books: the beginnings

books: the beginnings

books:

The beginnings

Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

John K. VanDyk

Apress, 2008

The essential Drupal coding book
If you're new to Drupal and just want to learn how to be an effective admin, this isn't for you. If you're looking to customize Drupal by adding new functionality, new node types, advanced themeing the **you must get this book**. Clearly written. Useful ...

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, ...

Fireside, 1986

A good place to start!
I didn't realize that reading is hard and how much work it takes to learn how to do it until I started teaching. As an adult, I took it for granted and didn't realize how many connections children have to make in order to learn how to read. I am now teaching my ...

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst

Aladdin, 1987

What Fun
This is a book that children can't help but chuckle when they it is read. It's just fun and Alexander is so loveable like another character,Cyrano in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Success, another fabulous piece of children's literature with inspiring ...

Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperCollins, 2005

Excellent read!
For some reason, my child loves this book and it remains a favourite bedtime story book! I like reading it to him since it is soothing.

Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners

Bobby Lynn Maslen

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006

Training the Brain
I am a Special Education teacher. I help children with learning disabilities (K-5) learn to read. I don't think there are words for how highly I want to reccommend these books to parents and other educators. These books are PHONICS based and they are systematic and ...

Love You Forever

Robert Munsch

Firefly Books Ltd., 1995

A touching book
I gave this book to my son when he turned forty. He called me and told me how much it meant to him and how it made him cry. My son is a 6'3 Army Ranger Instructor and very few things have made him cry., trust me. I heard this book the first time when in church, our ...

Bob Books Set 3- Word Families

Bobby Lynn Maslen

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006

BOB's great!
I teach Kindergarten, and these little books are just perfect for beginning readers. Also, although the pictures are very simple line drawings, the text and drawings are clever and often humorous.

Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers

Bobby Lynn Maslen

Scholastic, 2006

Excellent Reading Development Books. The BEST i've found
these are the best reading development books I've found. We have tried the Beginning Level 1 reading books often offered in children toy shops and never liked them or found them easy to use. BOB books have simple and very clever illustrations and the words used are the ...

All New Square Foot Gardening

Mel Bartholomew

Cool Springs Press, 2006

No dig gardening
I got this book from the library and loved it and could only find it on Amazon. I intend to follow the system in my new vege garden

Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)

HarperTrophy, 1981

We Love Harold !
My son loves to read about Harold's adventures over and over and over again. After Harold, it's Cyrano, a caterpillar failing in school in Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Successand then Nate the piglet that turns a school upside down when he visits in ...

Sew What! Skirts: 16 Simple Styles You Can Make with Fabulous Fabrics

Francesca DenHartog

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2006

Inspirational and fun!
I really liked this book as I am kind of a "do my own thing my own way" type of person. So if that is you, I think this book may appeal to you. The only thing I would change in her text is that I would add more room to the hip measurement, from 6 to 8 maybe. It just ...

Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition

Paula Begoun, Bryan Barron

Beginning Press, 2007

Extremely useful reference
I got Paula's 2003 edition in 2006, but was sorry that it was rather outdated and in that edition she said she wouldn't be doing another one. So I was happily surprised to find a brand new edition in Barnes & Noble, and after perusing it I plan to order it from ...

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life

Susan Anderson

Berkley Trade, 2000

Changed my life
I struggled for years to get over an abusive marriage and the loss of my mother at 9. I picked up this book after a bad relationship in which I was, once again, loved and abandoned. I didn't know I had abandonment issues until I looked at this book. I related to ...

Beginning iPhone Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK (Beginning)
Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche

Apress, 2008

Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, then Beginning iPhone Development is just the book for you. Assuming only a minimal working knowledge of Objective-C, and written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style, Beginning iPhone ...

Sew Fast Sew Easy: All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew

Elissa K. Meyrich

St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

I learned to sew with this book
I learned to sew with this book and have had great sucess. I just bought the new book "Sew On" to progress my sewing and the patterns and projects are amazing! I have learned even more techniques with the new book and I still use my Sew Fast Sew Easy book for ...