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My child's piano teacher uses this book in conjunction with the Piano Student book by the same authors. These two books seem to work very well together. My child really enjoys this book, as it has interesting tunes that she can play even though she is just beginning to learn how to play the piano.

I loved this book and so did my kids. The colors and pictues are very inviting to children of all ages. Mr. Tanen is a very likable character and his story is funny and thought provoking. The story teaches a subtle lesson of tolerance while entertaining simultaniously. My 10 year old loved it as well as my 3 & 4 year olds, and so did I.

The following is the text of a letter from award-winning translator Barbara Wright on Lee Fahnestock's translations of the poetry of Francis Ponge.

I knew nothing of how Francis Ponge's poetry had been presented to Anglo-Saxon readers until I was unexpectedly given Lee Fahnestock's translations of his The Nature of Things and Vegetation. My immediate reaction was: Lee Fahnestock must certainly be "Ponge's voice in English". Several rereadings, and a comparison with the French originals, confirmed this opinion.

Ponge was the first modern poet to be moved to imagine the inner nature of objects - "things". Things animal - vegetable - mineral. Snails - moss - pebbles. Ponge's imagination delves into the very being of the objects, he sees how even the most apparently insignificant of them is an integral part of the world we know, he shows us how the nature of inanimate things is intricately linked to all things animate, to all of us human beings. He made it his lifelong task to use his fastidious felling for words and language to make strange and beautiful poetry out of his vision.

To represent this unusual view in another language, it is evident that the translator must have a deep empathy with the original visionary, and it is clear that this empathy was what urged Lee Fahnestock to make these poems wider known. Ponge's poetic intentions may seem very serious - and they are - but he expresses seriousness in a joyous, often insouciant style, full of humor, lighthearted word play, puns, alliteration, allusions, imaginative contrasts. And I feel that this unique combination has be reproduced with love and understanding by Lee Fahnestock. She gives us Ponge's tones, rhythms, humor. She has maneuvered his word play with respect and unostentatious discretion; she knows how to read between the lines. Here, to my mind, is indeed Ponge in English.

If you want a good book to read I've got one for you. It's A Fine,Fine School.It's about a girl who has to go to school for the whole year! Even her dog has to go to school. She didn't even get to play with her little brother.They even had to brush their teeth at school. They didn't even get a summer vacation.I liked this book because even the dog had to go to school. It's by Sharon Creech.I made a 100 on this book.I hope you zoom right through this book and make a 100 too.

This story is about a school that was so fine they had school everyday, even on holidays. The book has great writing and sensational illustrations. How would you feel if you had school everyday? I know I wouldn't like it.

I liked this book because of two reasons. It teaches you that it's good to go to school and learn things, but there are some things that you can only learn at home. I also like this book because the pictures are very funny especially of the dog. The principal's name is Mr. Keene. He said that they should go to school first on Saturdays, then Sundays, then holidays and then summer - every single day. On the first day of summer, Tillie set off to school. She went into Mr. Keenes's office and told him that not everyone was learning. Mr. Keene was disappointed. What Tillie said convinced Mr. Keene that children should stay home more. On the second day of summer, Mr. Keene called another meeting. He said that we are all learning things in this fine, fine school, but not everyone is learning. There are some dogs that need to learn how to sit and jump over creeks and fetch sticks. There are also younger brothers and sisters who need to learn to skip and swing. He said that from this day on they would not have school on Saturdays and Sundays and Holidays and summer. So the fine, fine children and fine, fine teachers screamed so loud it floated out the windows so everyone in the town could hear it. Guess what they said? Fine, Fine, Fine!
This is also a good book for children with glasses because the the main character, Tillie, and several other students have glasses.

I am a huge fan of Incognito and I remember listening to the books on tape as a young child. I have been trying to get a lock down on where I can get the tape again, but have had no luck. If anyone has any idea where I can find it, please let me know. Thanks.

Are you interested in puns? Do you admire cleverness? Incognito Mosquito incorporates these qualities into each buggy case but needs your help to solve each mystery. Catch Incognito Mosquito before he flies again! Joel Barker, 11 years old

This funny mosquito is a detective who solves crimes in all places. He gets stuck in STICKY situations and all of them get resolved. I read this book when I was 10 and I really recommend it for the ages between 8-14.

This book was great. I have always had an interest in history and this gives you a different view on how the world was run hundreds of years ago. Through the Kings paramours. I have read this book and liked it so much I am going to get her other book.

Though not the most accurate nor eloquent novel, Sea Star is certainly an enjoyable swashbuckling read. Unfortunately, it is a romance novel before historical fiction, so the dialogue and descriptions are sometimes mediocre, but Ms. Jekel's depiction of Anne Bonny is, in my opinion, suburb, portraying the imitable Anne Bonny as the strong, overbearing, reckless, but admirable heroine we know her -- not like Anne Osborne's horribly weak and infactual characterization in 'Wind from the Main' -- and a relief from the heady tomes written recently by Jo Stanley and Ulrike Klausmann, with their /currently/ infactual claims and lack of evidence. Nonetheless, don't read Sea Star if you're looking for scholarly work on Ms. Bonny. It is purely a novel to read before bed, but a deliciously decadent one at that.

This book is not scholarly in the least. It is written at what seems to be an 8th grade reading level, it is "concise" (i.e., it makes sweeping generalizations and it is extremely short for a 3,000 year history), it lacks continunuity, and the author makes odd assumptions (he writes as though speaking for the mexican people as a whole when it comes to matters of opinion). It works as strictly as elementary summary of Mexican history for the beginner. It's basically Cliff's Notes for people who want to have a minor understanding of what this fascinating country is about. Oh, and it's overpriced as well.

If you looking for an extremely brief and summarized account of Mexican History, this is a good book. I would recomend it for people who are looking for a quick read in order to have an idea of Mexican history (people visiting on vacation, for instance), for people who have taken history a long time ago and only need to refresh their memory (which was my case), or for people who like to start with easy things before plunging into the subject. For me, it served its purpose but I have to say that for the price I payed, I was expecting something more. Extremely overpriced!