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.

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.

I recently read All I need to know in life I learned from romance novels was incredible and fun to read. It is a wonderful reference. Relationships can be fun and exciting. The quotes from the top authors in the romance field are great. The websites for even more information are great. The author seems like a wonderful and fun down to earth woman that has a beautiful romantic relationship.

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.

This non fiction shows the struggles of a family raising an autistic child with SIB at a time before information is available about the disability. The author, Phyllis Green, brings this family into the hearts and souls of the reader. The book is also illustrated with actual photographs of the family. Spinning Straw is a plus for a remarkable movie about real life situations of families who are faced with the struggles that stem from disabilities like autism. Green's language is down-to-earth and pragmatic. She brings tears, laughter and the real life of the family into full circle.

"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.

When you read Phyllis Green's book Spinning Straw about the short life of an autistic boy named Jeff Apple, you will see several photographs of him throughout his life. The photos ironically freeze a boy whose autistic body and life spun and punched and clawed its way so out of control that even the loving cacoon of his family could not swaddle the frenzy. Study the photos. They capture a kernel of the serene humanity denied him by his condition. Then when you reach for that coffee cup, imagine what it would be like for your arm to suddenly gain a life of its own and shatter the cup against the wall, against your will, splashing your family with scalding coffee. If you can imagine that, you can step outside the still photos and into Jeff Apple's chaotic life. Please read this book for all it's worth. It will reward you.

As a children's librarian, I always picked this book up first during storyhour. Here is a hint! I use a dog puppet to tell the story for me! Then each child can meet and greet the puppet after the reading is over. Very interactive. Try to talk to kids about being kind to animals after you read this one - it will make them really listen to your message.

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.

This delightful above-average children's book has a familiar theme to it: the age-old feud between two ancient clans, the boys and the girls. It boasts well-developed characters and some truly funny, well-written moments. The Malloy family of three girls moves to the town of Buckman, West Virginia, into a house that is across the river from the four Hatford brothers. The Malloy girls are 11-year-old tomboy Eddie, 10-year-old sci fi bookworm Beth, and 8-year-old intelligent, aspiring actress Caroline. The Hatford boys are 11-year-old prankster Jake, his quieter, artistic twin Josh, 9-year-old creative force Wally, and 7-year-old naive Peter. The boys decide to declare war on their new neighbors, hoping to drive the girls back to Ohio. But they haven't considered the counterattacks the girls are capable of.

The Girls Get Even is not as fresh as its predecessor, but still cute and amusing. The boy-girl feud continues in the second installment of the series. Beth, Caroline, and Eddie follow the boys on their camping trip at Smuggler's Cove with hilarious results. Both clans enter the Halloween costume parade hoping to win the contest. Caroline's fourth grade class puts on a Halloween play called The Goblin Queen, in which Caroline gets to show up Wally. Still smarting over each other's tricks, they each come up with a plan for Halloween night. Trick or treat indeed.

Have you ever met some boys that you really hate? The three Malloy sisters Eddie, Caroline and Beth have. They just moved from Ohio to Buckman, West Virginia. They just so happened to move into the house where the Hatford brothers, Wally, Peter, Jake and Josh's, best friends the Bensons used to live. The Bensons told the Hatfords that if they were having trouble renting out their old house in Buckman they will come back. The Hatfords think if they can make the Malloy girls miserable enough they will go back to Ohio, and the Bensons will come back to Buckman.So now the boys have started a sort of mini war between themselves and the girls. Until their little practical jokes go too far and Caroline is taken prisoner in their shed. This was a great book. If you like excitement this is the book for you!

The Boys Start The War was a good book because they play pranks on the new girls that just moved across the street. A prank they played on the girls was the boys put dead fish in the Buckman river. The Girls Get Even was a good book because Caroline, one of the sister's, ruins the boys halloween costume for the parade. These were the best books I have ever read because they are very humorous.

A fun book with bright colorful pictures. My son loves to help "read" the book's repeating sentence - HELP HELP WHO CAN HELP?. A nice happy ending as all the animals work together to help the duck.

My 2 1/2 year old loves calling out the rhyming words as we read through this book - duck, stuck, muck. Nicely illustrated. Be prepared to read this over and over.

One Duck Stuck is a darling children's book -- that moms and dads will love, too! We checked this out of the library, and liked it so much we went to amazon.com and bought 3!

It's rhythmic verse is enchanting and the kids recite it like a song. The alliteration is clever, as well.

The illustrations are colorful and alive!

The whole book just draws you in and makes you want to read it over and over again.

It's a feel-good, happy, sing-song little story the whole family will love.

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.

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.

