Infants Books

Title: Jump the Cracks

Author: Stacy DeKeyser

Rating: 4.5/5

Good:

This book started out in a very interesting way. Within fifteen pages, an ordinary girl with a screwy home life is forced to look a problem in the eye and make a choice whether or not she should do something about it. Of course, she decides to do something.

I finished this book in less than a day, and I was completely intrigued. From the very beginning, Stacy DeKeyser created a main character that I could easily sympathize with. Victoria could easily be just like me or any one of my friends. She is a weak teenager, but she is unbelievably strong where it counts. When it comes time for her to try to save an innocent child from something she knows is wrong, she does what she thinks is right.

This story is completely indescribable. It portrays such a strong message about love and acceptance, except it's done in a completely unexpected way.


Bad:

This is really hard for me to think of something bad about this book... The whole thing was mesmerizing and kept me interested from beginning to end. The writing was nothing spectacular, but it was definitely made up for by an amazing story line.

What a fantastic, heartfelt novel from Stacy DeKeyser that offers a wonderful commentary on human morality in a face-paced and ever changing world. The heroine goes on a page-turning adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seat from page one to the end. The novel is an excellent all-around read for any young adult or grown-up alike. The journey of Victoria and Wills will make you laugh out loud while at the same time tugging at your heart strings. The book expresses beautifully, poetically and humorously what true love and promises are all about. The special love and bond that is created between the young protagonists is one that will make you want to pick up this book and read it over and over again! And your friends will want to read it too!

I couldn't put this book down! It's an exciting read. It reminds me a bit of the film Thelma and Louise, in that Victoria, the main character, never intends to do anything wrong. In fact, it all begins because she is trying to help an at-risk little boy, but each "right" decision to help the boy sends her further down the path to being a fugitive and kidnapper. What starts as a well intended action spirals out of control and leads to a crazy chain of events. It's a great ride, with a very satisfying ending. While marketed as a young adult novel, the content is also appropriate for younger readers.

It is easy to connect to the characters in this book making it hard to put down! Middle school and teen readers will relate to Victoria's dilemma and I can hear them in heated discussion about what she should do. For a 15 year old girl facing the adult world where life demands compromise, Victoria is facing a very difficult decision. What will she choose?

A wonderful YA novel, totally appropriate for mid-graders, too. Fifteen-year-old Victoria heads into NY alone on the train to meet her dad, who hasn't "been there" for her much since her parents' divorce. She gets side-tracked by a toddler in an at-risk situation and when her dad fails to meet the train, she makes a heartfelt snap decision to rescue little Wills. The reader is along for a great ride in the ensuing railway chase involving threatening characters, concerned relatives, and the police. Jump the Cracks is a page-turner until the end, as Victoria struggles to care for Wills while trying to figure out the meaning of family and home and how to get both of them there safely.

I purchased the Mother of All Pregnancy Books and the Mother of All Baby Books for the birth of my first child. I highly recommend these books. The information on practices in Canada sets them apart from other books and made my purchasing decision easy.

I have spent hours reading and re-reading these books (when you're sleep deprived it takes a while to absorb information!). The information is current and the inclusion of comments and advice from other mothers gives it credibility. The writing style flows nicely and I appreciated the touch of humour (yes there's a "u" in humour in Canada) found throughout.

Definitely buy these books if you live in Canada and are expecting a baby. You won't regret the investment.

I bought The Mother of All Baby Books before our son was born, and found it helpful from the start. After our son arrived, I found myself checking in with Ann whenever I had questions about his health, or even my own recovery. Extremely reassuring was Douglas' more laid back approach to child development in the first year than that of the What To Expect.. series (e.g. when your child has not sat up on his or her own by 5 months, you do not need to rush to the doctor..). I highly recommend this book whether you're expecting or have just begun your journey as a parent.

This book is the only baby book you'll need to buy. It is so in depth and easy to understand. It has a lot of tables and "checklists" that are very interesting. I bought this book after I bought The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, which was awesome too. I like it so much better than the 'What to Expect' series because you can read this book straight through. After finishing this book, I wanted to buy The Mother of All Toddler Books...which is only available in the Canadian edition so far. But I think it will be available in the US soon. Do yourself a favor and buy it now!

I enjoyed reading this book, it's so easy to read and easy to understand. I found that the book talked about things other books don't even mention. And I love that it's contents are targeted to the Canadian reader. The only flaw I find is that she doesn't have solutions to solving some first year baby situations but all in all, it was worth the money.

