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Therapists often face the dilemma of determining the most effective intervention for treating the specific needs of pediatric clients. This insightful, 175-page professional resource will show the clinician how to use a combined approach of NDT and SI therapy to best meet children's special needs. The text-written by Erna I. Blanche, M.A., OTR; Tina M. Botticelli, M.S., PT; and Mary K. Hallway, OTR-contains an extensive discussion of NDT and SI. The authors wrote this book because combining these two of the most utilized pediatric treatment approaches had become second-nature to them. Therapists will discover detailed assessment guidelines to help them determine when a combined approach is most useful. This book includes reproducible checklists for the clinician to use to evaluate clients' sensory and movement disorders. Case studies also are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of using a combined approach to remediation. Additionally, the therapist will find chapters that describe how to use the combined approach to treat children with specific disorders, including:
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Down's syndrome This text also contains 29 activities to save clinicians preparation time and motivate their clients. Each activity is clearly illustrated and outlines the problem areas addressed, the sensory and motor focus, and suggested modifications. Try Wheelbarrow Bowling, Magic Carpet Ride, Spider Glider, and more.
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A must reading for all those involved in develop.ped.therap........2001-03-23
An excellent text presenting two of the most popular therapeutic paradigms in the contemporary developmental pediatric therapies, the NDT and the SI approach. Based on a sound scientific background the authors present an eclectic and holistic approach (a combination of the above paradigms) to the treatment of cerebral palsy, autism & fragile X, down syndrome etc. Along with Lois Bly's and Jean Ayre's books a MUST READING for all those involved in developmental pediatric therapies.
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A GilliganÂ's Island legend and volunteer reading tutor relays to kids that they can be anything they want to be, in this brightly illustrated celebration of careers and the natural world.
This inspiring book from actress Tina Louise brings nature and the animal kingdom together to invigorate children to reach for the stars in anything they do. Louise cleverly compares the role of an animal or insect side by side to what a child can grow up to be. Fireflies glow in the dark; an aspiring actress can shine on the silver screen. Spiders spin elaborate webs; an aspiring architect can create a skyscraper. Children will think of their own talents as they read along and be inspired to excel. When I Grow Up shows that amazing things are happening all the time—and that young readers can grow up to be amazing, too!
A GilliganÂ's Island icon sets sail with her first-ever childrenÂ's book
“Teaching children the skill of reading and a love for the written word is important because this will remain with them throughout their lives. If we can reach children at an early age, I believe it will make a difference. This thought brings me tremendous joy.”—Tina Louise
Portion of proceeds from this book donated to promote literacy.
Customer Reviews:
CUTE BOOK, GREAT LOOKING.......2007-05-12
This is a cute book for very young kids. The bright primary colors will certainly lure them to the book, and I think kids will enjoy the simple story.
Colorful children's book.......2007-04-24
Reviewed by Stephanie and Parish (age 3) Rollins for Reader Views (3/07)
Tina Louise wrote "When I Grow Up" to inspire children to read and reach for their goals. Oliver Corwin illustrated "When I Grow Up." There are 30 pages of bright, bold illustrations that Parish loved. It helped that there was a lot of pink in the illustrations.
The children in "When I Grow Up" are of different colors, genders and sizes. There are funny pictures, such as a picture of two elephants shaking trunks. The butterfly is beautiful and caught Parish's eye immediately.
A few of the words are too big for beginning readers. Words such as "architect" and "archaeologist" may be too complicated for young readers to sound out. With a parent's help, "When I Grow Up" will be fun for a young reader to enjoy.
"Do you like this book?"
"Yep." She continues to turn pages.
"Why do you like it?"
"I don't know. Look at this." She points at the two elephants shaking trunks.
"I think this has pretty pictures. Look at the teacher. She is wearing a beautiful dress."
"I want a dress like that. Look." She point to the sea horse.
"That is a sea horse. They swim with fish. Do you see that boy on the big bird?"
