Toddler Books: Heads, Hearts & Other Parts

'Off with their heads!' – the 10 greatest quotes from Alice in Wonderland

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It's also nice to have some insight into how your baby might view you and the world when they are too small to give you much feedback. I think that can be helpful for bonding. I've been giving this as a gift to my closest friends when they've had their first babies, and I'm back now to buy my 4th copy. A guide to your inner child.

Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I am doing a master degree in development management. In parallel to a master degree on parenting. My child will be awarding the degree. Principles and values are simple. Read lots of books on parenting. The list of my favorite books includes: Brain Rules for Baby: All these readings made me plunge into my childhood. Lots of my current beliefs and behaviours got suddenly a crystal clear explanation.

But this post is not about that. Words cannot express how helpful this book is.

When I realized I had no idea what I was doing this book gave me all the answers I had ever hoped for. The two authors go over scientific observations on what certain parenting styles bring out in children. They then then give you ideas on how to apply those findings with your little ones. Children whose parents attend to their cries in short periods of time cry less. This is a proven fact!

The same children also grow up to have healthier relationships with their parents and feel more secure. On the other hand, children who are left to cry for long periods of time actually cry quicker and harder. Can you imagine if every parent had that kind of knowledge, how much happier the children in the world would be if their parents weren't full of unsubstantiated, downright abusive advice like "just let the baby cry it out"? I'm so grateful that this book came out. It tells you with the evidence to back it up what happens at the different stages of life in regards to things like sharing, confidence, fear, separation anxiety, and socialization amongst others.

It brings understanding to why babies act the way they do and what your reactions to those expressions will teach them and affect them. I hope you find a way to read this book unlike the only one who gave this book a one star review This book is not as good or helpful as I'd hoped.

First of all it wants you to put your baby into one of four or five categories based on their behavior and personality but my daughter didnt fit neatly into any of the "categories". Secondly, the advice was generally things that I hope not many mothers have to be told. Like basically Don't be mean to your own kid.

Brain rules for baby was more helpful. I have a 1 year old and I have been raising him following Emmi Pickler's teachings. This book has been of great help because there is not much literature in english on the Picker method and it happens to explain a lot of things that are important for the way the method wants us to proceed as parents, with the same focus and orientations as the method. I have seen my child blossom into a secure, happy loving toddler because of these two sources.

Focusing on my baby's emotional well being has been the best investment I have made. From a mad, nervous baby he has turned into a confident child who wants to conquer the world. I truly recommend it for any parent, specially those who value and want to follow Emmi Pickler. I am a new mom 5 month old baby and found this book amazing. I really enjoyed reading it and I love that it covers both the theory and the practical side of how a child develops emotionally. It is very well organized; the first part covers the goals for emotional development, and the second part covers the challenges one encounters.

Each chapter finishes with a very specific list of tips for parents, which are summarized at the end by theme, with a note of age relevance for quick reference. You can't get better organized than that! One person found this helpful.

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Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. Get to Know Us. English Choose a language for shopping. Not Enabled Word Wise: I loved the entire dynamic between witches, vampires, and Norman the human frankenstein creation. It was a completely reimagined story and I enjoyed it from the start.

I wish there had been a little more Norman in the story, but I really enjoyed it. Perfect for those looking for a new vampire or witch story. Sep 23, Gerard Villegas rated it really liked it Shelves: This definitely rates high in my 'bad books' category especially after reading the premise of movie monster tropes from a group of witches, Frankenstein's monster, a vampire and even a demon cat which easily could be a B-film straight to video plot or something you'd find on the SyFy channel next to Sharknado or Dinocroc vs.

Supergator it's real movie, look it up. Imagine me reading this campy, craptastic YA book that combines all the fanfiction elements of a Boris Karloff movie mixed with the This definitely rates high in my 'bad books' category especially after reading the premise of movie monster tropes from a group of witches, Frankenstein's monster, a vampire and even a demon cat which easily could be a B-film straight to video plot or something you'd find on the SyFy channel next to Sharknado or Dinocroc vs. Imagine me reading this campy, craptastic YA book that combines all the fanfiction elements of a Boris Karloff movie mixed with the horrendous teen angst of Twilight or Beautiful Creatures.

Once the movie monster go emo, you know you're in for some wonderful terrible storytelling. All you need now is a Chuck Tingle horny tentacle getting some loving and you would've hit comedy gold! In Hearts, we're introduced to three teenage sisters who happen to be witches. No, this ain't Charmed even though they have a huge spellbook and try to save the world with their powers. Again, this isn't Charmed, despite the fact that they get chased by evil monsters and have relationship soap opera problems.

Again, this isn't Charmed. It's Sabrina, the Teenage Witch because one of the girls has a demon talking cat. Hence, this makes it a comedy. Enter new high school student Norman who is tall, huge, and has mixed up body parts. He is referred to as Frankenstein even though he is a self-described pacifist and braniac.

Apparently, his peers accept the fact that he is normal despite the apparent disfigurement. We are to assume that everyone is use to have a walking corpse with bolts in his neck think this is normal. Okay, I'll go with it. Also, ignore the fact that that he sewn together and that nobody notices. Sure, that's going to pass. But, Frankenstein's monster is very emo and he is displaying some teenage individuality. The readers are going to buy this! Toss in a serial killing vampire as the main conflict and just about everything hits the fan and causes a huge mess in the plot.

