Please note, for the links to work you need to click on the title of the book to be taken to the full post. Thanks Tarnya
"The picture book is a peculiar art form that thrives on genius, intuition, daring and a meticulous attention to its history and its various, complex components. The picture book is a picture puzzle, badly misunderstood by critics and condescended to by far too many as merely a trifle for "the kiddies." Children are routinely patronized and thus so are we who spend our creative lives entertaining them and nourishing their spirit" Maurice Sendak
Other Books
Includes music books
Heartbroken Open A Memoir Through Loss to Self-Discovery By Kristine Carlson
I haven’t read this yet but I have requested that my local library get it. I’ll add more once I have read it. But a friend heard the author on National Radio and sent me the link http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20100722-1011-Feature_guest_-_Kristine_Carlson-048.mp3 It sounds like an excellent book. »
The Urban Homestead (Expanded & Revised Edition) Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City By Kelly Coyne, Erik Knutzen
The book is full of realistic ideas to increase your self-sufficiency in the city. I have always wanted a life-style block but there are lots of great things to enjoy about city life. I have teenagers too. So that might mean a great deal of driving if I was to move out of the... »
There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake By Deborah Niland and Hazel Edwards
Another fun picture book. »
Talent Is Overrated What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else By Geoff Colvin
From the front cover : “What if everything you know about raw talent, hard work and great performance is wrong?” I think every home educator should read this book. What makes the difference is deliberate practice. Read the book to see what that means Read the author’s page here »
The Fourfold Path to Healing Working with the Laws of Nutrition, Therapeutics, Movement and Meditation in the Art of Medicine By Thomas S. Cowan
This book is an excellent introduction to alternative medicine. While I would not agree with everything contained in the book, I think this book has information which will be helpful to most. You can combine many alternative therapies with conventional medicine to aid healing. The majority of the book covers alternative medicine approach for... »
Nate the Great By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Nate the Great, child detective is a fabulous easy reader, especially (I think)for boys. Marjorie Sharmat has written a whole series of them. Once a child learns the reading vocabulary of one, they will enjoy the others more so. Finding good easy readers that will hold a boys interest is not easy. The other... »
Harry Potter -Magical Music
Harry Potter Magical Music from the First Five Years at Hogwarts by John Williams (Composer), Patrick Doyle (Composer), Nicholas Hooper (Composer) Sometime to inspire your up and coming pianist. 95 pages full of musical score. Unlike other books of this type, it isn’t half full of photos from the movie(that’s a good thing in my... »
French Women Don’t Get Fat The Secret of Eating for Pleasure By Mireille Guiliano
You might like to have a look at the author’s website. The book’s website is here. I found it a helpful book. The advice is not new in one way: building good eating habits. But was unique is her strategies to make those good habits your own, one little step at a time. She has... »
4 Ingredients Gluten Free By Kim McCosker, Rachael Bermingham
4 Ingredients Gluten Free is not a make from scratch, blend your own flour book. The baking recipes use a commercial flour blend. My teens regularly make the pineapple cake. The beef stir fry includes a commercial GF BBQ sauce as one of the ingredients. The authors Rachael and Kim are not from a culinary background, but neither are... »
Economics in One Lesson by H Hazlitt and Jeff Riggenbach
Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics This is the audio version for listening on your ipod or in the car. If you find it hard to find the time to read then audio books are great, it makes time in the car so much more productive and enjoyable. If... »