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Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition

Hans Christian Andersen, R. and Higton B. Ash

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Flawless execution of timeless classics 5 out of 5 stars.
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I don't know what I can add, really.

I bought this book based on reviews already posted, having compared it to about a dozen other Aesop's Fables compilations available on Amazon. This one stood out far and above the competition in the reviews, and it did not disappoint. From the binding, the paper, printing quality, to the actual format and selection of artwork (including a lot of familiar images from the edition of Aesop's I had as a child thirty-five years go), top-notch all the way.

Basically, all those other glowing reviews? Spot on.

Classic illustration and very wonderful coloring 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a good book to have for the children's library or your own library. The illustrations brought back memories of my youth when I would sit down in the library and open an old musty book of Alice in Wonderland. I liked to admire all the fine line detailing the artist would apply to a single illustration. This edition was done using modern artists using that old style and I fell they managed to emmulate the classic style very well.

Editorial Review:

This delightful selection of Aesop's parables--some of them universally recognizable, others refreshignly unfamiliar--is magnificently complemented by illustrations taken from a variety of antique editions.

Hi! Fly Guy (Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards))

Tedd Arnold

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great book for early readers and others as well 5 out of 5 stars.
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Used this book with groups of struggling readers. It was motivating and they wanted to read the sequels. They are very fond of Fly Guy now, and they are very excited about the next book. They want to write a letter to Tedd Arnold and ask him to write more Fly Guy books.

Buzzzzz... 5 out of 5 stars.
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Fly Guy is so cute. A fly cute? Well, he is. He's drawn that way as only Tedd Arnold can. I love his pictures as they all have that same uniqueness to them. You can always spot a Tedd Arnold book.
Fly Guy has an owner named Buzz and he says his name all the time. Who wouldn't want a pet that says your name?
My kids really enjoy this book. It's simple yet innovative. How many of us wish we thought of it ourselves?
Love it!

Editorial Review:

Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship. Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fun. "A pop-eyed, self-confident mite in Arnold's droll cartoon illustrations, Fly Guy's up to any challenge, whether it be eating a hot dog (well, most of it, anyway), or performing amazing aerial acrobatics; readers drawn by the flashy foil cover will stick around to applaud this unusually capable critter." --Kirkus Reviews

In the Forests of the Night

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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This reads like a 16 year old wrote it... 1 out of 5 stars.
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...which is a compliment, I suppose, considering she was 13 when it was penned. It's actually quite impressive for such a young woman, but the sheer wall of angst, the repetitive use of such overdone terms as good, evil and innocence, not to mention 300 year old creatures who react like high school students when approached with conflict...well, suffice it to say that the high rating this novel has received overall leaves me baffled. The tone, conflict and resolution call out the author's adolescence. I suspect in time, as she gets more life experience, she will be quite good at the craft, but for now? Not so much.

If you are in high school yourself, this might be a good read. Otherwise, skip it. There's plenty of YA lit of high enough caliber to appeal to adult sensibilities. On the plus side, this is an extremely short book, so you won't waste too much of your life if you feel the need to actually complete it.

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Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will.

Retired Kid, The

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Cute 4 out of 5 stars.
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The story is cute and both my children, ages 7and 9 enjoyed it.They could relate to the kid in the story who is tired of homework, chore etc. The child decides to retire and moves to a retiremnt home, but ultimately remembers the things that he enjoys and moves back home to enjoy his job of being a kid. My only issue with the book is that it does portray some negative stereotypes of elderly people. This includes listening to resident go on about hip replacement, drinking prune juice and sitting on false teeth. However, in the end an elderly resident helps him decide to go back home. The illustrations are really cute as well.

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children 5 out of 5 stars.
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Jon Agee has done it again with taking a well known idea and turning it upside down. The main character, Brian, is tired of working so hard and decides to retire to the Happy Sunset Retirement Community in Florida. The fact that he's a kid does not stop him; who wants to chase after the school bus, do all that homework, babysit the younger sister, and take that enormous dog for a walk day in and day out, when the relaxing alternatives of retired life are but a plane ride away. Retirement agrees with Brian until he realizes that there were some aspects to his old job that he did find rather agreeable.

The Retired Kid is unique among other children's books about work and jobs with its focus on retirement. It can also teach children about opportunity cost: they may think twice about wanting to leave school and chores for a retirement community if it comes at the cost of prune juice smoothies, long documentaries on TV, weekly doctor's checkups, and conversations about hip replacements. This book gets top marks for its very funny illustrations and clever writing.

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"It's been a wonderful eight years, but I need a break."

At the Happy Sunset Retirement Community, there's Ethel, Myrtle, Harvey, and Tex. And then there's Brian. The retired kid. He's here to escape school, homework, and daily chores.

But retired living has its challenges, especially when you're sixty years younger than everybody else!

Cam Jansen 24 The Snowy Day Mystery (Cam Jansen)

David A. Adler

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I like David A. Adler! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I like mysteries because they are exciting and I like when they get solved. This is a good one PLUS it is funny. There is one character who has a joke at every turn. One of the jokes is, "What goes ha, ha, thud?"
"Somebody who laughs their head off!"

Editorial Review:

After nearly a quarter of a century, Cam Jansen remains a popular character, garnering new fans with each new title. In this newest Cam Jansen mystery, it’s a very snowy day outside, so Cam and Eric are running late to computer lab. When they finally arrive, they realize that three computers are missing! There are only two clues—footprints in the snow outside and a locked window. This mystery seems impossible to solve, but with Cam Jansen on the case, the thieves don’t stand a chance!

Shoo, Fly Guy!

