"Know that for every exuberant 'I love you' from a three-year-old, you're bound to get a, as they say, developmentally appropriate 'I hate you' from a thirteen-year-old. The trick is to embrace the one and let go of the other. . . . Laughter helps." --Cartoonist Barbara Smaller, introduction to the <I>Book of Moms</I><P>Perfect for Mother's Day, 100 sarcastically pitch-perfect cartoons culled from <I>The New Yorker</I> archives to celebrate Mom's unique motherly mom-ness.<P>Since 1925, <I>The New Yorker</I> has cultivated the creme de la creme of cartooning elite, a vanguard of sketching artists with astute wit and clever perceptions of life and living. Inside this special collection, such <I>New Yorker</I> cartooning greats as Charles Barsotti, Robert Mankoff, and Barbara Smaller offer up 100 black-and-white single-panel cartoons in tribute to a diverse array of moms, ranging from football and CEO moms to tattooed and jack-in-the-box moms. <P>A witty introduction by <I>New Yorker</I> cartoonist Barbara Smaller opens this homage by calling attention to a few of her favorite cartoons within the collection, including:<UL><LI> Roz Chast's "Bad Mom cards, where Lucy, Gloria, and others are guilty, guilty, guilty of such crimes as not making Play-Doh from scratch or serving orange soda."</LI><LI> Sam Gross's cartoon depicting a "primordial ooze rising out of a test tube . . . inquiring hopefully of the scientist, 'Are you my mommy?'"</LI></UL>