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The Daring Book for Girls 144 reviews
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
My g'daughter loves it!
+ Great book
+ Daring Girls Review
I bought this for my g'daughter's 11th birthday. At first she was busy playing with toys she rec'd that day, but then realized later that evening that the book is full of fun things to do, new things to try, and facts that realy interest girls her age. The next day she spent an hour trying to ...
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Generation 4 reviews
Sharon Kraus
Alice James Books, 2002
Compelling and transformative poetry--
+ Powerful, transformative words
+ Astonishing Poems
+ A stunning book of poems
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Why Babies Do That: Baffling Baby Behavior Explained11 reviews
Jennifer Margulis
Willow Creek Press, 2005
Here's Why!
+ Perfect baby gift
+ Why Babies Do That: Baffling Baby Behavior Explained
+ Why Babies Do That: Baffling Baby Behavior Explained
+ Pleasant Relief
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The Baby Bonding Book for Dads: Building a Closer Connection With Your Baby2 reviews
Jennifer Margulis, James di Properzio
Willow Creek Press, 2008
A beautiful gift for fathers
+ The Baby Bonding Book For Dads
James di Properzio and Jennifer Margulis have given every new father a wonderful gift. Their beautiful book contains short, informative essays covering everything a first-time dad needs to know, from the importance of skin-to-skin contact to the joys of reading aloud. While the text is instructive, ...
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Toddler: Real-life Stories of Those Fickle, Irrational, Urgent, Tiny People We Love 31 reviews
Seal Press, 2003
Top of my baby book list
+ TAKE OUT 2 Chaters and you have a GREAT book!
+ Cute book
+ Real stories about real little people
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Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It56 reviews
Andrea J. Buchanan
Seal Press, 2003
Best book I've read as a new Mama
+ A great read for any new mom!
+ An honest approach to motherhood
+ A must read for every new mother
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Strange Land (Contemporary Poetry Series)
SHARON KRAUS
University Press of Florida, 2002
Strange Land, Sharon Kraus's second book of poems, chronicles the life of a woman embarking on marriage and contemplating the possibility of motherhood. The poems wrestle with the narrator's childhood, fraught with violence and ambivalence, and work to reconcile her past with the course of her future. From the Ice Child of the Andes to a pigeon lost in a New York City subway station, the imagery ...
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Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life9 reviews
Rutgers University Press, 2008
thoughtful and engaging
+ Not just for PhDs
+ Food for thought indeed!
+ A great read for working moms, regardless of profession
+ mothers in academe
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Tangerines and Tea, My Grandparents and Me : An Alphabet Book1 review
Ona Gritz, Yumi Heo, 2005
Warm words and pretty pictures
Working more on sound identification than letter recognition, this is a good alphabet book for the slightly older crowd. With each page or spread featuring a letter sound, the book outlines the fun activities that a boy and girl have when visiting grandparents, from a bubbly bath to a perfect ...
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Confessions of a Naughty Mommy: How I Found My Lost Libido10 reviews
Heidi Raykeil
Seal Press, 2005
The mommy will definitely surprise you
+ Love it
+ Confessions of a Naughty Mommy
+ Grab a babysitter and run after your former sex life
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It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 8 reviews
Seal Press, 2006
My wife loves it!
+ IF you have a teenage daughter...JUST GET THIS BOOK
I bought this book and the one called "It's a Boy", for my wife as X-mas gifts. She loves them both. I don't think she has finished them yet. But she said that I should read them.
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A Ghost at Heart's Edge: Stories and Poems of Adoption10 reviews
North Atlantic Books, 1999
The Most Literate Adoption Reader
+ A Rich Tapestry of Truth & Beauty
+ A Family Treasure
+ What a Collection!
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It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons24 reviews
Seal Press, 2005
Great memories
+ I like it!
This book brought back a lot of great memories of raising my 2 sons (who liked to fight a lot when they were younger) and I'm glad they're grown up now.
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Losing Kei7 reviews
Suzanne Kamata
Leapfrog Press, 2008
Wonderful book
+ Kamata's debut novel a gem!
+ Highly Accurate Depiction of Family Life in Japan
+ Well written debut
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About What Was Lost: Twenty Writers on Miscarriage, Healing, and Hope5 reviews
Plume, 2006
Powerful and Personal
+ Through the healing process
+ Sharings from 20 women
+ wonderful book...
+ Wonderful!
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The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan2 reviews
Stone Bridge Press, 1997
Unbelievable pictures of alienation
+ Superb selection of best foreign writing about Japan.
Anyone who writes for a living knows the first and foremost rule: write what you know about. The authors in this collection of short stories certainly know what it's like to be outsiders looking into a foreign culture. Anyone who has lived in a foreign country can identify with these rare ...
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Opa Nobody (American Lives)2 reviews
Sonya Huber
University of Nebraska Press, 2008
Memoir, But More Than Just Memoir
+ An Innovative and Exceptional Story
In Opa Nobody, Sonya Huber expands the territory of the memoir by engaging in speculation of the most fruitful kind about the family history that history itself conspired to make only partially available. The result is a memoir reminiscent of novels that incorporate similar strategies, among them ...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting (The Complete Idiot's Guide) 7 reviews
Ericka Lutz
Alpha, 1998
Great Parent Guide
My husband and I reviewed this book together and we both found it to be extremely helpful. My husband has 2 children from a previous relationship and we get along, but I have some feelings of being left out. This book put into perspective for both of us that my feelings are real and it helped us ...
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On the Go With Baby: A Stress Free Guide to Getting Across Town or Around the World 7 reviews
Ericka Lutz, 2002
Funny, Informative, Inspirational
Cross Erma Bombeck with Vicki Iovine and add a touch of tongue-in-cheek West Coast friendly irony and you've got "On the Go with Baby." In my social circle, this has become a favorite shower/new baby gift. No, this isn't your standard Fodor's type guidebook that gives prices (which change) and ...
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Peeking Under My Skirt
Stephanie Hunt
BookSurge Publishing, 2001
From intimate peeks at marriage to ruminations on candlelight, to an expose of the mayhem surrounding the annual extended family beach trip, Peeking is both lyrical and light-hearted.
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