However, I'm not looking to this as a serious read so all the craptastic scenarios kind of work in this case. It's not the strongest device to use but at least it sets the tone that this is going to be one hell of a guilty pleasure. To sum up Hearts and Other Body Parts, it's a hilarious guilty pleasure that you can't take seriously. Still, people will read it especially after they hear the theme song. Apr 13, Lj Ducharme rated it really liked it. YA monters with a new take. Lots of funny moments. Great first time out. I can't wait to see what Mr.

Mar 05, Stacee rated it did not like it Shelves: I was all over this book. I loved the synopsis and the cover and couldn't wait to read it. Sadly, I found it a bit lacking. I couldn't quite get comfortable with the narration. It follows a few people, but they all sounded the same. The only difference is that Zack had an accent and used British slang.

All three of the sisters were described only by their attributes. Veronica was only beautiful, Katy was only clever, Esme was only level headed. They couldn't all be those things. Plot wise, there were full pages of info dump-y material and I didn't find anything to root for. I was intrigued enough to keep reading, but I'm not entirely sure why I did.

Apr 27, Allison rated it it was amazing. I really enjoyed this book! It was fast paced, and an easy enjoyable read.

It's hard to find a great young adult book these days that isn't filled with foul language and sex. This book fits the mark. It has an interesting plot, and characters young adults can relate to. I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into other than it was a YA Fantasy novel about witches. I'm normally not into books like that but I think this novel might've changed that. It started off with a lot happening. The characters just weren't fully connected to each other or the story. But around 70 pages in things started making more sense.

Plus near the end, everything just fell right into place like it needed to be. This book is full of love, family, and magic. I greatly enjoyed the characters, the plot, and the ending.

One thing that really pissed me off though was for sure the villainous Japanese Corpse Eating cat, Kasha. Man, he was ruthless and just tryna eat everyone's soul. The dialogue greatly flowed through this entire book, though sometimes there were places where one person would talk for about 3 pages, that was a little extra if you ask me.

I highly recommend this book as a must read for Jul 01, Susan rated it it was amazing. This book was either going to be really good or really bad.

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Thankfully it was awesome and I had a ton of fun reading it! It was much more clever than I was anticipating and really funny. The story was so creative and totally flipped the usual vampire tale on it's head. I loved the three witchy sisters and their dynamic. I loved Norman the monstrous new boy in school.

Most of all I loved Kasha who needs no description. The ending seems to have left room for a sequel so I'm hoping to see the Silver sisters again in further hijinks! Aug 09, Farren marked it as leftdead Shelves: After DNF'ing two books in one week, I'd like to say "it's not you, it's me. May 22, Gretchen Torres rated it it was amazing Shelves: Totally did not know what to expect for this one, but I needed a book that had rhyming words in the title for a challenge. So glad I picked this book. Very fun and creative. May 27, Brittany rated it it was amazing.

Witty, funny, I laughed out loud at times! Witches, vampires, a play on Frankenstein and his creation, a demon cat. I took my time reading it because I didn't want it to end! I was thoroughly entertained by this book and I look forward to more from Bloom. May 08, Sharon Viall rated it really liked it. Norman is a big kid almost 8 feet tall. He is not a very good looking boy and has bolts out the side of his head and has a limp. Esme, Katy and Ronni are witches. They keep that to themselves. Then a Vampire named Zake comes into play. They all go to to High School together.

All the girls fall in love with Zake and no one knows he's a Vampire.

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Girl start to disappear and there is a Murders and a fire is set. The Sister's are always trying to one up each other so they can be the one that Zake wil Norman is a big kid almost 8 feet tall. The Sister's are always trying to one up each other so they can be the one that Zake will love. They put spells and haxs on each other. There is also a Japanese corpse-eating demon cat.

It's a Cute book. If you want an entertaining book this is one you will love to read. Aug 31, Paul marked it as unfinished.

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I made it halfway through the second chapter and decided this just wasn't for me. I didn't click with the style, I found the use of "attractive" as the only adjective to describe a female character off-putting, and in the end I was 30 pages in and couldn't have cared less what was happening. Maybe it got better; I hope it did!

But life is too short for me to try to find out. May 10, Tyrenny Hidy rated it really liked it. This book is a super creative mishmash of my favorite YA tropes. It does have a lot of heart though, and Esme is super relatable. Four solid stars for this one. Jun 01, Carolyn rated it it was amazing. I really loved this book. It was immensely entertaining and a fast read - two things that I really like in a book!! I do not want to disclose too much of the plot although others have done so but suffice to it say that a common love interest pits three Wiccan sisters against each other.

The protagonist, who is the eldest sister, fights very hard against powerful forces to clear her vision and be able to see love in its truest form, and to help her younger sisters do the same. There is biting a I really loved this book. There is biting and smiting, kissing and dissing, spells and smells, kidnapping and catnapping - all of this fused with love, family and friendship. It cooks up a potboiler of suspense, wit, magic, romance, life lessons and zaniness. I couldn't put it down, and I didn't want it to end.

Jun 19, Scott C added it. The characters are easily identifiable as individuals we all know or knew and nearly all of us have had a demon cat in our lives, at one time or another. Our demon cats may not have eaten our faces but we know they would have if they could have. If you have a teenager who likes to read things other than text messages or if you just wish to escape into your high school soul for a few hours, I suggest you pick up this very creative publication.

Aug 14, Eden Grey rated it really liked it Shelves: Not 5 stars because it got kind of If anyone is considering reading this or is on the fence, please just read it for the demon cat Kasha. Jun 11, Beth rated it really liked it Shelves:

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