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The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
Warner Books, 2004
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks is one of the few writers that make you stop and savour his words, his sentences....He is an amazing writer that grabs you from the very beginning. The Notebook is one of those books that you can read over and over again...It is a classic and a must ...
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
Aladdin, 1998
A proper mystery!
I think you have to be a kid or a kid at heart to properly understand the magic of this book. What kid did not dream of running away? Here is a girl, a very practical girl, who makes that dream come true. She and her younger brother create an elaborate plan to run away ...
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Child Psychiatrist's ...
Bruce Perry, Maia Szalavitz
Basic Books, 2007
Brilliant and heartening
Assisted by a talented science writer, child psychiatrist Bruce Perry presents a series of heartbreaking stories of children severely damaged by trauma. But that's only one side of this remarkable book. The other side is how many of these profoundly damaged children ...
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Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook
Aimee Buckner
Stenhouse Publishers, 2005
Great companion for Daily 5!
This is not one of those books that will collect dust on a shelf. It will be read and reread many times! It is a great resource for any teacher of writing! Thank you Aimee Buckler! This book contains a wealth of organized and practical strategies that will add to ...
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A Writer's Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You
Ralph Fletcher
HarperTrophy, 1996
It's the real thing!
I am a newspaper columnist and substitute teacher. I was subbing in a fourth grade class and due to a sudden shift in schedules, I had about 20 minutes to fill. I saw Fletcher's book on the chalk ledge and thought I'd read a chapter and make my own professional ...
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body (Magic School Bus)
Joanna Cole
Scholastic Press, 1990
packed with information
Ms. Frizzle is taking her class on a memorable field trip through the human body in this entertaining book featuring the beloved eccentric teacher and her curious class. My only complaint is that the pages are so busy with information that it's impossible to sit and ...
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Jane Yolen
Blue Sky Press, 2000
Great book for girls too!
My daughter, who is not quite three, loves this book. In fact this book has started an infatuation with dinosaurs. She wants me to read it to her all the time and the illustrations are awesome.
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Moleskine Ruled Notebook Large
Moleskine, 2008
More for the same
Isn't it something how Amazon will charge $17.95 for the item stocked by Amazon shipping free 2-day with your $75/year subscription, but it is only $13.50 Moleskine Large Notebook Ruled if you buy through Amazon from another retailer? Doesn't seem right, really.
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Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)
Marc S Sabatine
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
Must have for medical students
Although the expectations for medical students are not that of residents and interns, this book is very helpful. Evidence-based medicine is the term heard over and over on the wards and this pocket book will help with that. When presenting a patient, you may be asked ...
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Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. ...
Frances O'Roark Dowell
Aladdin, 2007
And from out of left field comes...
Children's librarians must find books to add to their collections from a wide variety of different sources. They read professional serials like Horn Book and School Library Journal. They receive Advanced Readers Copies and read clever blogs that always discuss new ...
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Moleskine Ruled Notebook
Moleskine
Moleskine, 2008
Best PDA I've had!
Moleskine Ruled Notebook
In the course of my working life I spent several years as a computer tech, and have consequently learned a healthy caution regarding the frailty of electronic devices. The Pocket Moleskine has been the most reliable PDA I've tried. ...
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The Golden Notebook: Perennial Classics edition (Perennial Classics)
Doris Lessing
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999
Topic is 6 stars, writing is 4 stars [T][29]
Interestingly, most of the eye-popping concepts of Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying" (1973) seem to be touched upon by this 1962 publication.
Four notebooks are the concentration of this novel. After meeting Anna and Molly outside of the notebooks and their review of ...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (HarperClassics)
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 2000
Coming-of-Age
I cannot think of this book without deep fondness. If you let it, this is one of those books that can change your life. It's honest and innocent all at once, and Cleary does an incredible job of capturing the mood of a boy going through a confusing time of friends and ...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan
HarperTrophy, 1987
awesome
This is a great book that leaves you with a good feeling when you finish. A warm story of motherless children who wish to have a mother and want to help their father to find one. She is from the coast and he is a farmer... could this work? Read the book I recommend ...
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Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition)
Karen Hesse
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999
Excellent book for young readers
This book is well written, and the only book my 9 year old has ever asked for.
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