Title: The Babysitting Bible
Author: Jordon Lane
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Publisher and/or Distributor: Writers Club Press
Publisher Website: www.iuniverse.com
Pages: 142
ISBN: 0-595-24658-3
Price: $11.95
Publishing Date: 2002
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating:3
This is a comprehensive guide to babysitting aimed for the young teenager and up market. It was logically organized and contains many helpful tips and commonsense guidelines. It covers the preparation for; the act of; and the business of babysitting. It is not meant as a daycare center guide, but as a helpful manual for young girls and guys who want to make money babysitting for other families. We rated it three hearts.
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Title: The Five Minute Parent
Author: Deborah Shelton
Illustrator: Frankie Gordon
Publisher and/or Distributor: Bayou Publishing
Publisher Website: www.bayoupublishing.com
Pages: 184
ISBN: 1-886298-13-0
Price: $12.95
Publishing Date: September 2002
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 4
The Five Minute Parent is filled with simple, interesting, fun activities parents can do with their children. It includes something for ages and stages of development.. Some are educational and some are just for fun. Moms and Dads, if you're stuck with the kids in the house for a rainy day, or if you'd like to make your time with them more meaningful, this is a wonderful resource. It may sound silly, but if you take five or ten minutes of your time every day with your kids to do one of these activities, you will be cherished in their memories of their childhoods forever. We rated it four hearts.
Title: Grandloving
Author: Sue Johnson and Julie Carlson
Illustrator: Ronnie W. Shipman and Fredrick B. Johnson
Publisher and/or Distributor: Heartstrings Press
Publisher Website: www.grandloving.com
Pages: 276
ISBN: 0-9675349-8-4
Price: $16.95
Publishing Date: 2000
Reader: Judy Schuler
Rating: 4 Hearts
Grandloving covers all the aspects of grandparenting, from keeping in touch long distance to raising grandchildren. It is full of fun ideas and activities for grandparents to share with their grandkids and contains an extensive resource list.
We give it four hearts.
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Title: Family Fun and Games
Author: Carolyn Gray Thornton and Ellen Gray Massey
Illustrator: LaShelle Oursbourn
Publisher and/or Distributor: Skyward Publishing
Publisher Website: www.skywardpublishing.com
Pages: 213
ISBN: 1-881554-09-0
Price: $16.95
Publishing Date: 2002
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 4 Hearts
This is a very welcome resource for families who want to grow closer, church groups, schools, and recreation center workers. It is a compilation of family activities and games one family has collected over a hundred-year period. Turn off the TV and the computerturn on to these really fun activities. There are even games to play while traveling in the car. In a time when families can't seem to communicate, here are the tools to build the bonds necessary for the communications to happen. This is a delightful resource book that opens a door to building pleasant memories which will last for generations and become traditions. We rated this four hearts.
Title: Expecting Baby
Author: Judy Ford
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Publisher and/or Distributor: Conari Press
Publisher Website: www.conari.com
Pages: 165
ISBN: 1-57324-714-6
Price: $14.95
Publishing Date: 1997
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 4
This is a collection of essays and helpful information pieces on what to expect during pregnancy. It waxes philosophical in places. This is a nice-to-have resource and fits easily into a variety of pregnancy literature choices which are available to expectant mothers. We rated it four hearts.
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Title: The Making of Me: Countdown to a Miracle
Author: Julie B. Carr
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Publisher and/or Distributor: Motherly Way Enterprises
Publisher Website: www.motherlyway.com
Pages: 279
ISBN: 0-9671428-0-6
Price: $12.95
Publishing Date:
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 5
The Making of Me is a cute little pregnancy calendar that explains the day-by-day development of a fetus. Its pages are filled with wonderful little factoids which explain what is happening to the baby growing within a pregnant mom-to-be. We found it to be handy, interesting, and very helpful. We rated it five hearts.
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Title: The Pregnant Woman's Companion
Author: Chrisitine D'Amico and Margaret A. Taylor
Photographer: Bill Cameron
Publisher and/or Distributor: Attitude Press
Publisher Website: www.attitudepress.com
Pages: 244
ISBN: 0-9716631-0-6
Price: $14.95
Publishing Date: 2002
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 5
The Pregnant Woman's Companion is a very nice strategy and resource book to help mothers-to-be wend their through the pregnancy process. It is written for both women and their spouses. The author offers nine strategies that are designed to assist with the pregnancy process. The author is an experienced pregnancy coach. The book is well organized and filled with practical advice. This should become a basic primer for newly pregnant women, especially first-time ones. We rated it five hearts.
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Title: Mom, the Toilet's Clogged
Author: Lauri Berkenkamp & Charles Woglum, Illustrator
Publisher and/or Distributor: Nomad Press
Publishing Date: 04/2002
Pages: 82
Price: $11.95
ISBN: 0-9659258-4-6
Reviewer: Bob Spear
Rating: 5
Mom, the Toilet's Clogged: Kid Disasters and How to Fix Them is an excellent how-to book much in the style of Heloise but funnier. As an experienced parent of four, I can vouch for many of the tips and yet still learned a lot. The book is well organized into four sections: Body related predicaments Plumbing and appliance disasters Interior household problems Outside house problems
The author recommends common sense solutions to nasty problems such as gum in the hair (use peanut butter), tongue frozen to metal playground pole (use either salt or warm water), and so on. We rate this book a high five hearts for its usefulness and appeal to a major segment of the population-frustrated moms and dads.
Title: What's Happening to Home
Author: Maggie Jackson
Publisher and/or Distributor: Sorin Books
Pages: 190
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 1-893732-40-1
Reviewer: Kate Fox
Rating: 4
What's Happening to Home? asks a timely question for people changing from the 20th Century, an age that started with horse and buggies, to the 21st Century, which started with cell phones and a personal computer in practically every home.
As a former journalist, Ms. Jackson writes cleanly, with style, uses excellent descriptions, and did extensive research to cover her topic. Because her research covers the spectrum from MIT graduate students to young businessmen living in a commune loft in New York City, the book is interesting and educational for those of us who are not quite as up-to-date on how the latest technologies may affect our home life. We give this book a four hearts rating.
