Everything You Need to Know About Birth Order (Need to Know Library)

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: I liked this book because I learned a lot about birth order and how where you are born in your family changes how you are. I'm the youngest child and some of what they said in the book is really true. I never really thought about it before but it does matter about birth order. I liked the stories in the book.

Rating:
Summary: Good, but not great
Review: This book is a pretty good introduction to the subject of birth order, the theory that what your position is within the constellation of the children of a family (first born, etc.) affects the development of your personality. Written for the younger reader, the book covers a number of the basic concepts of the theory, and contains a number of stories of real people telling how their birth order affected their development.

This is a good book, but not a great one. It gives the feeling for the subject, but is far too short to be of any practical use. Also, I did find that the author felt free to inject her prejudices into the book (e.g. treating boys and girls differently is automatically sexist). Overall, I give this book a guarded recommendation.