• ISBN-10: 0766608271
• ISBN-13: 978-0766608276

I wanted my son to read some of the classic science fiction novels from authors such as H.G. Wells.  He loves science fiction and I thought it might be a good idea for him to read some of the books that I had read as a young child.  I had a look online and found an illustrated copy of The Time Machine.  This book was certainly an eye opener for my son and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

He loved the way the author predicted what the future would be like and he loved the actual story.  It is a book that he had his nose in for about a week.  He was eager to find out what happened so much so that he forfeited his favourite television programmes a few nights.  This is not something that he has ever done with other books that he has read before.

Usually he will keep his book and read a few pages every night before lights out but with this book he wanted to read it whenever he had a spare minute.  I was really surprised about how such a classic book would have such a pull on him but he is now looking for more books like this.

• ISBN-10: 1423113381
• ISBN-13: 978-1423113386

I was recently looking for books to buy for my eleven year old daughter as part of her birthday present. She loves books and anything to do with magic and as you can imagine is a huge Harry Potter fan. She has read all the Harry Potter books more than once and was looking for something else to get her teeth into.

The Kane Chronicles were recommended to me by a teacher friend of mine who told me that the children at the school where she teaches were developing a love for these books. I decided to buy the first book The Red Pyramid to see what she would think of it.

I have to say that I am glad I bought this book for her. I had thought that she would find it hard to move on to new characters because of her love for Harry Potter but this book was something that she loved straight away. Before she was even half way through, she was on at me to get the second part. She has now started the second book eagerly and I think she will be soon looking for more books from this gifted author.

As a baby grows into new stages, he or she begins to test the waters on individuality and power.  The need to make certain the world continues to revolve solely around their wants becomes overwhelmingly important and if those wants are not recognized they will use their temper to make certain they will be. Often times the child does not have the capacity to verbalize what is wanted and the frustration that is created causes them to use what they do know and that would be to use their motor skills to ‘throw a tantrum’. If the tantrum is not born from frustration, believe it is purely born from manipulation. ‘I want it and I want it NOW’. Sounds familiar?

Once a child is born to you, things look a little bit differently in many ways.  This child, the one you brought into the world knows it is incumbent on him to push as many of your buttons as humanly possible.   So, it is going to depend solely on your reaction to his button pushing. Unfortunately, this will tap into how you were raised, how your parents were raised and so on.  We all have the capacity to cope with stress and ‘button pushing’ but when it gets too arduous for us, we regrettably fall back into learned behaviors ourselves. If our Mother was a screamer and quite volatile then when we react to our own child’s tantrum’s we might possible react in the same manner.  The child will be ecstatic to generate an explosion from you and get you into a screaming match with him. 

Ultimately, the parent will have to take control by shutting down the tantrum ‘tool’ and showing the child verbally and by using body language to make the statement ‘manipulation tantrums will not be allowed’.   It is important for the parent to teach the child what is acceptable and what is not.  It is all part of many, many years of discipline training.