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The Boxcar Children Books 1-4 79 reviews
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Albert Whitman & Company, 1990
Very good buy for the price
My grandson wanted to read the "Boxcar children" series. I ordered
these online. The shipping was fast and they arrived in
wonderful condition. He's enjoying owning these very much.
Thanks for the good buy.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret191 reviews
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press, 2007
Beautiful Storytelling
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" takes place in Paris, in the early 20th century. It tells the tale of an orphan named Hugo who secretely lives in a train station and fixes the clocks, unbeknownst to the stationmaster. Hugo is not just an ordinary boy however. In addition to his deftness with clocks, he also has a gift with all mechanical objects and spends much of his time stealing odds and ends ...
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Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents48 reviews
Deborah D. Gray
Perspectives Press (IN), 2002
Awesome book!
Excellent book, essential resource, practical and easy to read. This book and her new one (see below) are really all you need to read on this subject. The new one is better in my opinion, but both are terrific.
Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience After Neglect and Trauma
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Heat68 reviews
Mike Lupica
Puffin, 2007
An Awesome Baseball Book!
Heat is one of the most enjoyable, interesting books I've ever read. Michael, a typical boy with a great right arm is the main character. He lives with his brother Carlos. His dad is supposedly caring for a sick relitive in Florida. Michael faces hardships and problems, but keeps himself going with friends and Carlos.
Baseball helps Michael with his life problems as well. It makes him feel ...
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Parenting Teens With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) 33 reviews
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
Pinon Press, 2006
Love comes naturally, Logic not so much
This book was recommended by my family counselor. A lot of the concepts are exactly what I would have used in my parenting if not for the bully ex-husband constantly telling me I was wrong. I'm now in a position to start parenting in a way that my son can relate to and with concepts he can grasp, instead of with old-fashioned standards that have been ingrained through generations. Some basic ...
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family 450 reviews
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1997
This is a great follow up!
I also enjoyed this book as much as A Child Called "IT". This also made me cry as much as as the first one. I could not put it down as well.
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The BFG314 reviews
Roald Dahl
Puffin, 2007
BFG
Great story for a read aloud. Kids love listening to and reading along with the descriptive language.
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Three Little Words: A Memoir33 reviews
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Atheneum, 2008
A heartbreaking and inspiring memoir
Lorraine Rhodes was a single teenage mother who shared parenting duties of little Ashley with her twin sister. They lived in a trailer and worked different shifts. Their home became the cool teen party hangout since there were no real adults around. Lorraine's maternal instincts were casual (when Ashley was a toddler, Lorraine strapped her into a car seat but not into the seatbelt; Ashley once ...
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The Willoughbys20 reviews
Lois Lowry
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 2008
Clever, quick read
Read this enjoyable little book this summer and knew I had to share it with my middle school class. We have enough time to read a couple of chapters every few days during our "silent" reading time and I love Lowry's tongue-in-cheek delivery. The vocabulary is great too and I branched out to show them more of the "old fashioned" stories the Willoughby's are obsessed with. Does my heart good when I ...
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Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)168 reviews
Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
Pinon Press, 2006
This book is in line with recent studies
For the people reviewing this book who think it is cruel to children, or might lead to a drop in self-esteem, I suggest reading a study by a Dr. Dweck. It did a study on praising children, and the gist of the study is that children respond better to being told they are hard workers than being told they're smart. How does this relate to the book? Instead of constantly coddling your child, Love ...
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The Higher Power of Lucky74 reviews
Susan Patron
Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2006
5th Grade Teacher's Class loved this book
I am a 5th grade teacher who has read this book to two classes. I am of the opinion that 5th graders in this age are very aware of their anatomy and understand the primary differences between boys and girls. Each time I read the book, I had a boy ask me what a scrotum is. I explained using correct facts and got a few chuckles but mostly nods of understanding from my class. Children need to know ...
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The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, No. 1) (Boxcar Children)125 reviews
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Albert Whitman & Company, 1989
MUST READ!
This book is awesome! I have read it many, many times over and still love it every time!! Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny have become real people to me! Their independence and bravery give you a good lesson and a easy read at the same time. A good book for any young reader. (or old!)
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Ark Angel (Alex Rider)70 reviews
Anthony Horowitz
Puffin, 2007
Alex Rider Ark Angel
Before you read the review of ARK ANGEL, you need to take into account that this is the sixth book in the engaging, entertaining, action-packed adventure series starring Alex Rider. If you haven't read the first five books in the series, you'll probably want to do that before you pick up ARK ANGEL. Although it can stand on its own, you'll feel more in the loop by reading the previous books first. ...
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Hattie Big Sky (Readers Circle)35 reviews
Kirby Larson
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007
Hattie Big Sky
For upper elementary school children who are studying American history this gives a vivid picture of what Montana was like for homesteaders. The story is captivating yet eye opening. It is easy to forget the attitudes of early settlers toward Germans during WWI. The vocaulary is good, some new words, yet not too many.
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The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13)299 reviews
Lemony Snicket
HarperCollins, 2006
13, and all the books, are fantastic, if you think about it
I finally realized what these books are. They're Nancy Drew on steroids, with a strong anti-adult anti-society synecism thrown in. You figure out in book five that it's all about VFD. Then in books 6 through 11 you find out that everything everywhere has those initials. Then in books twelve and thirteen you start looking back and thinking, wait! Maybe that's not an annoying cooincidence. ...
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When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with RAD59 reviews
Nancy L. Thomas
Families by Design, 2005
Great resource
We was given this book shortly after we adopted our son. It has great information and is written so anyone can understand it, not all clinical jargon. I have reread the book several times at different stages of our sons development. This book is a great resource and I highly recommend it to anyone living with a RAD child.
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Gossamer25 reviews
Lois Lowry
Yearling, 2008
Inspiring!
Gossamer contains both a delightful story about learning to use one's gifts to ease human suffering and a rich metaphor of the workings of the human psyche. Mysterious creatures of the night, more like angels than faeries, flutter and flicker through the objects of our lives finding fragments from which to form dreams to bestow on us. In this gentle story, a young apprentice dream-giver discovers ...
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A Single Shard141 reviews
Linda Sue Park
Yearling, 2003
The Most Crucial Choice
My favorite part of this book is when Tree-ear must make a crucial choice between death and life. He chooses right and innumerable blessings come to his life and the lives of those he loves because of it. This is a powerful book with a powerful message for both children and grown ups alike. Sometimes it seems everything is dashed to pieces. It may be some errand you are on, some thing you ...
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Ballet Shoes61 reviews
Noel Streatfeild
Yearling, 1993
A wonderful and charming story!
I loved this book! It is the story of three orphans, Pauline, Petrova, and Posy, who are adopted by an older man who is gone during most of the book. After going through most of the money that he has left for their care until his return, the three sisters attend a special school of the arts. There they can learn to act, dance, and sing; then they can get jobs in different performances making ...
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The Boxcar Children Mysteries Books 5-8 (Boxcar Children))6 reviews
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Albert Whitman & Company, 1991
A Book Review From a Spiritridge Third Grader
Do you want to read an amazing book? Well you should read the Box Car Children. There are four young children and they are really poor. They do not have food. Then they do not know what to do. Well, they run away from their house because they thought their dad did not like them. They found a boxcar. So they thought that the boxcar might take them somewhere, but it didn't pull them. The ...
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