Since I had to add to my library with my own money, I couldn't purchase this whole series after I read them back in sixth grade. I only bought this one, and today at seventeen, I still have it! I used to re-read all of "Missing Map" over and over, but I especially loved Megan--each of her lines, her personality--and of course in sixth grade I was fascinated by her blindness and all the things she was able to do anyway. Megan manages to "see" things other people miss, even without her eyes. This is a great story to acquaint girls 5th--7th grade with the blind and their abilities as well as their limitations. And Megan is more than just a story pawn--she's a real person, just like Kate and everyone else. No girl who reads this book will want to avoid people like Megan; instead, she'll be eager to get to know them, knowing that they're just as important as anybody else.

This has to be the most stupidest book i've ever read in my life after I read the first page it put me to sleep, to all those who like mysteries, solve this, why is Lois Walfrid Johnson so famous?

My two-year-old just loved this book! And what's not to like? It's got a pony, a dog, a duck hidden on every page, and lots of stickers. The only less-than-perfect aspect is that with all the handling this book will get, it will eventually fall apart. And your kid may get bored with it after all the stickers have been placed. So buy another in the series and have some more fun!

My two year old knows every page by heart

Cecily Thorndale has been engaged to Charles Worthington, Lord Silsbee, for four years. When she receives a letter from him postponing their wedding again, she decides the time has come to go see him. So, taking only two servants, she goes from England to Texas. Charles loves life in Texas. He has never felt so free. In Texas he is far away from his dominating father and the obligations involved with being an earl's heir. So when Cecily shows up, his responsibility to marry her puts a sudden pressure on him. Marrying her is the last thing he wants to do now that he is enjoying freedom so much. Thus starts Cecily's efforts to attract him. The conflict is a little weak, but the characters are all wonderful.

From Cecily, the strong, capable heroine, to Estelle and FiFi, the sensational "soiled doves," Sterling's characters in NOBILITY RANCH will resonate in your hearts. They absolutely shine. This book gives the discerning romance reader everything he or she could possibly want. A to-die-for hero, a heroine we can both relate to and root for, and a cast of secondary characters that absolutely breathes life into 19th century Texas. Snap this book up. While you're at it, do yourself a favor and get Sterling's backlist, too. Trust me, after reading NOBILITY RANCH, you're going to want all the rest.

This book is a wonderful history/architectural reference. I purchased this book as an interior design reference and although it does not cover interior design details the rich history provided by the author led me to want to read this book cover to cover. And what a beautiful cover it is- brown leather- makes this a great coffee table book. This would be a great gift for anyone interested in western architecture and home style. This is not one of those books that choses a certain western style and displays hundred of the same photograph-this book covers every ranch style possible. I will continue to reference this book for inspiration and ideas.

The last decade of the twentieth century spawned a culture of week-end ranchers buying week-end "places" and decorating the interiors in "drug-store cowboy". "Ranch Deluxe", however, shows you what the real thing looked like, Partner.

For those of us who grew up on "Hop Along" and Gene Autry Saturday mornings at the neighborhood theatre, Rancho Deluxe is a voyeur's dream.

Motoring down the highways of the great Southwest, one occasionally glimpses an old ranch house in the distance. "Is there a soul so dead who never fantasized about life in that ranch house?" Rancho Deluxe welcomes the voyeur to step inside and have a look around.

I think the earlier reviewer is a bit confused. This is the third of Luc Milne's Pleasure Corporation series. More than in the two previous novels the characters are developed and the idea of why people might be interested in such a ranch and the "fantasy of SM" is raised. There is a very wide range of sex highlighted in this novel and shown through the eyes of four "new recruits." I was not thrilled with the first book in this series but S/M Ranch shows growth in Milne's abilities as a writer. I hope he continues to improve.

Two autobiographical novellas from "Down Under" are featured in this book: The first "Surfer Sex" details the very passionate love affair between the author and Brent, a young Australian life-guard. The second, "Kev," is a moving, poetically told account of the author's adolescent relationship with an aboriginal boy in Australia's untamed Northern Territory.

This humorous picture book reminds children that men not only did the chores on the farm, but actually did some sewing and quilting - and that joining forces with their wives helps solve a near-disaster when the quilts fall into the mud. The drawings are clear and colorful, and the resulting creation will inspire everyone.

I read this book to my sixth grade Home Economics sewing classes. They love it and I enjoy introducing some literacy into my classroom. We discuss how working to gether can solve problems. It is a great book to show boys that sewing is not just for girls!

Have you ever had a book come along that you were "meant" to read? This past summer I saw Shadow Ranch at my local book store and bought it because I knew that it would be about life in Southern California, where I've always lived. It turned out to be the perfect book for me. I had just started a relationahip with an "older man," and along came this book about love and life and more importantly hope. A mature love affair can be a wonderful thing

Once again, Jo-Ann Mapson wrings out your heart in this story of the Carpenters, Bop the grandfather, Lanie, his granddaughter, trying to recover from depression after losing her 4 year old son to the same heart disease that took her fathers life, and her brother Russell, a hippie throwback facing his own romantic troubles and trying to strum his troubles away on his guitars. None of them have healed from the loss of Spencer, Lanie's 4 year old, until Bop meets an ex-stripper with a heart of gold that helps to heal the rift between grandfather and grandkids. As a mother, I couldn't help but cry while I read the book and felt how painful it would be to lose your child.

This book desribes the emotions and feelings of a young teenage girl. The way the author has written the book is flawless, and full of emotional, and realistic guidelines. A definite thumbs-up. This book is for anyone who is interested in horses, and tough love.

i really loved this book! i only have 1 complaint: i have been looking forever and i don't think there is a sequel and there really needs to be because its a really good book. i just hope that one day i find out i'm wrong and the character lynette is happy!

This book was allright but not as good as the other Treasured Horses book release at the same time, Ride of Courage. Spirit of the West is about Jessie, a Nez Perce Indian girl whose pride and determination to show off to her new friends causes a valuable foal on the Oregon ranch her father works on to wander off, and now Jessie must search for the foal.

This is one of my all time favorite books about horses by one of my favorite authors.

I love this book for the way the illustrations and story compliment each other so well. The story narrated by a small child facing the prospect of moving to a new home is achingly beautiful. You can feel the child's pain and anxiety about moving to a new place and being afraid of forgetting the old place and the memories therein. The child tells about all the things she will miss and then devises a plan to stay and not go with her family and baby brother. It is a story for anyone who has ever had to face a painful change in his or her life. I could read it again and again.

For any of you who have left home..what you knew first..this book will deeply touch you. As I read this in the bookstore, tears came to my eyes. It's a story of a little girl who struggles to understand why she and her family must leave the only place they know. Though change has its sadness,this book shows the sweetness of memories you take with you forever. This is a good book for a child going through such a change or for an adult who still recalls all those familiar things of home.