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Mommy Magic : 450 Ways to Nurture Your Child

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Mommy Magic is a wealth of ideas, stories and good feelings! I came away with so many new ideas that I was able to immediately implement with my own children! The perfect gift for any mom or mom to be!

This book not only has wonderful tips and treasures of motherhood, but magnificent anecdotes. This would make a great Mother's Day gift for anyone you know who is a Mother or a daughter.

Mommy Magic - 450 Ways to Nurture Your Child by Adria Manary is a book I wish I had read before my son was born. Adria and her friends share their wisdom and experience in a conversational, engaging format. Each chapter starts with an original poem and contains enduring quotations and personal stories by Adria and her friends about their childhoods and parenting their children.

She includes everything from simple lists of favorite traditions, rituals and memories to touching stories of faith and family tragedy. Children find wonder in the simple things of life and it only takes a little imagination to turn wonder into true magic. The chapter on nature shows how we can learn from the children's magic. The story of little boys being allowed to throw rocks in a river, illustrates the universal truth so well how "things always end up in the right place."

The chapters that especially touched me were those on a mother's intuition, and healing in the time of sickness. What I could have used ten years ago were the chapters on "Cooking up Some Magic" and "Magic Manners" with special help from manners maven, Letitia Baldridge.

This would be a great gift for new parents.

Adria has several new books in the works and I look forward to "Daddy Magic," "Cooking up Magic," and "Mommy Magic II."

I read this book before my son was born and it gave me so many great ideas and made me think alot about all the fun I would hav being a mom. My son is 2 now and I have done so many fantastic things with him. His life is magical and full of love and that is the goal in this book.

This book was wonderful from the first page! It has a ton of ideas, brings up a lot of memories, and quite simply warms the soul.

There is only one other thing you should purchase with this book, and that's a box of kleenex. It's sure to touch your heart!

Book is full of common sense ideas and stories from various people including the author about child rearing. Since the book is somewhat sold as Christian or Biblical approach to nurturing a child, I find the NUMEROUS uses of of the term and reference to "magic" inappropriate. For example phrases similar to sprinkle magic dust, magic spray, mommies make magic are commonplace througout the book. I would have returned the book however since I live overseas I would have paid just about the purchase price to do so. Skip this one - I prefer Creative Correction, Bringing Up Boys or Mom's Everything Book for Daughters.