Ice Cream for Breakfast

by Leslie Levine

Book Overview

This charming illustrated gift book strives to help readers capture those moments of unrestrained self-indulgence and of pure joy that are often gained through appreciating life's smallest pleasures.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809298651
• ISBN13: 9780809298655
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Giving Women Permission To Be Themselves

Ice Cream for Breakfast is the book that women have been waiting for. It gives readers permission to be themselves and to go beyond the silly rules that inhibit well-deserved joy. Leslie Levine is an advocate for all of us good girls who need permission to circumvent the rules we feel bound by even when they no longer serve us. Her book is liberating in that she gives us permission to do and feel what our gut has told us all along. Bravo for Ice Cream for Breakfast!!!

Put the bowls and spoons out the night before

In ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST, Leslie Levine takes the reader by the hand and offers excellent advice about how to "stay centered and high above the frenzy that plagues our fast-paced lives." Many of us have forgotten who we are. Read it cover to cover and then keep it by your bed so you will be able to turn to it whenever you need a reminder to enjoy life's journey. For instance, Leslie advises, "the next time someone tries to rattle you with "the look," mentally draw a mustache above the lips. If you have time, scribble in a couple horns and a tail, too." When you are stressed, "let a little laughter in - it's like shedding a strip of light into an otherwise darkened room -- a glimpse of hope, a glimmer of possibility."

The Sweet Life

Gosh, I love this book. I wish I'd had its lovely, practical wisdom to use in answering all the people who've ever said to me, "Would you lighten up?" Now I know how. And it's fun. (This is also a BEAUTIFUL book -- terrific gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, best friends, uptight bosses, etc.)

De-stress. Be a child for awhile and have FUN FUN FUN!

This is one of the most upbeat, creative collections of FUN I've ever had the pleasure to read. Suggestions such as "Sing at the Top of Your Lungs," "Play in the Dirt," and "Cry Over Spilled Milk" remind us that there's more to life than being mature and responsible, a little letting go can go a long way. Along with each suggestion comes author Leslie Levine's witty commentary as well as quotes from some favorite contemporary novelists. Ice Cream is poignant primer on countering life's little trials, tragedies, and tribulations!

Even the one who makes the rules needs to break them!

This book was a welcome respite in a busy week filled with working too hard, keeping up with kid's schedules and trying to have a life all at the same time. For busy parents trying to keep everything together and set rules and expectations for their kids, it is great fun to read Ms. Levine's witty , thoughtful and often touching take on how to approach life with fun and grace. Her advice on how to do the unexpected, break the rules we set, usually because it is just how we think we should act, and create special moments for ourselves and our families and friends is a wonderful antidote to stress and tension. I am ordering more to give to friends who really need this book!