- Decades ago Vance Packard sounded the alarm about American society becoming wasteful. This was well before the era of disposable... nearly everything.
- While this book and the examples it uses are dated, the concept is the same.
- Overall, Packard explores how an economy focused on manufacturing produces waste by design in order to stimulate demand.
- This is a bit of an oddball book with a great sense of humor for preschool readers.
- This book is about manners without being preachy.
- The text of the book lends itself easily to silly voices.
- I picked up this book at my local library for my 4 year old who has struggled with tantrums in the last few weeks.
- As with all the Llama Llama books, this is a fun read that has a nice rhythm for the reader.
- The illustrations clearly communicate the emotions of Llama Llama as he goes shopping with his mother.
- This book spurred a good conversation about how to be nice, even when we are mad.
- The story is told from two eras: near the present day by a journalist and a young woman in the early 1950's.
- This story jumps into what independence means, and how that has changed especially for women.
- Overall, I enjoyed this novel.
- This short work devotes its entirety to book covers.
- The narrow topic is surprisingly interesting, especially from an author's point of view.
- This is a love story between a scientist and a chef.
- While this is a story about a woman being torn between her work and love, it is much more.
- Instead of simple and common theme, the main character is engaging. It is about finding herself, not choosing either a career or the man in her life.
- This is definitely a tough read. It deals with dark subject matter and follows the main character through her journey in realizing she was a victim of human trafficking.
- This is a relatively quick read as the story is told through short bursts of current day narrative and flashbacks.
