Danny’s Dragon: A Story of Wartime Lossby Janet Muirhead HillRaven Publishing, Inc. (2006)ISBN 0977252507Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06) When Danny’s father is killed in Iraq he faces the different stages of grief. His family must give up their home in Montana because of financial strain. They must find a way to build [ Read More ]
What’s the grossest thing you’ve ever eaten? Tongue, oxtail, durian? What if you had to eat worms, one a day, for fifteen days? That’s the bet that Billy takes on in How To Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell. Tom will be Billy’s second, and Joe will be Alan’s. He can eat the worms any [ Read More ]
Loving Healing Press (2008)ISBN 9781932690606 “Sam Feels Better Now!” is the perfect tool for counselors who work with children recovering from traumatic incidents. The author, Jill Osborne, has a great deal of education and experience in dealing with children who are survivors of domestic violence. By creating this book, she has found a way to [ Read More ]
Welcome to Dorsal Finn! This is a wonderful town where everyone knows everyone else’s name. Beatrice Beechham is a 12 year old girl who moves to Dorsal Finn with her parents and younger brother Tom. They have been invited to live with one of Mrs. Beecham’s closest friends Maud. Beatrice and Tom refer to her [ Read More ]
If you want to draw graphic pencil portraits of children, you will want a good guide. There are very few books on the market devoted specifically to drawing kids. Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children, by Carrie Stuart Parks and Rick Parks, is one of the best. Like all good art instruction books, this one begins [ Read More ]
When you call your kids for family devotions, do they roll their eyes and say, “Boring….” ? Family devotions with your kids can easily become routine, repetitive, and unimaginative. If you’ve been looking for a way to liven up family devotions with your kids, Devotions for Families That Can’t Sit Still by Carolyn Williford might [ Read More ]
Pee Wee And The Magical Compost Heap is the first story in a series of three children’s books based on the character Pee Wee Worman, which was made possible through a grant from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. It is illustrated with pencil sketches by Alia Toor of musical notes, sunflowers, children, compost piles, [ Read More ]
This most-commonly-asked-question is answered with insight and heart in the book, Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children written by long-time preschool teacher and mother of three sons, Sharifa Oppenheimer. After presenting a clear foundation of brain and body development, the author explains how parents can create nurturing routines and healthy play [ Read More ]
By the time my son was born, he already had a bookshelf full of books. What else would you expect from a baby whose mother teaches English? Since he was my first child, I really had little knowledge of what one was “supposed” to read to a newborn. As far as I can tell, it [ Read More ]
You probably have to write book reviews in school. When I was a kid, I used to hate to write them. But now I use book reviews that other people have written all the time. They help me to decide which books I want to read next. So if you’re a kid and you have [ Read More ]
