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by Caralyn Buehner
ISBN: 0803731086
Hardcover: 32 pages
Condition: New
Comments: Sold with pride. New, factory sealed.
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a box of snowmen
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-12-02
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm glad I read the review because I was hoping that it was a new "snowman book". I already have and absolutely love "snowmen at night" & "Christmas".i wish they'd write more! the illustrations are so beautiful.
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PLEASE NOTE, THIS BOX SET IS SNOWMEN AT NIGHT + SNOWMEN AT CHRISTMAS
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-02-06
16 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
This box set lists as "both Snowmen books." Not very helpful. The two books enclosed are Snowmen at Night, and Snowmen at Christmas. So don't make the mistake of ordering Snowmen At Christmas through amazon's "deal" portion of this webpage!
Anyhoo, these two books are WONDERFUL. The artwork is absolutely enthralling, and the rhyming stories are adorable. It tells the story of what snowmen do, after you go to bed, and after you go to bed at Christmas. The paintings are stunning, and include Mark Buehner's signature "hidden figures," ie, there are Santas, bunnies, and dinosaurs hidden in many of the paintings. This adds a fun dimension to an already wonderful set of books.
I highly recommend these two books, because they will captivate your child, and you will love to read such beautiful books to your child.
Truly a treasure.
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by Mark Twain, Joseph Ciardiello
ISBN: 0895771853
Hardcover: 334 pages
Condition: New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No shelf wear, no publisher marks, no dust jacket.
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Overwritten, Boring, Absurdist, Unrealistic
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-02-20
Mark Twain is a great man. I liked his "Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Also, I've a fine appreciation for the man's sheer wit, especially regarding politics, and I still think "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is the best short story I had to read in High School. This book was not for me.
I found the plot absurdist, and his barbs against religion were witty, but so over-the-top they interfered with the actual story itself. Honestly, I could not achieve immersion in the novel; I kept finding it stupid instead of funny and pointless instead of witty. The use of detail detracted from the story; extremely overwritten. The main character was an 'expert' on everything, and felt more like an author's mouthpiece than a real man, even a caricature of a man. If you aren't amused by old-style religious slanders and have read modern time travel stories, you'll find this a great (and dated) disappointment.
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Great Item- slow shipping
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-08-22
This item arrived in excellent condition. A little dissapointed in the amount of time it took to ship.
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a fantastic story
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-03-12
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
first of all, for those of u who dont know what "thou" or "thee" means,they both mean "you"! and for all of you who say this book is anti-religion, you must fail to understand that the catholic church was a very powerful and disliked back in the middle ages, and he was describing what religion was like back then.and finally for those of you who say that they dont like the 1800's speech,IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE 1800's!do you expect mark twain to write like we would nowadays?just because he writes a book about time traveling doesnt mean he IS a time traveler!
This is a very interesting book,describing in detail what it would be like to mix middle ages with the 19th century.would recomend this book to anyone that knows what "thee" or "thou" means.
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Excellent literature, not a children's book
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-01-01
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is Twaine at his best. The book provokes thought, draws sympathy, and is downright hilarious. It also reads smoothly and at a brisk pace. It's a quick, fun read. I should also emphasize that while this is frequently labelled as children's literature, I find that label to be completely misleading. While it can no doubt be enjoyed by children at their level, there are a number of subtleties, particularly in the humor, that will be beyond the comprehension of most 13 year olds.
The most pervasive feature of theme of the book is the ignorance of people in the sixth century. The Yankee is constantly dazzling both king and commoner with all manner of "miracles" (really just works of engineering or culture that he has as a result of his 19th century education). The people are the most easily duped idiots imaginable, and hold the most base conceptions and prejudices, and have no conception of justice. Twain believes these shortcomings are a product of their environment and education, rather than inherrent deficiencies ("training, all is training"). He also tackles slavery (an institution out of practice by the time of this book's writing), draws sympathy for slaves, and advocates the equality of all humanity. All pretty simple stuff. At a slightly deeper level, he tackles economic policy, namely protectionism vs. free trade, a debate that raged into his day and even into our own. He ridicules the views of the protectionists and their inability to understand the meaning of real vs. nominal wages, clearly a slap at certain arguments of his own day.
