Many fun ideas for crafts that don't require Martha Stewart skills. Made the cookie cutter soaps with my girlfriends and had a great time. Plan on making the vacation placemat this summer on vacation. The food also looks great. The picture of the black bean and salsa salad made my mouth water in the store. I will be making that soon. Also appreciate the adult versions of thirst quenching recipes. Instructions and ideas are basic and that's just what I need.

I GOT THIS BOOK OUT OF THE LIBRARY, AND JUST HAD TO HAVE A COPY OF MY OWN. THIS BOOK BRINGS ALL OF THE FUN OF CHILDHOOD AND SUMMER BACK TO US PARENTS, SO WE CAN MAKE MEMORIES FOR OUR CHILDREN.THE PICTURES ARE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT, AND THE INSTRUCTIONS EASY TO FOLLOW. THIS IS A FUN BOOK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!

This book fills a big lacuna in education. It is not enough to talk about love. Lucky are the parents and teachers who now have such lesson plans to teach children and adolescents in an active and fun way to develop their inner resources to become loving and geuninely caring, without overcare. The three basic HeartMath tools of HEART LOCK-IN, FREEZE-FRAME and CUT-THRU and numerous interpersonal skills are taught through the activities. [Please confer my other reviews of Doc Childre's books, starting with Cut-Thru.] I have been recommending this book to hundreds of parents, school-heads and teachers and have heard of very favorable responses. The HeartMath materials will certainly have much to contribute to humankind.

I feel I must begin this review by letting readers know that I do have a close association with HeartMath and Doc Childre in that I co-authored another book, The HeartMath Solution with Doc. With that said I still feel compelled, whether somewhat biased or not, to share my perspectives about Teaching Children to Love.

Doc puts great emphasis on the need to better educate children in the area of mental and emotional self managment. The 80 games and activities he developed for this book do excatly that. The games are intelligently organized, easy to teach children and they are effective.For anyone who works with kids, whether it be a parent, grand parent or child care provider, I can safely say that this is as good a resource as I have seen for helping young people develop the skills they need to navigate these challenging times. It was created from care and it shows.

Howard Martin

I loved this book. It was funny and entertaining!

an amazing story written by my friend Sara, she is in my class.

Our family has the fortune of having Frank Finale as a teacher to both our children.

He has done a wonderful job capturing the Jersey Shore for all of its charms and the many artists who live here.

First, the editors of To the Shore Once should be congratulated. They chose 101 drawings, etchings,and paintings from local New Jersey and some national artists. These works of Art complement Mr. Frank Finale's writing in essays, prose and poetry. You, turn the page and you feel like you are at the beach in Spring Lake, Belmar or Manasquan. Even the carrousel of 1950s Asbury Park is represented. As I think of Frank O'Hara's book on Jackson Pollock, To The Shore Once More will become a classic coffee table book for years to come. Art and prose and poetry, what a nice mix. We have Mr. Frank Finale to thank for such a beautiful book this Summer

Sara Mitchell cathches the reader's interest in the first few pages of Trial of the Innocent and keeps the suspense growing until the final pages. Mitchell masterfully weaves an exciting plot with well developed characters and many twists and turns of events. This book is an adventure story with refreshing moral standards for its hero. The reader gets murder, mayhem, and suspense without the explicit gruesome details sometime depicted in murder mysteries. For plenty of nail-biting excitement I highly recommend Trial of the Innocent.

A plot-twisting and turning detective story that is definately one you will want to read in one sitting. I've never been much of a fan of detective stories, honestly, but this is one I love to reread.

It might seem easy, putting together a collection of short pieces (many from extemporaneous talks) on dharma practice in terms applicable to modern non-Buddhists who don't know "satori" from Toyota.

But it isn't easy at all. Cheri Huber has a talent for concise, clear demonstrations of practicing in ordinary life and how to make room for daily meditation practice. Instead of ancient Buddhist teachings, she is more likely to reach to common sense and a warm, keen feeling for psychology. Her style as a Zen teacher is refreshingly ordinary, modest, and worldly. She is loath to offer prescriptions, and has a sharp eye for how spiritual practice may be co-opted by egotistical concerns.

