1,003 Great Things about Moms »

TV commentator Lisa Birnbach, author of The Official Preppy Handbook and Lisa Birnbach's College Books, is a contributing editor for Parade and the mother of (at least) three children. Patricia Marx, author of How to Regain Your Virginity and Meet My Staff, has also written screenplays for television shows such as Saturday Night Live. Ann Hodgman is the author of 40 children's books, three cookbooks, and several works of humor.

Patricia Marx is a former writer for Saturday Night Live whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Time magazine, and The New York Times, among other publications. The eirst woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon, she is the author of humor books (such as How to Regain Your Virginity and You Can Never Go Wrong by Lying) and children's books (such as Now Everybody Really Hates Me and Meet My Staƒƒ). She lives in New York City and can take a baked potato out of the oven with her bare hand.

Please visit www.himherhimagain.com.

What makes a Mom? It's the little things . . .

o When you're sick in bed, she'll let you watch horrible soap operas and infomercials.

o She's not offended when you pour ketchup all over the dinner she makes for you.

o At the peak of your ugly phase, she still thinks you're cute.

She can load that dishwasher fuller than anyone else on the planet.In delightfully droll bullet points and wacky boxed lists, this tribute to mothers everywhere provides a thousand-make that a thousand and three-reasons to acknowledge and appreciate that all-important female parent in our lives.How did these three talented authors find so many truisms about motherhood? Everyone who has a mother will understand completely once they get their hands on 1,003 Great Things About Moms. It's a sweet and sassy look at what makes moms so special.