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.

March 15, 2007

(++++) A BETTER TIME AT THE “OFFICE”

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Microsoft Office 2007. Windows XP or Vista only. Home and Student, $149 with three-PC license. Standard, $399 ($239 to upgrade). Small Bus...

(++++) COLLECTIBLES WORTH COLLECTING

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Vivaldi: Complete Bassoon Concertos, Volume 4. Tamás Benkócs, bassoon; Béla Drahos conducting the Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia. Naxos . $8.9...
March 08, 2007

(++++) JUST IMAGINE....

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Alligator Boy. By Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Diane Goode. Harcourt. $16. Imagine Harry. By Kate and M. Sarah Klise. Harcourt. $16...

(++++) BUT SERIES-OUSLY, FOLKS

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Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny. By Barbara Park. Illustrated by Denise Brunkus. Random House. $11.99. Duck, Duck, Goose. By Tad H...

(++++) REAL AND UNREAL COMIC-STRIP WORLDS

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Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata: A “Pearls Before Swine” Collection. By Stephan Pastis. Andrews McMeel. $10.95. Teaching … Is a Le...

(++++) THROUGH PREGNANCY AND BEYOND

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Moments and Milestones Pregnancy Journal: A Week-by-Week Companion. By Jennifer Leigh Youngs and Bettie B. Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D. AMACOM. $19...

(+++) NONFICTIONAL TRAVEL

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My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me about Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loud. By Kevin Clash, with Gary Brozek. Br...

(++++) SPLENDORS IN SACD SOUND

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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, op. 35; Sérénade mélancolique, op. 26; Valse-Scherzo, op. 34; Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42. Julia Fischer,...
March 01, 2007

(++++) PICTURE (ALMOST) PERFECT

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My Life as a Chicken. As told to Ellen A. Kelley. Pictures by Michael Slack. Harcourt. $16. Only You. By Robin Cruise. Pictures by Ma...

(++++) THE DISTANT WORLDS NEARBY

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The Faerie Path. By Frewin Jones. Eos. $16.99. Wildwood Dancing. By Juliet Marillier. Knopf. $16.99.       Tales of...

(++++) ENDINGS

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The End. By David LaRochelle. Illustrated by Richard Egielski. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic. $16.99. The Midnight Library: The Cat Lady...

(+++) BOXED AND HEARTLESS

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Heart-Shaped Box. By Joe Hill. Morrow. $24.95.       This is a great grim roller-coaster of a horror novel, full of cinem...

(+++) POE-ETIC JUSTICE?

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Evermore. Edited by James Robert Smith & Stephen Mark Rainey. Arkham House. $34.95.       We just can’t let Edgar All...

(++++) CARNIVAL AND CORONATION

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Johann Strauss I Edition, Volume 10. Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer. Marco Polo. $9.99. The neglect of t...
February 22, 2007

(++++) THE PICTURE’S THE THING

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Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden. By Edith Pattou. Illustrated by Tricia Tusa. Harcourt. $9.95. Pirates Don’t Change Diapers. By Melinda Long. I...

(++++) EXTREMITIES

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Extreme Pets! By Jane Harrington. Scholastic. $12.99. Guinness World Records to the Extreme. Compiled by Lisa L. Ryan-Herndon. Schola...

(+++) FROM START TO FINISH

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Anatomy of a Boyfriend. By Daria Snadowsky. Delacorte Press. $16.99.       First love hurts. Oh yes, it is wonderful – ...
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