Editor Sara Jenkins has bravely allowed these talks to stand without explanation or qualification, respecting the power of a short paragraph over a lengthy discourse. The book is organized into categories that almost seem irrelevant as one is tempted to simply dip into the book!, opening at random and letting one talk at a time be enough for the day.

I have read most of Cheri Huber's books, and I would rate each of these from "good" to "important".

"Trying to Be Human", however, is a "keeper" for commited practicers. I selected it to read just before going to a long retreat, as I did not want to tax my head with something complicated. The occasion was perfect. Every few pages of this easy reading, something inside you gets smacked, like the morning clappers that awaken you at retreat in the VERY early morning. An idea or point that tingles your innards and allows no elaboration on your part. No baggage, just your attention, standing turgidly erect.

This one sets your head up, mighty fine.

None of the young people in this collection seem to be having a good time. The stories are set in contemporary or seventies America (one in London) Three are about teenagers. The young adults have unsuccessful artistic/acting careers and not-very-successful love affairs. The style is spare detached New Yorker. One of them "Trouble People" was in Seventeen. It's about a boy bucking peer pressure and befriending an unpopular unattractive girl. I liked the first one best, about a girl with a rather horrible father who dies.
I bought this a long time back on the strength of some rave reviews. It was borrowed by a daughter who recently returned it, telling me how good it was, and I re-read it and agreed with her.

The New Yorker doesn't publish as many good stories as they used to. I used to look at the "Contents" every week, to see who would be featured. An Updike story was nice. A William Trevor story, even better. A Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala story and I'd give a little whoop of joy. But there was also something special about finding a Sara Lewis story.

The first story I ever read by her was "Perfect Combinations" in the New Yorker. There is a sentence in that story that I'm sure has popped into my head a hundred times since I've read the story; it is certainly one of the most moving sentences I've ever read. Rather than spoil it by quoting it out of context, I'll leave it for you to discover.

What does Sara Lewis write about? If you can characterize a Lewis story, I would say it involves a person whose life is a little more complicated or a little more confusing than the person really knows how to handle, and the story tells us how the character works his or her way through it. A story about a high school senior failing geometry and being courted by the ugliest girl in the class. A story about a woman who receives a visit from her stepdaughter, not much younger than she is, with whom she has never been able to communicate. A story about a man whose girlfriend suddenly loses interest in sleeping with him.

As a writer, Lewis excels in being able to very quickly convey the personality and situation of the character. The characters are for the most part likable. The writing pace is quick, with a gentle humor.

The first Vegetarian Gourmet Cookery, which came out in 1970, has been my constant companion n the kitchen for 30 years. In spite of stains, tatters, rips, a split spine, many missing pages and even mildew, I wouldn't give the book up for anything. I'm delighted there's a new version!

This cookbook features absolutely outstanding receipes from one of the best restaurants in Southern California (the Ranch House). The receipe for Vegetable curry (Navratan Korma) is better than that in most mainstream Indian cookbooks and, by itself, is worth buying the book for! I have used this for many years and always get compliments on the results.

I read this book when I was in first grade with the help of my mother. My sister was 4 then and she just listened as we read aloud. We all enjoyed it very much. I made the mistake of trading it off to a friend in 3rd grade and am now sorry.

Henry Berg haches an egg, and finds a lizard that turns out to be a dragon with blood that burns to the touch. His monther's boyfriend wants to experiment on it, only to find someone else wants to return the little dragon home to his native land. Great adventure awaits Henry, and those who read about him. Definately a must read. Excillent for the whole family.

My two-year-old loves this book, especially when I try to mimick the way Loonette says "Who made this big mess???" on the PBS TV show. After we started reading the book frequently, I actually got my daughter to clean her room after I ask her that question in that tone of voice. You can't beat that!

ITS SO HARD TO FIND A BOOK THATS FUN AND LETS A CHILD EXPECT TO CLEAN AFTER READING IT.