Lifestyle Books

This is a terrific book! It makes you wish you were 10 years old and live in the Smokey Mountains so you can hang out with Penelope and the crew, sharing in the adventures!

This book is just fun, fun, fun to read! A "Laugh Out Loud" book. Penelope becomes every reader's friend! The book is full of witty situations, and hilarious stories. A great gift book, and perfect addition to anyone's library!

Rascal is a cute raccoon, that has the ability to teach your children good moral values, while they enjoy his antics at Devil's Den State Park. Your children are sure to enjoy this book, either reading it for themselves or having Mom and Dad read it to them. Then they can have the fun of coloring Rascal to personalize their own book. I have personally sent these to all of my nieces and nephews and give them as birthday gifts to young children. I guarantee you won't be disappointed

I like this children's book because it uses fantasy (which appeals to a child's imagination) to bring up very real issues. The book is very readable. Each chapter is a different episode in Rascal's life, and can easily be read as a bedtime story-one chapter each night. Or a child with basic reading skills can sit down and read the book alone. If you are looking for a book that will keep the interest of a child you care for, and will teach morality in a Biblical and fun way, this is the book for you!

When Agnes May Gleason's father is injured working on the family dairy farm, her mother must take him to the hospital, leaving Agnes charge. Things were already difficult because of the Depression, and now Agnes's parents tells them to dump the day's milk. They can't afford to do that with these hard times, and Agnes decides to disobey her parents and make the deliveries with the help of her little brother and sister. This was an inspiring story about a girl during a difficult time in this country's history and how she overcomes difficulties to help her family.

Agnes May Gleason is almost thirteen, and she's living on her family's dairy farm near Walsenburg, Colorado, in 1933. Life has been hard for her family since the Depression started, and now Aggie's father has injured himself. When he must go to the hospital, Aggie is left alone to run the dairy with only her ten year old sister, Mary, and seven year old brother, Charles. If only her older brother Ralph hadn't left home! But it's up to Agnes now to make decisions, and pray that everything goes right. I highly reccomend this book.

ok I have all of laura dower's madison finn books! let me say that their soo cool and my fave one is on the case! but this one was really worth 4.99! mi bday was yesterday and I got a couple of 'em but this morining I had to buy all them! and i was very pleased with all that glitters plus I think maddie's dog is soo cute! well i read em all and i'm happy!!!

I just got this book today..and I was very pleased!! It was suspenseful in many ways, and the ending is so sweet :) I recommned this book! Its now one of my favorite ones in the series!

This book really draws a child into the world of learning letters! The illustrations are fun and amusing.

My husband and I love the books by Stephen Cartwright. The Alphabet book uses alliteration of each letter and each letter gets it's own page. Example- for letter A - "All the animals are asleep on the Apple Tree Farm. Can you find two apples?" - Besides the hidden apples to look for, there are a number of different farm animals in beautiful color for recognization skills and counting. Each page also has a hidden duck which runs through many of the Stephen Cartwright books. Great book, perfect gift for toddlers just learning animals, or older children learning their ABCs.

This book provides an excellent guide for those who want alternative care. It includes information on herbs, acupuncture, mind-body work, food supplements and other alternatives. Written by a physician and based on the ratings of a panel of health care providers it covers a wide range of expertise. I was especially interested in the section on back pain that I had recently experienced. True to my experience the traditional medical and physical therapy mentioned was not effective but the alternatives were. This book can save the consumer time from experimenting and lets them go straight to the best treatment available. Highly recommended.

Carl O. Helvie, R.N., Dr.P.H., Author "Healthy Holistic Aging."

This is an excellent guide to choosing an alternative health care option. It marries the option with the ailments so readers can see what options work best with their specific concern. The cost of treatment is invaluable when making a choice and for comparison when talking with providers. This one is a keeper for your personal bookshelf!

Angels in the Dust is a beautifully written book about life during the Dust Bowl. The story is touching and Margot Theis Raven has a true talent of writing. The illustrations are breathtaking!!!

This is a wonderfully written book. The story is touching. The language is expressive and descriptive. The illustrations are vivid and add much to the story. This was a great book to read aloud. It can give students a taste of life in a different time and place. Wonderful!

It is a very simple board book & she asks to read it over & over! She is only 2yrs. old, but already asks to read "Bedtime for Laura". We have all the "My 1st Little House Books." These are adorable board books for ages 2-6yrs. I would highly recommend the whole series.
Laura Helps Pa, Laura's Garden, & Hello Laura

If you are a fan of Little House books and would like to introduce very young children (ages 2-6) to Little House on the Praire, this book and its other three companions are the perfect way. The board book format is just the right size for little hands. The pictures by Renee Graef and Susan Mc Aliley are so sweet and beautiful! The text is simple but those who are just starting to read on their own will need a little help. Bedtime for Laura, with little girls in nightcaps under cozy quilts and Pa playing his fiddle, is sure to evoke sweet memories in those who have cherished the Little House collection, and teach the very young ones to fall in love with it for the first time.

Krebs has written a delightful book that brings to life a glowing glimpse of "The Beeman." Seen through the eyes of a grandchild, this book invokes a warm town as gentle bee-keeping facts are given. Her book is an excellent addition to a family library or a classroom's apiary unit. I can't wait to see her other books.

This warm, appealing picture book about bee-keeping (and grandparenting) is a delight from beginning to end. The text is spare and rhythmic, perfect for reading aloud, and the illustrations are full of bright colors and cheerfully inviting. Bees tend to fascinate young children, even if they frighten them; this book offers an insightful, reassuring look at the pleasures of bee-keeping for a little girl and her grandfather.

A 1991 trade paperback illustrated with black and white photos, tables, and a map.

Table of Contents Highlights

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface

Introductory
- Theory and Choice of Variables
- Previous Studies of Pygmies

The Study Area and Its Inhabitants
- Physical Environment
- Peoples
- Study Populations: The Lese Dese, The Efe
- The Annual Cycle

Methods
- Observations of Behavior: recording methods, observer affect, observation of hunts, other data collection, Anthropometry

Activity Patterns and Food Acquisition
- Hunting
- Food Gathering
- Honey Gathering
- Food Preparation
- Implements
- Travel
- Childcare
- Selfcare
- Leisure
- Locomotion
- Health and Illness
- Weather
- Activity Patterns

The Sociology of Efe Hunting
- Hunting Methods
- Time Allocation
- Hunting Returns
- The Advantages of Group Hunting

Hunting Success and Marriage

Conclusion

Bibliography (14 pp)

3 Appendices

Robert Converse Bailey's book is both illuminating and highly knowledgeable, revealing him as an anthropologist of the highest order. It is, however, a great shame that he chose to lavish his attentions on such an aggressive and discourteous tribe as the Efe.
Having lived with the neighboring Aka pygmies for many years, I have often heard the lament: "Curse the Efe with their stinging sharp arrows!" I have even witnessed the Aka, while singing one of one of their magical polyphonic songs, cruelly interrupted by an arrow flying out of the bushes and lodging in one of their tiny behinds. The distinctive high pitched laughter that resounds throughout the forest during such occasions leaves one in no doubt as to the culprits.
The Aka are a peaceable tribe, whose family units are strong and who hunt together with nets. Yet how often have I heard them, in that peculiar clicking and ululating tongue of theirs, describe how they wished, "the Efe be chased by bees, and have termites infest their huts. Curse them and their multi-caretaker child-rearing techniques!"
One hopes that a pygmy war may yet be avoided, but books such as Mr. Converse Bailey's only enflame the egotistical nature of the proud Efe and increase their appetite for mischief beneath the jungle canopy.