I was amazed with all the positive comments from other readers regarding this book. I want to join in praise for Victoria Johnson's book All I learned in life I learned from Romance Novels.I loved the how to book on successful relationships.I loved the quotes from the famous Romance authors. Her advice is genuine and you can tell that the author knows her subject matter.Her book is positive and uplifting.

All I need to know in Life I learned from Romance Novels by Victoria Johnson was a pleasure and a thought provoking experience. The things that the author talks about are the things that interest me. I can not wait for her next Book!

I loved every word of author's Victoria Johnson's book titled All I need to Know in Life I learned from Romance Novels. I use this book as a steady reference, the information is incredible. It is obvious the the author is in love with romance. This book shows how the average woman or man can be their best selves in trying times.

Alice in April is a really a good book.Alice is about to turn 13 and her dad and her Aunt Sally say that she going to be Woman of the House.Her mom died when she was little.As woman of the house Alice think that her dad and her brother Lester should go get a Physical.IF you want to know more about the book READ IT. Amanda S.-14

I'm only 12, but this is the best book of the hundreds I've read. Alice McKinley's aunt reminds her that she's almost 13 and will be Woman of the House soon. (Her mother died when she was four.) Alice gets a head start on her womanhood by cleaning the entire house, having her father and brother get physical checkups, and throwing a birthday bash for her father's fiftieth birthday. Besides that, she must survive the latest crisis at school: the boys are matching the girls' chest sizes with a state according to its mountains' heights! Perspective yet hilarious! My favorite book ever until the next Alice book comes out

ALICE IN APRIL IS A BOOK THAT WILL HELP ANY SEVENTH GRADE GIRL WITH HER PROBLEMS. ALICE MOM HAS DIED WHEN SHE WAS FOUR WITH LUKEMIA. HER AUNT SALLY REMINDS HER THAT SHE IS ABOUT TO TURN THIRTEEN AND WILL BECOME WOMAN OF THE HOUSE. ALICE ALWAYS
THOUGHT THAT HER FATHER AND LESTER WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF HER.
ALICE CAN CRY BUT CAN BE A HAPPY AT TIMES. DURING HER LIFE IN THE SEVENTH GRADE SHE DEALS OF MISERY, AND DEATH. ONE OF HER FRIENDS DENISE DIES BECAUSE OF SUICIDE. SHE KILLS HERSELF BY STANDING THERE WHEN THE TRAIN IS COMING. ALICE IS HEARTBROKEN
BUT BECOMES HAPPY AFTER A WHILE.

First and foremost, the author, Phyllis Davis walks, talks and lives as second nature every point, exercise, and methodology taught and expressed in her book. As an eloquent speaker, she provides a glimpse of the detailed information, research and historical data outlined in E2.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading E2. The information is not only useful but imperative to business practices in the millenium. The case studies demonstrate how to use the information for optimum results. From college graduate to CEO, this book provides something for everyone.
Many will agree that "being on time means being early" is the way that business is accomplished today. From the subtle yet important instruction such as "sit on the edge of your seat while awaiting a meeting" to more obvious yet often disregarded "techno ethics", E2 never misses a beat. Everything you ever wanted to know about what is appropriate and inappropriate for business is in E2.
If you want to become powerful and respected or if you are powerful and desire grace, read E2.
Phyllis Davis is the "Dale Carnegie/Amy Vanderbilt" of business in the millenium. E2 is the bible for the next generation of business practices and conduct.

E2 by Ms. Phyllis Davis has given me insights and breakthroughs that have impacted my business skills enormously. The confidence the ethics & etiquette taught in her book is of great value to me each day. As a business woman, I am looked to to know the proper guidelines for conducting business, and E2 definately teaches that! I use these skills each and every day.

Thank you, Ms. Davis, for writing down such valuable information!

