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African Playground 19 reviews
Various Artists
Putumayo World Music, 2003
You Don't Have To Have Kids To Love This!
+ Addictive CD, would have liked more background information
+ wonderful
+ Kids love it!
+ Bought this for my son today, but I love it!
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder81 reviews
Richard Louv
Algonquin Books, 2006
Parents NEED this, take it from a forest kid
+ please don't let it happen!
+ The Importance of Nature
+ Important Work
+ Important Book
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Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming Parent-child Relationships from Reaction And Struggle ...30 reviews
Naomi, Ph.D. Aldort
Book Publishers Network, 2006
this book will change your life... for the better!
+ The best parenting book ever
+ Useful for those without children
+ A Wisdom That Challenges
+ This book will change the way you view your child (and yourself, too)!
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Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence4 reviews
Myriam Miedzian
Lantern Books, 2002
This is the basic book for raising your son
+ Reread this book!
+ Teaching Non-Violence
+ This book exposes how culture infiltrates boys' minds
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Talking Back to Ritalin: What Doctors Aren't Telling You About Stimulants and ADHD 25 reviews
Peter R. Breggin, Dick Scruggs
Da Capo Press, 2001
Let psychiatry rebut this point for point
+ Dear NICKNO
+ If you are wondering about what to do for your child, read this book!
+ Excellent! - Thorough and well reasoned argument
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Taking Back Childhood: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Fast-Paced, Media-Saturated, Violence-Filled World 3 reviews
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Hudson Street Press, 2008
`Paige' Against the Machine...a child's survival guide
+ The Journey of Childhood
+ important and wise
Dr. Carlsson-Paige's "Taking Back Childhood" is a profoundly affecting and gripping read. Reading this eye-and heart-opening book should be mandated for all parents and caregivers of children 0 - 10. Short of that, I highly recommend this compassionate and sensitive tome for anyone hoping to see ...
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The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections36 reviews
Amanda Blake Soule
Trumpeter, 2008
breathtaking
+ Meggan's Creative Family
As I read this book (in two days, and now I'm starting over again), I just kept thinking, "Wow." Wow because this is simple family living, which I hope to have. Wow because of the peace which seems an underlying theme throughout the ideas and examples. Wow because the photographs, which the author ...
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Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting21 reviews
Peggy O'Mara
Atria, 2000
Very Informative, Smartly Written
+ Awesome book!
+ Great quick reference
+ Buy this Book!
+ I love this book!
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Consuming Kids12 reviews
Susan E Linn
New Press, 2004
The branding of children
+ Required Reading for Parents (er, do I have that authority?)
+ A Bit Tedious at Times, Yet Highly Redeeming
+ clearly written, well-documented
+ A wake up call for parents
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Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society7 reviews
William Crain
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
Returning childhood to the kids
+ Everyone Should Read This Book
+ Yes! Let the child be a child or you'll pay later!
+ Good but goes too far
+ Reclaiming Childhood
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Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School9 reviews
Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver
Wiley, 2001
Beautifully written ... for anyone with kids
+ Guerilla Learning
+ Guerilla Learning How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
+ Guerrilla Learning: How to give your kids a real education with or without school.
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Ramadan8 reviews
Suhaib Hamid Ghazi
Holiday House, 1996
Incredible book
+ Great Book to Share at School.
+ Incredible book
+ Thanks!
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A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play4 reviews
Vivian Gussin Paley
University Of Chicago Press, 2005
A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play
+ A Renewed Hope For My Career
+ geting in touch with your childhood
+ Dramatic play book!
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Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children5 reviews
Philip Shabecoff, Alice Shabecoff
Random House, 2008
Well Researched
+ Thoroughly researched book
+ Have a Drink of Trichloroethlene
+ Read, Live Long and Prosper
+ POISONED PROFITS HITS THE MARK!
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Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry17 reviews
Stacy Malkan
New Society Publishers, 2007
The Shocking Truth
+ Very, Very Enlightening
+ Great Book with useful information!
+ excellent layperson's overview
+ A MUST READ!
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Frontline: The Merchants of Cool 8 reviews
Douglas Rushkoff
PBS (Direct), 2005
Marketing to kids.
+ Good, but not great
+ Amazing commentary on popular culture
This film exposes some of the marketing techniques used on young people.
I'm glad to read that another reviewer shows it to his students each year.
Another teacher who showed it to her class was less impressed with the response it received from some students who thought it was dated. There are ...
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Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood117 reviews
William Pollack
Owl Books, 1999
Real Boys : Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
+ Very informative book
+ Not Just About Boys
I needed this book 20 years ago for my oldest son whom may be lost to me forever. William
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The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to Happier, Healthier Children6 reviews
David Elkind
Da Capo Press, 2006
Possibilities of Play
+ Interesting book....
Elkind is my kind of guy. In this book he talks about balance, balance, balance. His book addresses play in children infancy thru the elementary years, for the most part. He talks about what play does exactly for children's intellect, social skills and imagination. I would suggest this book to ...
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Childhood Lost: How American Culture Is Failing Our Kids (Childhood in America)
Praeger Publishers, 2005
Experts from across disciplines join forces here to focus attention on current American culture and the devastating effects it is having on its children. From children developing surprising physical maturity and sexual awareness at younger and younger ages, to those estranged when television and computer screens replace family time, and those warped by national junk food/fast food habits bringing ...
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Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word8 reviews
Linda Christensen
Rethinking Schools Ltd, 2000
A loving, caring teacher for social justice
+ A must for both experienced and aspiring teachers
+ One of The Best Teaching Books
+ If you work in a multicultral classroom, a troubled youth classroom or any secondary ed school you need this book.
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