"I don't want to do that. I would cry."
"Do you want to keep this book or give it away?"
"I want to keep it in my room."
We did not put it in her room. We kept it for three days with the perpetual pile of toys that stay on the family room floor. She did not pick it up during that time. Isaac, my 18-month-old, looked through it many times. I encouraged Parish to read it with me. She never wanted to. Regardless, this is a keeper. It is well-written and beautifully illustrated. Parish definitely does not lack self-confidence, but for children who need encouragement, "When I Grow Up" will encourage them to reach their goals.
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Tina Turner's is the most fascinating true story in show business. From Nut Bush, Tennessee, to Hollywood stardom...from Ike's Kings of Rhythm to onstage with Mick Jagger and the Stones...from the lowest lows to the highest highs, Tina has seen, done, suffered and survived it all. And in her spectacular bestseller I, TINA, she tells it like it really is...
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My love and respect for Tina Turner knows no limits........2006-04-06
I have read this book atleast 50 times.
I,Tina still brings out so much emotion within me.
When I was a small child, back in 1984, I remember the first time I saw the video for, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" As I marveled at the beautiful, tough, street savy woman with the wild hair I kept wondering who she was. I, like many other kids, thought that Tina Turner was a brand new artist. And all I knew was that her voice amazed me and I loved her rock and roll style...
I,Tina gave me a different perspective altogether. This is a woman who has been in the game for nearly five decades. Tina was a Rock and Roll Icon long before I was a twinkle in my father's eye.
The autobiography was incredibly well done. Tina is so candid and open about each and every detail of her life. The more I read the more I began to see Tina outside the parameters of fame and fortune.
And she did pay a great price for that fame and fortune through years of torcher and abuse.
I can't believe any human being(well, I don't consider Ike Turner human)could subject another to that level of sadistic treatment. At times I have had to reread Tina's accounts over and over again because I couldn't believe it! The broken jaw, the broken ribs, strangulation, punching, and beatings with household objects.
Ike was a pure animal. The man was a genius when it came to music, but he is a scoundrel in every other facet of his life. He should cease and desist with the claims that Tina falsifying her story. The accounts from eyewitnesses and doctors are there, in bold print. Ike was an abusive S.O.B. and he should be thankful that Tina didn't buy a gun and pump him full of led!
My question is what human being could endure all of that? My answer was Tina Turner.
This is a woman who, literally, left with only the clothes on her back. She gave up everything. Her career was in shambles; she had no home, four children, and spent a decade living in cubby holes and cleaning houses...Yet, she managed to rise to the top and become an even bigger star than she was before.
There are no words that I can use to describe my adoration for Tina Turner. I am not only a fan of the performer, but also the woman. She truly is powerful.
Tina is the best.......2005-01-11
I love Tina and her voice.She can dance.I think beyonce is trying to be like her, but no one can be like her.Why did she let ike beat her down. If I was her i would have killed him a long time ago. She was strong and very talented. she looks good for her age. I love her so much.i like rolling on the river.
Up by her bootstraps.......2004-10-25
Tina Turner is an amazing, self made success story. It is the rocky road that she traveled to fame that made us all take notice, from a poor girl in Nutbush Tennessee to a house 'on the sea'(the Mediterranean), as she so eloquently sang in Private Dancer--Tina achieved, and achieved. In the world of music and life, she was 'I Tina'. Tina Turner left her abusive husband Ike with only pennies in her pocket, fighting only to keep her well earned name. Armed with a name, Tina's powerful, rich voice echoed acrooss packed stadiums the world over.
I, Tina tells the tale of one of the most remarkable stories of our time.
