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It's Perfectly Normal
Well what *IS* normal anyway?If normal to you is giving your child a book with lots of comic style nudity, directions for masterbating, exactly HOW to have sex (etc.) then you might want to grab this and run!If your child is average to above average intellectually he or she will have a full understanding of how to pleasure him or herself and how to perform the deed by the time they are finished.Of course there are warnings of pregancy, sickness (STD'S), and death (AIDS) if they are to do this while unprotected, so no worries there.You'd have to see the book to believe it.I was shocked when I started looking through it, and was doubling over with laughter that I had actually considered giving this to my 10 year old son.Actually, I did hand it to him in the car before I actually looked at it and he was shocked by the second page, gave it back and said "I think this is WAY too old for me Mama", and it turned out he was right!I'll never hand him something like that again without looking first.

Not age appropriate.Shocking.
I purchased this for my 11 year old son.I am so thankful that I read this book before giving it to him or going straight to discussing it.The pictures are hand drawn but graphic.Far too much detail for the target audience. Kids need to know about sexuality but they don't need to know EVERYTHING before they are even teen-agers.I would be upset to find this in a school library.This book definitely needs to be used with supervision. I returned this book as I believe its content is inappropriate for the cover advertised age of 10 years old.

One of the Best Books on the Subject
This is one of the best books on the subject of sexuality for children. Presented in plain talk with nicely drawn illustrations, it's neither too graphic nor too cartoonish for the 10-12 year old set. It covers a lot of topics they need/want to know about, and it's handled very tactfully.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Health & Daily Living - General    4. Health & Daily Living - Maturing    5. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    6. Hygiene, Sexual    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Sex instruction for children    10. Sex instruction for teenagers    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Personal Hygiene   

Editorial Review

Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem?You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till thebus leaves.Is there enough time?You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs ofpants -- can you make 1 good outfit?Don't worry -- it's just the Math Curse striking! An amusing book about dealing with numbers in everyday life. ... Read more

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Train Your Child To Be An Analytical Thinker (and Innoculate Him Against Math Phobia)....
After her math teacher "Mrs. Fibonacci" says that almost everything could be thought of as a math problem, the narrator enters a bizarre realm where "everything seems to be a problem," and it gets increasingly worse, as she becomes a "math zombie" before the brilliant (and for older folks, profound) conclusion.The math problems start out simple ("It takes me 10 minutes to get dressed...If my bus leaves at 8:00, will I make it on time?"), even English is a math problem ("If mail+box=mailbox... Does lipstick-stick=lip?)"Money, time, measurement, fractions, sequences, estimation, sets, logic and more are covered--there's even a quadratic formula and mention of Zeno!The brilliance of this book is that it anticipates and removes the obstacle of math phobia, specifically fear of word problems, that I saw more often than not back when I was a math teacher.Although the bookcover says "For ages > 6 and < 99,"and that is true because of the layers of relevance, I'd especially recommend it for early third grade, that way by the time the onslaught of word problems begins, word problems will seem more like word "puzzles" and fun.Great critical thinking tool, fun both in its story and visuals.

Um...yeah
This book is really stupid and, honestly, if I had children, I would not ever put them down by giving them this book.Anyone who has a brain with a capacity higher than that of one with F.A.S. should be able to figure out the answes within two seconds or less and is a waste of money and time.

Great Real-Life Math Book
This book is great for showing kids how math constantly appears in real life!
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Math anxiety    7. Mathematics    8. School & Education    9. School stories    10. Schools    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    13. Puzzles & quizzes   

