No comments about Old and New Masters (Dodo Press).

No comments about Pestalozzi: His Life and Work.

2 comments about Before Sister.

1. This is a story of a boy growing up in the Appalachian Mountains and being guided, directed and inspired by his mother to exceed expectations and in reality live her dreams. It is a story familiar to hundreds of people born in the hills and mountains of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and a dozen other states who broke out and through drive and support of their families became successful.
   It is also a story, told in a series of short stories, of a time long past. These stories reveal the enormous benefits of growing up in a community where a child has grandparents, aunts and uncles and first, second and third cousins as well as parents to guide the process of growing up. A time of innocence and a time of comforting security not present in America today.
   It also reminds one of Tom and Huck and other tales of a young boy growing up in another time in another America.
   But, perhaps, most of all it is a tribute to a loving, energetic and inspiring mother. A woman who went to work in a cotton mill after dropping out of the sixth grade but who made sure that her children lived her dream of a better life through education.



2. This novel was written by a high achieving educator who has sritten a nmuber of technical and educational books. It is about growing up in the south during the 1930s and 1940s and has fascinating stories about coon hunting, playing ball, brushes with the law and getting paddlings in school but most of all it is about a boy and his mother. There are not many books that gives real insight into that relationship on a very holistic level but Wade Gilley who became America's youngest college president in 1967 at age 28 was inspired by his mother to always do his best...and more. The book could have used some additiional editing but surely it will receive that in a future edition.
   Russell James

2 comments about Stand Straight and Grow Tall.

1. Dory's book is a must read for everyone. It is inspiring, because she never gives up, even though the challenges she faces are, at times, enormous. It is also somewhat frightening to discover the uncooperative nature of our public schools. As the mother of a child with similar special needs, I recognize some of the struggles Dory faced. I will not give up!! She is my hero:)



2. im only 13 and i dont read lots of book but this one caught my eye so i read it and could'nt put it down.it got so exciting, this book is something i can relate to from all the kids in my school. stand straight and grow tall is the best, book every one should read it this summer.

1 comments about Travels With Sophie: The Journal of Louise E. Wegner.

1. From book's back cover:
   
   "Life was hard in rural Northern Wisconsin in the years entering upon World War I. For young Louise Wegner, Rusk County's first supervising teacher, it meant traveling the county to visit the more than one hundred one-room schools, offering assistance to teachers as needed. Walking from school to school was one option for Louise. A better one was horse and buggy - or, during winter, horse and cutter. Occasionally there was a train. But life was best with Sophie, Louise's beloved albeit often untrustworthy Model T Ford, around which much of this story revolves.
   
   Louise Wegner kept a journal beginning in 1917 and continuing for more than a year. Brought to light only after her death in 1968, this personal record opens a window not only to the life of a remarkable woman, but unto everyday life in Wisconsin during a critical period when the state was rapidly evolving from frontier status to the "modern era" of telephones, moving pictures, motor cars, paved roads, and standardized schools.
   
   Writing with uncommon spirit and wit, Louise Wegner recounts her daily experiences, both professional and personal. Enhancing the journal are the many photographs that she and her six siblings took on nearly any occasion, 55 of which are reproduced here.
   
   Reading this journal, and seeing these photographs, reveals a different time and place with a freshness and immediacy unavailable in any other form. There are few who remember this era, and many today who would have trouble imagining life on these terms - and yet it was such a short time ago. This is a book for all to read, to help us understand who we are and from where we have come."

No comments about An Arduous Climb: From the Creeks of the Niger Delta to Leading Obstetrician and University Vice-Chancellor.

No comments about Terms of Endurance.

1 comments about Forty Years in Preschool.

1. This books is a delightful, personal account of the author's experiences in early childhood education. More than that - it is written in a lovely informal, warm style and contains a wealth of wonderful information, advice and views on young children and how to educate and value them. Highly recommended for parents and teachers.

No comments about Memories of a Georgia Teacher: Fifty Years in the Classroom.

No comments about Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the Culture of American Science (History of American Science and Technology Series).