Customer Reviews:
buy it!.......2007-03-15
My daughter is 9 and wouldn't put it down. Just like all the other american girl books!
Great book for young girls.......2007-02-08
My daughter (11) has just about worn the cover off the book. A child does not have to have American Girl dolls to benefit from this book. It is written to teach them about being a girl. The advice is sound, and it is well written. I am pleased that she has gotten so much use out of the book. She often talks to us about topics in the book, and it is good that it enables the communication process to happen.
Great Series of Books.......2007-01-19
Good book bought it for my daughter she really enjoyed reading it. A+++++++++
Great book for tweens.......2007-01-10
My daughter loves this book. All of the American Girl books have been so helpful for her during such a difficult time during these formative years.
A great reinforcement for young girls.......2006-01-16
My 10 year old neice couldn't put this book down. It allows girls to read about common problems and solutions before they actually happen. Good food for thought for girls between the ages of 9 and 12.
Book Description
For this book, author Diane Conway approached a police officer, a waitress, a politician, a lawyer, a cab driver, and many others, and asked them each the same question: "What would you do if you had no fear?" The results, chronicled in this book, were both surprising and enlightening. Her respondents told her their secrets, their long-hidden dreams, and their fears. Their dreams included quitting mind-numbing jobs, applying to medical school, buying tickets to South America, finding true love, quitting drinking, or having an affair. The distance between dreaming and doing, according to Conway, is surprisingly short. In What Would You Do If You Had No Fear? her fresh voice and "Studs Terkel in drag persona" challenge readers to stop, open their hearts, and truly live. Included are self-tests, quizzes, growth exercises, and inspiring quotes for realizing one's fear-free potential.
Customer Reviews:
Loved It.......2007-01-13
Just what I needed to refocus and prioritize after 20 years in the same job. This was an instant sabbatical for me. Gave me the energy boost I needed to move forward.
a better way to challenge yourself!.......2006-05-16
This book is fantastic in pushing us all to our very limits, posing the best of the best "what if" questions, and ecouraging us to act on them! So much fun to read, dream, and answer with action-- what would you do if you had no fear???
What would You do I you had no fear?.......2005-09-24
A light delightful read that offers hope to those who feel caught in a life of few choices. It's a basic follow-your-heart advice manual which also questions how much one depends on money for happiness.
Inspiration: yes; Substance: no.......2005-06-30
A magazine article prompted me to buy this book. Conway's humor's engaging, and the anecdotes are inspiring. But the book stops there.
Each section is headed with an aspect of the title's question:
*What would you do [if you had no fear]?
*Who would you be [if you had no fear]?
*Where would you go [if you had no fear]?
Your answers are likely to be:
...I would do/make/be/write/create ____, if I had ____.
...I would go to ____, except that I don't have _____.
...I would be a ____, if I'd ever gotten to ____ like I wanted to, all those years ago before ____.
And you are left hanging with your answers. Conway does inspire you to rekindle your desires, but she doesn't help you deal with the rationalizations standing in your way.
[For that, honestly, I'd suggest Laura Berman Fortgang's "Living Your Best Life."]
Conway often alludes to what occurs in her seminars. So the reader (or at least this reader) is left to wonder whether the seminars have the same content as the book, or whether they have more meat to them--and if so, why isn't that in this book?
Inspirational!.......2004-12-12
This book gives hope and inspiration to many who wish to change or break through a fear. I enjoyed every story and could in some way relate to them all. Ms. Conway has a refreshing and witty way of writing and look forward to her next book!! I recommend this as a gift to someone that needs a little boost.
Book Description
This is an interactive book about moral choices for children 6-12. There are 25 stories about moral dilemmas and the reader is asked what he or she would do in that situation. Each story is also followed by thought questions which stimulate great discussions both in the home and in the classroom. The stories are fun for the kids to read and they get them thinking and talking about important moral issues. The book has received excellent reviews and is a wonderful resource for both the home and the classroom.
Customer Reviews:
Good questions but provide no answers.......2007-09-12
The book provides thought provoking questions for kids but answers are not provided in the book. Although I know the right answers I don't the right way to explain it to my kid. Its very important for kids to understand what makes the correct answer "correct". The book is more useful for teachers, but its rather incomplete for parents like me.
Excellent for all ages.......2007-09-11
We have children ranging from 6-11 who all love this book. It has become part of our dinner ritual to choose a story and take turns responding to the ethical challenges.
