Mama Sharon's Bookshelf

Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede

2010-04-18T18:53:00.000-07:00

Very enjoyable.

A Castle on Viola Street, by DyAnne DiSalvo

2010-02-10T18:18:00.001-08:00

Habitat for Humanity story

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, by Claire A. Nivola

2010-02-09T20:11:00.000-08:00

Author's Note: "In 2004, Wangari Maathai was the first woman from Africa to receive the Nobel Peace Prize..."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, by David A. Adler

2010-02-07T16:32:00.001-08:00

Level 2 "Easy Reader" tells the story of MLK and the Civil Rights movement in short sentences and large print.

Teaching Your Children Values, by Richard Eyre and Linda Eyre

2010-02-07T11:41:00.001-08:00

Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training, by Karen Pryor

2010-02-07T11:40:00.001-08:00

Intro to behaviorism from a dolphin trainer. Every parent (and everyone else) should read and understand this book.

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson

2010-02-07T11:38:00.001-08:00

The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's, by Temple Grandin

2010-02-07T11:37:00.001-08:00

Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's, by Tim Page

2010-01-31T18:24:00.000-08:00

Thoughtful, kind, and profoundly likable.

There's a video of Tim Page giving a presentation at Regis College online at AANE.

Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope by Youme Landowne

2010-01-28T17:57:00.000-08:00

The first children's book to successfully get my five-year-old excited about bravely standing up to a tyrannical government.

Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy

2010-01-22T11:00:00.000-08:00

Both funny and liberating-- what's not to like?

"FREE RANGE KIDS has become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy’s piece about allowing her 9-year-old ride the subway alone in NYC.

Chapters include:
KNOW WHEN TO WORRY (AND NOT) — Playdates and Axe Murders: How to Tell the Difference
STOP THINKING LIKE A LAWYER — Some Risks are Strength Builders
STUDY HISTORY — Your 10-year-old Would Have Been Forging Horse Shoes (or at least delivering papers)
FAIL — It's the New Succeed
RELAX — Not every little thing you do impacts your child's development, unless you smother or inspire rebellion

A lot of parents today, Skenazy says, see no difference between letting their kids walk to school and letting them walk through a firing range..."

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/