The strong survive.......2004-03-08
I remember first hearing Tina Turner when "A Fool In Love" came out in 1957 and being blown away by the sheer raw power in that awesome voice. For the next two decades, Ike and Tina Turner were household names for R&B fans, and few if anybody outside their inner circle knew the price Tina was paying for being part of the team. An abusive womanizer and control freak, Ike beat Tina with increasing violence over the ensuing 19 years as their fame grew and declined, until Tina finally reached inside herself for the strength to say "Enough". A question frequently asked is why do women wait so long to get out of such relationships; Tina was bound to Ike by emotional and financial ties and her own insecurity. The devil you know may be better than the devil you don't; who's to say what's waiting on the outside might not be worse than what you escaped from? But one beating too many tipped the scales; for Tina, it was leave or be destroyed. The story of her flight from Ike with thirty-six cents to her name; the subsequent lawsuits for breach of contract and her comeback to fame and fortune that topped anything she had known when she was part of Ike-and-Tina-Turner is well known enough not to have to recount here; but most of this book is a fascinating and well-written exploration of her childhood, her rise to fame, and the hell of her marriage with Ike, told by many different voices besides hers and Ike's that were witness to it all. We listen to Tina's own voice: "I gave in to myself. I went inside of me to help me. You can do it." We look at Tina now, over sixty and still drop-dead gorgeous, and we feel a deep admiration and respect for a very gutsy lady. This book is inspired reading.
Tina... you are one tough woman!.......2003-09-20
After all these years, her story still rocks me to the bone. This is one great re-tell of her marriage with Ike, and her struggles in the music industry while being a wife and mother with her kids. Her determination to really keep herself alive and vibrant is inspiring as she discovers life's lesson's through the abuse of her husband. Her discovery of buddhism really moved me, and she is just one tough woman.
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On July 19, 2004, an amazing story, accompanied by incredible video footage, broke across network and cable news programs. After a high-speed chase to the top of Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a young woman stopped, calmly stepped out of her car, walked to the edge of the bridge--and jumped. State trooper Les Boldt raced over, thrust out his hand, and in a miracle of timing and determination, snagged the woman's wrist as she started the plunge. Other officers ran to his aid, and they pulled the woman to safety while the on-dash police cam captured the action. That woman on the edge was Tina Zahn, and in Why I Jumped she tells her story for the first time. In this gripping book, readers are given a glimpse of what led to such severe depression that suicide seemed the only answer. Readers won't be able to put down this powerful, true story of postpartum depression, dramatic rescue, and a return to hope.
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Healing to those of us who have been in traumatic places.......2007-09-10
My first memory is of watching someone get shot with a machine gun. That was before things got really tough. After that my mom married someone who spent years abusing myself and several siblings. For anyone who has ever been abused as a child - this book will be a healing place. Tina addresses how every trauma we face as adults takes us back to the feeling of helplessness we struggled with, as children. And it wasn't just a feeling, there was no one to help us.
Tina also does a very good job of explaining the wishfullness of wanting your mom to 'rescue' you and yet realizing (one day when you are grown) that your mom was hanging on by her fingernails wondering how she would support 3 children without a 'man in the house'. Tima also does a wonderful job of explaining how 'abusers' can go to Church and read the Bible and make everyone around them think they are the 'nicest' people.
I have never experienced depression like Tina's - still this book was a healing place for me. I highly recommend it. It's encouraged me to one day write the story of my pain as well - in hopes that it could be someone elses's gain.
Why I Jumped.......2007-04-11
Good book if you want to try and understand what would make someone want to do this like I did. The brain works in mysterious ways...
Love It!.......2007-03-28
I finished this book in one day. I loved it. I found it interesting to hear her story because I suffered from the same thing. I would highly recommend this book.
Inspirational and riveting........2007-03-12
Tina Zahn tried to jump off a bridge 200 feet over the Fox River in Green Bay Wisconsin - but was saved by a trooper who caught her by the wrist as she went over. The whole incident was filmed by the police car's videocam and the event played on TV both locally and nationally. Here, for the first time, Zahn speaks out about why she jumped, and how she eventually recovered from the severe postpartum depression which nearly sent her over the edge. Both health libraries and general-interest lending collections will find WHY I JUMPED: MY TRUE STORY OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, DRAMATIC RESCUE AND RETURN TO HOPE inspirational and riveting.
