Aliona Vozna Vozna itibaren Phtoul, Kamboçya
Dr. Dodman discusses extreme examples of dogs with aggression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. It's a great read--I couldn't put it down. I learned something new--nocturnal separation anxiety. I just hope my dogs skip out on this disorder!!
Book #33 of 2009 The first in the "Daughters of the Glen" series. I really liked this book! There seemed to be a pretty good plot and not a reliance on just physical attraction as the main plot drivers in the story. I very much approved of the ending, but I won't give away what exactly I approved of (and no, it wasn't that the characters stayed together, that was obviously going to happen). I even picked up on a plot twist fairly early on, not that I knew what the twist was exactly, just that there was going to be one. Which I guess might be annoying to some, but it wasn't that bad... Am I making any sense over here? Probably not so I'll stop now... This was a good book to curl up with while I've been sick the last few days too. Also, I like the idea of the monthly challenge over at Romance Readers Reading Challenges so this can count as fulfilling item #9 on the list, Read a book that is part of a series. Borrowed from the Library.
a compelling discussion of the ways that we censor and punish young people's sexualities. of the ways that our cultural discomfort in approaching sex education has allowed for our children to be robbed of honest, comprehensive sex ed. levine asserts that NO ONE is teaching comprehensive sex ed in that none of us are pro-sex for young people. she chronicles policy making and how liberals have been losing this fight, simply by submission, since the 70's. she calls us to task and i found her to challenge even me, and i consider myself a sex radical. her chapters on childhood sexual predators are particularly enlightening. i use a chapter from this text in my sexualities class and students are blown away every time.
I love Scott O'Dell. As a child, Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite books. This book was written with masterful language and finesse. While I thoroughly enjoyed the story, I think it is just a little too mature for my 4th graders. Not the content, just the book itself. I think that they might have a hard time becoming interested and working through the words.