Toddler Books: Heads, Hearts & Other Parts

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. This was one of the first books I read after my first daughter was born, and I'm so happy that I did. What I like the best is that they discuss the research that has been done on attachment, temperament, etc. Knowing the research really buffered my confidence as a new parent and helped me feel like I was doing the right thing.

It's so easy to feel unsure of yourself when making the transition to parenthood, not to mention often getting conflicting advice from different family members, friends, coworkers, etc. While the advice in the book felt intuitive to me and I might have gone down the same path anyway, I felt like I was backed up by the research, and this knowledge gave me a good foundation for parenting moving forward, and helped inform some of my choices further down the road.

It's also nice to have some insight into how your baby might view you and the world when they are too small to give you much feedback. I think that can be helpful for bonding. I've been giving this as a gift to my closest friends when they've had their first babies, and I'm back now to buy my 4th copy. A guide to your inner child. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I am doing a master degree in development management. In parallel to a master degree on parenting. My child will be awarding the degree.

Principles and values are simple. Read lots of books on parenting. The list of my favorite books includes: Brain Rules for Baby: All these readings made me plunge into my childhood.

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Lots of my current beliefs and behaviours got suddenly a crystal clear explanation. But this post is not about that. Words cannot express how helpful this book is. When I realized I had no idea what I was doing this book gave me all the answers I had ever hoped for. The two authors go over scientific observations on what certain parenting styles bring out in children. They then then give you ideas on how to apply those findings with your little ones. Children whose parents attend to their cries in short periods of time cry less.

This is a proven fact!

The same children also grow up to have healthier relationships with their parents and feel more secure. On the other hand, children who are left to cry for long periods of time actually cry quicker and harder. Can you imagine if every parent had that kind of knowledge, how much happier the children in the world would be if their parents weren't full of unsubstantiated, downright abusive advice like "just let the baby cry it out"?

I'm so grateful that this book came out. It tells you with the evidence to back it up what happens at the different stages of life in regards to things like sharing, confidence, fear, separation anxiety, and socialization amongst others. It brings understanding to why babies act the way they do and what your reactions to those expressions will teach them and affect them.

I hope you find a way to read this book unlike the only one who gave this book a one star review This book is not as good or helpful as I'd hoped. First of all it wants you to put your baby into one of four or five categories based on their behavior and personality but my daughter didnt fit neatly into any of the "categories". How do authors DO that? Whatever the answer, the result makes for a better book -- which is a thumbs-up-all-around situation for readers like me.

Looking forward to this book launching itself into the hands of the reading public. It's like nothing you've ever read before, even if the monsters feel familiar. It's damn bloody funny, and Bloom's dialogue sings. Apr 28, Ja rated it it was amazing. This is one of the books I read about in a recommendation of new releases and was immediately excited about. It just sounded like something fun. Witches, a monstrously big guy whose smart and good hearted, a cute guy with a suspicious sun allergy who may or may not be disappearing girls and a talking demon cat.

Esme and her two sisters get into a small witch war throwing spells at one another to help them get the attention of th This is one of the books I read about in a recommendation of new releases and was immediately excited about.

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Esme and her two sisters get into a small witch war throwing spells at one another to help them get the attention of the too cute guy who comes to town. The only one who seems to know something bad is going down is friend Norman who bears a striking resemblance to a certain monster Frankenstein built so no one is paying attention to him. Think of a super cool girls room, pink on the inside but black around the edges and you can start to imagine what walking inside this book is like. It's in my top ten of books I've read so far this year because it is something a bit different from the YA that's out there.

Mar 28, Elisquared rated it really liked it Shelves: Now, that may sound like the serious supernatural tale, but with the story chock full of campy humor, the death doesn't seem so serious. There's the classic love But little do the sisters know Zach is placing them under his thrall, priming them to be the next meal for himself and his Master.

Yeah, those pesky vampires, always trying to suck your blood. But Norm is not just a mild-mannered giant, and so the story goes. Of course, there is the problem of the corpse-eating cat, but you'll have to discover that for yourself. Apr 10, Sarah rated it it was amazing Shelves: I loved the entire dynamic between witches, vampires, and Norman the human frankenstein creation.

It was a completely reimagined story and I enjoyed it from the start. I wish there had been a little more Norman in the story, but I really enjoyed it. Perfect for those looking for a new vampire or witch story. Sep 23, Gerard Villegas rated it really liked it Shelves: This definitely rates high in my 'bad books' category especially after reading the premise of movie monster tropes from a group of witches, Frankenstein's monster, a vampire and even a demon cat which easily could be a B-film straight to video plot or something you'd find on the SyFy channel next to Sharknado or Dinocroc vs.

Supergator it's real movie, look it up. Imagine me reading this campy, craptastic YA book that combines all the fanfiction elements of a Boris Karloff movie mixed with the This definitely rates high in my 'bad books' category especially after reading the premise of movie monster tropes from a group of witches, Frankenstein's monster, a vampire and even a demon cat which easily could be a B-film straight to video plot or something you'd find on the SyFy channel next to Sharknado or Dinocroc vs.

Imagine me reading this campy, craptastic YA book that combines all the fanfiction elements of a Boris Karloff movie mixed with the horrendous teen angst of Twilight or Beautiful Creatures. Once the movie monster go emo, you know you're in for some wonderful terrible storytelling. All you need now is a Chuck Tingle horny tentacle getting some loving and you would've hit comedy gold!

