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THE FAIREST BOX set of them all! The enchanting Disney Princesses are together at last in this beautiful Little Golden Books boxed set. From Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White to Ariel, Jasmine, and Belle, this enchanting boxed set brings the most-beloved Disney Princesses together for fans and collectors alike.
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A favorite of my 4 year old.......2007-06-06
Great set of 6 books and a great price. My daughter of course has a favorite, and we read them often. I'm sure your princess fan will love them too.
Princess Lovers will Enjoy This.......2007-01-13
Any little girl who likes Disney princesses, will love these books. Little Golden Books are always a hit with my children, and these little books are just the same. Cute books for bedtime stories.
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An Exquisite Tale for All Ages.......2003-06-05
Arthur Rackham not only excelled at creating full color illustrations; he also was an unrivalled master at the art of the silhouette. In this reprinted children's classic, Rackham lavishly illustrates C.S. Evan's intricate retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story with one amazing silhouette after another. One of my favorite illustrations when I was a child was a fabulous two-page cross-section of Sleeping Beauty's palace, including such great details as slumbering cats, doves, scullery maids, the king and queen on their thrones, and of course the princess in her high tower. It never ceases to impress me how much a masterful artist like Rackham could communicate just with beautifully crafted graphic shapes alone- and remember, just because something's not in color, doesn't mean it's not good! Highly recommended!
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Libraries, like books and kids, come in all shapes and sizes and are as individual as every story and freckled face. Readers will learn about Kenyas Camel Library Service, Zimbabwes Donkey Libraries, and Northern Europes Book Boats. There is so much to discover and celebrate about the history and inner workings of our community libraries How do libraries keep track of all the volumes? Where was the first library and who was its first librarian? How many miles of books are housed in the Library of Congress? And what is the scriptoria?
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B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet Edition 1........2007-09-01
This is an outstanding book for children AND adults. It is educational, entertaining, visually appealing and so interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from cover to cover and would recommend it for all ages.
Hopefully, there will be many more wonderful books forthcoming from author, Anita C. Prieto.
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ASIN: 1563976366 |
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The childhood ritual of being put to bed has been a source of inspiration for children (and frustration for grownups) throughout the ages. Prolific children's poet Jack Prelutsky has taken this undeniable truism and run with it in My Parents Think I'm Sleeping, an eye-opening, poetic romp through the multitude of adventures that can take place after the lights have been turned out. From pleasant nighttime thoughts ("I have been in bed for hours, / but I'm sure I'm wide-awake, / for my head is filled with visions / of a forest by a lake.") to philosophical ponderings ("What happens to the colors / when night replaces day? / What turns the wrens to ravens, / the trees to shades of gray?"), children everywhere will relate to these soothing, sleepy poems. Illustrated by Yossi Abolafia with the foggy blues and grays of the gloaming, kids will love snuggling up with this book--in fact, it just might make tuck-in time a dream! (Ages 4 to 8)
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So my parents think I'm sleeping, but that's simply their mistake, I have got them fooled completely, I am really wide-awake.
From watching shadows dancing on a wall, to reading books by flashlight under the covers, to sneaking downstairs to grab that last piece of chocolate cake, master poet Jack Prelutsky shows readers that a child's life begins at bedtime!
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Gets him in bed and keeps him there!.......2004-10-28
I have been reading this book to my 3 year old son every night for the past week. He is a TERROR to get to bed despite keeping him in his regular routine. After we started this book all I would have to say after bath is "time for Parents think I'm sleeping" and he hops in bed without a fuss. The poems are pretty cute and the pictures are a delight. I think he likes it bc he thinks he's getting one over on his parents just like the boy in the book. I am thrilled with this book and intend on getting more from this author.
Nice collection of poems.......2000-03-14
This collection of poems relate to bedtime and nighttime. While much shorter than Jack's better known collections ("New Kid on the Block", etc.), I believe the emotional range is broader in this book. This book includes wistful poems and cutesy-scary poems, that would feel out of place in Jack's funny poems compilations. Of course, there are many funny poems, but the real gems are the others.
High marks to Jack.
I Thnk This Book Is A Great One! I Really Reccomend It!.......1998-09-21
I think many kids of all ages will enjoy this book. Many of Jack Prelutsky's books tickle your funny bone!
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An unparalleled collection of classic fairy tales. Includes the timeless stories: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Puss In Boots among others. This medley definitely belongs in your personal library and will be savored time and time again for years to come. The most timeless and entertaining of all the classic collections of fairy tales.
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- Good but beware of bias in language
- Bedtime story
- Very endearing and sweet
- Great book!
