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What a great selection of Matisse cut paper work! I like that these postcards can be removed easily from the book for use, or display.

This is a great book if you are looking for samples of Matisse's cut paper work. The postcards have perforated edges and can be easily removed from the book. I put magnetic backgrounds on them to hang in my classroom so that children could see them when we focused on Matisse in art class.

These books are well written and absolutely hilarious. Why are such great books always out of print? If you come across any of the Bandy Papers in a 2nd hand bookshop, do not hesitate irrespective of price or condition.

With no airports at the time, and planes flying where a sight to see with very few out there. The reaction of people seeing one landing in their feilds and the pilot asking if they had any fuel or help in getting directions and turning the plane around keeps you laughing. Not to mention his dareing antics preformed by accident

This paper doll book is great for teachers or people who enjoy the study of medieval culture and the history of costume. Tierney's drawings are lavish and nicely detailed, with a variety of costume styles for different classes and eras. Teachers will find these dolls a great visual aid for teaching students about the Middle Ages, and all readers will find the accompanying notes helpful and informative. This is a great series, and these books are well worth the price!

This was the first one of many of Tom's work that I've bought. I'm hooked, he does very pretty and! accurate work. He has given me more inspriation for my costume making than any other source. Plus, if I ever get bored I can always entertain myself by cutting them up and play "dollies". The price is the icing on the cake!

My son loves this book. There are a few words (midnight, knock, night) that might be difficult for kids that are truly just starting to sound words out. But, if they don't mind having a grown-up help with those few words, they can sound out most of the rest by themselves.

If you read this to your children, you just can't help using a fun voice for "Groad" the cook.

This book along with others in the "Critters of the Night" series are a lot of fun for the kids. My son just turned six and has loved having them read to him for a long time as well as looking at and discussing the entertaining illustrations. Now he enjoys reading them himself. "Critters of the Night" and "Little Critter" books belong on every child's bookshelf!

This is a great beginning reader book! The cast of monsters appeal to children without being too scary. The colorful illustrations make this a fun book to read. The rhyming story is perfect for early elementary school childern learning rhyming sounds. My six-year-old felt a real sense of accomplishment when he was able to read this book himself. He even choose this book to take to school to read to his class. We also like "No Howling In The House" and "Purple Pickle Juice" in this series of readers.

I really liked this book because two kids go on a journey to find their uncle. If they can't, their mother might die. On the way, they get kidnapped. This is the best book I've ever read.

Roger and alice are kipnapped as slaves tham rasom after playes a song on a lute 'My brother is a noble knight ,an eagle guards his shield of white , my brother won't forgive a wrong , his sword is steel his arm is strong

Dolly Dingle is an adorable little girl. I love cuting out the costumes and dolls and playing with them. There are 14 different themes in this book that will allow you to use your imagination in many ways. I especially like Dolly's pet kitties and dogs. And Dolly Dingle even has her own paper dolls with their own clothing! I can't believe how inexpensive this book is and I can't wait to buy more Dolly Dingle books.

This is an adorable facsimilie book of paper dolls from the early 1900's printed on heavy card stock. These rosy-cheeked, cherubic dolls are similar in appearance to the Campbell Soup Kids, having the same artist. There are over 30 dolls with an abundance of clothing and costumes. The dress and costume designs are seperated into themes such as Dolly Dingle's Patriot Party, Fancy Dress, Flower Girl at Aunty's Wedding, Christmas Party During War-Time, A Thanksgiving Dinner, Washington's Birthday Party, etc. This book not only teaches something of our country's history but it also exercises fine motor skills in cutting and dressing. Best of all, though, it's just plain old-fashioned fun!

An excerpt from this book, about African-American characters, was used January 31, 2,000 in a state-wide Illinois third-grade reading standards test. 70,000 Illinois children got this test excerpt, in which the testers reillustrated the story without permission and changed the characters to Causcasians. I wrote the book with great care, and with the hope that many children will identify with my characters who are courageous and successful and well-liked. Over 200,000 copies of the book have been sold. I know from my fan mail that many children of all races do identify with the characters. It must have been painful for many of them to see their heroes turned white on a test--and for others who know the book, it must have been distracting at the least. One of the testers' three new illustrations shows the brothers in the story playing baseball. Eight books about the characters have been published to date (there will be a new one next year)--and in none of them do the characters play baseball. The testers developed their test questions based on a 3-page excerpt from the book; they had never even seen a copy of the entire book (thus the error in race), much less read it. It's quite possible that a child who had read the book would give different answers to the test questions based on his knowledge, and that the testers, in their ignorance, would mark it wrong. In many states, statewide tests are very serious these days--children are stigmatized for low scores, and teachers lose their jobs. But it appears that the tests are hastily and thoughtlessly constructed and penalize good readers. Parents and all of us concerned with education need to know what kind of tests children are being subjected to. --anncameron@guate.net

I think it's a great book. So I want other people to read it. Because Julian tells lots of stories and it's lots of fun reading it.

All the paper models are expertly designed. They go together perfectly, even if you aren't big on following directions. Pieces are printed on both sides so you can't make a mistake. Tabs fit perfectly into slots, score lines make folding a breeze and the finished buildings look pretty cool. Rest assured, there's no running water and it's a bit hard to get fire insurance on paper houses. You'll still be living better than your mouse. A fun gift and the houses come out looking quite swank!

Very clever idea. Excellent graphics and easy-to-follow directions. Makes a great gift for that special computer person. And, for all the Dave Barry fans, this is just not a "guy thing." It's a definite buy

This book is great for all ages.This 119 page book is filled with lots of information from everyday life to egyptian religion. this book talks about the pyramids, funerals,and the most famous mummy of all king Tutankhamun better known as king Tut. If you have children you should buy this book.

jack and Annie made a guide about their research on mummies and pyramids. I leared girls & boys in anincent egipt wore their hair in a ponytail called sidelocks. when people were making a mummy.they didn't know what a mummy's brain was for....so they took it out and got rid of it!gross! I can wait to get MAGIC TREE HOUSE research guide#4 PIRATES.

I love these poems, and find myself returning to them again and again over the years. Talvikki Ansel combines the acute precision of a scientific eye with shimmering, translucent, finely-honed language. Her mastery of the sonnet form in the second and third sections of the volume seems virtually effortless -- as if the poems have simply transcended the rigors of form. These are poems of fierce and delicate inquiry (a study of bats, the dissection of a bird, the exploration of a pear down to its very core, the unraveling of the memory of a season spent in the Amazon Rainforest); poems of travel, explorers, and exploration; and poems of being forever changed by the processes of inquiry and exploration, like Caliban, or Elizabeth Bishop's Robinson Crusoe. Indeed, perhaps Ansel is, or will be, our Elizabeth Bishop of the new century. Ansel's poetic voice is clear, warmly modulated, and threaded throughout with marvelous flickers of quiet whimsy and humor. These are poems that resonate and linger. I highly recommend this book.

Telvicki Ansel communicates the multiple awareness of self, nature, and the unmanefest. She can have you hold a pear as she has held it, and feel the humorous frustration of raising miniature horses.

"My Shining Archipelago" is a real find.