Bonita Favre writes the book about Brett You can tell a book by its cover. She provides pictures, stories about the Packers QB for a new volume By Ray Barrington News-Chronicle It sounds like a junior high schooler's move - get your mom to write that big paper that's due. Only in this case, the "paper" was a book and the schoolboy was Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. "They wanted Brett to do it, but he doesn't have much time. They asked him 'do you mind if your mom does it,' and that's how it started," said Bonita Favre, the quarterback's mother. The result comes out this month: "Favre," a glossy oversized book under the NFL Publishing logo. It's listed as being by both Brett and Bonita (with assistance from Green Bay Press-Gazette sportswriter Chris Havel), with a little help from other contributors. It's also the second book by Favre about himself (the first, "Favre: On The Record," was also in collaboration with Havel) but this one is different. While the first book, out a few years ago, was more of a traditional sports as-told-to autobiography, this one is heavy on pictures (mostly by Mark Wallenfang) and episodic in nature. The chapters each have a theme: "Comeback," "Family and Foundation," "Toughness," each with a special focus. "We do have some articles by celebrities (Peter King, Terry Bradshaw and Mark Bowden), a lot of new pictures - we also have our poor pictures all over the place, but that's all part of it," Bonita Favre said in a telephone interview. It's not her first book, as she did a family cookbook a few years ago. "The cookbook took longer because we had to test recipes and have a lot of meetings. It took about 18 months to get done. This one was a lot simpler. Of course, Brett's easy to write about," she said. "It probably took six months, and that's not working 18 hours a day. I'm not too proficient on the computer, though. And I tend to write things in our dialect. That's where you need a local writer like Chris. When I was in Milwaukee, I heard someone say 'meet me at the bubbler' and I didn't know what they were talking about." One of the book's more interesting chapters covers the much-discussed weekend last year when Favre's husband, Irv, died shortly before the Packers, fighting for the playoffs, went to Oakland for a Monday night game. After some thought, Favre decided to play and had an outstanding night as the Packers won easily. "I said that day that Brett will either play very good or very bad, no middle of the road," Bonita said. "I didn't expect what happened. "I read the rough copy (of the chapter) on the plane to Florida, I was all teary-eyed and then I read it again when I got the book," she said. "It was like the night I watched the game, I laugh and cheer and cry. There were so many ups and downs, so many mixed emotions." Among the items in the chapter is the family's gratitude for the way Oakland fans - noted for their "Black Hole" craziness and hostility toward other teams - treated Brett that night. "I'm really glad it showed the Raider fans and how terrific they were," she said. "They were so respectful. That's something Deanna (Brett's wife) really wanted to express. The fans were so great that night, the signs. They have such a reputation of being rowdy, it shows they're human too and do have feelings." The book also has a bonus, a DVD with an NFL Films feature on Favre. "The NFL took all my home movies and put them on VHS for me," she said. "The DVD has some of our home movies, Brett as a child - all the kids - high school, college and into the pros." Favre said she's a photo collector and when the kids come, they love to go through the albums and boxes - not to see Brett in his early days, but for a laugh. "They're kind of funny to go back and look at, the way we dressed and looked," she said. "If they find one that's funny, it goes on the refrigerator." She said her son was happy with the final project, as was she. "He was laughing about Peter King's article, so he must have been pleased," she said. Still, she thinks it might be the last volume. "After a while, you wonder what else you can write, what other pictures you can show. The whole world has seen just about everything," she said.