If I'd found this book 10 years ago I'd have avoided a ton of mistakes and heartache. I can not speak high enough praise about E2 or Phyllis Davis for writing it. Someone has finally figured out an easy-to-understand solution to about everything that confuses and confounds all of us about business. How do you shake hands with your boss? Is there a right way to exchange business cards? Why is customer service so horrible when Davis has solved it for everyone? If you are a businessperson, THIS IS A GREAT BOOK. No.. this is an ESSENTIAL BOOK.
Dr. Cynaumon

SPINNING STRAW - The Jeff Apple Story - written by Phyllis J.D. Green, related by Patricia M. Apple, is an absorbing story of a child with Serious Injury Behavior. While many treatments are attempted and the unpredictable behavior of Jeff is recorded, the reader marvels at the patience of his parents and care givers and at their ability to keep on hoping something will work. Rumpelstiltskin, a funny looking little man, offered to help the miller's daughter spin straw into gold. In her desperation, she made a deal with him. Jeff Apple's family accepting help from every one that could give them hope of healing for Jeff were as desperate. They spun a lot of straw but never succeeded in spinning it into gold. They never knew more than temporary success. While his parents and kind therapists tried every possible means to teach him to refrain from self injury, Jeff continued to inflict pain and abuse to his person, sometimes injuring those trying to protect and care for him. The reader learns much about SIB and the character of those who seek to keep the sufferers safe from themselves. Such a sad story, Mrs. Green tells. She explains the day by day routines that sometimes worked and the reader became hopeful with the parents and therapists and feels the disappointment and frustration at failure. The reader identifies with the mother, who has to agree to dreadful things like electric shock, restraining sheet, cold showers. The reader knows the anguish and guilt Mrs. Apple felt in allowing her child to be so treated. And yet her desperation made it imperative that she accept these in a hope of saving Jeff from himself. Yes, Pat Apple had to make an awful deal, as the miller's daughter did. Well written, it is not a happy story. It is a epic story of the victory of the human spirit over dreadful circumstances to continue to love and hope. The title SPINNING STRAW is intriguing and apt.

- Sybil Austin Skakle

If you think you have problems with your child!!!!It is hard to read this book with its tensions and the tearing at one's heart. Not knowing about autistic children and especially self-destructive autistic children, I did not realize the heartbreak of living day after day, month after month, year after year with little outside help or knowledge about the condition of a child like Jeff Apple. I gasped at times with some of the situations the Apple family had to face. I marveled at the persistence of this family in trying to find help for Jeff and keep some sense of a family together. Author Phyllis Green has captured this life story in sensitive details and also given the reader a sense of the medical and social agencies available or not available for a self-destructive autistic child. You may read this and weep, but you also marvel at Jeff's spirit and a family core that survived. It is a story you will never forget.

"Spinning Straw; the Jeff Apple Story," is one of those rare books that brought me to tears. I can't imagine being a parent of a child who could test the limits of love as Jeff Apple did. The family's plight in dealing with a child with Self Inflicted Behavior made me realize that problems my wife and I had in raising three children were insignificant in comparison with Jeff's demands on his parents and siblings. Phyllis Green does a superb job of telling that story through the eyes of"~ Jeff's mom."~ performance. Throughout the book, I felt the fear that the inevitable self-destructive event would take place, but I could almost not bear to accept it when Jeff's death occurred."~ determination. Nether extreme is ever suggested. What we have is a moving, real-life story, told in a manner that brings all of the reader's senses, emotions, and mental awareness into the process.

Truly one of the best children's books out there. The illustrations are incredibly rich, colorful and detailed and the story is so inventive and charming. I love Maxi! I bought this book today and read it to my 4 month old daughter. It held her attention the entire time--quite a feat! It's no wonder--the beautiful lyrical story with its rhymes and the gorgeous artwork are a delightful combination. I can't say enough about this charming story. What a plus that proceeds of the book go to a worthy animal cause. I want to see more of Maxi's adventures!

My two year old son absolutely loves this story. The cute rhyme-style keeps his attention...and the colorful, detailed pictures keep him pointing and talking for quite some time. We particularly like all of the colorful characters who enter the taxi...this book is a real winner in our home.

My 2-year-old absolutely loves this book. He can't get enough of it. Fortunately, it's a nice story so I don't mind reading it 15 times a day.

I must say this is the best mistake I ever read....I mean that as a compliment because this story rox! This is a very funny and fun crazy unique story that will make you laugh when you turn to the first page..IM TELLING YOU, READ THIS, WHETHER YOU BUY IT, BORROW IT FROM THE LIBRARY, STEAL IT, i dont care, this is the best book ever and its about three friends on a 'road trip' on a train. P.S. Something very shocking happens to pamela on the train!