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Junie B. Hits Another Home Run
Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha hits home again with the 26th book of the chapter book series.In this book, Junie B. continues with her bit of awkwardness and sassy ways as she heads to Hawaii with her mom, dad, and friends.Junie B's teacher, Mr. Scary gives Junie B. a camera with an assignment to make an official photo journal while she is in Hawaii.Junie B. wants to make her pictures look exciting so she can bring them back to school for show-and-tell, but finds herself looking stupid.How will her photo journal end up?Can Junie B. have a turn of luck?
This book was even better than the rest!!!
This book was fantastic!I liked it because it's really funny.My favorite part was when Junie B. was so excited at the very beginning.
Junie B. does it again.
When you read this book you will follow Junie B. through the many adventures she takes.Junie B. goes to Hawaii. It is a very funny book. It is probably one on my favorite Junie B. Jones books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Family - Vacation    4. Fiction    5. Girls & Women    6. Humorous Stories    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Park, Barbara    9. Photojournalism    10. Readers - Beginner    11. School & Education    12. Schools    13. Vacations    14. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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The Pretty Committee Strikes Back
"...Massie took one look around.It was the last time she'd ever see these faces again."The fifth book in The Clique series, The Pretty Committee Strikes Back, takes the girls out of the city and into the wilderness as they venture into the woods on a school camping trip!Not only do they get to be away from their parents but they also get to be with the Briarwood boys who are only a few yards away.With all the excitement of the trip and having the boys their combined, the girls figure that they need to be prepared for anything so Massie starts M.U.C.K. (Massie's Underground Clinic for Kissing).Tension builds up when Massie is found to be a fake at kissing experience.But emotions run wild when Claire finds Alicia kissing her boyfriend as a way to get revenge for kissing her own crush.To add to the drama Dylan finds her famous talk show host mom kissing her geography teacher which causes her to run off into the woods mad, dragging the rest of The Pretty Committee along with her.Although they were specifically told not to venture off into the woods without adult supervision they continue to go deeper and deeper in.After an encounter with a grizzly bear the girls finally arrive back to camp grounds safely - only to find that they have been expelled from Octavian Country Day school!
Spectacular series!
I started reading these books before the summer started and Im hooked! To live like Massie Block and her friends would be like living among the gods. Sure they are spoiled snobs that we all hate to love, but, Hello?? we're entertained by it. Thats the important thing that we read a good story that keeps us entertained and we want to read more, and more of them. Lisi Harrison should be one happy camper. Cause I don't know anyone who doesn't like her books. THUMBS UP!!!!!!!!!!

i luv this book!!
when i first saw this book, i thought it would be another one of thosesame, old, never-ending popular book about the lives of popular girls, but i was dead wrong! i was bored and started reading the first book and i was hooked! i couldn't drop the books... and i'm not that big of a reader. this book is my favorite one so far... i think. i'm not done with the series yet. the book shows that although some girls can look cool and pretty on the outside, they do have the problems that other girls may have and the solutions are crazy and entertaining. i luv this book and the other clique series book. read it! =] ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Cliques (Sociology)    4. Fiction    5. Interpersonal relations    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Kissing    8. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    9. School & Education    10. Social Issues - Adolescence    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Issues - General    13. Social Situations - General    14. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General   

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love this book!!!
this book is the best ever i have some friendship problems
AWSOME BOOK!
If you have any friendship problems with your friends this book is the one for you! Even if you don't have friendship problems this book helps you get better at learning to deal with it. I would recomend this book for anyone! Even an adult! Two thumbs up!
Very Helpful Book
Okay, so most of us girls have seen "Ask Fill-in-the-Blank" and "Advice Column".Andmost of us have heard "Fill-in-Name-of-Celebrity is going to be on Fill-in-Name-of-TV-Show tonight to give friendship advice".But most of it, though not all of it, isn't helpful.I found this book interesting and fun to read, while also very helpful.There were a lot of feelings and troubles that I could relate to, and a lot of good advice and stories that girls, having friendship troubles or not, need to read.The quizzes were fun to take, but I wouldn't take the results TOO, TOO seriously.They are about the most accurate quizzes there are friendship-wise, but if you listen too carefully to the ranking, rating, etc. you come out as, you could end up breaking off a friendship that could've been rescued.Overall, I think this book is both entertaining and useful at the same time.Though I don't agree with some of the things that they say, I think most of the advice was really good.I would recommend this book to all girls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Attitudes    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Girls    5. Interpersonal relations    6. Juvenile Customs / Etiquette    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile Social Problems (General)    9. Psychology    10. Reference - General    11. Social Issues - Friendship   

Editorial Review

Ages 12 and up. Best buds Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget are back with their magical pair of shared jeans in Read more