Diane C. Donovan
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Story needed to be told.......2007-02-12
Tina Zahn describes her descent into a suicide attempt in this memoir about the ramifications of unresolved childhood trauma. Zahn explains that her post-partum depression was a final blow after a lifetime of abuse and abandonment. She reveals in the prologue that the reader will experience the drama of her story. The drama is captured on police video, which was recorded from the patrol car's camera as Zahn jumped from a bridge. Zahn's story was aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Tina was sexually abused by her father. Tina describes the sexual abuse in vague terms but the reader understands how helpless and hopeless she feels. When Tina's mother witnesses the abuse, she literally turns her back on her daughter, refusing to speak to Tina much less comfort her. The mother, who had been repeatedly beaten by the father, arranges family counseling. The counselor does not perform his due diligence and decides to withhold knowledge of incest from the authorities. The father claims he just can't help himself, yet with his promise to control himself, the family is reunited. Tina becomes a classic example of "blaming the victim."
Tina moves through her childhood and teenage years as a "submissive, fearful young woman always seeking to please." In high school, she learns that her father is not her biological father. Tina is left to process the fact that it was her stepfather who had been molesting her.
Tina does not find comfort or support for her deepening depression. She's confused about the meaning of love, but marries anyway. She can't cope with work, but signs on for high-pressured positions. She tells the reader that "tension developed between my youngest sister, Nadine, and me" but doesn't tell the reader why. Tina later has an in-depth conversation with Nadine about Nadine contemplating an abortion. The reader is left as confused as Tina: how does one talk with another about an unplanned pregnancy when there is tension between the two of them? Nothing is "for certain" in Tina's world: there is no safety and security, and ambivalence rules her relationships. She decides to end the pain by jumping off a bridge. In the aftermath, an entire community of cops and Christians support her. Tina shares her healing process, which includes faith, friends, medications, and a saintly spouse.
Tina Zahn has a story to tell, but she does not claim to be a writer. The writing style is elementary: "There are good days and bad days. Christmas was a hard day." It's also repetitive: "Mom made it clear" (page 52) "She made it clear" (page 53) "I got the message loud and clear" (page 53). And full of clichés: "miles between us...roadblocks we would face." However, Tina Zahn is performing a service by telling her story. Readers are made aware of the results of childhood trauma, and the fact that there is a high correlation between sexual assault and suicide attempts. These attempts are not captured on video after high speed car chases, nor are the attempters invited to Oprah. Most of the sexually abused just suffer until they silently and anonymously slip away. Review completed by Lynn C. Tolson, author of Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story
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The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu conquest of China were traumatic experiences for Chinese intellectuals, not only because of the many decades of destructive warfare but also because of the adjustments necessary to life under a foreign regime. History became a defining subject in their writings, and it went on shaping literary production in succeeding generations as the Ming continued to be remembered, re-imagined, and refigured on new terms.
The twelve chapters in this volume and the introductory essays on early Qing poetry, prose, and drama understand the writings of this era wholly or in part as attempts to recover from or transcend the trauma of the transition years. By the end of the seventeenth century, the sense of trauma had diminished, and a mood of accommodation had taken hold. Varying shades of lament or reconciliation, critical or nostalgic retrospection on the Ming, and rejection or acceptance of the new order distinguish the many voices in these writings.
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Hand I Fan With
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This novel is a sequel to Tina McElroy Ansa's Baby of the Family, in which readers were introduced to her heroine, Lena McPherson. Lena was born with a caul over her face, a fold of skin that, according to the elderly of Mulberry, Georgia, promises good fortune. Indeed, Lena is blessed--and cursed--with the ability to read minds, a gift that has fueled her commercial prosperity and her numerous community projects but has also, she feels, stifled her romantic life. It's hard to fall in love with a man whose meanest thoughts are plain to you, Lena finds. The author's solution to Lena's dilemma is a ghost: Herman, who has been dead for a century but who still has "plenty of life in him." This unlikely coupling--and couple they do, overcoming the usual obstacles to human-astral intercourse--leads to a kind of happiness for Lena as McElroy explores her fictional Southern world.
