Siblings Books

Everett's mom remarries and Everett has to accept a new (sensitive) step dad and a new baby. A welcome addition to a child's library.

I am only 1/2 way through with it and i can already say, it has givin me many helpful, tips and easy ideas that i never thought of! It already has help us become better parents!

This book is the "bible" for evolutionary biologists interested in sibling rivalry, and a valuable resource for those interested in parent-offspring conflict. The writing style is engaging and very entertaining for a scientific book, although the math may be difficult for some. A definite must-read for anyone in this area, or for those who are generally interested in Hamiltonian fitness and its impacts.

This is the third book in the brilliant Exiles series. The 'Family Failing' (falling in love) has hit the Conroy household, as Ruth finds herself in love with the school bus driver, Alan Aldair in the sixth form, Mr. Rochester from Jane Eyre and her temporary English teacher, Mr. Blyton-Jones. Naomi shares her sister's passion for their English teacher, but they both soon change their minds when they discover that he can't tell them apart. Meanwhile, Rachel has proposed to Phillipe, a French boy who comes to stay and Phoebe has decided to become an international spy. 'The Exiles in Love' is a hilarious book, and the Conroy girls are just as mad and funny as before!!! But sadly, it looks as though this is the last book about Ruth, Naomi, Rachel and Phoebe Conroy (sigh).

When I finished reading "the ark" I just sat on my bed, almost in awe, this story is so real, its a slap in the face for sure. I thought this book was amazing and the Author had pure talent. It's the best book I have ever read.

This pioneering study analyzes the effect of birth order and birth spacing on such factors as friendship, marriage and career success. First- children are generally taken to be leaders and most responsible. The second child is ordinarily the more flexible and compromising. And in a three child- family the youngest is often the most creative and rebellious.
My brief remarks do not of course do justice to the complexity of Toman's study.
Clearly birth- order is not the single factor, and often not the decisive one in shaping a personality. But Toman gives evidence that it is an important factor which taken into consideration with many others helps shape the person.

This book was a tale of 4 Children during the great famine of ireland. Their mother comes down with black fever and dies and their father runs a way because he cought the fever off their mother. They have to cope through and when they are taken into an orphanage doubts fall and they dont think that they can make it through. I wont tell you the rest of it because i want you to read it as an exciting and touching story like i did!!

Marilyn Taylor's FARAWAY HOME sensitively unfolds a touching story of the anguish suffered by Jewish refugee children sent by their parents from all over Europe to a farm in County Down, Northern Ireland during the Second World War. This is a story of pain and separation, of camaraderie and, finally, of hope. The beginnings of the Holocaust in Vienna are vividly portrayed through young Karl's eyes; the development of his character carries the reader from the oppression of Vienna to the friendly hardship of refugee life on the Ards peninsula. When Karl meets a spirited but rather spoilt volunteer from Dublin he is eventually persuaded to release some of his pain and anger. In the end, Judy teaches him to hope for the future. The pathos, suffering and bravery are overwhelming. But for me, it is Taylor's skill in building three-dimensional characters which makes this book so outstanding. None of the central characters are easily categorised. We are allowed inside the heads of Karl and Judy, thus getting to know their intimate thoughts; we hear how each regards the other and everyone else around them. Sometines their views are at odds and sometimes they coincide. The conflict between perception and reality in the book accurately mirrors real life. This is a story which stays with the reader, long after the final page has been turned.

Finding the Way captures the reader at the forward dedication and continues on the first page till the end. You feel and hear Cally immediately by the length of the sentences and strength of the feelings contained within. This story told from a 13 year old's point of view tells of the resilience of children in an imperfect family situation not of their doing, who do their best to find their way at home as well as in the outside world. Time seems to stand still for them, but life goes on about them.
Barbara E. Irgens has captured the feelings and tone in her wonderfully developed characters of the 4 children, ages 7- 13. These days when children's lives do not evolve around a rather dated but traditional image of father/mother parenting, sheltering, and protecting, Finding the Way gives voice to many feelings that children have because they are children and because they have no choice but to go on the clues presented by the adults in their lives.
This is a wonderful middle school chapter book for 6th, 7th grade, and 8th grade levels. The discussion and creative writing opportunities abound in every chapter. Although the characters are Irish, the emotions and situations are universal. As an educator I think it also points out the importance of the public school, as THE bright spot of the day in many children's lives, and how important is our job of educating with consistent love, respect, and compassion.
I highly recommend Finding the Way and give it top honors as a first novel offering.
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I inherited a copy of this book from a great-aunt of mine, and have reread it every year since I was ten. I was so attached to this book that when I went to college, I took it along. When my roommate discovered I had this book, she carried it off and ignored everything else (including homework!) for several days. My copy traveled four floors of my dorm, and while returning it, I met girls who had read it and loved it, but never could find a copy to buy; girls who had never known that a sequel to the Peppers existed, and were delighted to read it for the first time; and girls who read it because they were curious as to what dozens of their doormmates were getting so excited about. When I left my dorm, I donated the book to our dorm library so every succeeding generation can discover this wonderful book.

It is truly one of the best children's books out there. The character's are the same loveable but delightfully human ones we met in "The Five Little Peppers." The boys are off at a bording school, and the fights, challenges and school comraderies are as diverting as they must have been to readers of the time. Polly is at an exclusive girl's school as a day pupil, and her experiences are what all my doormates were fascinated by. The way these girls reacted with each other, the degrees of friendship between girls, and especially the interaction of these teenage girls with the young men in their lives are intriguing to read about. The book has a gently moralistic tone, as did the first, that should not put off readers. It offers a unique glimpse of what people can be: charitable, family-oriented, intelligent, loyal, and especially resourceful. In an age where we are bombarded with sex, violence, and never-ending confessionals, this book is a breath of fresh air. Take it off the shelf and enjoy it.

Incidentally, the Pepper series does not stop here. I was told by my dorm librarian that there is even a book about Phronsie's teenage years that was her favourite, but has since gone of out print. Maybe Amazon will find this one for us too.