Comments on: A Totally Authorized Reading Group Guide to ‘Manhattan on the Rocks’ by Janice Harayda http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kinderny http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-818 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:25:12 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-818 Sorry this is so late. This is one area in which I have little experience. The only book on pet death my daughter read/had was Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant. She/we loved it- but certainly it might conflict with a family’s religious beliefs (or lack thereof). Being a dog owner, it got me every time when I read it out loud to her. The pictures are simple and in bright colors.
Excerpt:
“Dog heaven had clear wide lakes
with geese who honk and flap
and tease. The dogs love this.

They run beside the water and bark
and bark and God watches them
from behind a tree and smiles.”

Ok maybe it is hokey, but it was spot on when the kid was 5.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-712 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:20:12 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-712 P.S.
On Saturday I’m writing about children’s books about the deaths of pets and other animals (basically, in memory of all the baby chicks that people brought home at Easter when I was growing up … which died at an alarming rate). I am only doing picture books (“The Tenth Good Thing About Barney” is about the most advanced) because the post would be too long if I got into the good chapter books, too.

But the children’reviews seem hugely popular on this site — there’s always at least one in the top 10, often the No. 1 post — so I’m sure many parents will find their way here looking for good chapter books about animal deaths, too, and, if you have any suggestions for these, would love to read these in the comments …

]]> By: kinderny http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-709 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:28:16 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-709 I am so glad.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-702 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:32:34 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-702 Comments like these are so cheering to novelists, because we often have no idea whether groups are reading our books. I’m sure that many writers think that few clubs are reading their books when a lot are. I’ve been lucky because last year I was the “Author of the Month” at the Bergen County Cooperative Library System, a consortium of 72 libraries here in NJ, which has an excellent Web site it uses to promote its activities. But so many libraries can’t afford the high-tech extras …

]]> By: kinderny http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-700 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:44:27 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2007/03/26/a-totally-authorized-reading-group-guide-to-%e2%80%98manhattan-on-the-rocks%e2%80%99-by-janice-harayda/#comment-700 No totally on point, but at least related- my book group read, and enjoyed, your other title, The Accidental Bride. We had quite a discussion that night- plus we laughed a lot.

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