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Bestselling author Tina McElroy Ansa is back with another tale from Mulberry, Georgia, the richly drawn fictional town and home of the extraordinary Lena McPherson. Lena, now forty-five and tired of being "the hand everyone fans with," has grown weary of shouldering the town's problems and wants to find a little love and companionship for herself. So she and a friend perform a supernatural ritual to conjure up a man for Lena. She gets one all right: a ghost named Herman who, though dead for one hundred years, is full of life and all man. His love changes Lena's life forever, satisfying as never before both her physical and spiritual needs. Filled with the same "humor, grace, and great respect for power of the particular" (The New York Times Book Review) as her previous critically acclaimed novels, Baby of the Family and Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With is yet another memorable and life-affirming tale from one of America's best-loved authors.
Customer Reviews:
Absolutely DREADFUL.......2007-08-16
I could not finish the book it was too descriptive about the wrong things and the "love story" with a friggin ghost was too over the top for me. Simply awful!!!
hand i fan with.......2007-01-11
this book is (as the kids say) off the chain!!!!!!!!!!!!excellent reading. i've read it cover to cover about 3 times and will start again.
Wow! I want a ghost boyfriend too!.......2006-09-28
I read the hand i fan with summer of 2004 after two sistahs mentioned the books to me - they didn't recommended it they just asked if i had read it. i remember reading the back cover & thinkin': yeah right....a ghost, she's sleeping with a ghost! has it gotten that bad? i agree that Ansa was a little bit overly descriptive but its still a damn good book and i highly recommend it! you know a book is powerful when you are crying - this book had me crying when you know what happened....Ansa put a foot in that book and did beautiful things w/ words....Keep doin' the damn thang!
I Wish I had a man like Hermon........2005-03-20
This wonder love story is one you may never forget because every woman who reads this book will wish for a Hermon in her life.
To say to much would spoil the read. Enjoy!!!
Too descriptive, too lengthy.......2004-09-09
This book pulled me in two directions. It annoyed me and entertained me at the same time. The picture that Ansa paints with her words are gorgeous. The descriptive writing is good, however, I WISHED SHE WOULD GET ON WITH THE D#@* STORY!!!!!!!! I didn't care how the story ended because I didn't "know" the characters. Yeah, I got lots of background stories about Lena and the people around her, but I rarely caught a glimpse of who she was as a person during the situation she was going through in the present. I only knew how others perceived her due to the copious amount of descriptions that Ansa provided. I stopped reading the book about halfway through. I only got halfway though because I was determined to finish it this time (2nd time trying to read it). I couldn't do it.
If you want to read it, check it out at the library.
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Do you dream of Crossing the galaxies? Living in the far future?Entertaining millions with your imagination?This book can help make those dreams come true!Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales of the fantastic. Award-winning writers such as John Barnes, James Patrick Kelly, Norman Spinrad, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen reveal some of their secrets of crafting believable stories, while Grand Masters Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein provide timeless advice for beginners and veterans alike. The editors also provide valuable insights into the process by which stories get published and they offer helpful hints on getting your story out of the slush pile and into print.
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Great collection.......2007-10-05
I really enjoyed this collection and found it useful. I can understand the arguments people make that the collection can be contradictory, but that is do to the fact that there are different essays by different people with different roads to success. There is no one sure-fire way to write a good story, if there were we wouldn't need different perspectives. This seems obvious to me. Each writer can only comment on their own particular field of science fiction. Some people love hard science fiction, while others love cyber-punk, space operas, anthropological science fiction, etc etc. All of these sub-genres have niches and ways to go about writing.
