The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Volume 2 by Klutz
Ages 9-12
Klutz; Pap/Toy edition (September 1, 2009)
Cautions: Often gross

Kiwi Magazine Review:
The first Encyclopedia of Immaturity was stellar, we’re not sure how Klutz managed to come up with even more antics, anecdotes and advice. For example, some people subtly adjust to fix a wedgie, but this book encourages everyone to fly their underwear flag and discuss the wild world of wedgies (self-inflicted or from a naughty brother). I thought of dozens of people who would really appreciate this book and I wished something this important had been published in my childhood so I could have been informed about the right way to convince my mom that I was really too sick for school. Every. Single. Monday. Shenanigans are the new manners. The age range for the book is a complete farce (it says 9-12); I can think of numerous 50+ males who will have root beer coming out of their noses when they read this.

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Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by Amy Stewart
Briony Morrow-Cribbs (Illustrator)
Algonquin Books - 2009
Cautions: Murder and criminal element
Ages: Adult

Kiwi Magazine Review:
This book has it all. Murder, suicide, strangulation…we’re all at the mercy of merciless plants that inhabit the earth. Legends, myths, mysteries and mayhem all seem to begin with a single sprout of an innocent-looking plant. I had no idea there was even something called the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s federal noxious weeds list, but I assume these plants laugh in the general direction of any sort of regulation. There is a whole chapter called ‘Weeds of Mass Destruction,” which is thoroughly horribly enjoyable reading. This book is a great gift for plant lovers who just may think their plants love them to death.

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I’d Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper; Loving Your Marriage After the Baby Carriage By Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
Chronicle Books - February 25, 2009
Adult Paperback
Cautions:  Moms - You’re old enough to handle this.

Kiwi Magazine Review:
These authors know. They know! They know that we moms may spend more time with Mr. Potato head than with our husbands and that potato may not even be, gasp, organic. Somehow, knowing that other moms feel the same way we do and have many of the same challenges helps. They recommend taking a step back to reset priorities, taking a big breath and remembering why we said “I do” in the first place. This book is a gaggle of giggles with some great girl-to-girl advice.

Publisher’s Description:
I’d Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper — Best-selling authors Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile brought sweet relief to moms with their first book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. Here they return with a frank, yet encouraging look at marriage post-tots. They set out to discover if parenthood has to be incompatible with conjugal bliss-and if so, how to change that. To find out, they spoke to hundreds of mothers (and quite a few fathers). I’d Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it extends a loving hand so that mothers can step out of the madness, make the most of what they have, and learn to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and kids.

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