INFODAD.COM: Family-Focused Reviews

At INFODAD, we rank everything we review with plus signs, ranging from one (+) [disappointing] to four (++++) [definitely worth considering]. We mostly review (+++) or better items. Very rarely, we give an exceptional item a fifth plus. We are independent reviewers and, as parents, want to help families learn which books, music, and computer-related items we and our children love...or hate. INFODAD is a service of TransCentury Communications, Inc., Fort Myers, Florida, infodad@gmail.com.

February 01, 2007

(++++) SISTERHOOD AND PANTSHOOD FOREVER!

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Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood. By Ann Brashares. Delacorte Press. $18.99.       It seemed like such a high-school...

(++++) PUZZLE ME THIS....

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The Brainiest Insaniest Ultimate Puzzle Book! By Robert Leighton, Mike Shenk, and Amy Goldstein. Workman. $10.95.       It’s midwinter. ...

(++++) THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE

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Children of the Lamp, Book Three: The Cobra King of Kathmandu. By P.B. Kerr. Orchard Books/Scholastic. $16.99. The Magician Trilogy, Book Tw...

(+++) CENTS-IBLE ADVICE FOR COUPLES

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Financial Bliss: A Couple’s Guide to Merging Money Styles and Building a Rich Life Together. By Bambi Holzer. AMACOM. $21.95.       Whet...

(+++) MENOPAUSE MEETS ITS MATCH

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Muscle Your Way Through Menopause…and Beyond. By Judith Sherman-Wolin. Da Capo. $17.95.       This book has only one idea. But it happe...

(++++) OF SYMPHONIES AND MARIN ALSOP

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Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Marin Alsop conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Naxos. $8.99. Glass: Heroe...
January 25, 2007

(++++) WANDA MAKE SOMETHING OF IT?

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The WandMaker’s Guidebook. By Ed Masessa. Illustrated by Daniel Jankowski. Designed by Bill Henderson and Daniel Jankowski. Tangerine Press/...
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(++++) MUCH THAT GLITTERS

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Robert Kushner: Wild Gardens. Essays by Michael Duncan and Robert Kushner. Pomegranate. $35.      The notion of palimpsest is an old one in ...

(++++) RUNNING FROM AND RUNNING TO

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Runaway. By Wendelin Van Draanen. Knopf. $15.95.      Wendelin Van Draanen’s Sammy Keyes series is a well-above-average example of the young...

(+++) SHORT AND SWEET

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The Dog: Why Are Dogs’ Noses Wet? And Other True Facts. By Howie Dewin. Scholastic. $3.99. The Dog: Is a Paw a Foot? By Kris Hirschmann. Sch...

(++++) SMOOTH AND SWEET MAHLER

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5. James DePreist conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Naxos. $8.99.      Gustav Mahler made his famous comment, “...

(+++) ONE OF POSTERITY'S ALSO-RANS

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Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Fantaisie Brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d’Otello de Rossini; Concerto in F-sharp minor (Concerto Allegro-Pat...
January 18, 2007

(++++) FAIRY TALES WITH ZING

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The Fairy’s Return and Other Princess Tales. By Gail Carson Levine. HarperCollins. $14.99.      Gail Carson Levine is best known for Ella En...

(++++) ANIMAL WISDOM

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Old Turtle. By Douglas Wood. Watercolors by Cheng-Khee Chee. Scholastic. $17.95. Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship. By Isabella Ha...
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(++++) GIRLS OF PLUCK AND POWER

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Flora Segunda. By Ysabeau S. Wilce. Harcourt. $17. Beka Cooper, Book I: Terrier. By Tamora Pierce. Random House. $18.95.      Heroines who g...

(+++) WORK WRECKERS

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A Survival Guide to Managing Employees from Hell: Handling Idiots, Whiners, Slackers, and Other Workplace Demons. By Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D...

(++++) FOUNTAINS OF YOUTHFULNESS

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Schumann: String Quartets Nos. 1-3. Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos. $8.99. Bax: Sonata for Viola and Piano; Concert Piece for Viola and Piano; Leg...
January 11, 2007

(++++) DICKINSON, WELL SEEN

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The World in a Frame. Poems by Emily Dickinson. Drawings by Will Barnet. Pomegranate. $30.      This is a book of style, b...

(++++) FLAT-OUT FUN

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The Flat Stanley Collection. By Jeff Brown. Pictures by Scott Nash. HarperTrophy. $14.99.      Stanley Lambchop’s adventu...

(+++) FOLLOWUP MYSTERIES

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The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie. By Jaclyn Moriarty. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic. $16.99. Vanishing Act: Mystery at the U.S. Open. By ...
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