In fact, if you read the opening essay by Heinlein, he clearly says that the essay is merely pointing out basic ideas toward interesting pieces that will be sold. So, while there are "guidelines" to follow, the guidelines aren't biblical commandments of writing science fiction/fantasy, and they can be broken.
It also tells you throughout the essays what clearly NOT to do if you don't want to end up with a cliche-ridden story that will get rejected over and over.
It is true that this book deals more toward the process of creating a short story than a novel, but generally that is how science fiction authors break into the field and get noticed, and if you didn't notice the book was compiled by Analog and Asimov's science fiction, which are two of the most famous SHORT STORY publications. That said, I would recommend this to people who want to write speculative fiction stories to sell to magazines like Asimov's, Analog, Science Fiction and Fantasy, etc.
It is not loaded with information on Fantasy or novel-writing, but if you are serious about writing, this book will give you some good weapons to add to your writing arsenal and get you pumped to do some writing. I agree it is not the end-all book on writing, but realistically as an aspiring writer you should read whatever you can find, and this features some of the greatest names in the field writing honestly about what they know.
1 1/2 stars really.......2004-08-08
I bought this book because I thought there would be more material concerning fantasy. Aside from the chapter "Turtles all the Way Down" there is little to do with fantasy, some chapters even have passages along the line of "fantasy maybe, but we're talking about sct-fi."
There are also several mixed messages. One chapter says "Show, don't tell" and the next chapter says "Tell, don't show." The book as a whole doesn't agree on issues of the importance of plot v. characters as well.
And this book needs revisions to be useful for readers and writers of the 21st century; typewriters seem obsolete and there are no websites listed. Its a very dated book.
Good diversity of input on the subject.......2004-06-08
As some other reviewers have pointed out, this is not a cohesive, straight through guide to writing by a single author. It is a collection of 20 essays by 14 different authors on many different aspects of writing. The book covers plotting, characterization, creation of future societies, and (most important of all for aspiring writers) guidance on getting your first story published.
This is an excellent book if you know what you are getting in to. It does not go into great depth on writing fantasy despite the title and it focuses mainly of the short story, not novels. If, however, you are interested in writing short science fiction this book is a great resource.
Wildly Uneven, But Worth it For The Good Bits.......2004-06-04
At the most basic level, this book delivers what the title and subtitle promises: How-to essays by some of the biggest names (as of the mid-1980s) in science fiction writing. The majority deal with science fiction (rather than fantasy) and with magazine (as opposed to book-length) pieces. Would-be fantasy writers should beware, but should also be willing to cut the editors a little slack on the subject. New writers with no track record and no agent (the book's target audience) have always had an easier time publishing short fiction than novels. Fantasy is (and has been for decades) almost entirely published as novels, but there's still (if only barely) a market for magazine-length science fiction.
The book is not, however, what it clearly *wants* to be: THE book for writers trying to break into the genre. The essays in it were written at different times and for different purposes. They vary wildly in length, depth, and (most critical) in the amount of knowledge they assume on the part of the reader. Trying to read the book straight through can give you a severe case of intellectual whiplash. If you want a unified, coherent book about how to write quality science fiction and fantasy, this is NOT it. (Try Orson Scott Card's _How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy_ or Barry Longyear's _Notes to a Science Fiction Writer_ instead.)
The real gems of this book include, as other reviewers have noted, Stanley Schmidt on worn-out plot devices and Connie Willis on humor. IF you want to write hard science fiction (stories where the scientific details are firmly in the foreground and integral to the story), then add Hal Clement's on aliens to that list. IF you want to write fantasy, then add Jane Yolen's superb essay on using elements from mythology and legend. Either group could benefit from Poul Anderson's essay on world-building. (As Diana Wynne Jones pointed out in her hilarious _Tough Guide to Fantasyland_, fantasy writers are notorious for creating worlds that make no ecological sense.)