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A great book!
I have read all of the books in this series and they were all amazing. This one was one that caught my attention more than the other ones just because all of the girls in the book are more independent and rebelious. It is a classic girly girl book that keeps you on your toes. I couldn't put it down! It took me only a day to read and it was killing me that I hadn't yet read the last book. I highly recomend it to anyone that likes love stories with a little twist! It tells the story of four girls Bridget, Carmen, Tibby, and Lena. They have been best friends for their whole life and have to again seperate for the summer. Each girl goes to their summer destinations. This can not tear them apart of course, they write to eachother and pass around a pair of pants. These aren't any ordinary pants though they are magical. They bring good luck to each girl and fits each of their very different shapes. A symbol of friendship and love that is with them, like a blanket. Put this on your top for "must read!"

Girls in Pants Review
Girls in Pants is the sequel to the sisterhood books 1 & 2. This book is about 4 teenage girls who have magic pants that fits all of them and brings them good luck. The book tells you about thier lives the summer before they all go of to college.
The Septembers are growing up...well, partly, anyway.
Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bee are now 17 and have just graduated from high school. All are looking toward college in the fall. Not all of them eagerly, but at least with the knowledge that college will help each reach a desired goal. Tibby is planning to go to film school at NYU; Lena wants to go to art school in New Jersey; Carmen to Williams; and Bee, well Bee could go anywhere she wanted. Every school to which she applied accepted her. She chose Brown.
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Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Conduct of life    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Jeans (Clothing)    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Adolescence    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Situations - Friendship    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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Oh, those pictures
I bought this for my five year old, and wish I bought it when she was a little younger. Despite the simple story line, she still likes to look at it, and I hope it's a book that will help her on the way to reading.
Great Board Book
I purchased this book for my 1-year old daughter.Olivia is such a cute little character.The story is simple and my daughter enjoys this book.Recommend to anyone with a young daughter!

We've Got a Winner!!
What a nice little book for kids.No big bad wolves. No mean kids.No mean grown-ups.No one is abandoned or lost.No name-calling.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Behavior    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Health & Daily Living - Daily Activities    7. Human behavior    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Pigs    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Animal stories    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General   

Editorial Review

They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the fourgirls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends,about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not tomention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hipsperfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenagercan feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact toshare them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from whereverthey are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with hergrandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja,California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herselfin South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimumwage at Wallman's.Read more

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An awesome book!
The Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants is an awesome book.It talks about the trials and tribulations about four teenage girls who have to be separated for the summer.It may not seem like a big deal but it is to them because they have been friends their whole lives.Their moms met in a yoga class when they were pregnant.All of the girls end up in different places of the world: Lena ends up in Greece, Carmen leaves for her dad's house, Bridgett travels to Baja Mexico for a soccer camp, and Tibby stays at home.Before they are about to separate, they find this pair of pants that Carmen got at the thrift store.It fits them all perfectly, as if by magic.So, they make up the sisterhood and make up all of the rules.They record all of their adventures of the pants at the end of the summer and share them with each other.Its' a great story and I would encourage anybody to read it.

Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", is an outstanding book for all ages. This story is about four teenage girls who have been inseperable since they were born and now they have to split up for the summer and find their own adventures. Carmen is going to South Carolina where she will spend the summer with her dad, but what she doesn't know is what will await her arrival. Bridget is the boy crazy one, who is going tosoccer camp. Will this be the summer she finds true love? Lena, is going to Greece to visit her grandparents. Lena is very coservative, but will the glorious trip away get her to release her inner beauty. Tibby is the only one staying home. She is making a documentry while working at Wallmans, the convenient store. Tibby makes a new friend and discovers something that is real and moving. An old pair of jeans is the only thing that will keep the girls together. How will the pants give the girls hope and love to have their best summer ever!

