( I ) Books - Page 6

Hana in the Time of the Tulips

Deborah Noyes

Amazon Price: $7.99 List Price: $7.99 Not yet published By: Candlewick

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Arts & Music -> Art -> Fiction

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Hana in the Time of the absent parent 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I loved Hana because I sympathize with her. My Dad is obsessed with his job and never seems to have enough time for me. I even asked him to read this book and he told me he was too busy. This story may be about tulips but it could be about any parent I know. Dr Phil should feature this book on his show. I just want to thank my teacher Ms Miller for giving me this great book to read.

Editorial Review:

"Children (and adults) will thrill to the beauty of the pictures and the tender
concern of a child for her father." — Kirkus Reviews

Hana and her father used to love to walk in the garden and play their favorite game. But ever since tulip fever struck Holland, Hana’s father has been consumed by greed, and now he is too busy even to kiss her good night. It is up to Hana — with some help from a special family friend — to find a way to remind her father of what’s truly valuable. With stunning art reminiscent of Rembrandt, this tender tale illuminates the enduring love between father and child.

A South African Night

Amazon Price: $12.23 List Price: $17.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: HarperCollins Amazon Marketplace: 30 new & used starting at $7.25

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> Bedtime & Dreaming
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

What a lovely book! 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I just bought this book for my grandchild and was so happy that he enjoyed it as much as myself. I am from South Africa, and was glad to find a book that showed the joy and sweetness of that country. People around the world forget that there are little children that go to sleep everynight all over S.A. and just live simple lives. The pictures were realistic and lovely and made me homesick! I think this gives my grandchild a wonderful view of an incredible country and they have brought back memories for me. Thank You

Editorial Review:

Twilight in Johannesburg, South Africa, finds the bustle of the city beginning to subside. Work is over, and it is time for rest. But in Kruger National Park the setting sun beckons the animals and their young from the bush. On the darkened plain it istime to hunt, to graze, and to cool off in the night air. Rachel Isadora's portrayals of South Africa that delighted her readers in At the Crossroads and Over the Green Hills continue in this breathtakingly beautiful picture book.

Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

List Price: $5.95 By: Atheneum Amazon Marketplace: 6 new & used starting at $8.33

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z -> ( I ) -> Irving, Washington

Editorial Review:

One day Rip Van Winkle goes to the mountains with his dog, but who are the strange old men there? Why are they there and what are they drinking? In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane is a teacher who likes ghost stories. Are there really ghosts at Sleepy Hollow and will Ichabod see one of them? Classic American short stories by Washington Irving (1783-1859).

The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Rachel Isadora

List Price: $15.95 By: Putnam Juvenile Amazon Marketplace: 28 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Arts & Music -> Performing Arts -> Fiction

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

THIS STORY MADE ME CRY AS A CHILD 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

A little boy had a set of tin soldiers that were made from a melted spoon. One soldier was missing a leg because there was not enough metal left over from the melted spoon.

Tossed aside by the boy, the one-legged soldier sees a paper cut out figure of a ballerina. She is poised on one leg and he feels an instant bond. He has found another one-legged toy and believes this to be love.

The steadfast tin soldier has a series of mishaps. He falls off the window sill into a stream. From there, he is transported to a rat infested sewer. He is swallowed by a fish and through an unlikely stroke of luck, winds up back in the boy's playroom with the other toys and the ballerina.

The ending is what gets to me every single time. A gust of wind lifts the paper ballerina up and she flutters into the fire place, winding up a charred heap of ashes. Devastated, the tin soldier joins her. The remaining metal that was once the tin soldier is a charred piece of heart shaped metal.

I still think this is a very sad story. The photographs really emphasize the feeling this story evokes.

Editorial Review:

A classic love story is complemented by lavish watercolor illustrations and follows the adventure of a one-legged tin toy soldier who falls helplessly in love with a beautiful paper ballerina and is swept away on a dangerous adventure.

Caribbean Dream (Picture Puffins)

Amazon Price: $6.99 List Price: $6.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Putnam Juvenile Amazon Marketplace: 37 new & used starting at $3.08

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z -> ( I ) -> Isadora, Rachel

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A winner! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

My children love this new book by Ms. Isadora. I am a teacher and look for books where Afro-American children and situations are portrayed in a favorable light and with respect. I foound that this book not only does justice to a part of the world I come from, but gives children here in the US a realistic and wholesome look at life in the Islands. We all loved the illustrations and the simple text, which actually got our minds thinking and exploring the meanings behind each picture. I know teachers everywhere will love adding this book to their collection.

Editorial Review:

Where does sea meet sky?
Where does sound meet color?
Where does song meet soul?

Here is a place where children run, splash, and sing, on an island in the West Indies, in a world that is nothing short of magical. Rachel Isadora's glowing watercolors and lyrical, evocative text celebrate the things that make the Caribbean a very special home.

"The poetic text encourages the reader to visualize the meeting of the waves and the sand, wind and hill, song and soul, and to imagine the activities that follow." (The Horn Book)

"Isadora's pictures move and sway like a Caribbean breeze." (Booklist)

Swing!: Little Kippers

Mick Inkpen

List Price: $4.95 By: Red Wagon Books Amazon Marketplace: 9 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> Picture Books
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

SWING 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

What a wonderful surprise to see the type of swing that Kipper and Tiger will use. It is simple and lends itself to all the amazing things they will do. It is written in a very creative manner teaching us that whatever we do is special because we are special. The children in my Pre K class loved this book.

Kipper the cute little doggie! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

In this cute kipper book, Kipper and Tiger try to out-do the other with silly little tricks they can do. Poor pig, he can't do any of those things...BUT he can do one thing well, he can do what Kipper and Tiger could NOT do..."he could stand on his head for ages and ages". This cute little book shows that everyone has some kind of talent and everyone is special. Cute, simple and a hit for little ones. Kipper is a star in this home!!

