Life And Death Videos

Author: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (on JOMB) Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie (on JOMB) Published: 2009 CarolRhoda Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 9780822567646 This true tale of swindlers, slayers, smarts and skill will lasso listeners of all stripes. Other biographies on JOMB: It’s A Snap! George Eastman’s First Photograph One Beetle Too Many — The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin Neo Leo (the Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci) The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur More of the wild west on JOMB: Buffalo Music Smoky Mountain Rose (An Appalachian Cinderella) Sing, Sophie More freedom reading on JOMB: Let Freedom Sing Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Priscilla and the Hollyhocks Freedom Child of the Sea Follow the Drinking Gourd We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487, so we can include your audio in our show.

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Ronald Munson, author of The Woman Who Decided To Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine published by Oxford University Press. Ronald Munson is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Medicine at University of Missouri-St. Louis. His books include the award-winning Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society (OUP, 2002); Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics; and the novels Nothing Human, Fan Mail, and Night Vision. Visit his website. Visit KD Booksellers for affordable quality fiction and non-fiction books online

Bishop Stephen D. Lewis sends his regards to the Jackson family.

There is someone in our community that needs our support. Gypsy Mama is facing and life and death scenario, and has made a medical decision that I fully support and stand behind. Hear her story here.

Author: Bob Graham (on JOMB) Illustrator: Bob Graham Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763639036 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Airy illustrations and sparse poetic prose paint a poignant picture of hope, help and healing in this unspoken invitation to dare to care. Other books mentioned: “Let’s Get a Pup!” said Kate Michael Rosen’s Sad Book Dreams of flying on JOMB: Fly, Eagle, Fly I Can Hear the Sun Falling Angels Tudley Didn’t Know Six weeks ago yesterday, in Woodstock, Ontario, eight year old Victoria Stafford  finished her school day then disappeared.  As the days turned to weeks, Canadians coast to coast came to know Victoria and her family as we watched mother Tara McDonald s daily efforts to keep the search for her daughter fresh in our minds.  This despite mounting public criticism and suspicion of Tara herself. Yesterday, we learned of Tori s tragic fate and of her mother s innocence. This episode of Just One More Book! is dedicated to little Tori Stafford, with heartfelt hopes for the healing of those she left behind.

Author: P.J. Bracegirdle (on JOMB) Published: 2008 McElderry Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 1416934162 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Hard-core horror meets sumptuous simile in this gripping exploration of siblinghood, self-destruction and sanitized sameness. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Michael Rosen (on JOMB) Illustrator: Quentin Blake (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Candlewick Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 0763641049 Chapters.ca Amazon.com This beautifully honest confession of the ups, the downs, the confusion and fond memories of a father dealing with the death of his son offers a rare, candid, detailed look at sadness, solitude and the strength to carry on. More thoughtful resilience on JOMB: The Sound of Colors Connecting with Val Willis: The Magic of ‘My Horse, My Passion’ You can celebrate Poetry Friday by watching and listening to Michael Rosen performing each one of the poems from his out-of-print book of children s poetry The Hypnotiser here. Pop over to Wild Rose Reader for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Maureen Stanley shares her love of The Giving Tree (by Shel Silverstein). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Jane Goodall (on JOMB) Illustrator: Julie Litty (on JOMB) Published: 1999 North-South Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0735818681 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Gentle, realistic illustrations and intriguing text tell the true tale of an adorable stray dog that restored health to critically ill children in a London hospital and hope to those who cared for them. You can take a closer look at our long awaited (and long resisted) new family member, Phaedra, here. Working dogs on JOMB: How Smudge Came Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story Heroes of Isle aux Morts More dogs on JOMB: Doggie in the Window Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog Stella, Unleashed! Little Lions, Bull Baiters s books here. HOTLINE VOICES: Katrina Morse of FamilyReading.com explains how one of her favourite books, the 1948 classic Blueberries for Sal (by Robert McCloskey), shows that children can have more common sense than grown-ups. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Demi  (on JOMB) Illustrator: Demi Published: 2008 Marshall Cavendish (on JOMB) ISBN: 0761454330 Chapters.ca Amazon.com It s hard to believe that fifty-six pages of 700 year old travel details could consistently engross two seven and nine year old girls. Hard to believe, but, in the case of this beautifully illustrated and mesmerizing window to the world, nothing but the truth. More exotic locations and travels on JOMB: 52 Days by Camel Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In The War Taj Mahal Sanji and the Baker Ocean Wide, Ocean Deep Red Butterfly You can read more about the veracity debate over Marco Polo s incredulous journey here. HOTLINE VOICES: A listener tells us about a book loved by both herself and son, the rhythmic and rhyming Bear Wants More (by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Thanks to our daughter Lucy (9) for contributing the title of this post.