This is the best baby book on the market. Ann is humourous and straight to the point, without giving any preachy options. A must if you are a Canadian parent. I bought it for my newly pregnant sister!

What a fanstastic, encyclopedic tome of real-life, mom-tested tips this book is! Every wise mom seeks a breadth of perspectives and ideas for her new (or even experienced) role as a Mama, and this comprehensive book fills that need beautifully. I've already given this book as a gift to numerous "in a family way" friends, and each has come back with grateful rave reviews.

With chapters addressing areas of pivotal importance and challenge in child-raising, "Mothers Know Best" isn't a "fluffy" parenting book destined to sit on the shelf...this one WILL be referenced over and over again.

What a wonderful collection of information for new moms. The information is diverse and really addresses what new moms need and want to know. I'm sure that any new mom will find valuable information in this helpful resource. I highly recommend it!

Sheryl Gurrentz, author
"The Guilt-Free Guide to Your New Life as a Mom: Practical Ways to Take Care of Yourself, Your Life, and Your Baby--All at the same time"
"If Your Child is Bipolar: A Parent-to-Parent Guide to Living With and Loving a Bipolar Child"

Mothers Know Best is an anthology of 1,001 tips, trips, techniques, and advice tidbits concerning pregnancy, childbirth and the first year of raising a baby, all from mothers, to mothers around the world. Written in the spirit of sisterhood, Mothers Know Best offers wisdom on everything from raging emotions during pregnancy (depression is a serious concern and should not be taken lightly; meanwhile, volatile expectant mothers can help themselves feel better protect family and friends from devastating outbursts by recording rants and tirades in a journal) to the value of prenatal classes (all the reading in the world does not prepare the first-time mother or her loved one for actual childbirth) to dining out with a baby (feed the child beforehand so he/she does not become unduly hungry smelling the restaurant food) and much, much more. An extremely valuable supplementary resource for new and experienced parents alike.

As the mother of three I am always interested in books providing me with advice. This book provides the reader with opinions from people all over which for me made it unique from other books that i have read. The author does a Fabulous job grouping together information from pregnancy to post partum to infancy. I highly recommend this book not just for new moms but for those of us who are "seasoned" as well. I can't believe all the new "tricks of the trade" that I walked away with.

This book is chock full o' tips and advice. It's like attending a gazillion "Mom groups" without the hassle. Every point of view is expressed and so much practical and valuable info is readily available! The book is such an easy and fun read. It's perfect if you have a busy lifestyle (as most parents do)and also perfect for those of us with short attention spans. There is nothing complicated...just straight-forward info from other people who have "been there." I will include this book in every baby shower gift from here-on-out...Mother's Day too!

Mr. Rogers creates a great book for young children who've recently become big sisters or brothers. There is a fair representation of some of the things big siblings might be feeling especially about sharing their parents. The color photos are good, but the clothing everyone wears is dated, fortunately little ones don't mind when you read it with them. This is a really good book for new big siblings.

As one might expect from a book authored by Fred Rogers, this is a sensitive and frank account of changes a family undergoes with the arrival of a newborn.

This book is a wonderful way to help an older sibling prepare for, and adjust to, a new baby. And as the baby gets older, she or he too will enjoy the interesting photgraphs of family members working and sharing together. It's a great book.

The New Baby is a book that discusses the feelings that older siblings can have toward a new baby. In the typically simple, direct style that Mr. Rogers uses on Mister Roger's Neighborhood, Fred Rogers helps a child understand that both the baby and he/she are special. He also offers the assurance that parents have enough love for every child in the family.

The book has warm photographs of family members interacting with babies. These are useful in discussing what it will be like to have a baby in the house. I think this is an excellent book to read with children who are soon-to-be brothers or sisters.

We received this book as a gift when we were expecting our second child. It is a great book for parents to read to very young children who are expecting their first siblings. The only drawback is the dated pictures. If they were updated, it would be flawless!

I bought this book while expecting our daughter, who we know faces a long stay in the NICU. This book has been an excellent primer - the text is well written and detailed enough even for a mom with a background in science and medicine. The pictures and especially the diagrams are great too! I would recommend this to anyone who anticipates or is currently dealing with a child in the NICU.

I sent this book to a friend who had her baby at 24 weeks. Needless to say, she loves it, she could not put it down that first night and is recommending it to their support group at the hospital. She tells me it has simple explanations to what she could not make head or tail of the medical jargon used by the doctors and nurses. Get it for someone you know!