Alice in Between is my favorite book in the Alice series, of 12 books. It tells about Alice McKinley, who has just turned 13 at the end of seventh grade, and expects it to be wonderful. However, being a teenager and at an "in between" age is harder than she thinks, though she and her friends still have some great, often hilarious times together. A fancy date, taking the "pencil test", and going on a train trip to Chicago are a few of the things that happen. This is a book that all girls 11 and up can relate to, I'm sure! I've never read a book that is so true to life - Phyllis Naylor is amazing! If you liked this book, be sure to read the others in the series.

this book is really great. it's about alice turning 13 and she, Pamela, and Elizabeth going to Chicago over the summer for a week. To visit Aunt Sally because that was her b-day present to Alice.
At the end of the year, a teacher retires and Miss Summers gives everyone an assignment about poetry that is true. I like this book because the author indicates about friendships, going through changes when you're 13, and learning about sad things that had happened back in the past.
Like the fact Alice had accidentally memorized her wrong poem in class. The poem she had said was about her mother. It was sentimental and really sad.
So on the train to Chicago, Pamela meets a guy who is disrepectful. So read it for yourself. It explains about REAL teenage life and friendships. And Pamela gets gum in her hair and getting it cut really short.
Elizabeth tells Alice and Pamela about God. Like refusing to forgive someone is an unforgiveable sin and what God looks like in her opinion.
Alice's dad and Miss Summers go at a music conference together in Michigan when Alice gets back. So for the second time, read this if you're curious with REAL teenage life as 13.

The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds is a great story. It tells how four boys and three girls play tricks on each other. Everyday Jake, Josh, Wally, Peter, Caroline, Eddie, and Beth seem to play tricks like when the boys put dead animals in the lake the girls swim in. The girls always find a way to get back at the boys like when they throw a cake the boys’ mom made in the lake. There’s a lot of excitement in this book.

I remember when I read this book when I was about twelve years old. It's about a group of boys and girls who move in and can't get along. They play pranks on each other and finally decide to declare war on each other. What makes the story funny is that the two try to play tricks on each other to make one side surrender, but their tricks never work out. In the end of the whole war, they finally decide, "Why waste our time fighting? Why not just get along?" The story is full of laughs and will make you think, "Why not become friends?"

I read "The Boys Start the War" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. It was great. It's about three girls 5that move next door to four boys. The boys miss their friends that lived next door so they put dead things in the stream separating their houses. The girls decided to get even by pretending one of the sisters was dead. Wally, one of the boys, declared war. Then they all played tricks on each other. The worst character because he always wished he didn't do the things he did.

This is a book report on Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. I am doing it for my reading class. This is the second of three books about Shiloh a dog. It is about a kid who worked for a man named Jud to get Shiloh from him. When the kid gets Shiloh, he treats him well, unlike Jud who treated him bad. When Jud gives Shiloh to the kid he gets lonely and starts drinking a lot. He gets drunk and tries to run over Shiloh but instead runs off the road and crashes. People try to be nice to Jud because he crashed and got hurt bad. Finally, one night the boy visits Jud with Shiloh. When they get there for the first time Shiloh licked Jud's hand. I recommend this book to people of all ages.

It all first started when Shiloh was being abused by his owner Judd Travers. So Marty tried to take him away but after an attack from a German Shepherd, Shiloh was hidden no more. His parents found out ing and worse Judd Travers Shiloh Season was a book about a boy named Marty and a dog named Shioh,and a man that Marty despises named Judd Travers. In this book Marty feels like he did not get Shioloh fair and square. He thinks that the only reason that he got Shiloh was because he saw Judd do something that he was not allowed to do. Because of this Marty keeps on getting the feeling that Judd wants Shiloh back. But Marty loves Shiloh and doesn't want to give him up. There is a lot of conflict going around with Judd and Marty. Since Marty had taken away Shiloh from Judd he has been drinking and drinking ever since. Marty is worried that since he drinks and is violent he might come after Marty or even worse come after Shiloh and kill him. Marty fears for his life. He has to look over his shoulder every second of his life.

In the sequel to Shiloh, Shiloh Season, the award-winning author, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, once again beautifully portrays the rural life of West Virginia and the love a young boy, Marty, has for an abused dog named Shiloh.

In this sequel, Marty is faced with the conflict of losing Shiloh to the dog's original owner Judd Travers. Judd is known throughout the small community of Friendly, West Virgina for not only being a drunk but also for abusing his dogs.

I would recommend reading the first Shiloh before reading Shiloh Season. However, Naylor gives background information in chapter 1 to refresh the reader's memory from what happened in the first of the 3 novels. Therefore, if you choose not to read the first Shiloh then you will not be totally lost when picking up with Shiloh Season.

