I have been participating in a study group over the summer on the text by Floyd Cobb and John Krownapple. I’ll update this post when the course is completely over, but here is what I wrote for the final chapter in the online LMS: I LOVED the PSSM (The Psychological Sense of School Membership, Goodenow […]
Category: book review
Books I am Reading
Many Children Left Behind Subtitled “How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging our Children and our Schools.” by Deborah Meier et al. This was published in 2004, but the comments by people from many aspects of the education world are still pretty current. If anything, they have more meaning as time has gone […]
Avast! Klutz does it again!
I am a big fan of the Klutz books for kids and adults. Not just about juggling now, they have branched out to other activities. From string figures and knot-tying to activity sets, they seem to have a knack for the things that make kids happy to think. The latest cool Klutz books we have […]
book review: Fancy Nancy
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor, pictures by Robin Preiss Glasser This is my new all-time favorite WOW book for preschool through early elementary. Though it is about a little girl who likes all the traditional girly things, it should appeal to everyone who dreams sometimes of being more than average. I bought it at the […]
book review: A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson This was an interesting book in many ways, a little vulgar at times — actually very crude at times, and written in a somewhat pedantic though conversational tone. He does recount some amusing anecdotes, a few of his own, a few passed on from other sources, but […]
book review: The Ship Who Searched
The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey Was a good book. It flowed, in the way I remember (it had been a few years since I had read a new Anne McCaffrey book), and it had a lot of neat twists and turns. Until about 2/3 of the way through the book, […]
book review: My Life in France
My Life in France by Julia Child/Alex Prud’homme is well worth the time spent savoring her memories in the same way a visit with an elderly relative brightens both your days. Though Mrs. Child died just before publication, the book reads the way she spoke to people; her nephew (great-nephew) did a wonderful job. I […]
book review: Heroics for Beginers
Heroics for Beginners by John Moore is a silly little novel with clever twists and turns, some good humor and some rather adolescent inclusions of naughtiness. I would not recommend this for people with any hang-ups about sex or sexual practices (though those parts are few they seem to occur gratuitously and interrupt the flow […]
book review: A Pilgrim’s Progress
A Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan may be a classic read by dozens of generations of protestant Christians, but it is not a subtle or clever read for a person of the modern age who does not take the Bible literally. I decided to stop reading it because I can see where it is headed. […]
book review: A History of the Arab Peoples
A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani was taking me too long. So I decided to not finish it. Though I have no doubt it was accurate, it was not my style of writing. Read more like a dissertation than a book. The last time I had an experience like this with a […]