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Publication Date: September 1, 2003 | Age Range: 2 - 6 years
Penny proudly wears her mom’s medal to show-and-tell following her mom’s first marathon. Penny claims much credit for her mom’s success, and tells all about training and running a big race. Penny ends by saying she wants to be a runner like her mom—and we see them in a 1K fun run.
Kara Douglass Thom is the author of Becoming an Ironman.
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SEE_MOM_RUN celebrates the positive and supportive relationship parents and children can achieve through sports. Filled with fun, colorful illustrations. -- Runner's World Magazine
About the Author
Kara Douglass Thom is a writer and a triathlete. She is the author of Becoming an Ironman, and a contributor to numerous magazines. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband.
Lilly Golden is the editor of several anthologies, including A Literary Christmas, In Praise of Mothers, The Literary Horse, and A Literary Feast. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two young daughters.
Kara Douglass Thom is a writer, athlete and mother of four. She is co-author of Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom (Andrews McMeel 2011), a book for moms who want to find more space in their busy lives for fitness while raising a fit family. She also penned Becoming an Ironman: First Encounters with the Ultimate Endurance Event (Breakaway Books 2001), a collection of short stories about triathletes who competed in the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, and 26.2-mile run, and the children's book, See Mom Run (Breakaway Books 2003). Kara writes about health, fitness, and parenting topics for various publications (www.karathom.com) and blogs about finding fitness in the chaos of motherhood at http://mamasweat.blogspot.com.
I have two daughters, ages 3 and 5, and they simply adore this book. They talk about Penny all the time (and her medal!), and they talk about wanting to run a marathon. They like to "practice" by running everywhere, with a perfect runner's arm-swing. My wife and I both run, and our girls know we love it -- but this book is an excellent way to further display the joys and benefits of running. The illustrations are warm and entertaining -- some are hilarious. It's really just good fun and positive energy all around.
I bought this book for a baby shower (instead of cards we were to bring a book) for a female track coach. She about died laughing. Nice themed gift and good story for any woman wishing to raise a female athlete!
