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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
Revell, 2004
Best book I've ever read...
This book is truely inspirational. When I first started reading this book it captured my attention to the point I could not put it down. The fact that it is a true story is intriuging. It is very well written. The author almost makes you feel as if you are right beside ...
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Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives
Michael Newton
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
Journey of Souls
I've never read anything about where we go between lives. Now the question is answered and it is astounding!!! This book will give you answers, hope, and will make you really think about how you are doing in your life. Read the next one too.
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The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn
Tanglewood Press, 2006
A heartwarming story
My sons and I learned about this book while visiting a friend in the midwest. I ordered it as soon as we returned home. It is a heartwarming story. I especially love it and have used the story for saying good bye at preschool and when I have to travel for business. ...
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Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1960
The Greatest American Philosopher
As a mom of a 24 and an 8 year old (I know . . . big surprise) I am firmly of the opinion that Dr. Seuss is the greatest American philosopher! In this book he urges us to try things that we may be afraid of or even repelled by. Many folks think this book applies only ...
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss)
Dr. Seuss
Random House, New York, 1990
This Seuss Classic In Not Just For Kids
This classic Dr. Seuss book is not just for kids. It's probably not even especially for kids. This classic book is the perfect gift for transitions: graduation, weddings, adoptions (my favorite paired with Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hatches An Egg"), new job, getting fired ...
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Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement
Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis
Stenhouse Publishers, 2007
great for english language arts teachers
I loved this book. I learned so much. I've become a better reader myself and can't wait to use these strategies with my students.
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Making the Most of Small Groups: Differentiation for All
Debbie Diller
Stenhouse Publishers, 2007
Excellent Resource for K-2 Reading Teachers
Debbie Diller has written another fantastic resource for reading teachers. This book is full of helpful ideas for teaching each of the five areas of reading and give tips on organizing. Well worth the money--one of the best resources I have seen in 27 years of ...
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Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
Jamie Lee Curtis
Joanna Cotler, 1998
Grandaughter Loves the book
She read it all and was very fasinated with all the pictures to look at on each page.
The last page just lite up her face with excitement of having that fun thing to do.
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Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
Rich with detail and complexity, these short stories are novels that end too soon
As we've come to expect from Jhumpa Lahiri, this collection of eight short stories examines the immigrant experience in America, including the difficulties of adjusting to a new culture and workplace and the clashes between immigrant parents and their fully American ...
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Steve Krug
New Riders Press, 2005
Don't Make Me Think - Made Me Think
Great book that appears simple but really is a great foundation of web principles that you can always go back and refer to. It's a pretty quick read and is actually fun to go through if you're in this line of work.
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Chrysanthemum
Kevin Henkes
Mulberry Books, 1996
Shared Reading
I teach kindergarten, and this book was great to use for shared reading. The students loved the big, colorful pictures, and the story about funny names.
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Your First Year in Network Marketing: Overcome Your Fears, Experience Success, and Achieve Your Dreams!
Mark Yarnell, Rene Reid Yarnell
Prima Publishing, 1998
Your First Year in Netw3ork Marketing
Anyone who has joined a network marketing company needs to read this book. It's a bible for the network marketing industry.
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I'm a Big Sister
Joanna Cole, Maxie Chambliss
HarperCollins, 1997
Great, Positive Book to Prepare a Toddler for a Baby
We received this book as a gift, and it is the best "baby on the way" book we have read. My daughter (almost 3) loves it, asks for it all the time, and has pretty much memorized it now.
My friend's little girl who is the same age, and also expecting a little ...
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It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel
Jamie Lee Curtis
Joanna Cotler, 2004
A book that helped my 5-year old!
This book was perfect for my 5-year-old son. Why? When I read it to him, you could almost see him nodding. That's how he felt! It helped him to put words to his emotions of starting full-time kindergarten to having a younger sibling. Made him feel normal and hopeful ...
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I'm a Big Brother
Joanna Cole, Maxie Chambliss
HarperCollins, 1997
wonderful book, for kids of all ages
I bought this book for my son, to prepare for the arrival of his baby sister. He was only 16m when I started reading it to him, and almost 2 when his sister ws born. He LOVED this book. he requested it nightly (making my life easier cause I would have read it anyway ...
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