Families that experience parenthood in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) experience a very different beginning. They often feel intense powerlessness and a lack of control. Many families will share that "it doesn't really feel like this is my baby."

This book, written by a knowledgeable and sensitive NICU nurse and her colleagues,, will help parents the journey through newborn intensive care. The book is extremely detailed and exquisitely accurate, yet easy to read. It contains a wealth of information to arm parents with the information they need to ask questions, to question answers, and to work with the health care team as a true partner in their infant's recovery.

The book is written by a group of seasoned NICU nurses who convey a sensitivity and empathy that reaches out from the pages at every turn.

As a professional advanced practice nurse, who has worked in the NICU for 20 years, I am delighted to share this resources with parents and grandparents at every turn.

Parent's are not and should not be visitors in their children's lives. Knowledge is power and this book will give you the confidence to become your babies BEST advocate.

Madge Buus-Frank RNC, Ms, ARNP

When our son was born at 26 weeks we knew he'd spend several weeks in the NICU before coming home. This book helped us understand his progress each step of the way, and eased the transition to him coming home. It also helped explain some of what to expect in terms of potential problems, procedures, feelings, and just getting to know the NICU environment. This experience would have been much more difficult without this excellent reference guide.

This book shows the caring yet realistic way through the NICU. I ordered this book while in the hospital three weeks prior to my son's early arrival. It made more sense in the NICU, showed me what to exepct and gave me more knowledge to adequately approach my son's medical team without feeling helpless, stupid and uninformed. Being a more well-informed parents allowed us to make correct decisions and allowed us to "TRY" and worry less. This book even had experimental research in it, with which our son would not have survived. I was told of an experimental protocal our son was a candidate for and the NICU book had information on it! Technical and medical information was presented in a concise and thoughtful manner.

A friend loaned me this book early in my pregnancy. Unfortunately, I was already weighed down with other pregnancy books and didn't look at it until much later. This book provides general information on exercise, nutrition, and fetal development. IF you want more details about how the baby is developing, though, you will have to look somewhere else. It is particularly good at describing what happens during labor and many of the medical choices you have- including more options on pain relief than you are likely to be offered. I found the sections for postpartum care and taking care of the baby very helpful as well. It will get you through the first days until you have time to pick out a book on baby care.

I had three best selling pregnancy books and this one stood above the others!! I refered to it more than the others due to the content being more "facts" rather than the "stories". Any Mom may have her own way of doing things but there are basics that you just can't expect to know based on instinct and this book spells them out in easy to read sections that are well labeled for reference. It's the best and most thorough! A MUST!

Wonderful, informative, confidence builder for first time mothers. More information than a lamaze class. Helps with pregnancy, birth and parenthood decisions from every aspect of pregnancy, birth to parenthood.

I found Pregnancy to Parenthood "by accident" in the book store. When I got it home and started reading it, I couldn't believe how wonderful and informative it is. I have to agree with the reviewer who said she'd trade all her pregnancy books for just this one. It gave me more birth information than any of the others. And it is so clear and understandable. Now that my baby is 6 months old, it is still the one I refer to for guidance. The breastfeeding information is the best--so supportive. You can tell that these writers have "been there." I love the great photos and the cartoons too. If you are pregnant, get this one FIRST--you won't need any others!

I got this book beacuse I couldn't find what to Expect when your Expecting and I love it!! It is very helpful. I then got WTE and found that PTP had better information in most places. This book has more Medical information. I found that the other book said See your doctor or try the diet way to often. I would reccommend this book to anyone. I particularly liked the area that talks about how the baby is growing and what is happining to her/him.

All I can say is that this book is exellent. I have been looking and looking for a book that not only tells you how to read to your children but gives you suggestions of good books to read to them. This is that book!!! I got it from my local library but love it so much I am now going to buy it. It is a must read for any mother or new daycare teacher who, like me, had no clue about how to select a good book.

Let's face it: There are many books for babies and children out there. How do I choose the perfect book for my baby? What's the baby going to understand from it? How will the baby react? How can I introduce the book to the baby? I had a lot of questions like these before buying this book and they were all answered. Reading with babies, toddlers, and Twos is a great tool book that reads well, with charts about baby development vs. book choice, many book suggestions categorized and many references as well if you wish to know more. The authors are credible and thanks to them, I do not feel as lost in baby book world. If you want what's best for your child...here's a good start.

