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.

July 05, 2007

(+++) SUMMERTIME OR ANYTIME

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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy. By Jeanne Birdsall. Yearling. $6.50. Your Own...

(+++) MANY FORMS OF MOTHERHOOD

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My Grandma/Mi Abuelita. By Ginger Foglesong Guy. Illustrated by Viví Escrivá. HarperCollins. $15.99. A Chair for My Mother/Un Sillón p...

(+++) THE ECSTASY OF THE AGONY

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In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal. By Niklaus Largier. Translated by Graham Harman. Zone Books. $37.  ...

(++++) NORWEGIAN PLEASANTRIES

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Nielsen: Chamber Music, Volume 1—Piano Trio; Serenata in Vano; Wind Quintet, Op. 43; Fantasy Piece for Clarinet and Piano; Two Fantasy Piece...
June 28, 2007

(++++) BABY TALK

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How to Be a Baby, by Me, the Big Sister. By Sally Lloyd-Jones. Illustrations by Sue Heap. Schwartz & Wade. $15.99. One Naked Baby:...

(++++) USES AND MISUSES OF MAGIC

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The Book of Lies. By James Moloney. HarperCollins. $16.99. The Magician Trilogy, Book Three: The Chestnut Soldier. By Jenny Nimmo. Or...

(+++) CHUCKLES AND SIGHS

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Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Through the Ages. By Leland Gregory. Andrews McMeel. $9.95. Horse...

(+++) MAKING THE WRONG KIND OF LOVE

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Crazy Love: Dealing with Your Partner’s Problem Personality. By W. Brad Johnson, Ph.D., and Kelly Murray, Ph.D. Impact Publishers. $17.95. ...

(++++) MAGISTERIAL MAHLER

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Mahler: Symphony No. 5. Bernard Haitink conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam . PentaTone. $19.99 (SACD). ...
June 21, 2007

(++++) MAKE NO MYTH-TAKE

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King Puck. By Michael Garland. HarperCollins. $16.99. The Shark God. By Rafe Martin. Pictures by David Shannon. Scholastic. $5.99. ...

(+++) BEING A PARENT WHILE STILL BEING YOU

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Dadditude. By Philip Lerman. Da Capo. $19.95. Baby on Board: Becoming a Mother without Losing Yourself – A Guide for Moms-to-Be. By J...

(+++) TEEN TRAUMAS FROM ALL OVER

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Skate. By Michael Harmon. Knopf. $15.95. Life as It Comes. By Anne-Laure Bondoux. Delacorte Press. $15.99. Cures for Heartbreak....

(+++) A MULTIFACETED VERNE VOYAGE

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The Kip Brothers. By Jules Verne. Translated by Stanford L. Luce. Wesleyan University Press. $29.95.       Many of toda...
June 14, 2007

(++++) NASTY, MEET UNFORTUNATE

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Yet Another NASTYbook: MiniNasties. By Barry Yourgrau. HarperCollins. $12.99. A Series of Unfortunate Events: No. 1, The Bad Beginning...

(++++) POETRY AND MOTION

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Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More. By Jack Prelutsky. Illustrations by Chris Raschka. Knopf. $16.99. Scho...

(+++) WARRIORS, HUMAN AND OTHERWISE

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Jango: Book Two of the Noble Warriors. By William Nicholson. Harcourt. $17. Warriors: Power of Three – Book One: The Sight. By Erin H...

(+++) BETTER IN WHAT WAY?

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A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium. By Robert Friedel. MIT Press. $39.95. Victory of the West: The Great ...

(++++) PERSONALIZED PIANO

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Rachmaninoff: Preludes (complete). Eldar Nebolsin, piano. Naxos . $8.99. Joplin : Piano Rags, Volume 2. Benjamin Loeb, piano. Naxos ....
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