Sister Hood of the Traveling Pants
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", is an outstanding book for all ages. This story is about four teenage girls who have been inseperable since they were born and now they have to split up for the summer and find their own adventures. Carmen is going to South Carolina where she will spend the summer with her dad, but what she doesn't know is what will await her arrival. Bridget is the boy crazy one, who is going tosoccer camp. Will this be the summer she finds true love? Lena, is going to Greece to visit her grandparents. Lena is very coservative, but will the glorious trip away get her to release her inner beauty. Tibby is the only one staying home. She is making a documentry while working at Wallmans, the convenient store. Tibby makes a new friend and discovers something that is real and moving. An old pair of jeans is the only thing that will keep the girls together. How will the pants give the girls hope and love to have their best summer ever! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Jeans (Clothing)    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Social Issues - Adolescence    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

Editorial Review

"Hanging Low, Keeping Cool," "A Hairy Question," "Feeling Private/Feeling Guilty," "You Don't See Any Blind, Crazy Morons Around Here, Do Ya?"Read more

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Great Book
My son is actually reading and enjoying the book. As a teenager he has many questions but he is hesitant to ask. This book came handy it covers wide range of subjects and answers questions in a direct way.

Like a textbook
My 12 year old son keeps this book in a stack by his bed, but finds it too clinical--like a textbook.He likes "What's Going on On There" better because it's has a more humorous approach.As time goes on, however, he may appreciate the deeper lever of detail and information provided here.

A helpful resource
While no book on this subject is going to cover everything exactly the way you might prefer, this book does a very good job of covering a variety of topics related to sexual development.The material is presented in an easy-to-read, factual manner.After reviewing the book myself, I gave it to my 12 year old son, who looked at me as if to say "I know this stuff already".Yet the next day, he thanked me for giving him the book and said it had cleared up some misunderstandings he had.We were then able to talk about some of his questions and impressions from the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boys & Men    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Growth    5. Health & Daily Living - Maturing    6. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Physiology    10. Puberty    11. Teenage boys    12. Body & health   

Editorial Review

Since the beginning of the school year, high school freshman Melinda has found that it's been getting harder and harder for her to speak out loud: "My throat is always sore, my lips raw.... Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze.... It's like I have some kind of spastic laryngitis." What could have caused Melinda to suddenly fall mute? Could it be due to the fact that no one at school is speaking to her because she called the cops and got everyone busted at the seniors' big end-of-summer party? Or maybe it's because her parents' only form of communication is Post-It notes written on their way out the door to their nine-to-whenever jobs. While Melinda is bothered by these things, deep down she knows the real reason why she's been struck mute...Read more

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review for speak
Anderson has a very interesting writing style in Speak. She sets her book up to be like a report card, each section signified by the marking periods of a school year--starting with first marking period to forth marking period. Each of the four sections is a chronological explanation for why Melinda is the way she is. Within the "marking periods" the sections are indicated with a title telling the reader what she will be talking about. The passages are written much like a play format. Anderson is very descriptive in her text. With each dialog is a bracket explaining what the person talking is doing, wearing, or gesturing, much like she is directing a play and the actors need to know how to stand or move. Her language is sophisticated yet simple. She writes to an older audience. She uses pronouns like "IT," talking about Andy and "Them," to address her parents. Her usage of the pronouns allows the reader to feel the separation from the characters. By calling Andy "IT," she is letting the reader know that he is a character she would like to forget and could care less about. Calling her parents Them, excludes her from feeling like she is a part of them. Anderson spells words wrong so it seems as if it could be a diary and the narrator, Melinda, is reflecting upon what happened but cannot spell. It allows the reader to connect to Melinda better.

a haunting, painful read
This book is painful, but then again, so is teenage life for many young people.Those who have felt alone, scared, confused and without a voice will not only feel Melinda's pain, but her triumph as she finally finds her voice. However, it is the people who never felt like her at all who need to read this book most of all.Maybe it will help them understand the trials that many of our young ones are going through so that we can find ways to show them that they are not alone.