From beginning to end, this book is chock full of invaluable information about the why's, what's, when's and how's of reading to our children. I honestly can't think of a more important parenting book out there. It just makes so much sense. And although I already do it, it got me excited about reading to my kids again and reminded me why I read to all of my babies in utero. (For fun! Who knew it was so beneficial?) There's just no better way to connect, bond and engage with children. I grew up with this philosophy that books are our friends (my Mother really did tell us that) and it's a joy to learn exactly why reading with our children is so important. I already love giving books as gifts and you can be assured, this book will be hastily added to my baby shower/new baby/1st and 2nd birthday gift list. I can think of no better gift for a parent than the gift of true quality time with their kids. A time to discover, laugh, tickle and snuggle. A time to sing, rhyme, interact and learn. Together. What can be better than that?

As a reading specialist, I am always looking for books to recommend to new mothers. This is a book with a wealth of information for anyone interested in what book should I get for my child, grandchildren, new mother, fathers, etc. Each chapter is well written with good information. At the end of most chapters is a chart containing information about various stages children go through and what parents can expect their child to be doing in response to the title of the chapter. Much research has been done to put this all together. A must for new parents of young children.

Like Mem Fox's Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Reading with Babies, Toddlers, and Two's lacks the data and references of Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook) BUT is a great, friendly introduction to how and why to read aloud to your child and why you should start as young as possible. More importantly, it includes many thematic lists of books for children in the 0 to 3 age range. The lists are what make this book so useful as most booklist books are most solid in the elementary school range, with some (too few) selections for kindergardeners and preschoolers. (The exception to that is Kathleen Odean's Great Books for Babies and Toddlers: More Than 500 Recommended Books for Your Child's First Three Years.) For busy, tired parents, a faster, lighter read than Trelease is welcome though I'd recommend reading Trelease later for more details and data and for his Treasury of read alouds.

The illustrations and story are inspiring for every girl--those who are brand new and well-traveled alike. In many languages, girls are offered encouragement for living life. I always give this book to newborn girls and have one of my own.

The text and illustrations of this book are both wonderful. This is the perfect gift for a baby girl.

This book is now my standard gift to new moms of daughters. The illustrations and text are so gorgeous! I still cannot read it aloud to my daughter without tearing up.

She Is Born is hard to classify: nonfiction which reads like fiction. She Is Born discusses how cultures around the world celebrate the birth of a daughter, with vivid paintings by John Rowe capturing the multicultural explorations of a daughter's birth. A beautiful presentation, outstanding in its contrasts.

I just had a daughter last month and my best friend gave me this book. I was really touched - the words are profound. The illustrations are beautiful. I am now giving it to another friend who just had a daughter. I highly recommend it.

This illuminating book is full of wise and valuable advice that are derived from Professor William Maxwell's and his wife Mary Maxwell's life-long research into child rearing, multiple intelligence development and education. It also illuminates the collective wisdom of the world's most successful cultures and modern child-development research studies. This book introduces the unique characteristics of families that produce the world's most successful men and women. Most instructive and interesting to me is the Chapter:PARENTS TO AVOID BEHAVIOUR THAT PRODUCES THE AUTOCRATIC PERSONALITY. Erikson found that Adolph Hitler and Mahatma Gadhi were almost mirror images of each other in a scientific sense. To avoid producing a child like Hitler, and to raise a child like Gandhi, Prof. Maxwell proposes a four-step Interpersonal Skills Training Strategy as the chid grows from 0 to 11-year old.

"When "Law and order" are enthroned in the child's mind, that mind will have stability. When love is enthroned in the child's heart, there will be strength. Great souls have both." -- Professor William Maxwell

