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Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Second Edition with a New ...

11 reviews
Jay Macleod

Westview Press, 2004

Moving and Troublesome
I read this years ago in an anthropology/sociology class in college, and I can say that it still carries as much weight today as it did then. Jay manages to weave entertaining narration with factual reporting, resulting in a moving work that points a critical finger at our society. I've actually met the author, and can say that he is an honest, engaging and professional writer. At no point did ...

Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community

17 reviews
Heather Coburn Flores

Chelsea Green, 2006

Not a how to book, or is it
Anyone who picks up this book expecting to find a "How to" manual on converting your lawn into an edible garden will be disappointed. However, if you're looking for some fresh ideas on not only changing out your lawn for a garden mixed with a little permaculture, activism, optimism, and community building ideas, this is the book for you. I read this book twice because there is so much good ...

The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood: Ten Ways to Get Your Family on the Right Nutritional Track (Sears ...

10 reviews
William Sears, Martha Sears, ...

Little, Brown and Company, 2006

What a great topic
An all too important topic that we think we know about, but in reading you discover how we really don't know enough. Great resource.

Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten (Miss Bindergarten Books)

5 reviews
Joseph Slate

Puffin, 2004

A New Miss Bindergarten Adventure.....
Join Miss Bindergarten as she and her wonderful alphabetically named animal class are off visiting community helpers on their first field trip. But before you turn that first page, take a look at all the different shapes on Miss Bindergarten's easel and see if you can find them as you read the book. First the class stops at the bakery where children learn to cut cookies and ice cakes. Then ...

The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood

67 reviews
David Simon, Edward Burns

Broadway, 1998

A look into a very real world
I bought the book after I was absolutely enthralled by the mini-series. The book and movie both give you a very emotionally capturing look into the world of the drug corners of every inner city ghetto. In the book's case, it focuses on life in the most dangerous ones of Baltimore, homicide capital of the USA. The book is a stunningly accurate portrayal of a world that is often forgotten, ...

Mario Batali Simple Italian Food: Recipes from My Two Villages

38 reviews
Mario Batali

Clarkson Potter, 1998

A taste of Italy
After reading ,trying and eating what Mario offered, I was certain he has mastered they way of Italy. And in Italia there is no bad food.. Grazie Mario

Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith

23 reviews
Diana Butler Bass

HarperOne, 2007

A book of hope for today's church
First off, I must say that I loved this book. I actually checked it out of the library but half-way through I knew I needed to own it. "Christianity for the Rest of Us" is the result of a three year study of emerging mainline churches in the United States. If you are like me, then you probably need "mainline" defined for you. Mainline churches are the "brand-name" churches you see across the ...

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs

16 reviews
Betty G. Birney

Aladdin, 2007

Stop and smell the roses...
Sometimes we get so caught up in doing things and going places, we forget about the things around us that are so important and beautiful! We forget to smell the roses. This book is so easy to read and you want to read it. I was intrigued by trying to figure out what he might find next. I loved this book!

Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books)

89 reviews
Paul Fleischman

HarperTeen, 1999

Almost certain to make my best reads of the year list.
Paul Fleischman, Seedfolks (Harper Collins, 1997) I've read a lot of books in the past few weeks, as I often do right around the new year for some reason. The best of them this year was Seedfolks, a kids' book about a community garden in Cleveland and how it came to be. (For the record, yahoo's map doesn't locate a Gibb Street anywhere in Cleveland; if this is based on a true story, Fleischman ...

From Neurons to Neighborhoods : The Science of Early Childhood Development

6 reviews
Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Youth, and Families Board on Children, ...

National Academies Press, 2000

super terrific
This book is a staple in the early childhood mental health field. It represents everything good in the promotion of social-emotional development in our society. Creating neurobiologically friendly environments for young children is a crossroad our society faces in an effort to have a positive impact on the mental health for our time. Implications for risk and resilience research contributions are ...

Baby Einstein: Neighborhood Animals (Baby Einstein)

17 reviews
Marilyn Singer, Julie Aigner-Clark, ...

