Need a present for mom? How about a book?

If you are looking for gift ideas or good reads for Mother's Day, here's a brief look at several books that have come our way:

A LIFT OR A LAUGH

"CREATED FOR GREATER THINGS," Jeffrey R. Holland, Deseret Book, $15.99

Sometimes a well-chosen thought is all we need to keep us going, and this little volume does just that. Elder Holland's insights and words of encouragement — particularly to women — are paired with inspiring images that will lift and strengthen readers. "I believe we have all been created for greater things than we can comprehend," he says. "But such accomplishments are not achieved by fierce competitiveness, calculated one-up-manship, or cold indifference to others. True greatness will always be predicated upon love, respect, compassion, dignity prayer, hard work, God."

"BEDTIME AND NAPTIME: The Simple Joys of a Mom's Life," Hilary Weeks, Deseret Book, $14.99

Whether it's recording the funny comments her 4-year-old makes, quoting favorite authors, noticing how much a teenage daughter wants to copy her mother, sharing favorite recipes, or making up new words for popular songs, Weeks hopes this book will help mothers recognize the tender mercies that make it all worthwhile. Included is a CD with seven song parodies such as "Climb Every Mountain," "Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" and "My Favorite Things."

"MORNING SONG: Poems for New Parents," edited by Susan Todd and Carol Purington, St. Martin's Press, $21.99

With selections drawn from the Bible and traditional folk songs to Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, this collection is poignant, inspiring, thoughtful and fun. Divided into sections such as Beginnings, Waiting, Birth Day, Newest Child, Sleep and Song, and At Play, the poems bring forth "the cosmic and the comic, the spiritual and the pragmatic, the whimsical and the divine."

"SORRY I PEED ON YOU (and Other Heartwarming Letters to Mommy)", Jeremy Greenberg, Andrews McMeel Universal, $12.99