This book is packed with what every parent of every school age child should be aware of in our society today. The authors, both being in the teaching profession for many years, show the wealth of experience they have gained over the course of their careers in education. Very informative read!

A School for Every Child is a well-written, informative guide to every type of education offered to the public. It is a must for parents to explore various types of educational institutions and opportunities that are available to meet the vast array of learning styles of children. Educators will appreciate the descriptions and statistical research included for each school. I especially enjoyed the chapters on charter schools and Christian schools.

A timely, informed book that explains the present problems in education today. Every school should have this book in their libraries. Education is possible in this country today not just school attendance. Informed parents will see that their children do have a right to first rate education whether in the public schools or a school of choice. It is time for our public schools to recognize the problems facing them and do something about it.

In language rich with Caribbean tones and sounds, Lynn Joseph casts her fishing net and pulls a school of readers in with the tide, giving "boys and girls who aren't familiar with the Caribbean a glimpse into another child's world." A woman of the island herself, Joseph writes the poems from the perspective of a young Trinidad girl. Beginning with "Morning Songs," the poems flow naturally across the pages as a Caribbean day unfolds. Before day's end, the girl is greeted by the "ebony man selling mangoes and papaws in the street," has school escapades, and sees "Mama gone to market with the figs upon her head." The pleasures and secrets of the island are revealed throughout, as in "The Palet Man" (Caribbean ice-cream man), and "Steel Drum," which beckons readers to hear the drum's "pom da de de de dom pom." Text-enhancing, full-page illustrations, bursting with Caribbean life, leave lingering images behind. Glorious colors depict everything from the multi-hued blue water where Brother swims "till he touch high heaven on a wave," to the all too real "Jumbi Man" (Caribbean boogie-man) with his "monkey face." Joseph craftily uses metaphors to construct new images from the familiar. In "Pullin' Seine," the evening ritual of fishermen pulling nets in from the sea, Joseph skillfully places the text, creating an image of the net's heaving and hawing, as fishermen begin, struggle, and successfully pull their net in. While the book is an excellent read-aloud for all ages, the text's level of difficulty along with the unfamiliar Caribbean words make it an appropriate independent-read for children ages eight and older.

Dr. Kahn has taken her extensive experience in reinventing the federal government and distilled that learning to ten powerful rules on how to make government work better and cost less. Her description of the future of government, with a small center responsible for assuring accountability for the achievement of goals and all the real work being done at the front line, is just what we need to make government work in an information age. Dr. Kahn's book is a must read for anyone who wants to assure the future success of our democratic form of government.

Great photos. I have been to the Big Bend many times over the last 20 years, and Richard Fenker has captured it beautifully. Well worth the price. And the poetry fits the mood of the photos very well. I may be biased, though. That's me in the January Sunrise at Hot Springs (the one with the beard).