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 12, 2009

(++++) TARNISHED GOLD, BURNISHED SILVER

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Leh á r: Die Blaue Mazur. Johanna Stojkovich and Julia Bauer, sopranos; Johan Weigel and Jan Kobow, tenors; Hans Christoph Begemann, barito...
March 05, 2009

(++++) HEAVY, MIDDLE AND LIGHT

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Deeper. By Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. Chicken House/Scholastic. $18.99. The 100 Cupboards, Book 2: Dandelion Fire. By N.D. W...

(++++) SF WITH A GERMAN ACCENT

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The Black Mirror & Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany & Austria. Edited by Franz Rottensteiner. Translated...

(+++) SHORT AND SWEET (OR NOT)

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Variety’s “The Movie That Changed My Life”: 120 Celebrities Pick the Films That Made a Difference (for Better or Worse). By Robert Hofler. ...
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(++++) STRING THINGS

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Carter: String Quartets Nos. 2-4 . Pacifica Quartet. Naxos . $8.99. Bottesini: Fantasia “La Sonnambula”; Melodia in E (Romanza pateti...

(+++) SYMPHONIC QUIRKS – YOUR CHOICE

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Lucia Popp, soprano; Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Ren é Pape, bass; London Philharm...
February 26, 2009

(++++) FILLING THE HOLLOWS

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White Witch, Black Curse. By Kim Harrison. Eos. $25.95.      Kim Harrison has become such a good writer, so adept at produ...

(++++) DINOSAURS OF THEN AND NOW

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The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins. By Barbara Kerley. Drawings by Brian Selznick. Scholastic. $8.99. Crocodile Safari. By Jim Arnos...

(++++) THE PICTURE’S THE THING

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Tommaso and the Missing Line. By Matteo Pericoli. Knopf. $15.99. Chicken and Cat Clean Up. By Sara Varon. Scholastic. $16.99. ...

(+++) SELF-CELEBRATION

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Milestones: 30 Years of Chandos. Chandos. $99.99.      It is equally possible to be generous or curmudgeonly about this fa...
February 19, 2009

(++++) DELIGHTS OF YOUTH

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Baby Nose to Baby Toes. By Vicky Ceelen. Random House. $6.99. Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants. By J.D. Lester. Illustrations by Hiroe Naka...

(+++) KEEPING THE FANS HAPPY

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Blood and Bone. By William Lashner. William Morrow. $24.99. The Sharing Knife, Volume Four: Horizon. By Lois McMaster Bujold. Eos. $2...

(++++) CREATIVITY DESPITE TYRANNY

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Wagner’s Mastersinger, Hitler’s Siegfried: The Life and Times of Max Lorenz. A film by Eric Schulz and Claus Wischmann. Medici Arts DVD. $2...
February 14, 2009

(++) “TOSCA” TRAUMA

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Puccini: Tosca. Virginia Opera production conducted by Peter Mark. Director: Marc Astafan. Scenic Designer: Michael Yeargan (design mod...
February 12, 2009

(+++) PICKLES AND POOCHES

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Magic Pickle and the Planet of the Grapes. By Scott Morse. Graphix/Scholastic. $5.99. Magic Pickle vs. the Egg Poacher. By Scott Mors...
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