Click here to buy this book! Lulu Stories for Anastasia Category:  Children Publisher: Maria Kuroshchepova Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 41 Copyright: 2006 Welcome to our household! Who needs psychological thrillers and explosive blockbusters? Take a couple of book-crazy, martial arts-trained technology geeks, add a few homeless animals, mix thoroughly in one very old house - and you have a recipe for an exciting life. Enjoy!   Excerpt In general, we lead an outwardly quiet life, although the inside of our little world is always in motion, always in action, always changing and flowing. We travel through life down the rivers of exuberant action, sometimes landing on an occasional island of calm and sometimes having to fight our way through a storm. Here are some stories from us - to you...

Gordon Young
Besides telling a good story, I found Maria K.'s book soft, delightful and a unique way of teaching children to increase their vocabularies. She has lists of words used in the chapters with definitions at the end of each chapter. Some children's books do this also, but her words are actually twenty five cent words as compared to the penny words used in most children's books. If your child loves people and pets (and enjoys reading about them), try "Stories for Anastasia" and extend their vocabularies toward a college level in the company of some very nice dogs and a typical cat.