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Category Archives: Books
11 Birthdays – a good book for 8+ girls
January 2, 2009 – 7:13 pm
It is the story of a girl named Amanda who always has her birthday with a boy named Leo. … I think this book is for ages nine and up. I think that Wendy Mass is a great writer and I think she should write other books too!
Excite Books – a Netflix for books?
December 6, 2008 – 3:49 pm
Excite Books (ExciteBooks.com) is a subscription book service that sends books monthly to your child, along with a few extra toys and goodies to keep him or her interested. … George created Excite Books to “add excitement and energy into a child’s reading activities by allowing the child to be an active participant in all phases of learning and development through responsibility, motivation, and giving back to the community.” … This looks like a fun gift from faraway grandparents that want to foster the joy of reading in a small child, but can’t be there to help buy books on a regular basis.
Howard Bennett in the Washington Post
October 9, 2008 – 9:47 am
It’s kind of gross, but our friend, Howard Bennett, is writing a book on “the gross facts of life.” … Not exactly cocktail conversation but he hopes topics that will be fun for kids as a way into reading more about science and how the body works. … We’ll be looking forward to getting more excerpts of his book and seeing it when it comes out next year could
The Self-Esteem Trap
September 17, 2008 – 5:30 am
"The Self-Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance by Polly Young-Eisendrath is out and it will be a good read for parents frustrated by the "every child is a winner" mentality that has taken over our schools and playgrounds. ... However, if you recognize yourself as one of these types of parents, you may be setting your child up for self-esteem issues later on: * Laissez-faire parents - "indirect, non-confrontational, vague, and friendly in their attempts to be authorities" * Helicopter parents - "hover around their children" trying to be close friends with them. ... Some readers may be put off by her chapter on "Religion and Reverence," where she has a section entitled, "Why we need religion," and patronizingly insists that "spirituality" is not a substitute for organized religion.
Spiderwick Chronicles – a good movie for kids and dads
July 6, 2008 – 7:46 am
The story is an imaginative tale of a single mom and her three kids who go to live in a mansion they soon find to be under attack by goblins out to get a book that details the world of creatures ordinary people can’t see. While the movie has scenes that make it a bit too scary for little kids (7 and under), my slightly older daughter enjoyed even the attack sequences at the end of the film without being frightened.
Books for kids to celebrate father’s day
June 9, 2008 – 7:41 am
My daughter has two or three books that feature dads and daughters and it makes me feel very special that she reserves a special place on her shelf for them. While we have not read any of the titles listed in this article, I’m going to check them out before next Sunday…. Another dad lives away and a fourth works late but has a great lullaby in a wide-ranging selection of children’s books for Father’s Day.
Classic wine book gifts for dads
June 6, 2008 – 1:00 pm
With just a few days left before dads’ day, here are a few suggestions for wine books you can pick up at the local bookstore or order quickly off Amazon…. Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2008 – This is a classic little volume perfect for sneaky glances while out at a restaurant where you need a reminder on the best years for a French Burgundy…. The World Atlas of Wine Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson – This is a good building block for a strong wine library, as are the following four books.
The Uncover book series
June 1, 2008 – 7:36 pm
He LOVES this book, and while the cover says it’s for eight years old plus, he has memorized all the facts about the shark and was explaining to me features of the shark’s anatomy…. So much so, that I felt like I was talking to a kid who would one day grow up to be a zoologist or other scientist…. The series includes other books in the style including Uncover the Human Body: An Uncover It Book” (Luann Colombo) and Uncover a Dog both of which are on list for his next birthday.
Daddy’s Little Girl by Gregory Lang
May 1, 2008 – 7:09 pm
If you have a daughter, it’s hard not to get a little emotional reading this collection of anecdotes compiled by Gregory Lang (author of more pithy books like “Why a daughter Needs a Dad: 100 reasons”)…. For the dad of a young girl, it also gives a not-always-comfortable (read morbid) look into the future when kids are grown up and dad is looking at what he’s leaving behind as a legacy, rather than what he is building in the here and now.