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This has been a great family devotion to use with my boys 5 & 7. It guides us in applying scripture to our lives and fighting the temptations we all battle. My boys do struggle with "what do you think about..." type questions, largely due to their young age. It opens up opportunities to talk about all kinds of temptations to sin like being stubborn, or rude, or prideful to mention just a few.

This is a fun and easy way for kids to not only learn and memorize the scriptures, but understand what they really mean and put them to use. My 7 year old, whom I have to fight with to do simple math or other lesson, LOVES doing it every night. I have seen a lot of growth in him. His abilities to deal with the, uh, challenges of an older brother have greatly improved. There is less bickering and nitpicking in the house since we started this. Even for families that don't read the scriptures on a regular basis, this is really a good thing for the youth of today to fall back on when given the pressures that they can come across. The lessons refer to passages in the bible and really put them into an understandable context. There are hands on types of things to help to reinforce the lessons. I would recommend this book to any family that is concerned about the moral strength of their children.

This is the best devotional for boys I have seen! (I have no doubt girls would enjoy it too, I just have no personal experience to share). Lots of fun ways to memorize scripture and apply it to daily life. Not a lot of prep. time on parent's part to use this book.
However, instead of cutting out paper swords for each lesson, I made one cardboard sturdy one for each child. We laminated it with clear contact paper, & the boys had fun decorating the handle with old jewelry etc. Then each week they wrote the verse on a strip of paper & taped it to the "blade". One side always had the verse from last week, with the current verse on the other side. Laminating the "blade" made it last longer & made it easy to remove old verses to add new ones. Highly recommend this book!

A great book that helps kids learn the importance of memorizing scripture (after all, Jesus did!)and how and when they can apply it to their life.

This book has sample lesson plans! Its a great and easy to read book. The print is not too small and the format is organized well. Great visual aids.

I had to buyit for a class... very expensive for yet another textbook we didn't even use!!

This is a great book for new science teacher to enchance her knowledge in teaching elementary science.

My book got here in good condition. I've already read some out of it and it sounds like a good book to have for both the class I'm in and for when I actually do start teaching.

This book is great for the General classroom. It has many ready to use materials; such as, charts, story webs, and much more. Also, the author offers an abundance of ideas to help the regular education teacher work with the Learning Disabled student in their classroom.

This book provides useful strategies for teaching all types of children, not just those with learning differences. Winebrenner promotes awareness of each child's unique learning styles and provides practical, teacher-friendly ways to make the classroom friendlier for children with learning differences, gifted children, and any other children who can benefit from sensitivity to their individual ways of learning.

Although the author has revised and expanded her similar book on teaching Gifted Kids, I think the present one (1966) still has great value, for all elementary students. Aside from Chapter 3 on understanding learning difficulties and intervening, all the other chapters are applicable to all students. Just look through the chapter headings: making all students welcome in your classroom, getting everyone involved in learning, matching your teaching to your students' learning styles... This is a very practical and valuable book for teachers. It has fairly comprehensive coverage, including 8 multiple intelligences, the teaching of reading, writing and math, authentic assessment, improving behavior, conflict resolution, enlisting parents as partners... There are many case examples, numerous techniques for each topic. Take spelling as an example (p111-115). Students are taught to match spelling with their learning styles: visual, auditory, tactile-kinesthetic and multisensory. There are 5 or 6 more techniques for spelling. Teachers are also reminded to "avoid circling spelling errors for visual learners". Susan pays attention to so many useful details. This book should be available in all primary teachers' libraries.

As a classroom teacher who is trying to adapt multiple intelligences and learning styles into my lessons, I found Susan Winebrenner's book a valuable resource. She has many stategies for aiding children with learning disabilities as well as controlling inappropriate behavior in the classroom.

I really had angst when deciding to read this book. I listened to the audio version and it was so excellent. So creative and different. The conversations between these sheep is so funny and so clever. How they solve the murder of their shepherd was so well done and funny. I loved their comments about the butcher. It may be true or not but to think of sheep discussing their preferences for one type of green over another to munch on or that they might have any preferences about anything was not something I'd think about but I do now. I like all animals so to expand my thinking or imagination about them is always welcome.
If you want to read (or listen to) something different, clever, fun, and have some laughs you can't go wrong with this superb book. I'd give it 10 stars if I could. The reader Josephine Bailey captured the various personalities and was excellent in giving a different type of voice to the human characters and the sheep characters.