Tedd Arnold

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great for below-grade-level readers 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Fly Guy books have been great for my daughter. She is mildly autistic, so her reading level is around kindergarten even though she is in third grade. She often feels that the books at her level are babyish or boring. Fly Guy is funny and disgusting and very appealing to her. She also likes the idea of reading a real "chapter book". This book especially makes good use of repeating somewhat difficult words in the same phrases, so she can read faster as the book goes on. Thanks Tedd Arnold, and please write many more!

Editorial Review:

Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could possibly be! Why, it's shoo-fly pie, of course!

Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fun. With an eye-catching holographic foil cover, this is the third in a series of four books.

Each Peach Pear Plum (Picture Puffins)

Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg

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Total reviews: 44 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Good book, apparently a classic (who knew?) 4 out of 5 stars.
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This is a good book of a few rhyming couplets featuring fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters, perfect length to catch the attention of a young child - and enough detail in the pictures to keep the attention of an older one!

For those people who are concerned about this sort of thing, there are some references to "the Wicked Witch" (she's not shown being any more wicked than anybody else, and she eats pie with her neighbors at the end. Wicked is just her name, I guess) in the book, and there are also a few images of the three bears being very careless with guns while hunting. I don't find that this hampers our enjoyment of this book, but if these are sensitive topics for your family, you may want to check the book out of the library before committing to a purchase.

My Favorite Childhood Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is very special to me, its great for kids headed to kindergarten. Its easy to read and adds a twist by having the child find something hidden on each page. I just bought it for my daughter, after I, twenty years ago, turned it in for a school book drive. I love it and would recommend it to anyone with a child.

Editorial Review:

The classic children's game book. Full color. ALA Notable Children's Book.

Shattered Mirror (Den of Shadows)

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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Total reviews: 126 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

My favorite of her vampire books! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I read this book again late last year, and this book always satifies my hunger for vampire novels! The story of a witch hunter that becomes entangled with two vampire brothers. All the characters, especially Dominique, are sharp and fresh in every way. I think she should write a seque, from the ending, or write stories of people like Caryn, both vampire brothers, or Dominique. With as much detail as she gives us, it leaves us wanting more about every character. This book has everything a vampire novel could have, my absolute favorite or her novels!

Editorial Review:

To the casual observer, Christopher Ravena and Sarah Vida look like normal high school students. But he’s a vampire who has sworn off human blood, and she’s a witch, a daughter of the most powerful vampire-hunting dynasty in history. Slowly, without meaning to, Sarah finds herself won over by his sensitivity, his gentleness, his kindness.

But his past and her future collide when they both get tangled up with Nikolas, one of the most reviled vampires ever.

Crispin: Cross of Lead, The

Avi

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Total reviews: 228 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A Little Disappointing From What I Expected 3 out of 5 stars.
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'Crispin, The Cross of Lead" is a story about a young orphan boy set in 1300th century England who runs away from his small village because he is falsely accused of stealing from the ruler. 'Crispin' soon finds a unique guardian who adopts him and helps him run away from the people who are hunting him down, and also helps him to figure out all the secrets he has about his life.
This book was very slow for me in the beginning, and with some big words and complicated things in it, this book is probably suited to older teens and adults. In the middle/end of the book however, they're are some exciting things...but they don't really last for long. All in all, Avi has created some unique and funny characters, and has created a story that is a medium-paced tale.

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The 2003 Newbery Award Winner and New York Times Best-seller. "Avi's latest novel is superb combination of mystery, historical fiction, and a coming-of-age tale... Breathlessly paced, beautifully written, and filled with details of life in the Middle Ages, this compelling novel is one of Avi's finest."-Book Report

Demon in My View (Den of Shadows)

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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Total reviews: 275 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

great book 4 out of 5 stars.
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Im very well into vampires, and witches, werewolves and things of that nature. I'm always looking for new and interesting stories to red, and movies to watch where they re all over scene and completely throughout the book, or movie. I really loved this book "Demon In My View". I just wish it could have been a little longer, stretched out a little more. I wish that Jessica and Fala could have had that fight. I wish the book would have ended with perhaps Aubrey, and Jessica hunting together, and maybe being more romantic with each other, since it was clearly obvious that they were attracted to each other, and was connected on that level. I wish the book would have gone into talking about what happens to Caryn after she went home. Are her and Jessica friends now? do they talk since the incident. Seeing as Caryn is the true reason that she is indeed alive. What happens now? Jessica has been changed, Caryn has done something her mother will surely disapprove of. Will she tell her? or will her mom pick it up. Will Jessica ever talk to Caryn again? Will Jessica and Aubrey be long lasting lovers, and grow to have kids of their own one day. I think "Demon In My View" is a great beginner book, of many sequels to come. A great foundation and the author Amelia Atwater-Rhodes should take it and run. We only know through Jessica writings all the things that happened in the past with Aubrey, siete, her mother, and the other vampires. but now we have the chance to actually follow it book by book, and watch the whole thing unrattles. This could be an extraordinary foundation, and the beginning for many many eye bolting, end of the chair, very high anticipation, and mental hunger for other books to follow using these characters. Overall without given too much of the book away hopefully. This book is amazing. Though im far from a teenager, I will be looking out for books that have Amelia Atwater-Rhodes name as the author. She is a talented writer indeed, and I hope she will be able to keep it up in the years to come. AWESOME BOOK...!!!

Editorial Review:

Though nobody at her high school knows it, Jessica is a published author. Her vampire novel, Tiger, Tiger, has just come out under the pen name Ash Night. Now two new students have just arrived in Ramsa, and both want Jessica’s attention. She has no patience with overly friendly Caryn, but she’s instantly drawn to Alex, a self-assured, mysterious boy who seems surprisingly familiar. If Jessica didn’t know better, she’d think Aubrey, the alluring villain from her novel had just sprung to life. That’s impossible, of course; Aubrey is a figment of her imagination. Or is he?