Marty worked for Judd in the first Shiloh in order to earn the right to own the abused beagle Shiloh as his very own. However, in Shiloh Season, Judd continuously taunts Marty in wanting Shiloh back as his dog again. What could possibly make this situation worse? Judd is drinking heavier now than ever before and backing up his threats of taking Shiloh with gunshots at Marty!

Marty learns many important lessons throughout the course of the story. He not only learns the different responsibilities that accompanies raising a dog but he also learns that truth and honesty are always the best policy even if it means losing something that you love. Marty also learns that forgiving someone is sometimes very hard but a very crucial lesson when growing up.

As a teacher, I would definitely recommend this book for 10 year old students and older to read independently or for teachers and parents to read aloud to their children of the same age level. I can't wait to read Naylor's Saving Shiloh which is the third book of the Shiloh trilogy. I also hope to see future books about Shiloh to continue the series.

How would you like to be a rat living on a farm during harvest time, and on top of that you have a sick child. In the fictional adventure by Robert C. O'briens Newberry award winning novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. In this book Mrs. Frisby goes to desperate measures to get help and to move her house so it won't get hit by the trackter. If you like adventure and survival, you should read this book.

This book is full of adventure and witty humor. it is a fictional novel that is mostly about survival as Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mother, tries to find a way to move her house without having to make her son Timothy, who is very sick, come out of the house into the cold. So she goes out looking for help and finds it in a group of super-smart mice that escaped from a laboratory named the Rats of Nimh. This pack of lab rats devise a plan to move Mrs. Frisby's house.

This novel is for young adults from the age of 9 to 15 years. This is because the story talks about death, some humor kids might not understand. There is also one point of violence where the farmers cat, Dragon, attacks the rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, has some parts where teens will like, in some of the witty plans the rats come up with to move the Frisby household.

This book is written in third person. It has Mrs. Frisby whos husband died and was left to take care of her children. When moving day comes her son Timothy gets very sick and can't go outside or his condition might get worse and he could die. So she gets help in the Rats of Nimh and they come up with a plan.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, is a Newberry Medal award winner jam-packed full of adventureand survival. This book is definatly not for children under 8 or 9 years old.

I first read this book in 5th or 6th grade, and it still ranks as one of my favorite books, even though I am in high school. I believe that Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is a book that can be enjoyed by children as well as adults. An adult would certainly get more meaning out of the book as it deals with many issues such as animal testing, and even genetic engineering that younger readers would not understand. The plot seems simple enough at first, a widowed mouse seeks help to save her youngest son who is deathly ill and cannot be exposed to the chilled winter air, but in this quest for help, Mrs. Frisby uncovers many secrets about her late husband's past, and his association with a mysterious group of super-intelligent rats, the Rats of NIMH. The entire book is wonderful and there is never a dull moment. The ending is by far the best part of the book, as it will keep on the edge of your seat for many pages. Enjoy!

Mrs. Frisby's son Timothy is very sick and cannot be exposed to cold weather. Moving day is approaching soon and the mouse family cannot move with Timothy so sick. Mrs. Frisby desperately needs the help of the rats that live in the rosebush. Will they move her house and save her family before the farmer plows his field? This fantasy book ws a real page-turner, full of suspense and will capture the imagination and interest of its reader. A central theme of bravery is found throughout the book. Each of the main characters overcomes some fear for the good of others. The characters are so fully developed that you know exactly what they will do when faced with their individual dilemmas. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and hope that you do to.

I have read all but three of the Alice books in the series. This is definately the best of all the books I have read. Alice in Rapture, Sort of was the first book I had read from the series, and it is the best. If you can't decide which book to read first, I definately suggest this one. I hope you read these books and enjoy them.

This was an awesome book! I recomend other people to read it or have someone read it to them. It tells about how a pre-teen deals with problems in funny and strange, yet serious ways. It's funny parts include Alice's friend Pamela loosing her swim suit top at the beach, having Pamela's boyfriend find her up lift spandex ahh bra and Alice leaving her purse in the car on a date. A serious part was when Alice wanted to break up with her boyfriend and be "Special Friends." If you read this I hope you enjoy it alot

I loved this book!I read 5 other books so far about the adventures of Alice.I've got to say,Phillis Naylor is an incrediable author!In my binder right now,i have Reluctantly Alice and her newest book.I just love them!I just wanted to say thanx to her because i can't stop reading!