If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: ...
Wonderful for all ages: I, too, got this book in approximately the third grade -- 17 years ago. I am now teaching middle school literature and share this collection with all of my students; I also have given it as a gift to every person under the sun, no [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Rosie and Michael
WONDERFUL BOOK: As a camp counselor, we use this book all of the time to show the importance a friendship can have in the lives of children. The book is super-humorous, and keeps your attention, while also able to carry on the important message, that [... more]
CDN$7.99
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Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going ...
Leslie (Who liked the book) talks: I thought this book was a very good book for kids of all ages. i'm sure you would agree with me. The book talked about everyone pacjing and getting all of thier things ready for the bid move and how Alexander was being [... more]
CDN$10.50
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Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and ...
From Amazon.com: In Grown-Up Marriage, bestselling author Judith Viorst uses her abundant gifts to consider how marriage pulls, cajoles, and commands us to grow up. By viewing marriage "as a problem we have to solve again and again," Viorst [... more]
CDN$17.50
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Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest
From Amazon.com: Olivia is very neat, and her brother Jake is "sort of, but not a HUGE slob," but their little sister Sophie is another matter altogether. Sophie's room is "seriously--I mean seriously--REVOLTING." Olivia simply can't [... more]
CDN$10.50
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Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going ...
Leslie (Who liked the book) talks: I thought this book was a very good book for kids of all ages. i'm sure you would agree with me. The book talked about everyone pacjing and getting all of thier things ready for the bid move and how Alexander was being [... more]
CDN$23.50
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Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday
Wonderful for being able to laugh at yourself: I always loved Alexander and the Horrible Day. This book was just as good at pointing out human foibles in the body of a small child. Here Alexander is given an allowance, and somehow, it slips through his [... more]
CDN$26.50
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad ...
From Amazon.com: "I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it [... more]
CDN$16.50
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
You don't wanna know the 10th good thing: I finally read this book after years and years of hearing it hyped as the perfect book to help a child deal with the loss of a pet, so I expected a lot. It's not a bad book. I've always liked Judith Viorst's wry [... more]
CDN$24.95
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The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
You don't wanna know the 10th good thing: I finally read this book after years and years of hearing it hyped as the perfect book to help a child deal with the loss of a pet, so I expected a lot. It's not a bad book. I've always liked Judith Viorst's wry [... more]
CDN$6.99
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Good-Bye Book
Ease the good-byes: My young children enjoyed this book because they could identify with the content of a young boy who doesn't want his parents to leave him with a babysitter for the night. This delightful story proves that not all picture books have to [... more]
CDN$15.30
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What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from ...
misleading: this book offers no "brilliant insight" - it is just a list of quotes the author found interesting. The organization is loose and reading even a couple pages of it is choppy at best. a fun read for all: my wife and i really enjoyed [... more]
CDN$10.95
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