Tag: Books

Dangerous Island, by Helen Mather-Smith Mindlen

This is an excellent chapter book for young readers, or a great read-aloud book for the younger set. Three children visiting the New Jersey seaside are cast adrift in the Atlantic Ocean when the raft from which they are fishing pulls its moorings loose in an unusually high tide. Eleven-year-old Frank and his nine-year-old sister… Continue reading Dangerous Island, by Helen Mather-Smith Mindlen

Tricky Business, by Dave Barry

Dave Barry’s second novel delivers the same hilarious and fast-paced action as his first. Tricky Business is a wonderful novel in the true Barry style. The plot revolves around a gambling cruise ship that leaves a wharf in Florida every night to take its passengers into international waters, where they can gamble to their hearts’… Continue reading Tricky Business, by Dave Barry

French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Giuliano

French Women Don’t Get Fat, and after reading Mireille Guiliano’s book, I now know why. This is a fascinating book on many levels. Part memoir, part diet book, part cookbook, it it a wholly satisfying read. Mireille (meeRAY) was a normal teenager until she came to America as an exchange student. When she returned home… Continue reading French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Giuliano

The Man Without a Country, by Edward Everett Hale

This is the deeply moving story of naval lieutenant Phillip Nolan, a young man who lived to regret a rash and passionately spoken oath. For when Nolan, who had fallen under the spell of the treasonous conspirator Aaron Burr, was court-martialed for his part in Burr’s plot, he cursed the United States and avowed that… Continue reading The Man Without a Country, by Edward Everett Hale

Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, by Peter Glickman

Having done the Master Cleanse four times now, once with only Stanley Burroughs’s book (25 days), and three times after reading Peter Glickman’s expansion of Burroughs’s work (10 days each), I have to say that it’s much easier to do the Master Cleanse (MC) when you have both. While Burroughs’s book contains everything needed to… Continue reading Lose Weight, Have More Energy & Be Happier in 10 Days, by Peter Glickman

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

I discovered Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle at the age of 12. I fell in love with her, and I am now reading these stories to my 4- and 6- year-old sons. There are four books in the series by Betty MacDonald: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Hello Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm, and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is a… Continue reading Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Beginning Books for Early Childhood

The Cat in the Hat and other Dr. Seuss (aka Theo LeSeig and Theodore Geisel) books are some of the best kids’ learning books available. The stories are short, simple, and easy to read. For pre-readers, they make great bedtime stories, with their bright, active pictures and beginning vocabulary. For beginning readers, they are a wonderful… Continue reading Beginning Books for Early Childhood