Epinions Recent Reviews for Yzerman

The Ravenous Beast

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:47:00 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - “I am the Hungriest Animal of All,” said the Ravenous Beast. “I’m hungry, hungry, hungry! I’m so hungry I could eat the big yellow house on the hill. Gobble it up! Swallow it down! Not THAT’S what I call hungry!” So...

A Prickly Love Story

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:24:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Being an avid reader since I was a young child, I have been over-joyed by the fact that my four-year old daughter loves books as much as I do. There is a half-priced bookstore that I love to go to and browse through used and/or reduced books...

Here Comes Santa Claus

Mon, 2 Jan 2006 00:19:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Back before Thanksgiving, my daughter came home from pre-school with an order form and a list of books that could be ordered. She had already picked-out about a dozen books that she wanted. One of them was actually a set of books, all with familiar...

Conair Euro Style Diffuser

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 11:23:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - I have naturally curly hair, which is also very fine in texture. I have never been able to “get up and go” like some of my friends, taking only 10 or 15 minutes in the morning to get ready. NO, I have to wash and condition my hair every morning...

Dora the Explorer: Valentines for Everyone

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 14:09:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Since Valentines Day is the next big holiday that the stores will be stocking shelves with merchandise for, I thought it would be a good time to review Valentines For Everyone, which is a Nick Jr. Dora the Explorer book. My daughter...

Picture Me Grown-Up

Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:07:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - About a year ago, my daughter’s baby-sitter gave my daughter (who was 2 years old at the time) Picture Me Grown Up. I flipped through the book and decided that, although it looked like a fun book, my daughter wasn’t old enough for it. The...

A Puppet Show!

Sun, 17 Aug 2003 01:08:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - My 2-year old daughter loves books as much as I do, so we are always watching for “bargain books”...

My Big Animal Book

Sat, 3 May 2003 11:15:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Note: Epinions has the title of this book listed wrong. As you can see from the picture and ISBN, the actual name is "My Big Animal Book" not "My Big Book of Animals"

My 20-month old daughter loves animals and she loves books, so...

Rhythm Maker Music Set

Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:23:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - One of my sister-in-laws always told me that she couldn’t wait until I had kids of my own so that she could pay me back for all of the noisy, messy toys I bought for her children (my niece and nephew). So, three or four weeks before Christmas she...

Who's at the Door?: Who's At The Door?

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:45:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Who’s At The Door? is a lift-the-flap children’s book published by Dutton Children’s Books in 1999. It is a hard cover book of 20 pages. ISBN 0525461589

The book begins with a picture of a little boy standing alone. The...

The Knight in Rusty Armor

Thu, 21 Nov 2002 00:05:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Once a long time ago, in a land far away, there lived a knight who thought of himself as good, kind, and loving. He did all the things that good, kind, and loving knights do.

The Knight was well known for slaying dragons, fighting...

Women's Issues

Sun, 3 Nov 2002 21:11:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - ”Since the 1960’s, many women have been questioning the directions their lives have taken, the beliefs they have held, and, most importantly, the meaning or purpose of their lives. Sometimes this questioning is painful, sometimes frightening,...

Love Is Letting Go of Fear

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:47:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - I will start this review by telling you that I was working late one night and was really bored. I found this book on the bookshelf, and out of lack of anything better to do, I read it.

The book is called Love Is Letting Go of...

The Anger Workbook

Fri, 4 Oct 2002 23:01:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - It is emotional immaturity that incites destructive behavior….People make decisions and act on feelings that they don’t even know they have.

In The Anger Workbook, author Lorrainne Bilodeau says that there are many people...

Love Addiction

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:27:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Love Addiction: Help Yourself Out is one of a set of four booklets written by Brenda Schaeffer. The series is called Healthy Relationships, published by Hazelden Educational Materials. This particular book was first published in 1986...

Stools and Bottles

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 00:07:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - ”Paradoxically, admission of our weakness soon becomes a source of new strength”.

Stools and Bottles uses the concept of a barstool (the seat and three legs) and eight bottles to represent the importance of the first four steps...

Speak and Teach Phone

Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:54:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - For her first birthday, my daughter got the Speak and Teach Phone, which is a toy in Fisher-Price’s Baby Smartronics line of children’s toys. This is her first toy from this line of products and I have been impressed with it so far...

Grief

Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:23:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Many people misuse the word “depressed”, and many people are treated for depression that don’t really suffer from it. For example, someone might say, “I just broke-up with my boyfriend and I am so depressed”. This person is not depressed, they are...

Signs of Healthy Love

Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:20:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - ”Our goal in loving is not dependency on another, but healthy belonging. Addiction to another person is not true love. Love and addiction are separate entities that may come together for a time when one is mistaken for the other.”
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Kara, The Lonely Falcon

Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:57:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - ”As powerful and as fearful as he looked, there was a sadness inside that made all the world seem empty and his life without purpose or meaning. He knew he could no longer live the way he had lived before. Proudly surveying the vast expanse spread...

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 09:41:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - About two years after setting up my aquarium for tropical fish, I came across this book, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish, by Gina Sandford. The book had just been published and I (reluctantly) paid the $29.95 hoping to learn more...

Supervictim Syndrome

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:26:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - Are you a supervictim? If you have been a victim of a violent crime, child abuse, sexual abuse, domestic violence, lack of love, or have a physical handicap or serious illness, and just can’t seem to get on with your life, you might want to read this...

Leap Frog See & Learn Piano

Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:13:19 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - I bought the Leap Frog See & Learn Piano for my daughter about a month ago. It is our first Leap Frog toy and we were both excited about it after playing with it in the toy aisle at Walmart.

The Leap Frog See & Learn...

Power Plays

Thu, 4 Jul 2002 09:53:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - ”In a storm, it is the tree that bends with the wind that survives to grow tall.”

In her 13-page booklet, Power Plays, author Brenda Schaeffer discusses addictive love and power plays. The above quote was the last sentence of...

Inside the Criminal Mind

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:31:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Yzerman - What makes a criminal steal, lie, cheat, kill? Do they know right from wrong? Are they victims of society because of poverty, lack of education or abuse in their childhood? Does watching too much violence on television cause people to become violent?...