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Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping
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ASIN: 0060537914
Release Date: 2004-12-28 |
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Does the farmer sleep on a mattress of hay? Is the baker's bed made of soft, doughy bread? And is the grocer most comfortable resting on a bed of lettuce? No matter what the bed or walls look like, when the day's activities are done, it's time for everyone, big or small, to go to sleep.
With whimsy and humor, Julie Markes and David Parkins show that -- although everybody has a unique idea of quiet and order -- happy dreams and slumber await all when evening falls.
Customer Reviews:
Good but beware of bias in language.......2006-02-27
This is a lovely book filled with rhyming words and intricate pictures. That said, the language and identity of the characters shows bias. I would prefer the book to say "police officer" and "fire fighter" and have pictures of men and women in those roles. This book is very gender rigid with women in the roles of librarian, teacher and baker; and men in traditional men's roles. I change the words when I read it to my toddler but the pictures still reinforce the gender stereotypes.
Bedtime story.......2005-08-10
I bought this for my 2-year old granddaughter. I read it to her on my last visit. She seemed to like it, but it wasn't the book she brought to me most often for reading.
Very endearing and sweet.......2005-06-10
My 2 1/2 year old son loves this book. We took it from the library and now I'm here to buy it since it enjoys it so much. It's a simple read, and short enough for a toddler bedtime. The premise is that each page shows another person sleeping, but people children would know. Like the teacher is sleeping (surrounded by school things), the librarian is sleeping (with books around her), policeman, etc. My son likes to see everyone sleeping, and the illustrations are gentle and have enough going on so we can talk about what he sees. For instance, in the picture for the pages on the Farmer is sleeping, he's using a sheep for a pillow and one of his socks fell off. My son thinks that's pretty funny. And at the end, a little boy just like him is shown going to sleep. I highly recommend it, especially for kids that don't want to go to sleep!
Great book!.......2005-02-28
My 21-month-old daughter loves this book. She asks me to read it every night before bed. It is short and engaging enough for young toddlers, but would appeal to older kids as well. It only has two short sentences per page and is beautifully illustrated. I don't even mind reading it over and over.
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A model story.......2007-01-22
A well told story, and and a good model for my students' essay writing. It has organization, allusion, "show me" character, smooth seamless transitions between scenes, and a bonus character lesson suitable for both boys & girls. For a longer "chapter book" with the same theme, see M.M. Kaye's The Ordinary Princess.
Ending ruins it all.......2006-06-20
The story starts out well enough, centering around the lovely-but-spoiled Princess Miserella and the sweet-but-ugly Plain Jane. Naturally, the book is filled with the contrasts between their two characters: Miserella makes people miserable while poor Plain Jane's sweetness is overlooked by people who only see her outside.
When the two meet a fairy godmother, things start to look up for Jane when her kindness wins her three wishes. Before she can use them, however, Miserella ticks off the godmother so much that her magic goes bonkers and puts them all to sleep. When a prince comes across the three sleeping women, he falls for Miserella's looks and decides to kiss her awake. Before he does this, however, he decides to "practice" kissing by kissing the godmother and Jane first. It is here that both the prince and the author of the story make their fatal mistakes.
When Jane wakes up and sees the prince (after being kissed by him), she naturally wants him for herself. Rather than taking the golden opportunity of developing a real relationship between the two characters, author Jane Yolen throws it away by having the brainless bimbo of a fairy godmother cast a spell on the prince that magically forces him to love Jane (that godmother's not too smart with a wand, is she?) In just a couple of sentences, Yolen totally ruins what began as a meaningful story.
First of all, I absolutely despise the idea of love spells; love is a wonderful, wild force that cannot possibly be controlled or imitated. Second of all, what's the point of forcing the prince to love Jane? If Yolen doesn't let Jane win the prince's love naturally, then what message does this give girls with low self-esteem? That a guy can't like you without a spell on him? I thought the whole point of the story was that inner beauty and kindness is rewarded, but it hardly counts if the prince had a spell on him; the nasty princess could just as easily have done that. I agree with the reviewer who said that Jane's kindness was ruined when she made Miserella's sleeping body a hat post and forbad anyone to kiss her back to life. It seems to me that was Jane's way of saying, "Well, I got the prince, I guess I don't need to be nice any more". I found myself hoping the prince would find out about the spell and dump Jane like she deserved; I also wouldn't have minded the fairy godmother being turned into the toad she really was. I love most of Yolen's work, but this one is a rare bad egg.