Kids and parents will love this book.......2000-07-17
This book is such a wonderful way to open up dialogue with yourchildren. They love to tell you what they would do and you get theopportunity to share your values at the same time. I really think this is a wonderful way to talk to your kids about peer pressure and right and wrong so they are prepared to make good decisions when the challenges actually arrive. I highly recommend this book to all parents.
A great book to help teach children decision making........1999-10-10
I really enjoyed this book. There is no right, nor wrong answer. The situations that the child needs to made a decision about, are real life, and believable. I have reccomended this book to all of my teacher friends. Thank you Ms. Humphrey
Customer Reviews:
Commonsense guide, appealing to a variety of ages.......2001-12-09
This book gives clear, concise descriptions of how a child or young adolescent might handle the unexpected--embarassing, frightening or even life threatening situations.
Each situation is briefly stated on a single page in large type. The next page gives clear instructions on how to get the situation under control and when to call for help. Some of the situations include: dealing with an electrical blackout, being followed by a stranger, finding an injured animal, and what to do when a friend appears to have sustained a head injury.
I showed this book to children of varying ages. It elicited interest from children as young as six and as old as high school. One bright six-year-old buried himself in the book, sounding out the hard words because the information made him feel empowered. Older children picked and chose which situations they read but liked the straightforward approach.
This book would be good for a general population of children and young adolescents. However, it would be especially helpful to children who have social skills deficits.
Great choice for special education teachers and SLP's.......2001-08-24
This is a good tool for a special education teacher or Speech language pathologists' bag of tricks. It works great with small groups of students and can be adapted for classroom discussions. It is especially useful when working with children who have pragmatic difficulties.
Good book, but some parts are more appropriate for older kid.......1999-06-17
I thought it was good book, giving guidence to kids in some common and not so common situations. However, I believe some parts are more appropriate for older kids.
This was a good common sense book for kids except page 116.......1999-05-20
This book is part of our school's family peace backpack along with a video, popcorn, and info on how to get along. There is an error on page 116 of the 1990 version. It mentions that you should put petroleum jelly on ticks to make them get off you. It does not work, the tick has plenty of oxygen, it will not suffocate. It may delay a person using tweezers to get the tick off and the person could get a disease from the tick. I have not seen the 1991 version to see if this has been corrected. Thank you
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- Wonderful rhythmic zoo book!
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What Would You Do If You Lived at the Zoo? (A Peekaboo Book)
Nancy White Carlstrom
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Wonderful rhythmic zoo book!.......1998-07-24
My 2 1/2 year old son should be the reviewer of this book. He has requested it from the library at least 4 times and he loves to read it to himself. It's got a great rhythm, and wonderful pictures of lots of different animals. "Would you dip with the otter? Dippidah dippidah!"
Book Description
How important is winning, and does it really matter how we win? What do you think determines a person's "worth" -- how much money he or she has? Can you have lots of friends and still be lonely? When other people are telling you what to do, how do you decide what is right for you?
In this sequel to her popular first book, IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?, psychologist Sandra McLeod Humphrey encourages parents and teachers to talk to children about values and to help them formulate their own personal value system in the face of peer pressure, even when following their own conscience means going it alone. Children can easily identify with the twenty-six scenarios presented, and the questions at the end of each chapter encourage productive, in-depth discussions about the moral choices suggested by each story. Kids will enjoy reading through each short situation and then deciding what they would do.
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- Interesting Collection of gender/anatomy issues
- Daring, Funny, Thought-Provoking!
- So-so
- 1 great, some good, many mediocre, a few lousy
- A shallow book
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Dick for a Day: What Would You Do If You Had One?
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Men's Lives (7th Edition)
ASIN: 0679773533
Release Date: 1997-02-25 |
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This is one wacky premise for a book: ask 50 or so women writers what they would do if they had a--ahem, you know, what the title says. What's fascinating--to a guy anyway, at least to one who's trying to imagine what it would be like to be a woman trying to imagine what it would be like to be a guy--is how many of these pieces aren't about sex; they're about power. According to this book, many bright, creative women believe the "Y" chromosome still confers awesome social leverage and means, in the words of one entry, "passwords, perks, and pertinent information I had never even dreamed of." Haven't the "engendered" politics of the past generation put a big dent in all of this? Fortunately, there is another side here too, put most succinctly in the words of crime novelist Patricia Cornwell: "I'd live just as I do now. I suppose that's the best thing you can say, as I guess it means you don't need one, because it really has nothing much to do with adventure and strength."
Book Description
Not since Kafka's Gregor Samsa awoke to discover that he'd turned into a cockroach has literature addressed such a traumatic transformation. In order to compile
Dick for a Day, scholar and feminist Fiona Giles approached hundreds of well-known writers, poets, artists, actresses, and academics and asked them to express what they might feel if they abruptly found themselves genitally altered.
