16 September 2008: This week's book reviews, by Carol Livingstone, as submitted for publication in the Tofield Mercury.

EAT THIS NOT THAT! FOR KIDS, by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding

A simple illustrated guide to thousands of foods, and a complete nutrition and fitness guide to raising your happy, healthy child. Thousands of simple food swaps that can save your child from obesity.

DAVID SUZUKI’S GREEN GUIDE, by David Suzuki & David R. Boyd

A practical guide to reducing your ecological footprint, filled with useful tips for how to make greener choices in the food you eat, the home you live in, the way you travel, and the things you buy.

TRAFFIC: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), by Tom Vanderbilt

Examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. Uncovers who is more likely to honk at whom, and why; explains why traffic jams form, and more. A book about more than driving; it’s about human nature.

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