Though the social commentary is interesting, if elementary, the satire is by far the best part of this book. Twain takes so many shots at so many targets that it's difficult even for the careful reader to notice them all. By far the funniest character is Alisande, a charicature of Arthurian women, who the yankee pejoritively nicknames "Sandy." When she rambles on for hours to no apparent purpose "running her mill," by whihc Twain pokes fun both of women in general and of their style of speech in Arthurian literature. A very funny scene is when Sandy relates a story from Thomas Mallory ver batim, with the Yankee constantly interjecting with suggestions to improve Mallory's arid writing style. "The Irish guy sounds like all the others, Sandy. You ought to give him a brogue, or at least have him say something like 'be jabbers' so that you'd know it's him speaking," which of course is a suggestion Sandy takes.
Another great piece of satire is Twain's commentary on the yankee himself. When he defeats opposing knights, he makes them sell all sorts of trinkets and products, from top hats to soap to stoves, as his way of spreading civilization. Of course these goods don't make a nation civilized, but that the yankee thinks they do is Twain's pejorative commentary as a westerner on eastern materialism. Twain's way of telling it is very funny stuff. There's much more excellent humor that can't be mentioned for the sake of space.
The ending is another excellent commentary. The yankee's beautifully crafted civilization crashes down because of the irrascible prejudices of the people, which the church uses to its advantage. Twain's negative view of imperialism is here reflected, in how he depicts the folly of elevating a society by outside influences. A civilization must grow at its own pace, developing its views and values through a long process of trials. Attempts to import institutions from without are bound for failure. Though relevant in Twain's day, this is equally applicable in ours.
So, if you want the whole package: a quick, easy read that also provides thought-proviking commentary and great humor, I'd recommend reading this. It would be hard to find a better book that has everything this one does.
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Twain pays his debt to Cervantes and Swift
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-12-08
Not quite a classic, Twain pays his debt to Cervantes and Swift in this satiric fable about the collision between the "modern" world (19th Century America) and the world of Arthorian (authorian?) legend (6th century England). Twain gets in some sharp jabs against both time periods, with a deft touch of modern irony that makes the book seem surprisingly fresh at times (Twain even pops a "dudes and dudesses" reference!).
He puts his finger on the clear difficulty of interacting with (or portraying on books and movies) that pre-modern world: they inability to grasp the concepts of irony, reasoning, or disbelieve, leave Twain literally unable to communicate at times to both satiric and serious effect..
But the train wanders off the track in long dissertations on purchasing power, class and slavery, and Twain's seemingly gleeful telling of his facile ability to kill 50,000 knights with modern explosives, electric fences, and Gatling guns seems jarringly horrific and disturbing, especially after the historically-realized horrors of the last hundred years.
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by Robert A. Lytle
ISBN: 0971269254
Paperback: 344 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no creases in spine, no writing. Light edge wear.
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Phenomenal! Both my 13 year old son and I LOVED this book!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-11-26
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have a hard time finding books that my 13 year old sports nut will read. After reading him the first chapter, he was hooked and finished this book within 1 week. He loved it. I was intriqued and decided to read it as well. I loved it. It tells about how a 13 year old travels back in time to 1864 to play baseball. Teaches lots about history without seeming to be at all educational. Great book. Strongly recommend it.
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by Michael Winerip (Reader: Patrick Lawlor)
ISBN: 1597370916
Audio CD
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Disk(s) sold with original case and artwork. From private collection. ALL DISKS ARE CHECKED PRIOR TO LISTINGS. Moderate wear on case.
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A Great Book For All Ages!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-06-24
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I really enjoyed reading this book. Adam Canfield is a middle-schooler who used to be a reporter for his school's newspaper, The Slash (named after the slash mark in Harris Elementary/Middle School), but now he has become a co-editor. He finds that being a co-editor is a big responsibility, because he does not only have to find the stories, he must decide on which stories to put in. A third grader named Phoebe wrote a great story about the janitor that everyone thought would turn out terrible.
I stayed up until 1:30 AM withought knowing the time just to finish the book!
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WARNING!
UNLESS YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THE END OF THE BOOK SPOILED FOR YOU, DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH.
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Later, the two co-editors, Adam and Jennifer, with Phoebe, write an article that gets their evil principal, Mrs. Marris, fired for using money donated to the school to make her bathroom have gold plating and plumbing.