It's a very weird, beautiful mirror for us humans. Ladies, please dont wear make-up,when you read this book. Gentlemen, be prepared, it is better then the Life of Brian. I got tears of laughing all the time. One of the rare books, you have to have at home - at least in 3 samples, in order to be able to give it to your highly sophisticated or misanthrop friends. Enjoy.

As flock animals who can be herded to their own deaths (see Thomas Hardy), sheep are easy to look down on--that is, until you meet the individuals who make up the flock in Leonie Swann's Three Bags Full. From the clever Miss Maple (a tip of the hat to Agatha Christie's demure spinster detective) to the enigmatic black Hebridean ram, Othello, with a mysterious past, Swann's crowd is full of unforgettable characters.

This fable begins with the murder of their shepherd, George Glenn, whom they find run through with a shovel. Although the flock can't quite forgive him his habit of wearing Norwegian wool sweaters, they agree that he was a good shepherd and that they would like to know who did him in and why. Miss Maple, reputed to be the cleverest sheep in Glennkill (and possibly the world), takes the lead in trying to nail the killer.

This is no easy feat for a flock whose contact with the outside world is restricted, whose primary human frame of reference is an outcast from his own herd, and whose humorous interpretations of abstractions don't lead them as far astray as might be expected--for example, their belief that the term "God" and all that humans associate with God refers to the village vicar.

As the story of George's complicated life unfolds, so do the inner lives of the sheep and the inner workings of the flock. Miss Maple is almost single minded in her pursuit of justice, which the sheep believe is something that can be found in George's caravan and that needs to be outed. She also asks pointed questions such as, "What does George have to do with drugs? What are drugs anyway?" Othello is haunted by his lonely, violent past and a voice that seems to taunt him with aphorisms like, "Sometimes being alone is an advantage." Zora daydreams of the depths and heights, of the abyss and the cloud sheep that sometimes fill the sky. Mopple the Whale, the fat "memory" sheep who forgets nothing and understands little, makes a lasting impression as "a plump young ram staring in bewilderment out of the car window and eating George's road map."

The humans, too, are vividly drawn, from the frightened "God" to the fearsome butcher, Ham. None, however, is more clearly portrayed and more enigmatic than the late George Glenn, the "Goblin-King" who read romance ("Pamela") novels to his herd and received mysterious visitors in quiet black cars. George, "who usually said things in a way that a sheep could understand," proves to be beyond the ken of sheep and humans alike.

Three Bags Full has the elements of a classic detective story--a gruesome death scene, an enigmatic victim, a village populated by likely suspects with secrets, a plot complete with red herrings, and a clever detective whose human understanding falls short. So does the ending, which introduces another ovine character who appears to be more clever than Miss Maple because he lives among the human herd that George left behind. Perhaps there's a lesson here about people, cleverness and intelligence, and herd mentality and individual reason. It's lost in the convolutions of the plot, the side tracking, and the contrived resolution. By the last page, with Othello contemplating mating season, the individuals who had captured my heart with their ruminations accompanied by mindless rumination seem to have been reduced to just another flock, doing what typical sheep typically do. In this case, the destination doesn't satisfy nearly as much as the journey.

What a great mystery! Author Leonie Swann brings us into the collective minds and hearts of a herd of sheep, without ever becoming precious or twee. Set in Ireland, the mystery itself is quite good (unlike some animal-based mysteries.) Swann's writing is witty without being pretentious. The sheep are definitely clever and heroic, while staying true to their ovine species, and even the humans are well-rounded and carefully done. A real winner (and you'll never look at a sheep in quite the same way again!)

I should firstly state that i am merely a 20 year old autodidact "musician", or better said "music-logyst", since i don't master any instrument. my wisdom is only intuitive.

- REGARDING THE EDITION: dover edition is perfect, flawless.
- ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA: I believe it the best in the lot, although i do not enjoy it all. Straus intention was an homenage to Nietzshe's genius, an homenage he achieved only in: "of the backworldsmen", which i believe is the culmination, the highest piece of that kind of harmony wagner introduced in his "tristan und isolde" prelude.It starts with the "crescendo" of the cellos and violins creating a melodic armony, an aparent armony; and as the crescendo goes on and on the melodic-armony begins to be in danger by it, and so is evident to the spectator that if the crescendo continues, at some point, necessarily, the armony will blow up, vanish. The maximum of the string crescendo is power-full.
Reading clearly the symbols of music gives you the aptitude of recreating it, and this dover editions should become classics of shining representation.

