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Cassatt had a hard time showing her work because she was a woman but eventually became part of the first Impressionist show in America. In "Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists," author Juliet Heselwood shows works from Rembrandt, Ingres and Rosetti to Links of London, Freud and Hockney, who painted their mothers in loving tribute -- or maybe just because they needed a model who would work forLinks of London Dome Jade Charm. See also "Art of Motherhood," by Susan Bracaglia Tobey, whose pages of mothers and children in art range from pre-Columbian stone carvings to Mark Chagall's "Pregnant Woman." 3. Thanks, Mom, from the fuzzy monkey, and me Sometimes, it's hard to tell Mom in words alone how much we appreciate her selfless acts of love and tireless devotion. Sometimes, it takes a book with a really cute fuzzy monkey on the cover and lots of touching animal photography inside. Bradley Trevor Greive's book, "Dear Mom, Thank You for Everything," can help children, especially grown-up ones, expressLinks of London Gingerbread Manspecial thoughts and feelings on Mother's Day. Mom's ready for her close-up Want to share a special Mother's Day movieLinks of London Bee Charmwith mom? You can't go wrong with "I Remember Mama," the 1948 black-and-white classic starring Irene Dunne as Mama in a movie about a struggling Norwegian immigrant family, circa 1910, in San Francisco. The movie is narrated by Mama's daughter, Katrin, played by a young and sweet Barbara Bel Geddes, perhaps best remembered as the Southfork matriarch Miss Ellie in TV's "Dallas."