It'll Shake You Up and Set You Down Again
When I began this book, I didn't like it.It was so negative, and absolutely depressing.There's a reason for that.It's about a girl who is suffering through depression over something that happened.It's written in first person, so you feel everything she feels.Her depression really gets into your head.You go through everything--from the depression to the recovery--yourself.At the end, things start getting lighter, freer, and after the rest of the book, it's such a release.I do recommend this book, for people who are going through depression themselves.It has mature content--probably not suited for the average 12- or 13-year-old--but I recommend it to people--even young people--who have gone through or are going through the same things.The ending makes up for all the negativity throughout the book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Emotional problems    4. Fiction    5. General    6. High schools    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. School & Education    9. Schools    10. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    11. Social Issues - Sexual Abuse    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence   

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Amazing.
Morgan Menzie's Diary of an anorexic girl is truly amazing and heartfelt. It is by far one of the best diaries that i have ever read. It goes deep into Blythes descent into Anorexia and to her recovery. I used to anorexic, so this truly touched me. Though it may be triggering to someone who is still battling an ED it is worth the Read.

Talk About Real!!!
Morgan Menzie's book was the first diary of an eating disorder I read, and is the reason why I continue to read more ED books. She unlike many ED authors talked about things other that just her eating disorder, such as relationships with friends, family and boyfriends. It's not a book that's all about anorexia but does emphasize more so than other subjects in her diary.
Best Book Ever Written
This book was probably the best book that I ever read. I absolutely loved it. I couldn't put it down. When Blythe would be so close in getting a boyfriend and then fly off the handle it would get me worked up, and it made me want to tell her "Calm down. Do you know what you doing?" I would get happy for her when she was so close to a boyfriend and something to bring happiness into her life, and then she would do something crazy and destroy all my hopes of her being happy. I couldn't believe that Becca was so stupid and didn't realize that she wasn't getting better. I can't believe that she just believed the food charts that Blythe did, even though she hadn't gained any weight or looked any diifferent. I was like "How stupid can you be lady!" This book really gets you involed and it made me wonder how people can be anorexic, but the problem is not their eating it is caused by something else. Once you figure out that problem and get it solved it will be easier to get yourself back on track and keep you regular. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anorexia nervosa    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Christianity - Christian Life - General    4. Conduct of life    5. Diaries    6. Eating Disorders - General    7. Fiction    8. Religion    9. Social Issues - General    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General    11. Youth Interests    12. Youth/Children   

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Punctuation Takes A VacationBy:Robin Pulver
One hot day Mr. Wright told the punctuation to take a vacation.The punctuation said, " Is this the thanks we get for all we have done?"Then the punctuation took a vacation to Take-A-Break Lake.The students wrote a letter to the punctuation using Mr.Rongo'spunctuation.
Punctuation Takes A Vacation
On a hot day Mr. Wright decided to give punctuation a vacation.The punctuation said, " That's cool !", and they went to Take-A-Break Lake.The next day the punctuation marks sent postcards to Mr. Wright's class.Mr.Wright's class wanted to write back, so they borrowed Mr.Rongo's punctuation.
Punctuation Takes A VacationBy:Robin Pulver
On a hot day Mr.Wright's class said, "Let's give punctuation a vacation."The class tried to read a book, but couldn't because there was no punctuation.The students borrowed Mr. Rongo's punctuation and used them in a letter.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Preschool Picture Story Books    7. Punctuation    8. School & Education    9. School stories    10. Schools   

Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Envy    6. Fiction    7. Jealousy    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship    11. Schools   

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Silly book great for kids.
Just loved this book, it was silly and thoroughly enjoyed by our 4 year old.He was quite amuzed at the ending!

A fun book
I am a mother of two boys ages 3 and 4. We like this book. It has cute pictures and the rhyming is fun. It is a book full of questions and then answers the questions in ryhme. Silly and fun.

Yes, but they don't use soap!
What a great book!My 2 1/2 year old son loves the rhyming text, the fun pictures, and was particularly interested in what pirates dream of!Of course, parents must put on their salty drawl to make the book even morefun, Matey!A great addition to a child's book collection. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Historical - General    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Pirates    8. Social Issues - General    9. Stories in rhyme    10. Early learning / early learning concepts   

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An Evil Cousin from "Down There"! by T. Sprock
Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
The Invasion of the Boy Snatchers
If you had a boyfriend who you liked a lot how would you feel if someone stole him from you?Well that's how the girls feel in this book. The book I read was really good. It ended with the girl getting caught stilling everybody else's belongings. Then she tried to get other girls boyfriends so that they would want to go out with her. So then she had to go back to Spain.
A Girly Dramatic Page Turner by Karli Harshbarger]
Lisi Harrison's Invasion of the Boy snatchers, is a definite page turner.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Cliques (Sociology)    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Lifestyles - City Life    9. Readers - Chapter Books    10. School & Education    11. Social Situations - Teen Lifestyle    12. Students, Foreign    13. Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City Life   

