I own this book, as well as others in the series. They are just great! My mom owns a Westie, perfectly named Duffy(he got the name before we new about the books), and the illustrator captures the essence of the Westie. Every picture is perfectly drawn to show the character of a Westie. I love the author as well. I have been a teacher and have always read Ms. Wells' books to my students and the McDuff series is loved by all. McDuff moves in is just a fun book to read and I recommend it to all ages.

I really enjoyed McDuff moves in. The illustrations are wonderful.. Only Westie owners could have done them so well. Any dog owner would enjoy this book. Its really not just for small children. I love the way its set in the past, looks like the 1940s to me.

I am a 2nd grader. My name is Ashleigh. I have been reading books by Rosemary Wells. My favorite book is McDUFF MOVES IN. I like this book because it makes me feel happy when McDuff finds a home.

This book shows a wonderful heart filled story about a loving relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter. When the granddaughter goes over to visit her grandmother after every visit her grandmother takes her into her bedroom and gives her something special to remember her by. When the granddaughter was younger they would bake cookies and go shopping together. Now that she is growing up and the grandmother is getting older she is beginning to forget things. The granddaughter gives her something special so that she will never forget her.
This book tells us that there are special gifts that can be given but the greatest gift is the gift of love. This book is a celebration of love, memories, and a relationshp of special people.
The book inspires us all both young and old to treasure the memories and the special people we hold in our hearts. It's the little things that bring warm smiles and hearts full of love.

This book shows the warm relationship of a grandmother and granddaughter. Even the ordinary seems like a special treat with Grandma. When it's time for the granddaughter to leave, the grandmother ends each visit with a trip to the cedar chest at the foot of her bed. She pulls out "something to remember me by". Years pass, time takes its toll, and the grandmother fears she can no longer remember well enough. The granddaughter discovers the true treasures her grandmother left. Reading this book is like stepping into my grandmother's kitchen because she also left behind a treasure chest of memories.

This book is GOOD! One of my friends told me about it, and I can't believe what a special treasure she passed along to me. I am a grandmother, and this story perfectly captured the relationship between my granddaughter and me. It will teach any grandmother, new or old, what this relationship is all about and how important it is. There is also a "how to" book that sort of goes along with it called "How to Build the Grandma Connection" (also by Susan V. Bosak). It should be required reading for any grandmother (and grandfather!) out there. Both books make a great package. Highly recommended!

With the responsibility of having to take care of a 91 year old mother-in-law, I have been searching for an extremely long time for a care giver's manual to assist me. THIS IS THE BOOK TO ANSWER MY PRAYERS ! In the short time I have had this book it has continually aided me in the decision making process of how to deal with day to day problems associated with care giving to an older family member, as well as determining which of the problems I encounter are abnormal and need special attention and which are not. THIS BOOK IS EASY TO READ, UNDERSTANDABLE AND A MUST FOR ANY CARE GIVER.

As a health care professional in the field of aging for the past 17 years, I found "Eldercare 911" to be concise, clear and most of all, realistic about the area of caring for an aging parent or relative. I believe the authors have an excellent sense of what really goes on between adult children and their parents--the good and the bad. They are also not afraid to tackle the area of resistance--what should you actually do when your loved one says "No! I don't want that home care worker!" or, "What do you mean you want me to stop driving?" This book offers real solutions for the real world. I would recommend this book for caregivers and professionals in the field of aging. It is an invaluable resource

Thank you for finally writing a reference book on elder care that is easy to read and extremly informative! This book makes a difficult situation much easier on the care giver with insightful guidance for virtually any topic relating to elder care. You will find yourself referring to this book often, both for instruction as well as comfort.

If you have parents, regardless of your relationship with them, this book is an important read and a must for your library! Dr. Newman not only poses the complexities and challenges in the adult child/parent relationship, but presents solutions and recommendations for improving this most significant connection. She guides the reader through recognizing difficult situations, and then empowers the reader to maximize his own adult relationship with his parents.

The chapters which touched me most were dealing with boundaries, financial matters and sibling complications. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to find more opportunities to love and enjoy their parents.

If you think you have a dysfunctional relationship with your parents and that they are the root cause for your unhappiness then this book is not for you. If, instead, you are an adult who takes responsibility for their own happiness and you are looking to improve the quality of your relationship with your parents this is a helpful tool towards that goal. Moving past the parent-child bond and into a richer more fullfilling relationship, dare I say friendship, can be difficult but if you're willing to be a grown up about it this book can assist you in tackling some of the issues you may be avoiding.

The authors personal anecdotes and related stories from her study subjects are helpful illustrations to which many of us can relate. It shows that even in the best of families we all have issues when it comes to dealing with our parents on an adult level. The chapters are concise and to the point without being cold and clinical.

As editor of a national pregnancy magazine, I see thousands of questions from readers every year on how they can better cope with the parents in their lives. Having a baby seems to bring these relationships to a new level. I always recommend "Nobody's Baby Now" because Dr. Newman not only explains how to make these relationships less stressful, but also why they aren't exactly smooth sailing in the first place.

We've all had conversations with our parents, hung up the phone, and vented our frustration. But until I read "Nobody's Baby Now" I didn't realize what I could do to end the frusration and hurt and make the relationship work for both of us. This is a must-have book for all adults, but especially parents. I've given this as a baby shower gift several times recently, and the moms-to-be really appreciated it!

Sheri Wallace
Editor-in-Chief, ePregnancy Magazine

This book is a must read! Don't consider yourself ready for a business crisis until you read this book! The best insider information on leadership straight from the leaders themselves! No media middlemen...no sugar coated sound bites- detailed descriptions from the "men at the top" brought to you by a crisismanagement expert, Gerald C. Meyers. An enlightening and exciting format. Gerald C. Meyers does it again, bringing us the best of the best answers to the age old question, "How'd they do that?". You've seen businesses come and go...don't let yours be one of them! Get this book - I did, and it's now my bible for survival in the business world.

Dealers, Healers is a smart, incisive read about successful management styles. I'd recommend the book to anyone who has ever longed for a delicious glimpse behind the "business crisis" headlines. I especially enjoyed the chapter on the Harley-Davidson turnaround.

As an MBA student who will soon be returning to the working world, I must say that all business schools around the country should mandate a class in crisis management. Gerry Meyers' first-hand, real world, and in-your-face analysis of major corporate crises encountered at some of the most respected companies in the U.S. is the most useful text I have found to prepare me for the sometimes not so perfect world. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has aspirations of leading a business organization and wants to see what life is really like at the top when the xxxx hits the fan!

The book "I'm a Girl" by Lila Jukes is a well written book designed for children of a young age. The book is very positive with flowing words easy to read for any youngster. It describes the attitude of what a growing young girl should have. The illustrations are very vivid and help attract the reader to what is on the page. I didn't enjoy the book because it's not designed for me but I would recommend it to anyone raising a young girl. This book gets right to the point by using powerful words in its text. This book is simple yet powerful and would be a great addition on any bookshelf of expecting parents.

Lila Jukes says it all, in a flowing, basic little book which is wholly positive and encouraging. It describes important attributes of healthy, emotionally functioning girls, provides beautiful, down-to-earth illustrations, which clearly illustrate the story being read,(perfect for 'picture-reading' age girls). I recommend it be read to girls from pregnancy onward! I'm a Girl! is enthusiastic, to the point, and uses specific words: 'independent', 'powerful', and 'valuable'--great for readers who wish to expose their girls to the capabilities of language, not protect them from them. It's the kind of simple, universally understandable book which makes perfect bed-time reading, and it will have an effect far beyond its size! Query as to how this book can possibly be out of print????

I've read this book to my daughter many times. She now reads it herself and it remains one of her favorites. It's made her self-assured and given her a wonderful sense of self. She believes what it says, that because she's a girl - she's smart, independent, valuable...beautiful! I only wish Ms Jukes had written another entitled - I'm a boy!

Dr. Susan Campbell explains how we can get honest communications in a world of superficial chatter & white lies. In the Aftermath of September 11th, Getting Real has a lot to say about effective awareness practices.

This book provides a set of simple & effective awareness practices that give you ideas on how to discover the freedom that comes from relating more & controlling less.

Having said that, Getting Real will make you work - packed into 231 pages is a trunkful of baggage we carry about, shielding us, distracting us. From "How to Stop Being Right and Start Being Real" to "Experiencing What Is: To get Where You Need to Go, Be Where You Are"; from "Being Transparent: Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Hide" to "Noticing Your Intent: Is It to Relate or to Control?"; from "Welcoming Feedback: It's How We Learn" to "Taking Back Projections: Discovering Your Other Side." & so on, Dr. Campbell works us through each process with sidebars, quizzes, examples, explanations, a good Resource Guide & Index.

There's so much to work on - so much to learn, some you might already know - most you won't have given a second thought to until you turn the page & find yourself murmuring: "Ahha!" I felt decades & pounds lighter after I'd worked the exercises & read the book! While Getting Real is hard work - it is good medicine!

I just wish Getting Real had been bigger in size - along the lines of a cookbook with wide margins - so I could lay it flat & make notations!

