DOCTOR MOM BLOG HOP PROMPT:
Share a favorite memory you have of your mom. Or just share a picture of your mom that you cherish. Or you can do both!
Hey, this is harder than it looks. My mom is 89. I'm... uh, not 20 anymore (notice she's old enough to brag about her age. I'm young enough be trying to forget). That's a lot of amazing memories! I'm tempted to share the wonderful little book I wrote about my mom when I was in the 1st grade or thereabouts, but I don't want to distract from Ms. Kaye's adorable book, so I'll do that another time.
Instead, let me tell you about a favorite family photo (sadly, it seems to have been lost). This was back in the days when cameras not only used film, but if you didn't advance the film yourself, you could take two pictures on top of each other.
One of Dad's favorite possessions was our bright red, 17' canoe. When we kids were little, we could all 5 get it, and we enjoyed family outings on quiet lakes (Dad did some white-water, or at least whitish-water, stuff, but not with us). So Dad takes a photo up the canoe, where Mom is seated in the front. The next photo shot was of a buffalo (I have no idea where). You guessed it: a double-exposure, with the buffalo taking Mom's place in the front of the canoe. Lucky for Dad that Mom has a great sense of humor, and laughed as hard as the rest of us!
Since I don't have that photo, I'll share this one of all 5 of us, with the canoe and our VW bus, sometime in the late 60s.
And now for the main feature!
Title: Doctor Mom
Author: Elaine Kaye
Genre: Picture Story Book
Ages: 5-8 years
BLURB:
It’s Saturday, and Gregory Green can’t wait to have fun with his dad on the riding lawnmower, but something is wrong. Sammy, his teddy bear and best friend, won’t get out of bed. Gregory is worried when he sees Sammy’s left leg is torn. This is a case for Doctor Mom! Can they fix Sammy? And just how did Sammy get hurt in the first place?
PRAISE FOR DOCTOR MOM:
"Doctor Mom is an adorable story that shows how Moms can fix anything—even a torn limb on a beloved teddy bear! Children will enjoy the lovable little bear who needs a stitch or two and his boy who plays dress-up as a doctor." – Wanda Luthman, award-winning author of Little Birdie Grows Up
“A sweet and heartfelt tale kids can easily identify with, and all of that with a wonderful touch of magic.” – Tonja Drecker, reviewer at Bookworm for Kids
BUY LINK:
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Elaine Kaye first created Gregory Green after her son, who loved her homemade pea soup, thus inspiring the story Pea Soup Disaster. Doctor Mom is the second book in A Gregory Green Adventure series and highlights something all moms and children can relate to; a beloved stuffed animal in need of a repair.
Kaye has worked as a library assistant and teacher's assistant in elementary schools in the Sunshine State. She currently lives in Florida, but she has called Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan home.
She is a grandmother of three boys.
Now hop on around and see what other bloggers have to say about their moms!
That's a great family picture. Your mom looks just like you :)
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DeleteWe do have the same smile (and her mom did, too--you could tell we were three generations, even with different hair colors and builds). And that picture was apparently taken after the one time Mom tried to give me a perm :o
That’s a great photo of the family! And I’d love to learn more about that book you wrote about your mom. :)
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I'll share that book sometime. But the summary is that I list all these things Mom does: cook my meals, make my clothes, on and on. And then I finished with "My mother does not work." I think Mom and my teacher as still laughing at that one!
DeleteTerrific photo. Great memories with the bus and the canoe.
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of that bus, as well as some less fond, like the time it broke down on Route 66 in the California desert.
DeleteFabulous pic! and wonderful story. I love posts like this that bring to mind such fond moments. Thanks for sharing.
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Yes--a fun hop!
DeleteWhat a great memory. We spent a lot of time at the lake when I was a kid, so I know so wonderful times there.
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That canoe saw a lot of service when we were in grade school and Jr. High.
DeleteWhat a great picture and memory! Thanks for sharing. @mirymom1 from
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Too bad that picture is lost! Maybe one day it will turn up. I had one of my grandmother and me that was lost, then found.
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My brother emailed to say he has it, and has scanned it. It's not exactly as I remembered it, but there it is :)
DeleteI love this book and wish Elaine every success!
ReplyDeleteSuch an amusing memory, Rebecca, and a great family snap. For some reason - flash-reading perhaps - I kept looking for a buffalo in the VW bus. (As a retired photographer. I've taken a few double exposure - and owned a microbus...)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Elaine.
All the photos of our childhood were taken on an Argus C-30 that my Mom got when she went to Alaska in 1951, I think it was. I later carried that camera to Europe, and on a lot of backpacking trips (where I affectionately referred to it as 'the brick').
DeleteI remember going out on the lake of my grandparent's house as a child. Those are some of my favorite memories.
ReplyDeleteThank you for participating, Rebecca!!
As Ratty says, there is nothing like just messing around in boats!
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