Nominated for the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Book, 1994

School Library Journal: "A fun, easy-to-read exploration of the sixth sense.... Kids wanting information on this subject will thank you for this book."

Booklist: "Deem does more than just give a flashy introduction to the topic of ESP. He is extremely evenhanded in his discussion and is obviously trying to make kids think hard about the topic and not just swallow tales of the supernatural."

 Kirkus Reviews: "An entertaining and informative treatment of a fascinating subject.... A superb presentation.... Witty b&w cartoons on almost every page, many with dialogue and in comic strip format, further clarify the text."

 The Rhine Research Center Book List: "This is a delightful, easy-to-read and cleverly illustrated book for readers of all ages who are curious about ESP. Part I presents the myths and facts about ESP, who has it, and how it works. Part II gives suggestions on how to develop your own ESP power and describes simple do-it-yourself experiments to test your own and your friends’ ESP powers."

 Los Angeles Times: "...a sensible but lively approach to this thoroughly juicy topic...a playful approach to high-interest food for thought."

 The Horn Book: "Using examples to define telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition and suggesting experiments that test one's own or another's psychic abilities, the unique book treats ESP as a real phenomenon. Deem encourages readers to judge for themselves by showing how to critically examine supposed accounts of ESP. Comic black-and-white drawings clarify and enliven the text."

 

 

How to Read Your Mother's Mind. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Dell paperback edition, 1996.