Hyperion Book CH, 2001

My Two Daughters Love This Book
This is a wonderful first book for babies. My oldest daughter loved her first copy so much that it fell apart because of so much use. I ordered two more copies (one for her -she is now 28 months old) and one for her younger sister (14 months old).

Fisher Price Cars, Trucks, Planes, and Trains Lift the Flap (Fisher-Price Little People)

16 reviews
Nancy Rindone

Reader's Digest, 2004

Fun book, holds their attention well.
My 19 month old twins love this book. They don't quite understand the activities in it yet, such as finding all the monkeys and identifying the shapes, but they love to open and close the flaps on all the pages. It is densely animated, but it makes it more fun and challenging to find things in the pictures. We recently flew across country and this book helped tremendously in keeping them ...

Streets of Hope : The Fall and Rise of an Urban Neighborhood

3 reviews
Peter Medoff, Holly Sklar

South End Press, 1999

An inside look at community development
I witnessed much of the transformation described in this book and it is remarkably accurate. This should serve as a guide for community organizers seeking to work in neglected neighborhoods. Too bad Peter Medoff is no longer with us.

The Boy Next Door

158 reviews
Meggin Cabot

HarperCollins Publishers, 2002

Such a fun read!!
I love the format of Meg Cabot's "Boy" books. I started with Boy Meets Girl and then read Every Boy's Got One (I could not find this one in the book store). I finally got a copy of this one from the library. It was like the others, just fun and easy to read. I like how the characters in all of the books are tied to one another through the NY Journal (as well as the Trent & Hertzog families). ...

Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn (Mr. Putter & Tabby)

5 reviews
Cynthia Rylant

Harcourt Paperbacks, 2007

Putter is so sweet
My son and I love the Mr. Putter books. They are nice stories with some cute situations to give the parents a chuckle. These really keep my son's attnetion (the suggested age is 4-8; my son is younger). I believe this is the newest of the Putter and Tabby books. It's just as good as the rest.

America's Promise
Alma Powell

HarperCollins, 2003

Honey and her younger brother, Benji, are new to the neighborhood. As Honey and Benji explore their town, they meet new friends, and encounter a special lady called Mrs. Mayberry.At Mrs. Mayberry's Play and Learn House, they enjoy books, music, games, and snacks. And when a surprise visit from Mayor Crawley presents the gang with an unusual task, determination and hard work help them conquer an exceptional challenge and reap the rewards of ...

Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse (Studies in Crime and ...

4 reviews
Todd R. Clear

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

A Prison Employee
This book is on the money with research and experience. It is one of many that policy makers and prison administrators should read. I have only two problems with the book. Early in the book the author sounds like a raving liberal (but he saved this by presenting unbiased evidence throughout the rest of the book). Also, in chapter 8, the author seems to overstate his position on the utility of ...

Ruby Lu, Brave and True (Ready-for-Chapters)

7 reviews
Lenore Look

Aladdin, 2006

Great alternative to Junie B!
My eight-year-old Asian-American daughter loves this book - Ruby Lu is a lot like her - spunky, likes magic, and is proud of her heritage. It's a plus that the setting is Seattle - where many of our relatives live.

Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-and-Roll's Legendary Neighborhood

29 reviews
Michael Walker

Faber & Faber, 2007

It's the 60's Again
The 1960's music scene in Los Angeles comes vividly alive in this account of the rock world that thrived in Laurel Canyon. This is a must-read for anyone (like me) who grew up listening to CSN&Y, Frank Zappa, the Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell and others. It's amazing to think that all this talent and more converged in one place at one special time. Michael Walker provides a thorough ...

There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their ...

3 reviews
William Julius Wilson, Richard P. Taub

Vintage, 2007

Neighborhood Rundowns
The authors gathered results of information collected by researchers in four Chicago area neighborhoods over the past many years. Unfortunately, the outcome is a rather surface descriptive of racial and ethnic and class interaction among Black, Hispanic and White populations. There are several simple PowerPoint-like graphs comparing sizes of ethnic populations; but, beyond that, important ...

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