Editorial Review:

Kipper and Tiger can do all kinds of tricks, but Pig can do the hardest trick of all.

Secrets Of The Sphinx (Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (Awards))

James Cross Giblin

Amazon Price: $14.36 List Price: $17.95 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Scholastic Press Amazon Marketplace: 54 new & used starting at $0.43

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 9-12 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Authors & Illustrators, A-Z -> ( I ) -> Ibatoulline, Bagram

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A Really Great Book about Ancient Egypt! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a really well written book about Ancient Egypt that drew me right in. It covers everything you can think of regarding the Sphinx. The Muslims who tried to deter the Egyptians from continuing the worship the Sphinx and the labor involved in making it. A really, wonderful book. Read it!

Editorial Review:

The Great Sphinx is one of the largest sculptures in the world. Six stories high and a city block wide, it has stood guard over the pyramids of Egypt's Giza Plateau for 4,500 years. Who built the Sphinx and why? And how did primitive sculptors manage to carve such a towering monument? In search of answers, James Cross Giblin takes readers back to a time before written history and traces the trail of clues left behind by the ancient Egyptians. As he explores various theories, Giblin seamlessly incorporates fascinating information on the pyramids, the Rosetta Stone, Atlantis, and more.

Everyone Hide from Wibbly Pig

Amazon Price: $10.43 List Price: $10.23 Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks By: Hodder Children's Books Amazon Marketplace: 14 new & used starting at $0.75

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> Pop-Up & Movable -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Baby-3 -> Pop-Up & Movable -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great fun for mother and child, just simply fantastic! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

My kids, twins aged 18 months, scream "Wibbly Pig" everytime I try to sneak the book into the room. Their little faces light up. Indeed, "Wibbly Pig" was the among the first words spoken by both of them. Simply a marvelous treat for me and them, every time.

Our daughter cries when we put it away!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

We love this book and so does our daughter. She loves the flaps to find all of the pigs. She has loved it from the first time she saw it (6 months old). The illustrations are great and it is a good length to keep her interested,(though we usually have to read it three times before we can put it away).

Loves lift the flaps! 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.

My daughter loves this book because of the lift the flaps! She absolutely loves all lift the flap books.

Everyone Hide!! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

My daughter simply loves this book. She loves Wibbly and all the other characters, especially Big Pig, who for some reason she always smacks. I never get tired of reading it to her and she never gets tired of having it read to her, she loves it.

Editorial Review:

Play hide and seek with Wibbly Pig and his seven friends through the pages of this "lift the flap" book - with a double flap surprise at the end. Open doors and lift cushions to find Tiny Pig's hiding place.

Max (Reading Rainbow Book)

Amazon Price: $5.99 List Price: $5.99 Usually ships in 24 hours By: Aladdin Amazon Marketplace: 43 new & used starting at $0.01

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General AAS
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Arts & Music -> Performing Arts -> Fiction

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Dance Dance Dance 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I have a son who is a ballet dancer and I was thrilled to find a book he could relate to. I felt I just had to review it because I own a book store and have had numerous requests for books concerning boys who dance, ballet especially. We love this book because of it's energy, content and acceptance of an art that is not familiar to many people in this country. I thought the idea of combining ballet and baseball was brilliant. I wish Ms. Isadora would create a new book relating to boys who dance. Grand jete and tendu to Ms. Isadora! And thank you!

Editorial Review:

ALA Notable Children's Book

International Reading Association Classroom Choice

A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Max is a crack baseball player. Saturday mornings he walks with his sister, Lisa, to her dancing school on his way to the park for his weekly game. One morning Max is early, and Lisa's teacher invites him to join the class. Max stretches at the barre. He struggles for a split. And before he knows it, he's having fun! Young ballplayers and ballet dancers will share Max's delight when he discovers that dance class is a great way to warm up for a home run.

Kipper's Snowy Day/Chinese English

Mick Inkpen

Amazon Price: $13.22 List Price: $16.95 In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. By: Magi Publications Amazon Marketplace: 6 new & used starting at $8.69

Buy at Amazon.com

Browse similar items by category:
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> Picture Books
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General
Subjects -> Children's Books -> Ages 4-8 -> General AAS

Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

This book made my boys very eager for a real life snowy day! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

We discovered Kipper by way of the Nick Jr. TV show, and were very glad to find how very well done the Kipper books are. This simple but very pleasing tale of Kipper and Tiger enjoying the snow really is a popular one in our house. They love hearing about the dogs rolling down the hill, Tiger being sure the snow will be gone soon, and the dogs making their version of snow animals. Recently when we got a good sized snow, both of my boys acted out a lot of what they had heard in this book in the real snow!

Kipper's Snowy Day 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I enjoyed this book very much. This book reminded me of all the fun times my friends and I had when we were younger. I liked this book also, because of the things that Kipper, and Tiger do together, they make their own fun. Even though Tiger dos not like the silly woolly snow suit, they make it funny. I liked when they were rolling down the hill, then how they used all the snow to make a dog.
Kipper and Tiger will always find ways to have fun. This great variety of books as well as the television series, and movies that have been made, Kipper is vey popular. I would recommend this book for children ages 2-8, because I think anyone can enjoy this book.

Editorial Review:

One snowy day Kipper meets his good friend Tiger and can't help but laugh. Tiger is covered in silly woolly clothes! This snow-filled Kipper adventure--complete with a sculped snowdog!--is a winsome treat. Its playful text and endearing illustrations will tickle Kipper's young fans no matter what the season. Full color.