Children’s Book Review: Great Scientists

I love when a wonderful subject is condensed into one book for children to read, rather than a small volume on each subject.
This is what Great Scientists does perfectly; it takes the best and greatest scientists that the world has ever known and features them in one reference book that can stay handily on the [...]

Children’s Book Review: Evolution Revolution

From Darwin to DNA, proclaims the subtitle, and so the book does go. It covers the earliest days of Darwin and his theories to the newest information available about evolution.
Starting with the stories of creation from various religions then moving on to the debate and challenges of the religious claims of the earth’s beginnings, the [...]

Children’s Book Review: Eyewitness Economy

Ok, admittedly it’s not the most thrilling topic for a book.
But it is a very important one. Our children do need to learn about the economy and how it works, starting with the basics and moving up.
This Eyewitness book does the trick for an introduction to economy and what it entails. It explains what exactly [...]

Children’s Book Review: Human Body Q&A

The mechanics of the human body are explored, and in depth, in this colorful and fascinating book.  Starting at the basic parts that comprise the human anatomy, the book winds its way through how we fuel our bodies, our brainpower, pumping blood and the life story.
Each section is full of great photographs and illustrations, and [...]

Children’s Book Review: Eyewitness Dinosaur

This updated version of the classic Dinosaur book is a must have for any dinosaur crazy kid, or adult. The new computer created illustrations bring it more up to date and make it more current with todays’ standards, plus make the dinosaurs appear oh-so vividly realistic now.
The book covers evolution, how dinosaurs might have communicated [...]

Children’s Book Review: Big Babies, Small Babies

Oh, what an adorable  book this is! Filled with pictures of all sorts of animal babies and their parents it is sure to thrill your youngsters like it did mine. My daughter loves this book, and I can see why.
Each animal is featured on a two page spread with wonderful photographs of the babies [...]

Children’s Book Review: Eyewitness Expert : Ancient Egypt

Everyone, at one point or another in their youth  becomes fascinated with mummies, pyramids and the secrets of Ancient Egypt. Some of us never grow out of it and a rare few even go on to spend their careers trying to solve the ancient mysteries that still taunt us today.
Eyewitness Expert by DK Publishing has [...]

Adult Book Review:Perfect Plant, Perfect Place

Spring has sprung and it’s time to get out your gardening books! And if you have a sad lack of said helpful tomes, Perfect Plant, Perfect Place is an excellent starter’s guide.
Over 18,000 amazing color photographs detail the author’s plant recommendations, for an amazing range of site and conditions. If you can’t find the kind [...]

Adult book Review: Low Maintenance Garden

Low Maintenance Garden is a lovely little book full of sage gardening advice, plus a wealth of tips and tricks. This is a a perfect guide for the beginner gardener, or a great refresher for someone like me who simply forgets.
I do. I forget my soil basics, I forget what I should be amending and [...]

Adult Book Review: Brain Training

If you are not only a lover of brain teasers and puzzles, but have a keen interest in learning how your gray matter actually works, this is the book for you.
While full of the requisite teasers that I swear, really do actually make your brain hurt with the effort to solve them, the book [...]

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