Author: Jeanne Birdsall (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Knopf Books (on JOMB) ISBN: 0375840907 Chapters.ca Amazon.com No wizards, no potty-talk, no cell phones, no cynicism just four smart sisters, their dad, their schemes, their dog, their neighbours, their ideas and interactions yet our girls squealed, shrieked, jumped up and jabbered after almost every sentence. I m not sure what it is, but The Penderwicks on Gardam Street has it. HOTLINE VOICES: A listener calls in to breath more magic into Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast (by Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel). Related book, Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (by Carol Diggory Shields and Scott Nash). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Zetta Elliott (on JOMB) Illustrator: Shadra Strickland (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Lee s issues of addiction and loss. More dreams of flight on JOMB: My Dad’s A Birdman Fly, Eagle, Fly I Can Hear the Sun Tudley Didn’t Know Chopsticks Falling Angels Today I Will Fly! Pop over to Brimstone Soup for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A. HOTLINE VOICES: Marlive Harris, founder of the gritskids.com book club tells us about Little Lion Goes to School (by Kellie Magnus and Michael Robinson) We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. Welcome to Just One More Book!! If you re a newcomer to our website or are unfamiliar with audio podcasts and how the Just One More Book! audio programs promote children s books, the people that create them and a general love of reading, you may find this video to be a helpful on-ramp to becoming part of the Just One More Book!! community. Click here to view the embedded video.

Author: Linda Granfield (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Scholastic Canada (on JOMB) ISBN: 043993558X Chapters.ca Accessible narrative, detailed annotations and a thought-provoking collection of photographs, postcards, pins and poems shed light on the ceremony, symbolism, chronology and controversy commemorating our global family s losses to war. More books about war and peace on JOMB: Angel Girl A New Coat for Anna The Donkey of Gallipoli (A True Story of Courage in World War I) If I Die Before I Wake: The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor, 1918 A Poppy is To Remember The Diary of Laura’s Twin (A Holocaust Remembrance Book for Young Readers) Gleam and Glow Janusz Korczak’s Children What We Remember The Cello of Mr. O Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II Seven Brave Women And to Think That We Thought That We’d Never Be Friends Aunt Claire’s Yellow Beehive Hair HOTLINE VOICES: Author Alison McGhee shares the reasons why Swiss Family Robinson (by Johann D. Wyss) is one of her childhood favourites. We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487.

Author: Kathy Kacer (on JOMB) Published: 2008 Second Story Press (on JOMB) ISBN: 1897187394 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Musings and melodrama of a modern twelve year old, careful chronicling of a young prisoner of the Warsaw Ghetto and dozens of potent photographs stitch together the present and the past in this engaging and educational look at bullying, bigotry and backbone. Other books mentioned: Janusz Korczak’s Children Angel Girl HOTLINE VOICES: Thank you to a former education instructor at University of Victoria for sharing her high opinion of Shimmerdogs (by Dianne Linden). We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Leave us a voice message on our JOMB listener hotline, +1-206-350-6487. November 2-9th, 2008 is the 28th Annual Holocaust Education Week. Coordinated by the Holocaust Centre of Toronto, UJA Federation, the event will offer more than 100 timely and thought-provoking educational and cultural programs, including a series of compelling, first-hand testimonies from survivors. For more information, click here.