Mary E Maxwell, William Maxwell, Jim Pearce, Ruth Leilani Smith. "SuperParenting: Child Rearing for the New Millennium"
The problem presented in the book "SuperParenting" is that today's society is not fully educated on the proper way to raise a child. The Authors speak that not everyone is educated on how to properly take care of a child and because of that it causes are children to be less intelligent and not allowing them to fully contribute to the betterment of society and its entire people. The Authors address how even the children being born in regions without the vast metropolis, such as in the Ibo tribe of southeastern Nigeria, can be more intelligent, physically and spiritually healthier then other children born in the states because the tribe know how to take care of the children versus the states and how most parents are uneducated on child rearing because of multiple different reasons mainly because their parents didn't teach them right and it becomes a endless cycle. The book strives to brake the habits and myths of taking care of a child and instill the correct way to rear a child to further benefit not only the children of the future but the future itself by helping create a better child.
Professor William Maxwell, Ed.D., has many qualifying attributes to writing about the worlds techniques of child rearing and how affective they are. William Maxwell has traveled the world with his wife for many years living, experiencing, and studying multiple different cultures and how they partake in their everyday life and how they go about educating their young. Professor William Maxwell has significant achievements in his life one being he is the founder of the International Conference on Thinking, while at the University of the South Pacific, which was the world's first academic conference focused on teaching the thinking process (Maxwell p.170).
Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, the late wife of Professor William Maxwell was trained by multiple different Universities as well as experiencing and helping multiple different cultures as she accompanied Professor William Maxwell on his journey through life. She studied public health nursing which allowed her to analyze the different cultures that she experienced along with her husband. She worked in America on helping the immigrants of different locations, with their health care problems, quarantines, and newborns. Her assortment of knowledge of health care and child rearing makes her more then qualified to write about how to further better your child by taking certain steps and precautions to making them a healthier and more competent child (Maxwell p.170).
Ruth Leilani Smith earned her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Illinois Wesleyan University, and a Master of Arts in Tourism and Special Event Management from Canterbury University, United Kingdom. Ruth is a Teacher of adults with disabilities makes her a qualified individual to report on child rearing because she studies the psychological problems that are present in early child hood that leads to further disabilities later in life (Maxwell p.171).
Jim Pearce, born in the Republic of South Africa moved to the United States in 1984. He received a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy in 1991 from Abilene Christian University. Having the educational background to provide facts, data, and theories about the family and how certain situation can help and hurt the family member provides a lot to this book and further proves that this book is a viable tool for any parent (Maxwell p.171).
The book is about how to properly take care and nurture a child to make them the best they can be. The book provides education to the reader on the does and don'ts of child rearing. "SuperParenting" provides the reader with not just a guide to how parents should raise their children but to help they understand the reasons for it and also letting they know that without helping and making their child the best they can be society can't evolve and will only hurt from children that are poorly raised. The Authors do a wonderful job at showing how other cultures use different methods to help their children and how they work and why parents all across the world should use the methods they use. The book is not afraid to take on controversial topics such as chastity before marriage, a exert from the book provides how important sex is but with today's society and media sex is wrongly portrayed to teenagers and thus the teens have the wrong idea of sex, "Sex is like electricity. Uninsulated, it wreaks havoc. Insulated and switched on at the right time, sex can "light up" every cell of the body, including the creative cells of the brain" (Maxwell p.47). Another controversial topic that the book talks about is the Importance of praying for the embryo. Telling parents to pray for their children seems like it would be a taboo since not all people pray and may find it offensive but the thing "SuperParenting" does best is give vivid detail for everything they present to the reader by giving them facts and good reason for their ways. "But the greatest evidence for the power of prayer lies in macro history: no society has achieved long-term stability and a high level of culture without a powerful and nearly universal habit of regular prayer" (Maxwell p.72).
The book is intended for all parents and future parents. The book educates the parents on how to make sure they help their children to be the best they can be and how to assure that. The book and its authors truly want to better the world by bettering the one true thing that will help the world and that is its children. The book stacks up to other child rearing books by being one of the most insightful and while constructed books made by people that truly know what they are talking about from there many years of experience and education. The book having a foreword by one of the greatest thinkers of our time Edward De Bono is truly something to look to, not to mention that the book is on Harvard's must read.
I truly enjoyed reading this novel because of the fact that the authors truly want to help better the world and also better the children of the world. I love reading something that tells me about all different cultures and how they use different techniques to properly take care of their children and the world. The book was a wonderful read and lucky for me I have the opportunity to meet and have a class by one of the authors Professor William Maxwell, whom is a wonderful and knowledgeable man who truly wants the world to be a better place for all mankind; a value I share. Reading the book was a really positive experience that I suggest that all teenagers read because it will, or at least should, give them a better outlook on life and show them how what we do during every step of our life will affect are children from the minute they are conceived until they die. The author was able to hold my attention the whole time by presenting factual and well educational information to me in a manner that felt personal enough to make me truly care. I learned a great deal from reading this book it even educated me on things I thought differently about such as breast feeding, most of that was me being naive and not educated on the subject, but now thanks to this great piece of work I am now more educated. I highly recommend this book to everyone even if they don't want kids because they will want to help others when they read the things in this book. I highly suggest continuing making your student Professor Maxwell read this as their first book because it truly sheds a new light on things from a lot of different angles, I would even suggest that high school freshmen read this book for freshmen summer reading. My personal favorite line from this book is a quote that I feel hold true to every standard of living "When "Law and order" are enthroned in the child's mind, that mind will have stability. When love is enthroned in the child's heart, there will be strength. Great souls have both."(Maxwell p.29)




