The quality of food we consume has a strong effect on our body health and function. This is profoundly true with ADHD. With some people, nutrition alone can effectively treat ADHD.
Essential fatty acids and amino acids are important in any diet, but studies have shown that they are even more so in individuals suffering...
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Up to 70% of children under age five have sleep problems. Sleep issues are complicated and have many causes. They’re hard to deal with because when children aren’t sleeping, parents aren’t sleeping, and that lack of sleep affects every minute of every day for every person in the family because lack of sleep isn’t...
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How can I talk openly with my child about death? The first thing to remember is that death is a part of life, and that everyone will experience loss and grief at some time. Generally, children who are of school age will have an understanding that death is permanent, however pre-schoolers and younger children...
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The toddler had 16 teeth. Despite his young age, four of the teeth were so decayed that they needed dental crowns.
This toddler’s parents didn’t realize how important baby teeth are, says Beverly Largent, DMD, the Paducah, Ky., dentist who cared for the child. Largent says she tells parents it’s crucial to care for baby...
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You may have seen products from The Bambu Company along the aisles of your local Whole Foods recently. I’m a fan of their sustainably grown and harvested, organically grown bamboo. Bambu’s quality crafted products caught my eye with their modern hand crafted designs and clever packaging.
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If you own more than one car and who doesn’t in this day and age you probably have owned a series of car seats that are now crowding your basement, trunks and storage spaces. Now you need a booster seat. Look no further than Harmony Juvenile LiteRider Youth Booster car seat.
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Child abuse and neglect knows no geographic or socio-economic boundaries; it can occur at any time in any community, and it can take many forms. The child who is beaten, starved or left home alone all day, the child who is bullied at school and the child who is targeted by an Internet predator...
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I read an article that may be of interest to anyone who has, or works with, children with autism spectrum disorders.
Children with autism usually have some degree of difficulty with social skills. Just basic communication may be difficult, but even for kids who are able to speak, understanding what to talk about, when,...
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If you’ve been browsing children’s literature blogs and other book blogs, you’ve probably noticed a lot of recent posts about Betsy-Tacy, the classic series by Maud Hart Lovelace. That’s because the series has been reissued and Betsy and Tacy have been on tour.
I’m excited to be taking part in the tour because I enjoyed...
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A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (June 10, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0385734700
ISBN-13: 978-0385734707
Source of book: Review copy from publisher
If there’s one book you, your children, and your students should read this summer, it’s Shana Burg’s debut novel, A Thousand Never Evers.
Set in Kuckachoo, Mississippi in...
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