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The book was well written concerning African Americans, especially now when therir is so much racial hatred. We have positive Role models as depicted in this book. It can be read by children, white Americans as well as African Americans.

The book is like a library of our people's trials and tribulations. A collection of poems and stories that will inspire you to do great things. African Americans come from royalty and we can do anything because we are doers and achievers. I wish every "American" could read this book, perhaps African Americans wouldn't be looked down upon. I learned so many things that our people had accomplished that are not taught in school, but should be known and should be printed in text book form.

This book is now being used a bedtime ritual for my children. This means that each night I read a story or poem from the book to them, "about them (African Americans)". About their creativity, their inner strength for survival, their ability to do anything they want to do, about their ancestors that were forced to travel from afar, about their people who invented items that we use today, about their people that broke the color barrier, about their people who walked for freedom, about their people who used the pen to fight their battles, about their people who were forced to feign ignorance in order to survive, about their people who prayed and had faith that God would free them from bondage, about their people who loved each other and encouraged each other, about their people who stepped out there on faith.....

This book is awesome!

This book has inspired me to go back to school which is the least I could do after seeing what my people endured just to give me an opportunity to "step out on faith" "act accordingly" "mind my manners" "represent my hood" "believe in myself" "reach for the stars" and broaden my horizons. For they paved the way through sweat, tears, backbreaking work, picking cotton, washing Missy's clothes, raising Missy's children, eating in the backroom, riding in the back of the bus, being treated as second class citizens.

Thank you, my people past and present.

Thank you Steven Barboza (Editor) for having a vision and seeing it through.

Read this book! It is a wonderful celebration of race, culture, and heritage. It has some of everything and is a great resource. It covers all different types of values and approaches each from different genres. I use this book every time I do a research paper because it touches everything that has worth.

Our family recently had the opportunity to attend a program at our local library. The author, Libby Meggs read this book, Go Home! and presented a slide show of the real James the cat. We learned of the process she followed translating her photographs into the beautiful, detailed illustrations contained in the book. The reading itself provided a most touching tale of love and caring for young children. Highly recommended!

This book won the coveted national ASPCA Henry Bergh Award for humanitarian children's literature. Deservedly so!

It is a poignant story that teaches kindness to animals without preaching. The detailed, realistic illustrations are beautiful. I think this book should have won a Caldecott Award as well!

My friend Ann told me about this little book, and I decided that I too, should read it.

This is a poignant story of a lost and lonely cat. He's very attractive with black fur, a white chest, and white paws. The little feline wonders through a neighborhood hungry and weak, seeking a safe place. He meets some children and their mother who appear to admire him, but because he's wearing a collar they assume he belongs to someone in the area. The truth is, he's been lost for a long time and he has no home. The collar, once placed on him with care, is now outgrown and is causing him a great deal of pain. He does not remember how to get home. Months pass and the cat is slowly starving to death because he's too weak to hunt. One day, the exhausted cat is confronted by a large and aggressive dog. What happens to the cat and how he gets his name is a story every child will love.

This beautifully told narrative is well accompanied by memorable and touching illustrations. The fact that this is a true story makes it very powerful and reminds us that a stray animal may need help.

If you enjoy WWII aircraft, and appreciate the breath taking detail and accuracy of Rikyu Watanabe illustrations, you must have this book. I found my copy 3 years ago at OshKosh, and have been offered (...)for it - no way was I parting with it. It is, without question, the finest piece of reference / art work on these 12 aircraft I have ever seen. Vet, IFR Priv. pilot, R/C aircraft modeler.

I'm a WWII airplanes enthsiast, and this book has filled all my expectations. The text, the scaled drawings, the fold-out panels, everithing is exceptional in this complete guide of WWII airplanes. The drawings of this book are incredibly detailed, and if you're meticulous, you'll never find a book like this. My grandfather was a WWII pilot and became nostalgic when he saw the plane he had flown.

In my opinion, the most beautiful book of WWII aircraft which has ever been published.

I have flown the F4U-5NL Bu.No. 124511 found in the picture on page 253 with Ens. Cawley's name on the side. He was one of our squadron mates in VC-4, NAS Atlantic City in the early 'fifties.

Brings back many fond memories. Highly recommended to all aviators and aviation enthusiasts.

J.D. Williams Lcdr. USNR (Ret)

This is a great story, and it rings true. The straightforward language which, in fact, retains some subtle quality of ESL, carries the reader along smoothly through the tale. Told in the voice of a boy who has lived through his father's imprisonment by the communists and a week-long harrowing adventure with his family to escape a military invasion of his country, it easily holds the reader's interest and provides a view into a world most of us, thankfully, have not experienced or only dimly register from the evening news. While there are sweet and touching moments that may even bring a tear to the eye, the compelling reason for young and not-so-young adults to read this book is the authentic expression of the experience of repressive government occupation, the violence and inhumanity that results, and most especially the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom. This family of six must leave relatives and friends behind, hide, travel without food and possessions, trust strangers in close calls, endure separation from each other and the constant fear of exposure and capture, to finally run through the frozen night landscape of flares and bullets to cross the border into sanctuary. For those of us who have been priviledged to live in freedom and take it for granted, this book will serve as a reminder of what it can cost, and how precious our civil liberties and democratic system truly are.