Editorial Review

Ever since Mark's parents died, he has been living with Bryon. The boys are more like brothers than mere friends. They've been inseparable--until recently. Something seems to be changing between them, and Bryon can't figure it out. Is it Cathy, Bryon's new girlfriend? Is Mark jealous? Bryon is also tired of the street fighting, but Mark seems unable to quit. And where is Mark getting all of that money? In Read more

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That was then , this is now
The theme of the story "This was then this is now" is changed throughout the story the boys Mark and Bryon seem to be in school and walking down the streets most of the time and wondering anywhere there situation is. The aspect of the story I personally liked was that Mark and Bryon are in different situations, like Bryon has a girlfriend that mark and is constantly getting into street fights and mark is jealous of Bryon having a girlfriend. And at the same time mark seems to be coming up with money and can't control himself and won't seem to quit most of the time. The aspects that weren't so interesting to me were that Bryon gets into street fights the were caused by the stupidest things and doesn't want to resolve the problems he just wants to fight all the time and he gets tired of fighting already. I think that images that Hinton put out were very persuading to the person whose reading the book, because he said how Bryon sticks up for mark in a fight and how there on the streets dealing with the problems, I also thought that the main characters were believable because I would think the boys were just the typical best friends that get in to situations that the boys get into in the story.The story was an adventure that two best friends have in a lifetime.

Oustanding, Hard Hitting
As a 7th Grade Language Arts teacher in search ofgood book for my students, I hit a home run with this one.Wow! Powerful!
Another outstanding novel about teen boys in trouble
When I was in tenth grade, my English teacher read "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton to the class. I loved the book so much that I reread it one year later and consider it one of the best examples of fiction about teenagers. While this book isn't quite the caliber of "Outsiders" it is another excellent novel about teenagers experiencing troubles.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Classics    4. Family - Stepfamilies    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Social Issues - Adolescence    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Social Issues - General    11. Social problems    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

Reviews (15)

A favorite in our house!
This and "Once Upon a Potty" are my son's (age 2) favorites. It's a great potty book, and personally, I think it's a plus that it's unclear whether the child in the story is a boy or a girl - that just means either gender will easily be able to relate. As for whether it encourages toddlers to use the potty, I think it does. Whenever we read this, my son shouts "Diapers off!" and flies to the potty chair. One thing that's a real positive about this is that it's a bit long. That's been a help keeping my son sitting on the potty longer without being distracted by a toy or a noise or whatever. I'd highly recommend A Potty for Me for anyone looking to start or add to their potty training toolbox.

a great potty book!
My son (2 years) has loved this book for months.In fact, our family has memorized it now, we have read it so many times.I like how it written on a child's level and emphasized that the most important part of the whole potty learning process is that the child feel good about his/her accomplishments!

It's all in how you know your child will respond...
I have a little boy who will be 3 very soon.He is now at the stage where he tells me when to change poopy diapers, so I know that he is now entering the potty training stage.When looking for a book on encouraging the "potty" concept, I was so delighted to find a Karen Katz book.My child has two Katz books previous to this and loves the illustrations and easy language.Previous books were very instrumental in his grasp of sharing and not hitting.So it led me to purchase this book on potty training.So far, my son has LOVED the book and requests for me to read it over and over.He also is applying the concepts in the book to our visits to the big potty.
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Subjects:  1. Body, Mind & Spirit    2. Children's Baby - Boardbooks    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Health & Daily Living - Toilet Training    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Social Situations - Toilet Training    9. Specimens    10. Toilet training    11. Toy and movable books    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Toilet Training   

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An excellent book!
This book presents a good variety of word and logic problems. I'd recommend this book for anyone interested in a variety of math problems. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Juvenile Fiction    3. Mathematics    4. Problems, exercises, etc    5. School & Education    6. U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad