How To Be More Hedgehog by Anne-Marie Conway Recommended for: A gripping Upper KS2 class story about cyberbullying, friendship and speaking out Emmy Levels Up by Helen Harvey Recommended for: An uplifting chapter book for KS2 exploring what different forms of bullying might look like How to Be a Lion is a touching and warm picturebook story about friendship, the power of words and standing up to bullies. It’s a gentle, animal-themed tale that provides a suitable first step for younger children into this year’s Anti-Bullying Week theme of ‘Make a Noise About Bullying’. Recommended by so many people, complete lifesaver for us in those early newborn stages. Have to take it all with a pinch of salt and recognise they are presenting averages, broad suggestions. We had to read 3 weeks ahead for a long time because she was fast, but that’s an individual factor and not something I’d trash the book for. It felt a little lazy and ���same same’ towards the latter months; perhaps more information of developmental play and ideas if there’s not much more to say on sleep and milk! But overall just loads of helpful and gradually released/digestable info, especially as first time parents. It is important to note that a pregnancy book should not take the place of medical advice. Be sure to consult with your doctor before making significant lifestyle or health-related changes.

In-depth special features on subjects from antenatal and postnatal care options and pregnancy-related ailments to buying maternity wear and returning to work Ferriss says that “Becoming a member of the NR [New Rich] is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.” Ferriss calls this system Income Autopilot. He says the path to wealth and freedom is to own, not run, a business. An owner has people and systems do the work, while someone running a business is another cog in the machine. Using your imagination: Books as a way to imagine the impossible with Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, Joanna Nadin and Rikin Parekh, Nadia Shireen, Simon Farnaby and Michael Morpurgo I saw him on the Today Show once with Donny Deutsch who vehemently disagreed with everything this guy had to say. Donny, who is one of the "living dead" according to Timothy Ferris, is also a highly successful businessman. Just proof that life is what YOU make of it - not what someone else tells you to.How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist?

Ferriss advocates effectiveness in place of efficiency. He says to eliminate all the unnecessary busyness that takes up most of our time, and focus on the tasks that actually matter. In fact, I'd even go further and say that if everyone could achieve his lifestyle, it would be a disaster. Examples: Less Is Not Laziness…: Doing less meaningless work, so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness. This is hard for most to accept, because our culture tends to reward personal sacrifice instead of personal productivity.” p. 32 It does a good job of challenging people to rethink the status quo and evaluate what they're doing with their time. It's often hard to think outside the box and imagine your life as you'd really like to live it, and Ferris does a good job of shaking things up.Secondary students can plan their own World Book Day events and win book tokens for their library by sharing their case studies with us. I found this book indispensable after the birth of my little girl. I would read the relevant section every week and it would advise me what to expect and what my baby should roughly be doing that week. Each week was broken down into different sections (such as feeding, nappies, sleeping,development etc) with plain easily understood language (very useful in the weeks of sleep deprivation!) and rough guidance as how much baby should be eating, sleeping, pooing etc. Emphasize Strengths, Don’t Fix Weaknesses…: It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths…The choice is between multiplication of results using strengths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre.” p. 34 What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer: "I race motorcycles in Europe." "I ski in the Andes." "I scuba dive in Panama." "I dance tango in Buenos Aires." He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the "deferred-life plan" and instead mastered the new currencies-time and mobility-to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now. Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Learn Stuff Fast By Spending Lots of Time and Money Leaving Your Job and Traveling Internationally and Soaking in Other Cultures. You Can’t Do It? I Can Do It and Make Money Because You Bought This Stupid Book So I’m Rich.

I don't know how else to put it. Timothy Ferris is a douche. There is, in fact, an entire genre of blog literature that explains why Timothy Ferriss is a douche. Even New York Times columnist Frank Bruni got in on the action.

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There is also an excellent set of Teaching Notes to use with the book to help schools diver further into the topics of internet safety and cyberbullying. Stay uneducated. This is in the chapter entitled "The Low Information Diet." He admits he doesn't bother staying abreast on the news or any other kinds of current events -- even to the point that, during election seasons, he simply asks his more educated friends about whom will win their votes and then votes for those candidates. Not kidding. He justifies this by saying how the time it takes to, you know, LEARN THINGS, is time that could be spent running a business on autopilot or having fun. Apparently, not knowing a damn thing is a virtue he calls "Cultivating Selective Ignorance." I prefer to call it, "The Suicide of Democracy." If having an educated and well-informed populace is fundamental to having a flourishing democracy, this is how we'll end up with a plutocracy where the stupidest few prey on the desperate and stupid masses, while outsourcing all the jobs they might create. This brings me to point #3.