Review of Mommy, Why? (Paperback)

Ms. O,Neill's book is one of my daughter's favorites!!! It deals with the hard issues of race in a very sensitive manner. After reading the book a child will understand that everyone is different, not necessarily "better" but different and that different is GOOD. This book should be on all the bookshelves in every school(children need to learn to be tolerant of one another, not hateful or envious or inferior)!!! This book is a good find.


Product Description
wrote this book to inspire children and parents to be open-minded and to respect diversity.The conversation between seven-year-old Anna and her mother who are Asian covers differences in appearance, family, culture, disability, marriage and love.The dialogue is direct and loving; Anna learns to understand and value her being different from others, and that appreciating their being different is a good way to grow up.Children, parents and teachers will enjoy reading this book.

About the Author
Lin Fong-O'Neill left her native Hong Kong for America at seventeen. She had a successful management career in New York's JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she was selected as a member of the Diversity Council within a major business sector. She retired in 2001 to pursue creative writing. Her work has appeared extensively in New York's Great South Bay Monthly magazine, and New Jersey's Asbury Park Press. This is her first children's book. She hopes to pass along her love of different cultures, and to promote unity through diversity.

Lin lives with her husband, Ben, and their two cats, Maxi and Tommy, in Colts Neck, New Jersey.

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Review of Aquaman's Guide to the Ocean (DK READERS) (Paperback)

If your child's idea of enjoying the ocean is eating fish sticks, this book introduces oceanography with the help of Aquaman.

We recommend the DK Readers series. Our sons -- ages 5 and 4 -- really enjoy reading about superheroes, so we use that interest to introduce them to other topics (see my listmania list and other reviews).

Each of these books offers several graphics on each page. The information is arranged in brief chapters with lots of USA Today-style sidebars.

We also have the "I Can Read" books for young readers which we use for bedtime reading. The Level 4 books are more difficult and are better shared a few pages at a time. These make a great spring board for weekend science projects and activities.


We also own:

Green Lantern's Book of Great Inventions
The Flash's Book of Speed
Incredible Hulk Book of Strength
Batman's Guide to Crime & Detection



Product Description
In this next great addition to the DK Readers series, DC Comics' Aquaman introduces a variety of non-fiction topics relating to the world's oceans, such as: How seas were formed and where they are in the world, waves and currents, the diversity of sea life, fishing, undersea exploration, and pollution.

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Review of Dinosaurs (Insiders) (Hardcover)

My 4-year-old loves this highly detailed book about dinosaurs. I learned a thing or two about these beasts as well.

Product Description
INSIDERS -- a visually groundbreaking, state-of-the-art nonfiction series that outshines Eyewitness and Discoveries. This stunning new series offers an inside look into twelve riveting subjects, beginning with Dinosaurs, Egypt, Oceans, and Space. Expertly written, each book will feature an arresting design, complete with dynamic, multi-layered CGI and 3-D model imagery that is complemented by fascinating, up-to-date information presented in a user-friendly format.

Dinosaurs explores every aspect of the time when these real-life monsters ruled the Earth, with illustrations that reveal the layers of dinosaur anatomy, show the process of fossil formation, and explore several well-known species in depth.

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