In Hearts, we're introduced to three teenage sisters who happen to be witches. No, this ain't Charmed even though they have a huge spellbook and try to save the world with their powers. Again, this isn't Charmed, despite the fact that they get chased by evil monsters and have relationship soap opera problems. Again, this isn't Charmed.

It's Sabrina, the Teenage Witch because one of the girls has a demon talking cat. Hence, this makes it a comedy. Enter new high school student Norman who is tall, huge, and has mixed up body parts. He is referred to as Frankenstein even though he is a self-described pacifist and braniac. Apparently, his peers accept the fact that he is normal despite the apparent disfigurement.

We are to assume that everyone is use to have a walking corpse with bolts in his neck think this is normal. Okay, I'll go with it. Also, ignore the fact that that he sewn together and that nobody notices. Sure, that's going to pass. But, Frankenstein's monster is very emo and he is displaying some teenage individuality.

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The readers are going to buy this! Toss in a serial killing vampire as the main conflict and just about everything hits the fan and causes a huge mess in the plot. However, I'm not looking to this as a serious read so all the craptastic scenarios kind of work in this case. It's not the strongest device to use but at least it sets the tone that this is going to be one hell of a guilty pleasure.

To sum up Hearts and Other Body Parts, it's a hilarious guilty pleasure that you can't take seriously. Still, people will read it especially after they hear the theme song. Apr 13, Lj Ducharme rated it really liked it. YA monters with a new take. Lots of funny moments. Great first time out. I can't wait to see what Mr. Mar 05, Stacee rated it did not like it Shelves: I was all over this book.

I loved the synopsis and the cover and couldn't wait to read it. Sadly, I found it a bit lacking. I couldn't quite get comfortable with the narration. It follows a few people, but they all sounded the same. The only difference is that Zack had an accent and used British slang. All three of the sisters were described only by their attributes. Veronica was only beautiful, Katy was only clever, Esme was only level headed.

They couldn't all be those things. Plot wise, there were full pages of info dump-y material and I didn't find anything to root for. I was intrigued enough to keep reading, but I'm not entirely sure why I did. Apr 27, Allison rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed this book! It was fast paced, and an easy enjoyable read.

It's hard to find a great young adult book these days that isn't filled with foul language and sex. This book fits the mark. It has an interesting plot, and characters young adults can relate to. I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into other than it was a YA Fantasy novel about witches.

I'm normally not into books like that but I think this novel might've changed that. It started off with a lot happening. The characters just weren't fully connected to each other or the story. But around 70 pages in things started making more sense. Plus near the end, everything just fell right into place like it needed to be. This book is full of love, family, and magic. I greatly enjoyed the characters, the plot, and the ending.

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Begrudgingly, I got it. To Kill A Mockingbird saved me in a strange way, I guess it saved me from years of waiting to become the person I was going to be: The Eels album Electroshock Blues got me through one of the most difficult periods of loss in my life. We bought a legit album when we got home. In my younger years [because I am oh so old now!

Honestly, I will contradict myself and say not because there is any special message I take away from it, but because of the characters. The book was given to me by my stepfather who thought it might help to alleviate the boredom of boarding school. I was fourteen and due to my dyslexia had only just learned to read properly. I hid the book under my mattress in the dormitory as it would have taken away from me if it had been found. I read it at night under my bedclothes by torchlight. It was a world I could escape into.

The past — Charles II, the plague, the fire of London — became tangible, alive. The love story lingered and I spent many happy hours of daydreaming about Amber and I think it subconsciously inspired me to write I Coriander. Though I read it in my early twenties, the book resonated strongly with me, as I saw, in Tori Spring, a lot of myself. Clair-De-Lune taught me to speak, it taught me that the thoughts in my head could be illustrated just as vividly when I spoke and told them to people as they appeared on paper.



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But I firmly believe that not only was it the book that ignited my love of reading, but the book that taught me that sometimes, just sometimes, being myself was just good enough. Shawshank taught me to adapt but not to give in, to keep the best, most ferocious parts of me intact even as I found my own kinds of camouflage.

No one book, really, there were so many. That was something I returned to many times between the age of 13 and 20 and always found comfort there. The poetic language, the nostalgia, the mystery, the sense of a summer at the end of childhood, so beautifully captured. To me this book is the original YA novel, exploring the inner life of a teen in turmoil - and a source of comfort and humour to generations of readers. Lauren St John, author of The Glory and The One Doller Horse trilogy A story that had a tremendous impact on me as a teenager was The Other Side of the Mountain by EG Vallens , the true story of star American downhill skier Jill Kinmont, who, at 18, suffered a near fatal accident in a pre-Olympic competition in the 50s and was paralysed from the neck down.

I read this book at a time in my life when I felt very lost and had no idea what I wanted to do. The main character of the book, Sophie, hits so many obstacles throughout the novel and we discover the many difficult hurdles she jumped in her past. She never gave up and she always believed in herself, even when everyone she knew turned against her and it all seemed pointless without that one person, she woke up everyday and managed to stay on track.

Books in general are a sort of kind of magic, but this one had just enough magic in it to give me back a little bit of my strength. And of course Will Herondale. One of the most perfect fictional boyfriends. The plot of the book intrigues me. Tessa and Will also love reading: Ballet shoes is for anyone who needs some fellow worriers and dreamers to help them along. Perfect, funny, deep and beautiful. But in the summer of I discovered The Hunger Games. This is a series I have re-read at least three times. It saved my life because it was the book that introduced me to the dystopian genre, and it gave me a different reality to escape to.

Since then, I have come across even more life-saving books.