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The Giving Tree 600 reviews
HarperCollins, 1992
tear jerker
Try reading this for the first time while pregnant and see a psychiatrist if it doesn't bring tears to your eyes. This is a good story to help anyone of any age to better understand life.
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Where the Wild Things Are 357 reviews
Maurice Sendak
Harper Collins, 1988
Terrible...roars, teeth, eyes, claws! Super fun for little boys!
Sometimes we just can't seem to settle down before bed. During those times, I reach for "Where the Wild Things Are" so that my two sons can roar their terrible roars and gnash their terrible teeth and roll their terrible eyes and show their terrible claws.
The book is short -- perfect for bedtime reading -- and very interactive. The story follows Max and his wild imagination to a magical land. ...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon 50th Anniversary Edition (Purple Crayon Books)147 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1981
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sister resently bought this book for my 3 year old son & once we started to read it I remoembered it from when I was a little girl. My son absolutly LOVES IT & I do as well. To be able to create different things with just a crayon & your imagination is wonderful. It's the perfect book for young as well as old
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir 1097 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Fantastic brave memoir of a life of abuse
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wall is the type of book that makes you want to give your parents a hug and thank them for being such wonderful parents, no matter how bad they were. Wall was raised by free spirits who want their children to become toughened by life and believe firmly in survival of the fittest. Her mother wants to be an artist and not to be bothered by the inconvenience of feeding ...
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive1918 reviews
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
This is a must read!
This was a very touching book. I could not put it down what so ever! I read it on my way to Wisconsin Dells for a vacation back in May. I cried because it is heartfelt and God forbid a child ever go through that!
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood170 reviews
Marjane Satrapi
Pantheon, 2004
Awesome Experience
Although this book is written like a comic book, don't take it lightly. The story is a deep and meaningful one. It is a pretty fast read but not as fast as you'd think...I highly recommend it!
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The Last Lecture545 reviews
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion, 2008
the last lecture
I also watched the interview done with him on 20/20. He really made me stop and think about what's important. A must read in my opinion
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal490 reviews
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Lamb
Entertaining, provocative, fun to read. The story of Christ told in a very different and amusing fashion, still escaping sacrilege.
Have given several as gifts to friends who have also thoroughly enjoyed the book!
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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time184 reviews
Valerie Bertinelli
Free Press, 2008
Real Story, Real Person
Yes, this book is a MUST HAVE! I too could not put it down (that's how I get with a book that grabs me). I read it all in the first week! Valerie has a way of telling her story that is so easy to read, so 'real', and so motivating!
Editor of Jennifer Winston's women's bestseller How to Snag a Guy and Keep Him Hooked: 99 Ways to Make Him Ache for You
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To Kill a Mockingbird1753 reviews
Harper Lee
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Everyone's Favorite . . .
I honestly have no idea how many times I have read this book. I read it first as an assignment in the eighth grade; most recently, at the age of 41, I read it aloud to three of my children. As with the more recent readings that I recall, I choked up a bit at the end as Scout is experiencing the tragedy and love that surrounds her in the form of her conservatively eccentric father, her ...
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Corduroy97 reviews
Viking Juvenile, 1968
a favorite from my childhood that I'm passing to my child
Sweet story with a wonderful message. As a mom by adoption, this tale has a subtle subtext that works for our family. Also nice to have characters that aren't white without hitting you over the head with "diversity".
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Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood: Practical Parenting from Birth to Six Years95 reviews
Jim Fay, Charles Fay
Love & Logic Press, 2002
excellent service and condition
The book I ordered came in a quick manner and was in great condition. Thankyou..
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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life10 reviews
Annette Lareau
University of California Press, 2003
Unequal Childhoods Well Written and Well Researched
Everyone knows that socioeconomic status is related to academic success, but not many books have examined the lives of kids outside of school in detail to reveal how differences in social class are related to differences in use of language, organizing time, dealing with authorities, family disputes, and doing homework.
I'm a professor in a graduate school of education, and it was important ...
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir53 reviews
Bill Bryson
Broadway, 2007
A Trip Down Memory Lane
My son has been raving about Bill Bryson's for some time now, but I was not sure that they would appeal to me. After hearing others rave about his memoir: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, I thought this might be a fun audio book. I am sorry I waited so long to try Bryson's work.
This memoir was terrific. It leaves you with a feeling of appreciation for the simple things in life. Bill ...
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Coming of Age in Mississippi98 reviews
Anne Moody
Delta, 2004
Descriptive, emotional, engaging
Thus a civil rights advocate was born.
I read this book seven years ago, on a whim, because I was wanting to understand why Southerners were especially proud of their heritage when there was so much suffering among its own people, especially its blacks.
Ann Moddy lived a life that most whites would be ashamed of, but that many blacks endured. This is a part of American history that ...
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Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through ...133 reviews
Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
Touchstone, 1995
I'm too distracted to review this but I wasn't distracted at all reading it
Honestly, the title of my review wasn't originally intended to be funny. I came on Amazon to look up the publishing date for a footnote/bibliography reference for this book. I now have spent too much time reading reviews on diet books and updating my other reviews on movies and phones to do this review justice.
But if you're looking it up, you don't want a long review anyway. It is the best ...
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression84 reviews
Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Bantam, 2008
A WONDERFUL SURPRISING AND INTERESTING BOOK
I am sooooo glad that this book was mentioned to me. My husband loves it as he learned a good trick: he wears expensive leather work gloves, the right hand ALWAYS wore out first, he had 9 left handed gloves laying around. The book told the story of a family that 'made do' with what they had during hard times. Turn the left hand glove inside out and you have a right hander. So many little things ...
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Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs (N.A.E.Y.C. Series #234)7 reviews
National Assoc for the Education of Young Children, 1997
Needed by all childcare professionals
Helped me set developmental goals and appropriate practices to get my NAYCE in-home Accreditation
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family449 reviews
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1997
The Lost Boy
This is a story about a young boy who gets abused and treated unfairly. He doesn't have any clothes besides the ones he caries in a brown paper bag. He runs away from the world he hates. He has no home to go to, then he finds hope. To find out more information about this book find it and venture into it.
In my opinion this book was excellent and amazing.Why? Because it made me cry on ...
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The Daring Book for Girls141 reviews
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
Great book
Would recommend this book to anyone that wants to give a gift to a girl.
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