I wanted to like this more.......2005-12-02
I wanted an unconventional tale for my daughter and was dissapointed. Although it tries to be unconventional by having the ugly girl being the good one I think it sells it's self short by still focusing the tale on attractiveness. The Jane character uses one of her magic wishes so that the Prince will love her. I would rather have tale about different forms of attractiveness or one in which the beauty of the characters isn't important. I want my daughter to know that morality is about the choices you make rather than the face you see in the mirror. BTW my husband liked this book so perhaps you will too.
A Wonderful Twist on an Old Favorite.......2005-11-16
In a startlingly funny retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale, Jane Yolan spins a clever and sweet tale in Sleeping Ugly. The ever-beautiful, but horribly spoiled and cruel princess Miserella rushes into the forest during a temper tantrum and soon loses her way. She stumbles (literally) over an old fairy, who grudgingly agrees to help her find a way home. The mismatched couple discover charming Plain Jane's ramshackle home, but when the infuriating princess refuses to behave, the fairy accidentally casts a sleeping spell over the whole house. A poor prince discovers them 100 years later and remembers that his duty is to awaken the princess with a kiss. However, during a practice kiss, the prince falls in love with Jane, with whom he lives happily ever after.
The theme of personality being paramount to beauty is key to this engaging tale. Though the princess' every movement is lovely, Jane's kindness and good-natured behavior win the love of the prince. Morals in society are so often skewed, but Yolan's funny story realigns children's ethics without being overbearing or obvious. Diane Stanley's terrific illustrations are wonderful as well. The cartoon style pen, ink, and paint drawings delightfully enhance the tale. The stunning, but pouting Miserella contrasts wonderfully with the homely, smiling Jane, and the reader cannot help but love Jane more for her cheerful appearance. One should also note Yolan's twist of the traditional Sleeping Beauty story. This ingenuity ought to be highly praised for its attempt to expand children's perspectives on the world. The creativity of Jane Yolan's story Sleeping Ugly combine enchantingly with Diane Stanley's artwork to form a truly memorable story that children are sure to adore.
A Mixed Up Fairy Tales- Funny Fiction!.......2005-05-19
Sleeping Ugly was amazingly funny because it wasn't like any other fairy tale. It was a really good book. I would really like to check it out from the library. I think it was funny because Misrella threw pies in the cook's face. I thought it was sad that Miserella stepped on the dogs and hurt them. I also think it was sad that she kicked the cats.
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A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porters (Walker's American History Series for Young People)
Pat McKissack
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More than just the story of the Pullman porters, this volume recounts the saga of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, first major black labor union to be admitted to the AFL. Organized by A. Phillip Randolph just after the Civil War, the union brought together many freed slaves who had been hired by George Pullman to pamper the passengers in his sleeping cars. Seasoned with poetry, song, black-and-white historical photographs and the personal reminiscences of porters and their wives, the text is full and engaging. It offers an excellent introduction to labor history.
A Long Hard Journey won the 1990 Coretta Scott King Award.
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The evil Lord Sparr has used magic to wake up a sleeping giant! Now Eric, Julie, and Neal must join forces with a brave dragon and the Oobja people of Panjibarrh to help save their Droonian friends.
Customer Reviews:
this book is great!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-23
I love The Secrets of Droon series because I love magical creatures. I also liked this book because it was easy to read and all the characters are funny.
Colin L., age 9, Holland, PA.
this book is great!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-23
I love The Secrets of Droon series because I love magical creatures. I also liked this book because it was easy to read. All the characters are funny. Eric is an "all around" character. He is sometimes worried, sometimes happy, sometimes mad and ... Lord Sparr is an evil creature that wants to take over Droon and eliminate Galen and Max. Galen is the good wizard fighting Lord Sparr with Eric. Max is a spider with a human head and he is Galen's servant.
Colin L., age 9, Holland, PA.
this book is great!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-23
I love the secrets of droon searies becase I like the magical creatsures.I alsolike about this book because thier easy books to read. All the characters are funny.
Colin l. age 9 holland P.A.
WOW!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-19
This book is very funny and love all the secrets of droon books.
One part of this book is the magical people and animals. onother thing I like is the everbodys personalities.
That is why I like this book.
colin L. holland, PA age 9
The Sleeping Giant of Goll.......2003-12-12
This book is The Sleeping Giant of Goll. The characters are Eric, Julie, Neal, and Sparr. It starts in an island with talking trees. This is a fiction book.
These three kids enter a secret stairway to Droon where weird things happen like trees can attack. But there's a evil guy named Sparr who wants to take over Droon. Now Sparr unleashed a old giant to help him take over Droon. Then a mysterios blue dragon comes to kill the giant.
I rcamond this book because it's really funny.
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