My children and I love this story! It is refreshing to find a tale of friendship that touches on sharing and helping, but also on differing opinions and hurt feelings. The story weaves nicely through all of these aspects of friendship and still manages to end happily. The illustrations convey all of the emotions of the two sweet characters most effectively. This delightful story easily led to conversation with my preschoolers on the value of true friends.

Field Studies of the Asiatic Wild Dog is the only book of its kind that gives such detailed information about the Asiatic Dhole. The research studies and data that Mike Fox put into this book is very detailed. It tells much about this elusive mammals life history as well as how critical a role it plays in the survival of the many other jungle animal in which it shares its habitat with. The author shows just how degrated animal herds can be without the dholes presence and he despells many of the popular myths associated with this animal today. The book also gives alot of information on the role other indian animals play within the forest ecosystem and informs the reader just how crucial it is that more asian rainforest be set aside and preserved in the near future.

This is a simply fascinating book for anyone interested in colonial Africa, murder mysteries and just plain good writing. The author James Fox, an erudite Eton graduate, does much more than simply describe the wild African setting, the fascinating murder involved and the absurdly decadent lifestyle of the characters involved. He also tracks the process of his research and the input of the quirky British author, Cyril Connelly who simultaneously studied the events at hand.

Fox uses the murder of man-about-town Lord Erroll as a backdrop to chronicle the deterioration of a British subculture in the early 1900's. While war was being waged in Europe, this group of moneyed and titled hedonists (who left their kiddies back home) lived a surrealistic life of partying, drinking, drugging and partner swapping. Such a detached lifestyle virtually requires a murder or two as a logical conclusion.

Although the accused, Lord "Jock" Delves Broughton, is aquitted in an African trial (with lots of perjury involved) Fox makes no secret of his opinion that Boughton was the culprit. That does not dampen the book one bit because it is the cast of characters and how they talk about each other that is the best part of the book. The only problem I had with Fox's ultimate theory is that he bases it upon an interview with an eccentric, elderly woman who was only 15 years old at the time of the crime. Although she claims the suspect confessed the crime to her immediately after its commission, she did not reveal that alleged fact to anyone until Fox interviewed her in the 1980's. As a legal professional, I find that kind of evidence inherently not credible. This woman had plenty of opportunity to reveal the alleged confession on many prior occasions and Fox's reasons for her failure to do so are a bit far-fetched.This slight criticism does not in any way demean the entire book however as the rest of Fox's research and conclusions based thereupon seem sound.

All in all, this is a fascinating book that is hard to put down. The peripheral characters such as Alice de Janze and Lord Soames are equally as intriguing as the main characters.

This is an excellent story to read to a small child who is having trouble falling asleep. It is so soothing and happy for a distressed little one. Sabrina Fox does an outstanding job of relating to the little listener and captivating their imagination with the help of a tiny little angel trying to find her way. What better way to calm a frightened child than with a story of angels and moon rays. The watercolor art work in this precious new book is enough in itself to soothe a little one. Such bright and vivid colors did Ann Rothan use in her illustrations. I hope these two ladies colloborate on another book soon so I can add to my little granddaughter's growing collection of angel books.

Seton's unique gift brings us inside the minds and feelings of the wild creatures who share our continent. His groundbreaking empathy and insight foreshadowed the animal rights movement. A refreshing look into real life.

This is a beautifully told story about an injured fox and the woman who helps him to heal.

Cherie Mason has a very soothing voice and the musical accompaniment is outstanding. The box calls the music, "music illustrations" and I wholeheartedly agree.

If you want some quiet time, put on this tape and have the children draw or rest while they listen. It is 30 minutes long but they are definitely not wasted minutes.

I have only one note of caution and that is -- there is one part where the author describes the foxes injured leg as being gone. She says that she figures he probably chewed it off because it was useless. This did not upset my children but please be aware that you may need to discuss parts of this story with your children.

I think I enjoyed this story just as much, if not more, than the children did. I think you and your family will too.

This is an impressive and large-scale achievement. I would have appreciated more acknowledgment of the role that white male eurocentric paradigms played (and continue to play) in the south and oppresion of Women of Color. Overall, a good starting place.

Wolf That I Am is both a lyrical account of a white mans struggle to understand American Indian culture and an intense personal journey of self-discovery and wisdom. The book recounts Fred McTaggart's experiences among the Fox tribe--Sac and Fox as they are commonly known--of Iowa in his attempt to collect and record folklore for his dissertation.

During this process, McTaggart slowly comes to the realization that Indian communities, due to a long history of all manner of abuse, are not always eager to become the object of academic study, regardless of the "good" intentions involved. Wolf That I Am should be standard reading for anyone planning research in American Indian communities or interested in American Indian studies in general.

Indeed, this book should be required reading for all Americans, many of whom continue to hold to fanciful idealizations, which not only dehumanize and demean the very people they purport to describe, but reinforces the Noble/Savage binary that has defined the relationship between Euro-Americans and Indians, which makes a free exchange of ideas all but impossible. As McTaggart shows, it is only through getting to know people of different cultures in an intimate and involved way that we can ever hope to truly understand and appreciate the great value of human cultural diversity. However, he could not achieve this subjectivity until he opened himself to the realities of American Indian life that is only attainable through a great deal of determination and care, which also allowed him to see the subtle prejudices with which he, and most Americans are raised.

While the path to understanding is often a difficult one, McTaggart demonstrates that such a holistic consciousness, free of heirarcical divisions and value judgement can be achieved if only we are willing to reassess our own beliefs. For as long one promotes in the self a willingness to open one's mind and heart to the sacred ways of others--in a way that grants their beliefs the respect and dignity that we would require for our own--the way to knowledge and wisdom will remain open to us.

DO NOT judge this book by its cover!! The factual information in this edition presents wolves in a way that displays their true selves - intellegent, social, and amazing creatures that deserve the opportunity the not only survive, but thrive!