Richard Strauss' tone poems for orchestra are among the finest pieces of the music History, and we have to thank Dover Pubs. for reprinting and putting together all the music in this inexpensive edition. All the tone poems are impressive demostrations of orchestral force and virtuosism (specially Zarathustra), and with this book you can fully appreciate the genius of the author. The layout is very clear and easy readable, which is excellent to follow the music and enjoy it completely. At this price, it is a must for anyone willing to study the pieces or just to have a good time with Strauss' music. Definitely recommended, as well as the other volume (Series I).

Another superb score from Dover. It's large (9 3/8 x 12 1/4), lays easily on a stand or table, very readable, durable, and generally free of errors (notation-wise, it's perfect).

Richard Strauss was in many ways the epitome of the late romatic composer, and perhaps the only true musical descendant of Richard Wagner. His tone poems, like any great piece of music, are like a whole seperate world.

The tone poems in this volume are three of his most popular. The escapades of Til Eulenspiegel, the familiar opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra (and the less familiar final bars that can't make up their mind what key to close in), and the 'heroic' Ein Heldenleben reveal Strauss at his most complex, lyrical, bombastic and egotistical. True masterworks worth repeated hearings.

The complexity of these scores is astounding. But with a little patience and experience, following along with the score can reveal many inner beauties of this music that is well worth the effort.

No complaints with Dover's edition. Large format, clearly printed, and economical. How does Dover do it? Recommended!

A good introduction to making miniature quilts. I love log cabin, so this book helped me to make a tiny one.

I love this book! I made the block in a block pattern and it turned out beautifully. All directions are easy to follow especially for beginners and the patterns are on heavy cardstock in the middle of the book so there is no need to trace anything. Best of all, the seam allowances have been included so you just cut and sew! Hope you like it! Erin Pennington, Carmi, IL

... I love it. Each quilt has easy to follow directions and diagrams. Also, the templates are included in the center of the book on heavy cardstock paper. Every quilt is depicted in a full color picture. Plus, I made an Amish "square in a square" quilt in one Saturday afternoon. Just in case you are wondering, the templates ARE FULL SIZE fo you do not have to add a seam allowance to machine piece these.

This book by Gwen Marston like the others in the series "Twenty little quilts" that I have read so far has 18 quilts shown in color on the inside of the cover plus 2 on the backcover. The photos are small and you can see little detail, but you can easily grasp the concept of each quilt. Some of the colors are not to my taste, but that will just keep me from copying any of the quilts exactly.

Patterns are provided with both template and rotary cutting instructions. A short annotation with each pattern gives a little additional info about how the quilt came about and I appreciate that. The templates are included in a take out section in the middle of the book on light cardboard. Gwen says she makes little quilts to be able to try a lot of different ideas and you can either follow suit or develop the patterns into larger quilts.

I came across those books after reading Liberated Quiltmaking and find them a good additional source.

I loved this book! It was great! It was very adventurous! 5 stars!

I started reading Michelle and Stephanie since I was 7 years old. And now I was reading Full House Sisters. It was so great. This time, the two sisters did not obey what their father had said. Their father had said not to let tham split up. But as day passes, They end up at different places. But it just figured out fine. I love it.

I just read "Two on the Town" and it was great!!! I think the new "Full House Sisters" series is going to be really cool! I defnitely recommend you read this book, especially if you love "Full House." It had the fun and excitment of both sisters put together. I loved it!

In this book, Michelle and Stephanie go to New York with their dad cause they improved their math grade. While he's at work, he tells the girls to stay in the hotel. Michelle goes to the chocolate shop downstairs and meets a friend named Kayle Bloom. She askes Stephanie if she can go with Kayle to a toy store, but Stephanie hears that Michelle wants to go to the game room. If you want to find out how this book ends, READ THIS BOOK

(From the author of How to Sell Your Home in Any Market: 6 Reasons Why Your Home Isn't Selling... and What You Can Do to Fix Them and The Fundamentals of Listing and Selling Commercial Real Estate):

From their humble beginnings to their business growth, the authors outline several businesses and how they used exceptional service and "outside the box" thinking to bring clients "up the loyalty ladder" to become advocates for these businesses.

Prospect - Shopper - Customer - Client - Advocate, the authors lay out the plan to build an exceptional business!

More and more businesses now realize that is far easier to keep your existing customers than to find new ones. This book shows you how to use different types of media including direct mail, newspaper, television and radio to attract new customers to your business. This book should be read by every business owner!

