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Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1988
Good Book
My kids at preschool love this story and they listen to it almost everyday before taking a nap. I bought the DVD as well and they love it also.
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Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through ...
Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
Touchstone, 1995
Mr Barrett
I have two nephews with ADD/ADHD and possibly more undiagnosed relatives which made me curious that maybe I had ADD/ADHD. I read this book and I really related to a lot of the stories and it gave me hope that there could be help for me. I wasn't really a problem ...
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Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years
Jim Fay, Charles Fay
Love & Logic Press, 2002
Lots of great ideas
I really enjoyed this book. It gave me lots of different ideas on how to discipline my toddler while still delivering lots of affirmation. Some of it is fairly obvious, but it's nice to read that it still works!
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Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)
HarperTrophy, 1981
Sons love the adventure
Harold's story is fun and creative and gets my son asking lots of questions about Harold's events. Can't wait to get abother one of his adventure books.
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The Daring Book for Girls
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
Excellent Service
I was very pleased with the fast shipping and excellent condition of the book... thank you.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
A inspiring book to read it will touch your heart
Embrace The Light; a women's story through poetry to touch your heartThis book touched my heart. I highly reccommend it. A real classic. To foster peace and open the minds for others.
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The Giving Tree
HarperCollins, 1992
You are the Giving Tree, she said.
"Sophomore year I entered your classroom playing the role of a student," she wrote. "I will never forget that red-headed teacher that pushed me to do a little more...."
This is part of the inscription that Allison wrote inside the front cover of "The Giving Tree." I ...
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
awsome, sad. glad he escape
No child should have to go through this. I know the mother was mentally ill. I hope in death she is finally at rest
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Bantam, 2008
I grew up in Iowa...
Even though I'm young enough to be the author's granddaughter, I remember so much of what she writes about --- picking wild plums, grapes, raspberries, elderberries and mulberries and making preserves. Harvesting black walnuts before the squirrels could get them all. ...
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
A must read book
From the first page to the last Ms. Walls story captivated me ... not only with her style of sharing her life but because I completely could relate to how she lived as a child. I myself lived a similar childhood and to read another's story touched my soul ...
Even ...
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Just Me and My Dad (Look-Look)
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2001
Excellent
My son is 8 yrs old and loves this series of books. The reading is fairly easy and the stories short so it keeps his interest. We read them as bed time stories and they are perfect. We own several of this series and we like them all.
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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
Valerie Bertinelli
Free Press, 2008
Fantastic. I loved it!
I have always been a fan of Valerie Bertinelli & like alot of other people, had watched with interest, her life with Eddie Van Halen. Hearing about all the trials and tribulations they had gone through made me wonder how they stood the test of time for so long. This ...
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Corduroy
Viking Juvenile, 1968
I Know I've Always Wanted a Friend
Corduroy is very charming story about an adorable teddy bear who lives in a department store. No one wants him because he is missing a button from his overalls. After a night time adventure in the department store, a young girl named Lisa comes to buy Corduroy with ...
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The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel
Alison Weir
Ballantine Books, 2008
Very interesting!!!
I enjoy Alison Weir's work and love that she has begun writing novels. I am a historian, but not one of those historians that has a fit over works of historical fiction. I like how Weir took the grey areas of Elizabeth's life and creates a plausible possibility for ...
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2007
Those fabulous 50's
A father who's a top sports columnist. Wax teeth, the Butter Boys, infatuation with atomic energy, and a booming post-war economy. Is it any wonder that Bill Bryson (the second) turned out the way he did? Reading this crazy essay is a walk down memory lane for baby ...
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