This is a very special book to me, because it fills me with joy to see so many other people with security objects. I, myself (a 20-year-old college student), still sleep with my baby blanket. He's faded to a yellowish-gray now, and I have to wash him by hand due to his delicate state, but I would *never* give him up (and, yes, he *is* male!). He's my most cherished possession. Reading this book fills me with such warmth. I think most of us can identify with the need for security. The people featured in this photostory collection range from toddlers to the great-grandparents, proving that age is nothing but a number when it comes to love and security.

I picked up this book at our English department's booksale on my college campus the other day. A quick glance showed to me that it would be a perfect gift for a couple friends of mine who are opening up a coffee shop. I bought the book and walked off to go about my business.

Later, when I had a break between classes, I sat down in the main square and started reading. I was not prepared for the effect it had on me. Funny at times, touching at others, the book had me smiling and tearing up at the same time.

I won't reveal which people and their objects were my favorite, because they need to be unwrapped and savored on their own. Suffice it to say that they are people of all ages, from all walks of life. I would definitely reccomend this book. I wish I could keep it, but it's obvious this book needs to go to the coffee shop so it can be enjoyed by everyone!

Creature Comforts reminded me of Dingaling (my stuffed horse,) cherished through childhood, used as a potholder in adulthood, and with me still. The book is a sweet read and provides poignant insight in to our human attachment to things. It made me wonder if people around the world behave in the same way. A sequel perhaps?

We just got this book and we are already playing these games all of the time! The design of the book makes each game simple to understand, most of them don't need any special set up or props, and the activities are divided into age groups (2-7, 8-12, 13-15, 16+ and adult) But the book is about much more than fun activities, it is about a whole way of approaching life to find the joy in everyday situation (she includes activities to deal with getting dumped by a teenage boyfriend, on how to make important carrer choices, and on how to avoid the blues, even when they are the result of something very sad). One game I especially like is for ages 2-7, called "young ones" in the book. It is called Grouchy Food. The game is for when your child is grouchy or sad or in some other unplesant mood you say to them "Hmm, you look like you are in a grouchy mood today, I better adjust the lunch menu so you can eat what grouchy people eat. What do grouchy people eat, anyway? Worms, probably." Then you make spagehetti (we added food die until it was brown). The author notes that sad people sometimes need a little blue food coloring in their eggs, "lots of water to drink so they have extra for their tears," and "gental" pudding for dessert. How could any kid stay upset after that?! According to Barbara Sher laughter is an "organic, free, all-natural blues buster" and you and your kids will find plenty to laugh about with this book on hand.

The Cashmere Kid is quite entertaining reminding me of a popular t.v. mystery show. I found this book perfect to curl up with and completely forget about the real world for a while. Don't want to give the story away, but I can recomend this book as something delightful and different.

After just barely discussing Dr. McClintock's work in my genetics class, I just had to know more. This book is very insightful, and it discusses her work thoroughly. Her use of corn plants in the discovery of jumping genes (transposable elements). Truly an interesting topic and an incredible geneticist who's discovery has no doubt changed all of genetic research. This book gets a bit more in to detail than people may want for just background information. It includes some diagrams of her work, etc. A great book in all that I will add to my library.

In her fifth mystery tale, B. Comfort again has Tish McWhinney, the intrepid septnagarian sleuth, embroiled in the sometime questionable activities of the inhabitants of Lofton, a fictional village located somewhere in vermont. Like her creator, Tish is an artist. She has just been asked by her octogenarian beau, Hilary Oats, to commit what she views as a forgery. He wants her to do a painting of dogs, something that can appear to be antique and of impressive value. Hillary, it seems, has invested once again in a hare-brained venture by his beloved grandson Bruce, this time it's a mobile supply source of doggy items to be sold at dog shows. Reluctantly, Tish agrees instead to touch up and old painting found in the attic featuring a pair of terrior. With this slightly criminal act, she becomes deeply involved in Bruce's role as a concessopnaire at the forthcoming dog show in Londonderry, and eventually she finds herself tracking suspicious characters who may be involved in more than one murder. Tish doesn't like snoopy people, hates to think of herself as one of them, but "can't think of a gentler word" to describe herself. Luckily she is the narrator, because she has a sense of drama, a very sharp eye for human frivolities and pretenses and a fine sardonic wit. She knows everyone in town, and in fact the wholesale introductions in the beginning chapter mean that it takes a while for the reader to distuinguish the leads from the extras in a variegated cast. Among them is Tish's beuteous niece Sophie who devoted herself to her goat farm, and George, who describes himself as a graduate student, who seems to have moved in with her. Also on the scene are Bruce's daughter and ex-wife and her Texas entrepreneur husband. A couple with dubious credentials has come to towm to take over the Lofton general store and do not appear to e fitting in to local patterns. And there is a gallery owner from Woodstock who specializes in animal art, particularly canines. B. Comfort has perfect pitch and a portraitist's eye in her renditions of the locals, birthright Vermonters, newcomers, summer residents, rural characters, dog people, elders, youngsters, and in between. It is all seen from Tish's well-honed point of view, and if the plot is not particularly challenging, never mind, for it's all gret fun and games, with a chortle on every page. It is to be hoped that Tish continues her dramatic career as a snoop.

This book has some sweet and mildly interesting characters, but its plot borders on the ridiculous. A rather hip and apparently super-agile and -fit 65-year-old woman gets herself into unlikely situations for even a youngster, let alone an elderly mystery-solver. Add to that the "evil" cult which has moved into a small fictitious Vermont town and the rather silly and far-fetched goings-on leading up to an anticlimactic jumble at the end, and you have a very light, almost comical read that may be suitable for an afternoon at the beach, and I will admit that it kept me at least mildly entertained. However, the shocking number of typos and grammatical errors in the copy of the book I had were thoroughly distracting and disappointing.