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I just had the pleasure of reading SuperParenting, and I don't think I can adequately describe how much I enjoyed this remarkable book. The authors utilize a very effective technique of presenting many many short chapters, which makes it easy to read and follow. Each chapter is full of useful information but none is so long as to overwhelm you as a reader. I also loved the way Dr. Maxwell and the other authors used examples from other cultures to explain and support their ideas--I fully believe that we have a lot to learn from other people throughout the world on parenting as well as other topics. I found the information in the book to be very thought-provoking as well as filled with a great deal of common sense. As an example, the suggestion that babies be born in rooms with dim light is a very good one, and the explanation makes complete sense. This is a great book for people who would like to become parents, expectant parents, and parents of all ages. I think it would also be very useful for grandparents as well. I look forward to the next book by this team of authors.

This book is very enjoyable and provides a great deal of useful information. A must read for all parents!

This is a book worthy of your time if you are a parent, grandparent, future parent or as a gift to someone who will become a parent. His long and sensitive experience as an educator and psychologist come out on every page.

It makes interesting and thought provoking reading for almost everyone.

Personally, I strongly recommend this book not only for your own library but as a gift to your friends.

I AM NOT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO READS BOOKS VERY OFTEN BUT THIS ONE WAS GREAT. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN ONCE I STARTED.I STRONGLY ADVISE.

I discoverd the book, Then An Angel Came, by accident. I had been ill for three years with a debilitating illness called Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. At one point, I thought it wasn't worth living. I decided to try to find some answers, first. So, I went to a bookstore, and stopped in front of an isle. I didn't know why I was here, but my eyes were led to a book titled, Then An Angel Came. I didn't know if I had enough money for it, and was prepared to use my credit card, but when I got to the counter, it was half price. I don't know why I was led to such a book, but maybe an angel helped me out . . .

I had been reading up on angels, and the title interested me. Then An Angel Came is a true story about a family. It is about a family who tries to keep itself together when a death in the family strikes. Teri, Carol's (the arthor's) daughter, loses her infant son, Gregory, to SIDS -- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Each family member: Teri, her husband, Gordon, and their daughter, Jessie -- all deal with the grief in his/her own way. This doesn't only deal with the main family, but the extended family of grandparents (Carol being the grandmother of this child), and Carol's father . . . each memeber coming to grips with life and death on his or her own.

Carol then introduces her daughter, Teri, who is a skeptic, to the spiritual side of things and meditates with her. Through these meditation sessions, Janith, a guardian angel or spiritual guide, shows, and makes herself known through Teri. In a meditative state, Teri would write pages of journals with Janith's words and messages on them. Those messages are what pull a grieving family back on their feet.

Those messages, and this wonderful family, are what makes this book a true deep spiritual experience to read.

Like Carol Gino, I am the grandmother of a baby boy who died from SIDS. She not only captures every detail of the pain suffered by various members of a family that goes through such an experience, but, better yet, shows how even this most tragic of events can have some positive outcomes in the lives of the survivors.
Given the fact that Ms. Gino is a bestselling author, it is no surprise that the book reads like a novel. It will grab and hold your interest even if you have not lived through a tragedy of the magnitude of her family.
There's no need to buy into all the concepts she introduces to learn and benefit from the wisdom that this book contains. Just be open to parts that speak to you and your world view, and you won't be sorry. And, yes, be sure to have some Kleenex at hand - just remember that if you stay with the book until the end, your tears will be rewarded.

... well written and very interesting...We are placing "Then An Angel Came" in our lending library for the grieving community to whom we provide free services.

Faith is something most people want but few of us want tested. In this moving story of personal loss, renewal, and faith, we see how one woman and her family find a very personal faith, yet one that can bring hope to others. This is the story of a child's death but it is also the story of life, of grief and of moving beyond grief. Carol Gino has an unconventional gift for faith and she shares it generously.