Review Date: 8/4/2009

Helpful Score: 2

First of all, I do not come from a young earth/creationist viewpoint. In the interest of understanding that viewpoint though, I have selected a few texts to read, this being one of them. The author, Ruth Beechick, I was already familiar with, having read some of her homeschooling education/books. She is an engaging author who is able to encourage deep thought without unnecessarily complex or confusing writing. Her focus is clearly on encouraging in the reader introspection rather than the focus being on her own writing complexity or skill. Even younger readers can enjoy this book and pick up a lot from it, sparking questions and discussion.

Beechick starts off freely admitting that this is how it could have happened, and then proceeds with an engaging tale of biblical times. Even if you are not a creationist, you can enjoy the story and familiar characters. If you are new to the creationist idea, you can gain an understanding of the viewpoint, written in an intelligent and engaging way. The brief bibliography in the back is also a nice jumping point for learning more.

This book is thin (not overwhelming), well written and engaging.

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Review Date: 9/7/2006

Helpful Score: 1

I usually like Shreve but I felt this really was one of her more dull books and had trouble getting through it at all.

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Review Date: 4/13/2006

Pretty good poetry and I am not a poetry fan. My son enjoyed most of it.

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Review Date: 7/18/2007

My son used to love this book when going through the Barney phase. The real people pictured were interesting to him, and it is a nice story about visiting the library.

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Review Date: 7/18/2007

Barney provides an easy to understand life lesson. Good for about age 2 or young 3 but my son outgrew this one fast.

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Review Date: 6/20/2006

Truly a fantastic cookbook but definitely not for quick weeknight meals.

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Review Date: 4/30/2007

Helpful Score: 2

Great mix of humor, imagination and romance.

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Review Date: 2/16/2009

Helpful Score: 2

This book is quite interesting, and very applicable to reasoning behind attachment parenting. I found the author's observations regarding the tribe fascinating, as I did her speculation about the underlying continuum concept. However, I found her speculating that homosexuality, drug addictions, etc., are caused by not being held as a baby offensive. Putting it in perspective though, this is an older book that was extremely ahead of its time in terms of attachment parenting. At the time it was written though, many things regarding the nature of the brain were not as well known, and many things we now consider either inborn or genetic were then considered diseases or attributable to "poor parenting." Excepting those parts of the book, I found her general ideas plausible and a refreshing change from more conventional ideas regarding child rearing.

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Review Date: 6/20/2006

Fantastic illustrations and uses for many common and unusual cheese varieties.

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Review Date: 4/13/2006

Helpful Score: 2

Excellent book. He talks about arranging your life so you are living in your "sweet spot," enhancing yourself religiously but also on a personal secular level.

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Review Date: 5/19/2006

Helpful Score: 2

Excellent board book copy of the classic Dr. Seuss book for young children. Not quite as good as the original though in its board book condensed orm.

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Review Date: 7/18/2006

A truly enjoyable and believable story about a group of friends over the years. What I particularly enjoyed was that the story was well written and realistically portrayed, with drama but not melodrama.

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Review Date: 4/13/2006

Helpful Score: 2

Great info for the parents of a high needs child.

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Review Date: 5/8/2007

Helpful Score: 1

An incredible memoire of a very strong woman, able to look back on her past and see the good and the horribly bad, and write about it in an engaging and thoughtful way.

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Review Date: 5/9/2007

Helpful Score: 4

The Handwriting Without Tears series is good, and I highly recommend the student workbooks; however, the teacher's editions I rarely consulted.

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Review Date: 11/26/2006

Helpful Score: 3

Well researched and written book about negative impact to children of parents (specifically mother mainly addressed) working full time outside of the home. The writer writes from the perspective that a mother should be present in the home until approximately age 3 at least and presents research and opinions to support her belief.

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Review Date: 7/25/2006

Helpful Score: 3

Good resource in an easy, engaging question/answer format but strongly biased towards unschooling and less structured methods of homeschooling, at times becoming a bit critical or harsh of other more critical styles. That said, it is a solid resource, even including a wonderful chapter with writing by current and past homeschooled children.

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Review Date: 2/20/2007

Helpful Score: 3

Good practical ideas on decluttering, addressing the psychological as well as the practical considerations. At the end is a chapter including hints on maintenance after you have everything in shape. The best part of the book though was the examples, I thought. They were inspiring.

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Review Date: 8/14/2006

Well-written and memorable tale, very sad.

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Review Date: 7/14/2006

A little dry at times, but some interesting insights from the interviews.

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