An outstanding tale by and outstanding teller. This heroic story, told from the viewpoint of a Hungarian boy who is fleeing with his family to freedom, maintains enough momentum to keep a younger reader's attention. Yet the book is in no way juvenile. The tale and the telling will capture the attention of readers of any age level. My compliments to the author for an excellent piece of writing.

The author smoothes the bumpy escape from Hungary during the Communist takeover to freedom with unexpected humor and insightful characterizations. She skillfully constructs a youngster's point of view about the realities and repercussions of the family's decisions, including costly wrong turns. This is an excellent selection for readers across a wide range of ages and would a valuable tool in a Social Studies classroom.

Crazy Jack
By: Donna Jo Napoli
Reviewed by: W. Cho
Period:6

This book was about a guy named Jack and his father dies so his mom and Jack gets poor. Mom tells Jack to sell the cow and Jack takes it to the market. An old man sells him 7 beans for the cow and Jack comes home with the beans. After he had planted it and it grew a lot overnight.

I like this book because Jack decides to climb it he steals a hen that lays golden eggs. when he brings it home, the hen just lays original eggs. "It is supposed to lay golden eggs but it's not!" I felt sorry for Jack because I knew that it wouldn't lay golden eggs in that world because of the curse.

I didn't like this book because Jack's girlfriend marries a guy named William. "Jack, I'm going to marry William." it really hurt my feelings because it would if my girlfriend decides to marry a dork. I would feel really sad. I would be full of envy.

My favorite part of the book was when Flora decides to go with Jack again. I would feel a lot better if my girlfriend dumped me and took me back. I felt really good for Jack because I would've felt the same way he did.

Napoli brings an old tale back from the grave. With a captiving story, full of anything a reader could want, she tells a tale with great power and force, that will rapture any reader forever.

Napoli's retelling of old fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk, brought back magical memories from when I was a child. Jack is living a fairy tale dream, when disaster strikes what he and his family have worked for. Drought dries up the crops, father disappears amongst the clouds and finally, Flora, the girl of his dreams, thinks he has gone crazy. Crazy is just what Jack becomes! He must be, however, what sane person would trade a cow for a few colorful beans? When Jack returns, he finds anger in his mother and Flora, until he plants the beans, which turn into a stalk high in the sky. Amazingly, Jack finds more than riches to bring home on his journey above the clouds. Riches he and his family are sure to enjoy for life. This book was an excellent retelling of the ever-so-popular story of Jack and the Beanstalk. What I enjoyed so much about the book was how the characters were brought to life and how the language spoke to the adult side, whereas, the other version touches on the child. I blasted back into the past and enjoyed the tale all over again!!

My book is on Junie B. Jones. And it is about she is not a crook. And she loses her mittens and she thinks that their are crooks at her school. But her taechewr told her to go to the lost and found and see if it was their. Butt it wasent their but then she saw a teddie bear back pack and wanted to tack it but thew ptincipl would not let her take it. Then the day went on and she saw a girl that had the same mittans....So thir is why you should read this book. well by
by Jessica Taylor

This is a really funny book.I relly like Junie B. Jones. Also,
I think Barbara Park is SOOOO cool! And as Junie B. Jones says:
"She is a delightful woman, I tell you!"

I gave this book five stars because it was really funny. Her grampa baught her a pair of black mittens and a girl stole them and her teacher had to make the girl give them back.

Ashcroft paints a Proverbs-like portrait of his dad's wisdom. You get the feeling that he wasn't around very much, but had a profound insight in instilling the most important life lessons in his children. It's a wonderful book for fathers who know the importance of the position God has entrusted them with, and I highly recommend it.

As a local sub-commandante for the Albuquerque Operation TIPS unit, I went door to door in my neighborhood trying to give this book away to its various denizens. As I live near a liberal university, I was quickly able to determine who the possible subversives were through each person's response. Thanks to this great book I was able to report over 30 suspected terrorist to the local PPPC (Patriotic Pentacostal Processing Center). And good news, I am told that many of the liberal subversives have now read this book and admitted to their secret tribunals that it is absolutely 100% correct in all its teachings!

In light of his role in the government at this time, it was enlightening and refreshing to read that John Ashcroft had such a great Christian upbringing. The lessons he learned from his father have served him well in public life. This book seems to strive not so much to give an autobiography of John D. Ashcroft, but to show how much his father influenced his life. It is an example to all Christian fathers. Even if the reader might not be a fundamentalist Christian, he or she will learn what an influence one person can be in the life of another. Excellent book!

This book is an excellent insiders view on how some of the wierdest movies in history were made. Waters' takes us directly into his mind and doesn't let us leave. He provides the audience with a more than superficial insight into what makes his movies so hilarious. Waters daily obsessions are explained and you can do nothing but sit back and love them. His tales of him and his friends are so unique that one has to read his book to truly understand the term "juvenile delinquint." His tales of his movies are so unique that one has read the book to understand the term "adult delinquint."