After reading Radical Honesty I quite accidentally came across this book in the library! And while I found Radical Honesty compelling and challenging, I also felt uncertain of my ability to truly practice the skills Brad Blantoon proposed.
Susan Campbell presents many of the same challenges to her readers, but gives such powerful concrete examples that I found it easier to understand and begin to apply in my own life.
The Truth Skills are clear, very comprehendable, and while simple in that way, for me living them will be a challenge.
I scored high on all of her self-assessment quizzes - and yet I did not read the book and come away feeling like I am some sort of failure as a person, just that I am indeed like most of the people roaming this earth. What makes me different is my desire to change and grow. Where I see myself failing most significantly in my life is in the area of communicating and relating in healthy ways. Learning to live in "what IS" and not what I imagine, learning to relate and not control, and to listen closely to my self-talk, to feel free to communicate and to be ABLE to communicate and to be real, for example, for me will be life changing.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough!

Don't be deceived. Susan Campbell's latest book is easy to understand, but practicing her wisdom will be one of your most difficult undertakings. Simple, but not easy. How can we reach out and reach within simultaneously? Staying connected with yourself and with whomever you happen to be interacting with in the moment requires awareness and intention, two aspects of the human experience that are clouded by our conditioned selves. Ms. Cambell helps us know how to do this by getting real, and practice makes perfect. This is the ultimate spiritual practice that requires a commitment to stay with yourself without giving "you" up as you engage with others. Filled with wonderful insights, this jewel takes you beyond the commercial self-help books into a space of knowing how to do what you always wanted to do: be connected and stay there by accepting what is. By using Susan's guidance perhaps we can stop intellectualizing and let our hearts tell us how to proceed. Feeling good is our way of knowing that our last thought was Truth, that our last word was Wisdom, and that our last action was Love. Proceed with Love in your heart and read this book.

I read this novel in one sitting. Couldn't put it down. Both the characters and the plot were compelling, and the finale was better than most novels I've read in a long time. I also learned quite a bit about the Vietnam War experience from a woman's point of view. It's about time a book like this was written. Everyone should read it!

I absolutely loved this book. Reading about Jenny's experiences as a volunteer in Viet Nam was so enlightening, then the way the book follows Kick in New York during the same time was so interesting, I truely cared about these characters and enjoyed reading the way their lives unfolded. The mystery that permeates the whole story definitely kept my attention - I couldn't put it down! I strongly recommend this book.

"Gripping page turner" I know is a cliche, but if its use were ever appropriate, it would be to describe A Matter of Betrayal. The care and attention to detail put into this book is evident throughout. The authors have mastered the true art form of generating strong reader emotion through their vibrant characters. I literally couldn't put the book down over the weekend I read it, choosing to forego all other activities! I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Vietnam and who prefers to read a well-rounded personal story of the era and the affect it had on the lives this war touched. This is not your standard one-dimensional, battle-filled account. Oh yes, and have a box of tissues nearby.

Chato's Kitchen is a magnificent book that can really attract the attention of young readers. The language that is being used and the way it is expressed truly makes it a great book. As one reads the book, there is never any part that becomes boring, infact it is fun to read all the way through. The amusing plot and story helps us understand it well. Gary Soto knows exactly what great literature is all about. I would really recommend this book to any person young or old, both will enjoy it!

I really think this book is great because there were so many things in the book that remind me of my life as I was growing up as a child. I really like the language that is used in the story because it entangles a little of the Bilingual language with English. I read this book to my students and it was a big hit with them. They read it over and over again every day. I asked some of them why they liked it so much and many of them responsded that they could relate to the story line in one way or another. The school that I teach at it predominantly Hispanic and so this book has really touched base with all of my students in one way or another. I hope that Gary Soto never quits writing these kinds of wonderful books!

What a great story! I have read this book to my 4th grade class and they love it. It's for children of all ages. The illustrations are outstanding and as usual Gary Soto is very entertaining.

I just got my book in the mail today. I bought the book because I homeschool my 6 yr. old daughter and thought that this book would shed some light on the subject of other countries and the way they live. The book is absolutely beautiful. Each page has information and pictures of where the children live, the climate, friends, family, where they go to school, food they eat, animals, what type of work their family does. This is a book that is suppose to be for children, yet I found myself wanting to creep off into the next room to look at the book alone. I even took the book to my dad's house and he liked it so much that I left it for him to look at. I would highly recommend this book for any age. Once you get it, you wont want to give it up. I believe my daughter will relate better to this book than any other book, because it deals with kids her own age. Make the investment. You wont regret it.

This is the very best non-fiction children's book weve seen, and we have a library of almost 1000 children's books for our daughter. Also check out its companion titles, "Celebrations", etc. Our daughter began enjoying this book at age 3. She already has a great grasp of geography just from this book.

This exceptional book of excellent photography and educational text provides a personal look at children from around the world. A wonderful book to read with your children over and over again. They'll learn about customs, food, locale, etc. -- and so will you. Buy several and give them as enlightening gifts!-B. Silverstein