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Overview
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.
Synopsis
A children's book for kids whose parents run. Penny tells her class all about mom's marathon.
Meredith Kiger, Ph.D. - Children's Literature
Penny is proud of her mother's running ability and takes a medal her mother won in a marathon to school for show and tell. Penny's mother "shares" the medal with Penny for helping her train. While explaining the medal to her class, Penny tells her classmates all the ways that she has helped her mother be a runner, like going to the gym to play while her mother works out or stretching out along side her mother before she runs each day. The story illustrates how families can involve each member in seemingly solitary activities. The colored pencil illustrations seem rather static looking and uneven in their portrayal of Penny who looks five years old in some drawings and older in others, while the text is clear enough for preschoolers. 2003, Breakaway Books, Ages 4 to 6.
Editorials
Children's Literature
Penny is proud of her mother's running ability and takes a medal her mother won in a marathon to school for show and tell. Penny's mother "shares" the medal with Penny for helping her train. While explaining the medal to her class, Penny tells her classmates all the ways that she has helped her mother be a runner, like going to the gym to play while her mother works out or stretching out along side her mother before she runs each day. The story illustrates how families can involve each member in seemingly solitary activities. The colored pencil illustrations seem rather static looking and uneven in their portrayal of Penny who looks five years old in some drawings and older in others, while the text is clear enough for preschoolers. 2003, Breakaway Books, Ages 4 to 6.—Meredith Kiger, Ph.D.