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11 Years Old
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Lazy Writing
Rating  (3)
Date: 2008-12-31
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Adam Canfield is the student co-editor of his Elementary/Middle School newspaper, The Slash. In an effort to continue The Slash's tradition of great and responsible journalism, Adam and his friend Jennifer begin to uncover a scandal that will rock the school and the town.
I was torn the entire time I spent reading this book.
On one hand, I was turning pages quickly to see how Adam and Jennifer discovered/uncovered the problems. I couldn't wait to see how they'd solve their problems. As a middle school teacher, this book (at times) made me wish my school had a student paper, and I think Adam and Jennifer will steer a ton of kids interests towards journalism.
On the other hand - where do I begin? I thought the characters and situations presented in this book were completely unrealistic. Adam and Jennifer appeared to me to be mere charactatures of talented middle school students. They acted far too adult and experienced to be even remotely believable - which led me to believe that this must be some sort of heightened comedy, but I never was able to decide if that was the tone of the book or not. There is no journalism teacher or staff advisor for the newspaper, so where do these kids get the ability to run a newspaper? Where did they learn about journalistic ethics? Where did they learn to interview, to write headlines, to format a paper?
I felt the characterization was lazy. Instead of creating "real" characters, the author gave us ridiculous stereotypes - the all-knowing janitor, the precocious little brainiac, the students who are smarter than all the adults, the wise old teacher, the adult friend who provides guidance, and those were the more believable ones. I really found the angry vindictive principal, the bumbling county board members, and the ridiculous zoning comittee supervisor to be insulting to the intelligence of the intended readers. Fifth and sixth graders aren't adults (as they're characterized in the book), but they are too intelligent to be talked down to like this - create some real characters for them to relate to.
What made this book even worse for me was the incredibly unrealistic situations that the author used. They screamed laziness to me. I won't list every single situation that bugged me, but middle school kids meeting at a local diner, third graders sneaking out of the house at night to meet older kids at an abandoned wharehouse, principals adding classes to the start and end of the school day with no question from parents, lawyers going out of their way to help kids because their impressed with the student's journalistic integrity, adults clamoring for and asking for subscriptions to middle school newspapers... Again, some of these made me wonder if this was intended to be a comedy, but I couldn't figure out the author's tone or intent.
Personally, I didn't think the book was terrible (as I said, the plot moved along and I remained interested enough to stick it out to the end), but I won't recommend it to my students. I don't see how this book has been nominated for numerous awards when there are so many other new books for this age group that are far superior. If you'd like students to read about school controversies check out the much better The Truth About Truman School or Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature.
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english review
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-30
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book was very interesting. I liked how it showed a middle school kid just like me. Adam and I are just as overworked and tired. Now back to the story it is one of my personal favorites. My favorite part in the story is when you find out about the donation. At first you get all suspenseful and excited. Then you start to think what this money is actually going to support. In the end it gets extremely suspenseful because someone may lose their job and you are guessing why.
I would recommend this book to any children who are soon to be journalists. Also this is for kids who like to solve mysteries. The book is a little bit long so if you have trouble reading you may not choose it for a book report. Also if you don't like suspenseful books this is not for you. If you don't like mystery this also is not for you. Lastly this book is also for any detectives. In all this is my favorite mystery story.
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book review for english project
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-30
The book was very interesting. I liked how it showeed a middle school kid just like me. Me and adam are just as overworked and tired. Now back to the story it is one of my personal favorites. My favorite part in the story is when you find out about the donation. At first you get all suspenful and excited. Then you start to think what is this money actually going to support. In the end it gets extremely suspensful because someone may loses their job and you are guessing why.
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good story
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-07-20
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
My son, who is an avid reader, loved this book. He is begging for anything else by this author.
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by Jim Burns
ISBN: 0830743030
Paperback: 164 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Gently read copy in like new condition. No reading/ shelf wear.
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by Kenneth Oppel
ISBN: 1933322535
Audio CD: 1 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. ALL DISKS ARE CHECKED PRIOR TO LISTING. Ex Library audio book in a very good condition. Original case.
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An audiobook for all ages
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-02-28
This review is specifically for the Full Cast Audio recording of Airborn; I have not read the book.
My husband bought this audiobook and suggested it as something I would enjoy, even though I rarely listen to audiobooks. I'm so glad he brought this to my attention. I loved the story Oppel created, with the many adventures, interesting characters, and just enough fantasy to keep it interesting. The primary narrator was, in my opinion, an excellent choice to read Matt. His earnest tone befit this character.