This book is impossible to describe in one word. It's no surprise that Water's life is funnier, and more bizare then any of his films can ever hope to be. We learn about Baltimore life, his childhood, Divine, Edith Masey, Pink Flamingos,Desperate Living,and more. THIS needs to be his next film project! The only thing sad about this book is that it feels dated at certain parts (especially when it refers to Divine in the present tense, since this was written before he died...and before Cookie Muller died...and Edith Masey). But it remains a fascinating read that really encourages people to feel grateful for living in Baltimore(or makes you wish you lived there).

It really doesn't matter if you don't know Edie the Egg Lady from Edith Bunker. Either way, as long as you have a sense of humor and enjoy laugh-out-loud reads, you will find John Waters' Shock Value -- truly a romp of a book -- very difficult to put down. This book is filled to the brim with juicy tidbits about his films (and their stars) as well as some bits about his early years growing up in Baltimore. It's D-I-V-I-N-E!

"I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy." -- John Waters

When it comes to his writing, I'm buying -- and I'm glad he's publishing so that I can do so... especially considering he has been making movies so infrequently. A girl's gotta have something to tie her over.

Nice pictures and good descriptions of many roller coasters, including some NOT in North America. The book begins with a history and sometimes dabbles into the science of the rides. A bit more precision on the science of the rides is desired. The large middle section is devoted to just about every kind of type of coaster except the (now defunct) side friction coaster. Chapter 3 briefly includes white knuckle rides that are not coasters.

This book is THE refenrence for world wide coaster informations...Superb color pictures,great details,and is the most up to date book on coasters.The "quality -vs- price" ratio is excellent,you won`t regreat this book,if you`re a long time coaster fanatic or a new comer like me !!

This book has all the information you need and want about roller coasters including, hieght,speed,length, duration and number of inversions. It has pictures of all recent coasters exept a few and the information I just said. I give this book two thumbs up. Rush out to buy this one.

As soon as you see that the title of this Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers by Bill Cosby is "The Meanest Thing to Say," I am sure you start to think of what would be the meanest thing you could say to somebody. Young readers will probably do the same thing, but I think older readers might have an advantage on coming up with really mean things to say. However, the important thing is that I serious doubt that any of us, regardless of our age and/or experience with saying mean things, will come up with the same thing that Cosby does in this story.

The situation is that there is a new boy in Little Bill's class named Michael Reilly. During recess when Little Bill and his friends start to play basketball Michael comes over and announces that he knows a better came. It is called Playing the Dozens and the idea is that you get twelve chances to say something mean to a person and whoever says the meanest thing wins. Jose and Andrew start playing the game, coming up with mean things to say about each other, and then Michael turns to little bill and says, "You shoot like a girl." But then the bell rings and Little Bill has until the next day to thing up the meanest possible thing to say back to Michael.

As Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint the Harvard Clinical Professor of Psychiatry explains in his letter to parents at the start of this book, sooner or later most children are going to meet other children who are deliberately mean. In that situation kids can either fight back to try to retreat. But in this book Cosby offers an alternative course of action that keeps the situation from escalating to something bad. Poussaint points out that this tactic might not always be practical, but the key thing here is that Cosby shows young readers that there are creative way to resolve conflicts with other children that do not involve losing face or resorting to violence. In these books, which he always dedicates to his son Ennis, Cosby has found a perfect way of combining his storytelling skills and his interest in educating.

There are a couple of other things I really liked about this book, which is illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood. The first is that it is essentially about trash talking, which has become an epidemic in sports and something that I can live without. Being witty is one thing, but meaning mean is another (shooting off your mouth in a basketball game does not get you any points). The other is that in this particular book Big Bill is the one that comes up with the solution. Usually it is Alice the Great or some other member of the family that seems to be coming up with the necessary wisdom in these stories, so it was nice to know that Big Bill can do more than say the wrong thing and have his wife give him a funny look.

Bill Cosby's series of "Little Bill" books (before it became a regular T.V. series on Nick Jr.)are a big hit with kids and parents alike. Oprah even recommended "Meanest Thing to Say", which looks at bullying in school. Little Bill's parents are involved and caring, presenting the choices he has in order to deal with this. Bullying and tormenting are a staple in every school, and in every generation. This wonderful book helps parents to show their children that thay are not alone, and more importantly, how they really can cope in the face of a classmate's taunting.

Little Bill is faced with a dilemma. Michael, a new kid at school, has invented a new game called "Playing the Dozens". The winner of the game is the person who can say the meanest things about others. Little Bill does not like the game and finds a unique way to play without hurting others.

Young children can relate to the message of this story and its colorful illustrations. The book instills morals, values, and teaches the lesson that saying mean things and name-calling can hurt others. The story also presents an excellent way kids can cope with being called names in addition to showing how to amicably deal with a bully.