The book is, ironicaly, least useful where it's most closely concerned with the mechanics of writing. Isaac Asimov's five essays are breezy and genial but offer little in the way of really concrete advice. Robert Heinlein's single essay (written in the early 1950s, if memory serves) is valuable *only* if you keep in mind that it was written when the market for magazine SF was *much* larger than it is today. Sheila Williams' essay on "The Mechanics of Submission" is now badly out of date, since it was written before e-mail and inkjet printers. Many of the markets listed at the end of the book have, sadly, ceased publication years ago.
The good bits of this book are very, very good. The essays by Anderson, Willis, and Yolen alone are worth the price of (paperback) admission. Be aware, though, that you get a *lot* of chaff along with the wheat.
Great for Science Fiction, not for Fantasy.......2004-05-03
I was disappointed with this book because my primary focus is on fantasy, not science fiction. Originally I decided to pass on this book until I found out that a SF writer and teacher I admire loves this book, so I changed my mind and got it.
If you know Analog which focuses on hard science fiction and Asimov's which focuses on character-driven science fiction, this book is exactly what you would expect. There are some incredible articles on how to create a believable planet and how to extrapolate from the present society to hypothesize what a future society might be. Stanley Schmidt, the current editor for Analog, included some interesting articles on story ideas editors see so often they know the ending after reading the first paragraph, and articles on what as an editor he is trying to do for both the writer and the reader. If you are a fan of Asimov or Heinlein, you may be interested in their articles just to understand how they think. Except for Connie Willis's wonderful essay on comedy and the world-, creature-, and society-building essays, the actual writing advice is good for a beginning writer, but won't have new information for an intermediate/advanced writer.
For the right person, this book is a gem. If you are trying to publish in Analog or Asimov's, I'd say it is a must. If you are interested in hard science fiction, there is a lot this book has to offer. If you are interested solely in fantasy, this book probably will be a bit of a disappointment.
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I Touched the Moon! is a unique picture book that combines five timeless stories for young children with crafts that complement each story. Annick Press developed
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When storytelling and reading are accompanied by creative craft activities, children can develop a rewarding experience combining play and early literacy.
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The Golden Goose
illustrated by Alice Priestley
A traditional tale of a sticky golden goose who succeeds, where all else has failed, in making a young princess laugh again.
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My Messy Parents
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Nadya is tired of her parents' mess. She tries to tell them that everything has a place, but they won't listen. When they actually start to clean up, all sorts of things go missing - including Nadya and her little brother, Max!
Craft:Â Â Easy-to-make finger puppets from construction paper. Make Mom, Dad, Nadya, and baby brother Max.
The Mouse and the Elephant
illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen
A small brown mouse is in a hurry to prove he is the smartest and bravest and fiercest creature in the whole world, and he hunts out an elephant to prove it. At the end of the story he is as disillusioned as he was when he began his quest.
Craft:Â Â Make puppets with party blowouts of all the characters in the story: the mouse, the elephant, the lizard, the ladybug, and the warthog.
I Touched the Moon!
illustrated by Suzane Langlois
When the Court Magician has exhausted all his ideas, a young girl shows a spoiled prince how to get what he wants. She cleverly reveals a simple way to touch the moon.
Craft:Â Â Create a moon, a crown you can wear, and all the things the prince tries to use to touch the moon - a ladder, a rainbow, and wings.
Tug-of-War
illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
One hot day a little turtle wanders down to the river. Before he can swim, he must first outwit a hippo and an elephant. After winning the tug-of-war, he proves himself the best sport by sharing his river with everybody.
Craft:Â Â Create the river and the tree that the little turtle hides behind, and then make the turtle, the hippo, and the elephant to play with.
Product Description
Shirley Jewett is a lung transplant survivor who has taken the wealth of information she learned in her process of moving from a death sentence to a rich full life and chonicled it to encourage others who are in a similar situation.
Customer Reviews:
Awesome book on the realities of transplantation.......2003-01-05
This is an awesome book and i highly recommend it to anyone wanting to know what it's like to be chronicaly ill.
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