Highly recommended for young people and not-so-young people who want to escape into an interesting story well-read by good voice actors.
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Airborn
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-02-05
This is the first of a series. Book is slow at times but still a good book. The voice on the audio CD was not very appealing. Sometimes purchase or get from library both (book & Audio) to finish the book early. There is romance, adventure and a happy ending....don't want to give too much away and ruin the storyline.
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Good adventure story, worth reading
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-01-07
I got this book for my 11 and 13 year old daughters so that they could read something that was beyond the scope and subject matter of the so called YA books that are so prevalent these days. My 11 year old was pleasantly surprised that she enjoyed the book and the 13 year old will be reading it soon. It is a good adventure story that both boys and girls might like, the only thing is that I thought there were some instances at the end when Matt, the cabin boy, does pull off some incredible stunts to save the ship, but then hey, that's how heroes are born.
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An instant favorite! Highly, highly recommended!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-07-27
Most definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. Perhaps *best* isn't quite the right word... I've read several wonderful books this year. But, for me, this is definitely one of my all-time favorites.
Seldom do I come across a title that has a strong plot, a great writing style, and wonderful characters that are multi-dimensional, real, and vivid. It felt like every time I tuned in I was visiting with friends.
This was a fast read, catching me from the start. The plot is quite unique and kept me surprised and guessing all along the way.
What was so refreshing, and immediately apparent, was that the protagonists were *good* characters. They weren't perfect, but their flaws were normal and understandable--they did want to be good people and do the right things. This said, this is an adventure book (if I had to pick just ONE genre that is). However, the book never felt like it was *just* plot driven, nor did it ever feel like it was *just* character driven. Instead, it was a wonderful, well-paced combination of the two.
A small warning (and minimal spoiler): there are deaths. Many are not gruesome, and some are simply hinted at (allowing more sensitive readers to infer what they will). But, there are obvious deaths, some of which might be unnerving for young, sensitive readers. The descriptions of the deaths are short and not very detailed, but those with active imaginations could find themselves just a tad grossed out at times. This aside, the story is very sweet, very innocent, and, in my opinion, a wonderful, great, fantastic story!
I listened to the audio version (Full Cast Audios) and was extremely impressed! This is a full cast recording, so each character has it's own accompanying actor or actress, each of whom I thought brought volumes of details to their characters while still staying very true to the text.
Highly recommended!!! And I can hardly wait for the next adventure!
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Great Crossover story - adults and kids!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-07-17
I find that this is one of those rare books, where it is clearly written for young adults, but still is very interesting to read as an adult.
It is a great alternate-history type of science-fiction/fantasy work. The author takes us back to a sort of early-twentieth century setting, a world where airships (dirigibles) rule the skies, a world kind of but not quite like our own.
In Matt (the main protagonist) and Kate (his soon-to-be friend) we have both a strong male and a strong female character. In fact Kate is almost overwhelming at times to poor Matt.
This is a hard-to-put-down book. Once the action gets going, it almost never gives you a chance to catch your breath.
Highly recommended. (check out the two sequels also, very well done.)
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by (Editor: Charles P. Cozic)
ISBN: 0899081959
Library Binding: 264 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. EX LIBRARY copy with library markings, in a good condition.
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ISBN: 8420728306
Paperback: 280 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Tight binding. Reading/ shelf wear. This copy is in an ACCEPTABLE condition with writing/ highlighting.
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by (Editor: James D. Torr)
ISBN: 0737719974
Hardcover: 74 pages
Condition: New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no shelf wear.
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by (Editor: Lauri S. Friedman)
ISBN: 0737723211
Paperback: 93 pages
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. EX LIBRARY copy with usual stamps and markings. Only moderate reading wear.
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Why Terrorist Perform Suicide Attacks
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-05
This small book contains twelve essays by people with diverse political views analyze the thinking of terrorists who commit suicide to attack their enemies. The authors examine the role of the Islamic religion, politics, nationalism, anti-Semitism, and other social causes. There is a discussion of how children and woman are recruited for war. This would make a good addition to any High School library.
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5 out of 5: 2010-03-11
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5 out of 5: 2010-03-11
a great book, packaged well, thanks so much
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the person of UPS didn't take the package to the house. have to go to UPS Office.
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World-class! : )
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