From Terry McMillan to Jennifer Blowdryer, from Patricia Cornwell to Linda Sexton Gray, we find unexpected answers: hygienic, erotic, metaphysical, and even spiritual. By turns playful and sociologically profound,
Dick for a Day is a milestone in sophisticated humor and feminist literature.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting Collection of gender/anatomy issues.......2002-02-23
52 women and 2 men wrote pieces for Fiona Giles discussing how having a penis for 24 hours might help them understand males, men, and masculinity. What Giles has collected are 17 art pieces ranging from drawings to photos and 37 written piece ranging from short essays to poetry to short stories. Among the contributors are Pat Califia whose essay addresses stereotypes and what "phallic envy" may really be about, Jane Yolen's modern fairtale, "Ask Isadora" advice column by Isadora Alman. Some of the pieces are funny, some are nasty bits of revenge, and a few are even quite insightful. I'm sure something in it will offend everyone but I also think everyone can finding it amusing and moving. Now when we have the reverse experiment?
Daring, Funny, Thought-Provoking!.......2001-09-02
OK, a few of the selections are boring. But the entire premise is fascinating, and this book makes readers think outside the box. As a woman, I felt validated by some of the writings, identified with some, was saddened by the truth of some ("The Pricks in Physics: A Historical Fantasy"), laughed out loud at some, was uncomfortable with some. Only a few left me unaffected. Isn't that one of the highest goals of a book, to stimulate thinking?
So-so.......2000-06-16
I bought this book partly out of shock value, and I kept it on my coffee table for probably a year. Most visitors who came to my house spent at least a few minutes with a story or two. There are some gems here (Adequate Dick, 1-800-yor-dick, and a few others) but many of these stories are sadly dull. Perhaps 50 women was too many to ask, as many of them had the same things to say. Most certainly an entertaining read and a great conversation piece, but at the same time it's little more than brain candy and mostly forgettable.
1 great, some good, many mediocre, a few lousy.......1998-04-23
Let me just say something about the best of the lot. Senator Sin's 1-800-yor-dick. Even though it reads like a female view of what is would be like to have one - hey, that is the purpose to the book...is it not? - I howled at the Senator's escapades. The price of the book is almost (not quite) worth this one poem. And I do think the book cover is clever and all...But, better luck on a second coming.
A shallow book.......1997-08-12
Dick for a Day seemed to be five different repeating themes: 1. This is a dumb idea and I won't contribute (usually 1 or 2 sentences saying this). 2. Man Bashing, why men do this and women either don't need to or want to but feel they can't because they are not "equipped". 3. A light exploration of sex from the other side, with another woman, or man, or dildo, or masturbation, a few are interesting, but most are shallow and boring. 4. A brief justification for a gay/lesbian lifestyle, I have nothing against gays, but I see nothing in it either. 5. I'd call the written equivalent of modern art, hard to read, understand, follow, or simply see if there is a message in the "art". Dick for a Day was a diverting 3 hour read, but I'd suggest getting it from the library, not wasting $12 on the book
Book Description
Based on the National Organization of Human Service Workers (NOHSE) Ethical Code of Conduct, this detailed guide to ethical decision-making provokes thoughtful consideration of all sides of various ethical, real-life dilemmas. The book acquaints readers with a variety of ethical issues and stimulates reflection, discussion, and questions about these issues and standards. The author provides a wide variety of ethical dilemmas for students to consider, along with her own suggested resolutions. These ethical dilemmas, drawn from the real-life experiences of students and professionals around the country, consider such issues as exams and papers, student competency and risk, informed decisions and dual relationships. This workbook is ideal for use along with any ethics textbook or as a stand-alone learning tool.
Customer Reviews:
Good, but needs to be updated.......2004-04-22
I use this book in a college class I teach and have found it to be helpful as a vehicle for discussion. My only complaint is that it needs to be revised. This edition was published 5 years ago. Some of the ethics codes for mental health providers that are included in the back of the book have changed. The American Psychological Association, for example, issued a new ethics code in 2003. Now would be a good time for the author to revise and update the book. Additional ethical scenarios could be included, information on the new government-mandated privacy laws, etc. Otherwise, the book may lose its usefulness as the laws and mental health field change.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent learning tool.......2007-01-16
My preschoolers really enjoy this book and its companion book on Outdoor Safety. It is a tangible way to reinforce safety issues and opens up great opportunities for discussion.
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