawberries, raspberries, corn, beans, or other fruits or vegetables.

Vicki Lansky's bestselling books include 101 Ways to Make Your Child Feel Special, 101 Ways to Tell Your Child "I Love You," 101 Ways to Be a Special Dad, and the Practical Parenting Series, which together have sold more than three million copies.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0809235307
• ISBN-13: 978-0809235308
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Feed Me I'm Yours, my first book, began as a local fund raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author. I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then for a while, I thought that each new book would be my last. Was I wrong!

Along the way I also became a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very fast as we learned the publishing business. After our divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the books I wrote for others went out of print, I established my own imprint, Book Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30 titles...including (naturally) Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents.

When you write parenting books, everyone glances critically at your children. Thank goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky me!

I think my mother would be astonished to know that I give out cleaning and household advice to millions of people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After all, she 'not I' had made a career of homemaking. In 1988, when Family Circle asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help" column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum from children's hair!

Writing about household hints has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work so interesting. My books on Baking Soda tips and Vinegar tips have sold in the hundreds of thousands copies. Amazing. How lucky I am to be able to share so many helpful ideas...and it is good, clean FUN too.

I'm not sure of my next projects as I've decided to cut back a bit on my book life and work a little more on just my life. But I'm never far from my computer and I know there are idea gremlins scrambling around my brain waiting to escape. Stay tuned.....

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12 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK FOR NEW PARENTS!, November 23, 1998

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This review is from: 101 Ways to Be a Special Mom (Hardcover)

This book is very good for new parents and old. Even if your child IS a newborn, it will give you lots of great things to do with your child as they grow older.