This book is highly recommended. It has some great advise on how to get customers when business is slow. It gives very creative ideas that you can incorporate into your own business and make yourself stand out from your competitors.

This book has it all for the small all the way up to the biggest of companies. This book tells you how to take a person who is just a possible customer, and make that person not just a customer but someone who will sing the praises of your business, and according to the authors, that is what will make your business a big success. Lots of great stories of companies that put their (the authors) model into effect. If only all companies would buy and read this book and then put to practice it's advice. If you are like so many business owners today that STILL don't know that the customer is the key, please read this book and drink of it's wisdom. You and the rest of America and the world will be a better and friendlier place!

This book has lovely colorful illustrations that easily catch the attention of the reader and small listener. By looking closely at the illustrations there are subtle humorous finds that add to the written content. The larger size of the book makes it easier to hold during reading for an adult or a child. This book is a wonderful addition to any classroom or childs collection.

Excellent Illustrations in a picture book about a little girl who loves moose.

Very warm and funny story with plenty of visual humor and beautiful illustrations which remind me of the best classic 50's children's books - very nicely presented in a top quality printing. Bravo!

"Some children like cats. Some children like dogs. I like moose." Young, red-headed Molly declaration is somewhat of an understatement, as her bedroom contains a Moose - "Next 3 Miles" sign, a moose clock, moose slippers, moose bookends bracketing a shelf of moose books (including "Moose or Mooses?") and even a cactus resembling moose antlers!

When Molly's parents take her to Alaska to see some moose, she can't find anything but....a goose! The goose say the moose are on vacation in the city: "And Mr. Goose was right. My moose were in the city-our city! Hundreds and thousands of moose!" They're walking into the natural history museum, buying postcards, shopping, and eating at fine restaurants! Within just six pages, Fiona Robinson establishes an imaginative, witty, lively story, that is is so appealingly zany that you want to believe it. Molly takes three moose (or is that mooses?) home: Monty...Munroe...Milligan..." They complain a bit and they snore, but they also play a wicked game of broom hockey, are whizzes in the kitchen, and use their antlers in many helpful ways (winding wool and drying clothes among them).. Robinson depicts all this in large, big-hearted, whimsical pictures, and writes a fun, surprise last section in which the moose-who had heard the call of the wild and returned home-- drop by (via parachute) for Molly's birthday party. She LOVES moose, and you and your young audience will love this witty, enchanting moose-capade.

Loved this book! There's something here for everyone. I've been giving copies to friends as gifts. It's unusual to read such honest in-depth interviews with well known people. Unlike other works of this kind, this book is refreshingly direct, has no hype, and really gets to the bottom of some important and often controversial ideas without sounding preachy or defensive. In her conversation with physicist Michio Kaku, the author even manages to make advanced physics not only understandable but exciting, ironic, and amusing.

If you've ever wanted to have a conversation with someone whose work or ideas intrigued, then Voices of Truth is a great book for you. When you read it, you feel as though you are the one engrossed in the conversations. Journalist Nina Diamond asked 14 of our world's most intriguing people the same kinds of questions I would have asked had I been there. This book was the next best thing. She tackles very thought provoking issues and ideas often with humor and great wit that makes you feel each of her subjects--from James Redfield to Arun Ghandi-really opened up. Interesting and easy to read.

One of the most reader-friendly attributes of Voices of Truth is that you can read it - be entertained - and be informed while still having the ability to PUT IT ASIDE before you've finish it cover to cover. The writer's collection of interviews is assembled in such a way that while on a recent business trip, I was able to read selected segments completely from beginning to end - feel fulfilled - go on to other things and then come back to the book - over and over until I had completed reading the entire colletion of interviews. The Q & A style of this book made it seem as though I was in the room with the author and the interviewees. Quite extraordinary! Kudos to the author for presenting such a grand collection of impressive subjects!

Here is a collection of in-depth interviews with some of today's most visionary and progressive figures. From "the usual suspects" (Deepak Chopra, Carolyn Myss, et. al.) to folks like Arun Gandhi (grandson of the Mahatma) and pioneering neuroscientist Deborah Mash, these lengthy interviews provide a superb glimpse into the minds and thoughts of these controversial "truth-speakers." Most charming of all is author Diamond's down-to-earth, conversational, and at times genuinely humorous style. Don't miss her questioning Arun Gandhi about his grandfather's loincloth! Highly recommended.