Book Reviews

Book Review: Play (by Stuart Brown, M.D.)

April 20, 2009




As many of you know, the contest for my Carnival of Play is the opportunity to win one of three copies of this book. On this final day of the Carnival, I have just finished reading it and am ready to post my review. Overview In his new book Play, Stuart Brown provides an overview [...]

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Book Review: Playful Parenting (by Lawrence J. Cohen)

April 17, 2009




I promised a few book reviews as part of my Carnival of Play. This is one I’ve been wanting to review for a long time. Overview Playful Parenting by Lawrence J. Cohen explains to parents that play is a child’s way of communicating and understanding their environment. Children use play to explore the world, communicate [...]

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Playing with Darwin

April 12, 2009




A few times as I’ve wandered through the bookstore with my kids, I’ve been hit in the face with the shelf full of Bible stories and children’s bibles. I’ve glossed over references to God and Jesus in supposed mainstream kids books. Sure, there are lots of nice stories out there that have no reference to [...]

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Book Review: Whining & Dining (by Emma Waverman & Eshun Mott)

January 3, 2009




I own or have flipped through many books on toddler and preschooler nutrition and this one is my favourite by far, so I wanted to share it with my readers. Overview Whining and Dining: Mealtime Survival for Picky Eaters and the Families Who Love Them is a great nutrition and recipe book for helping picky [...]

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Book Review: The No-Cry Nap Solution (by Elizabeth Pantley)

December 28, 2008




I should preface this by saying that I own and have read many of Elizabeth Pantley‘s other No-Cry books. As many of my readers know, I am supportive of a no-cry approach, so when I was given the opportunity to read and review the No-Cry Nap Solution on my blog, it seemed like a natural [...]

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Excellent foods

September 6, 2008




I have a book on nutrition and weight loss that I have owned since I was a teenager. It was a refreshing change from all of the books and magazine articles that focused on losing “14 pounds in 14 days” and other similar gimmicks. This book is called Lose Weight Naturally – The No-Diet, No-Willpower [...]

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Book Review: Having a Baby, Naturally (by Peggy O’Mara)

August 14, 2008




I just got a bunch of my pregnancy and birth books back from a friend and thought I’d try to do a few reviews before they go out on loan again. Here is the first. Overview Having a Baby, Naturally by Peggy O’Mara, the editor and publisher of Mothering, walks mothers-to-be and families-to-be through issues that [...]

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Book Review: The Discipline Book (by William Sears, M.D and Martha Sears, R.N)

June 22, 2008




This is the first of what I hope will be many book reviews of parenting books that I have read. I hope to include ones that I loved, ones that I hated and ones that I was unsure about. Enjoy and feel free to add your thoughts on the books or ask me questions if [...]

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