Have you ever had a man accuse you of stealing his dog or having him try to kill you? Well in the book Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, a boy named Marty has this problem. He worked for Judd Travers` for two whole weeks and kept secrets just to keep his beat up dog named Shiloh. Judd says Marty did not even earn that dog and it still belongs to himself. So Judd starts to drink more and more beer. Then all of the sudden one night he got so drunk he got in an accident. One night Marty and Shiloh were taking a jog down to Dr. Murphy's and he was not home, but Judd was around. They took a rest on a log and right in the middle of Marty and Shiloh a bullet comes flying. Judd! That is all that came to Marty's mind. Was it Marty or Shiloh he was trying to kill? Well if you want to know read this book! It's a great adventure story. I think you'll love it!
I like this book a lot, but I did not like it when Judd killed animals and tried to shoot at people.
I think the book was pretty neat though. When Marty had his mind full of secrets it made me think about what he might do with them. He might tell someone or he might not tell anyone. Then I was thinking of what might happen if he spilled out a secret. What might that lead to? This book kept me in a lot of suspense throughout the whole time I read it. The book has many cliffhangers in it so it makes me want to keep reading. I really enjoyed the book, but that Judd Travers made the book have some horrible scenes that were hard to understand and was uncomfortable to read. That's how I feel about this book.
The main character in the book I read is Marty. Everything is based on him and his life. He is a 10 year old boy who lives in Friendly, West Virginia. Marty has blond hair and two bratty sisters. Their names are Dara Lynn and Becky. He also has a friend named David. They go to school together and are in the same class. Marty has many traits throughout the book. One is he is a very curious boy who always needs to know things. He is also a very courageous kid. He is always spying on Judd, making sure he doesn't do bad things. Marty is a very caring kid. When his dad thought Judd was hunting in their woods, Marty was worried about Dara Lynn and Becky, but most of all Shiloh. Marty has many strengths. One is he is very good in school. His teacher feels that he wrote a great report but he must use his "family" language at home and good grammar in school. He also is a very good spy. He goes to Judd's house with his friend David. They were being very underhanded. Marty also has weaknesses. He just barely leaves Shiloh to get on the school bus. Rarely does Marty ever go to friends house for a long time. Those are some of his strengths and weaknesses.
I think Marty does all the right things! I think Marty loves Shiloh so much that whenever he is not with him he anticipates being with him. To me Marty resents Judd Travers. Everything in Marty's life seems to be very bewildering. During the book everything seems to change my mind. One minute I like the book, the next minute I do not like the book. Marty, a young 10 year old, seems to do quite a lot for his age. He is a very brave young boy to me. I like this book a lot because it makes you feel like you go right inside and the book comes alive. This was a spectacular book! I hope you will read it.
I thought this book was wonderful because it made me think about how hard life could be and that I do have a good life so I should be proud.

I chose this book because one of my friends said that this book is kind of boring in the beginning, but gets more exciting as you go on. I also saw this movie which I thought was pretty good so I told myself that if the movie is good I should try the book. In this book I learned a couple of new words that became very useful to me. When I read this book I understood every part of the book that I felt I was actually standing at the scene watching everything happen.
I recommend this book to anybody who likes adventurous and surprising stories. This story is about a mouse named Mrs. Frisby. Mrs. Frisby's husband died one day, but she never knew how and where he died. Mrs. Frisby has to move to their summer home, but her youngest boy Timothy is very ill. She quickly goes to the doctor Mr. Ages for help. She gets the medicine, but Mr. Ages told her that she should go to the rosebush where the rats lived. On the next day she goes to the rats. First they don't let her in, but when she said that she was Mrs. Frisby they respected her like she was a queen. Slowly she found out that the rats were highly intelligent lab rats that ran away. Mrs. Frisby made a deal with them that if they help move her house she would help them.
My favorite part of the story is when Mrs. Frisby enters the rat's home and see that they had light bulbs, electricity, elevators, and even a library and school. The rats told her that when they were at the lab the scientists inject fluids into them which made them more intelligent and bigger. Only group A of the rat and the mouse group survived. They became so smart that they could read the instructions on the handle bar to open their cages. Slowly they got the tools they needed to get out of the lab through the air vents. Only two mice followed the rats and their names were Mr. Frisby and Mr. Ages.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nihm is one of the best books I ever read. Everything in this book is so specific. When you look in it you might think it looks hard, but it realy is not. I usualy hate reading chapter books, but this one is great. I realy recomend this book to you. In this book,Mrs.Frisby's son (Timothy) gets sick. Mrs.Frisby has to go to a doctor named Mr.Ages. Mr. Aages gives the medicin to Mrs. Frisby to make Timothy better. But when she gets home she finds out she has to move soon because Mr. Fitzgibbon (the ouner of the house) is going to plow their home. A lot of other exciting stuff happens in this book, but you have to find out yourself.

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.

This is an overall sweet book. As the second book in the excellent Alice McKinley series, ALICE IN RAPTURE, SORT OF picks up where the first book left off. In other words it chronicles Alice through her summer vacation after 6th grade, the summer that her father dubs the "summer of the first boyfriend." This was the first Alice book that I read (I did so at a book store while I was in New York, because I had nothing else to do), and I enjoyed it emmensly. I like it mostly because it's honest.

After Alice and Patrick get together everything isn't teriffic. Interesting, yes, but way more complicated than the way things were in the beginning, when they were just friends. Alice has to worry about what she eats (so that Patrick won't get any surprises when he kisses her), what an appropriate birthday present for a boyfriend is (what is Lucite, anyway??), and, in the end, whether or not being more than friends is worth all the strife (something I myself think about daily -- blech).

Recommended for all people who enjoy reading realistic books about girls growing up, and especially for anyone who has read and ejoyed any of the other Alice McKinley books.

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!

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.