May is a month full of celebrations: National Teachers' Day, Mothers' Day, Memorial Day, Older Adults Month...

I'd like to apologize to every teacher I ever had: my year as a rookie teacher at Northeast High by Tony Danza

The shared wisdom of mothers and daughters: the timelessness of simple truths by Alexandra Stoddard

The legacy: Honor Flight Michigan by Timothy W. Downey ; with Melissa Downey, Catherine Kavanaugh, Gabe Downey

30 lessons for living: tried and true advice from the wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer

Celebrations: rituals of peace and prayer by Maya Angelou

The custom of honoring mothers goes back a long way to ancient Greece and Rome. For a history of this special day as well as how other countries celebrate, see the Wikipedia article on Mother's Day. For a special teen craft, see our Make a Mother's Day Bouquet program. For a book that shows how to pamper a mother, check out Every Day is Mother's Day. Also take a look at our Mother's Day crafts books for kids.