The book tells you lots of facts that most people do not know about Omar Visquel,the BEST player on the Cleveland Indians team!The book tells about all the awards that Omar has won,like the Golden Glove award.

I don't really have time to review this book because it would take me all day to review such a great book.

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Latasha Middleton

My son found this book at a store during story time and plays with it every day. This book is more like a toy in that it is a puzzle, and the little animals fit in each page. But is has a little story as well. Other children who have played with it also love it. My son is 18 months and has played with it for about 3 months. It has heavy cardboard pages and nice graphics. It would make a nice gift, which is why I am shopping for it today on Amazon.

This book is breathtakingly illustrated by Eloise Wilkin and is a must-have for scratch and sniff book collectors! The scents included are pine, pumpkin pie, brown bread, gingerbread house, honeysuckle and strawberry tarts, and are WONDERFUL! You'll love reading this one to your kids, and they'll love associating timeless childrens' stories with yummy scents!

Landgon's book is thoughtful, well-researched, and generally quite interesting. Though the topic is somewhat obscure, it does seem that chain restaurants manage to take on the trappings of all the trends in vernacular architecture (often in exaggerated form). The focus on restaurants makes for a good lens through which to see all these changes.

Langdon takes us back to the 1880s and the restaurants that served weary railroad travelers, through the colonial and art deco/moderne styles of the '20s and '30s, the bold modernism of the '50, to the environmental movement of the '70s and '80s, when every little Burger King suddenly acquired wooden shingles and a (pseudo-)mansard roof.

It's quite an interesting journey, and a good read for those who are interested.

Early American chain restaurants sprang up along western rail routes and in northeastern cities. As competition grew fierce, entrepreneurs attempted to attract motorists and pedestrians by way of startling facades and, eventually, entire structures that served as veritable billboard advertisements. In this book, Philip Langdon argues that restaurant design and décor act as barometers of public sentiment. During the 1960s, for example, decisions made by community review boards, municipal planners, and restaurant designers were affected by the social unrest of that era, regardless of whether the sources of their attitudes and tastes were consciously acknowledged. Langdon traces the origin and growth of chain restaurants from the 1870s to the mid-1980s, while offering some conclusions about their meaning. Such restaurants as Chock Full O'Nuts, Howard Johnson's, White Castle, McDonald's, and others are the focus of this book.

"Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: the Architecture of American Chain Restaurants" is a fascinating work written for the student of popular architecture. Langdon's sources are largely primary, based, for example, on telephone and personal interviews with founders, designers, and executives associated with chain restaurants. His secondary sources include restaurant, business, architectural, and general-interest periodicals. This work is both well-illustrated and well-written.

This book is easy to read and very well written. Children will read it over and over! I am 14 and I still love it. It is funny, with great pictures if you have kids you MUST buy this book! (Heck even if you don't have them its still a funny story!) This cute story is a total must-have! *_-

Miles Potter takes the reader on a historically accurate and very intriguing journey through Oregon's Gold Rush Years. Mr. Potter discusses not only the gold mining history, but how these events influenced the development of Oregon, and helped shape it into the state that it is today. Mr. Potter's only omission is that he gives just a passing mention to the minor Central Cascade Mountain Range gold strikes. However, the book more than makes up for that by it's excellent coverage of the major gold fields. Excellent Reading for anyone interested in History or Mining.

"Many of us will appreciate this easy-to use, Christian alternative to California State series books. Jaunita Houston's book, Our Golden California, was written for Christian students and can be used from about third through sixth grades. The book itself is a large 264-page paperback printed in black-and-white with many illustrations. Large type makes it easy on young eyes. Children can write in the book if we allow them, but having them instead do their writing in a separate notebook will allow us to use the book again with younger children. "Each chapter is followed by review questions to check on fact comprehension and by thought questions to encourage thinking beyond the surface. There are lines for answering questions in the book. Following the questions is an assignment sheet for working on a California notebook. The notebook will consist of written work, drawings, and maps. Those of us who want our children to make a notebook will appreciate having all of the planning for assignments already done for us. "The writing style of the author is very readable. It is not broken into short, choppy sentences as we aoften find in texts for this level.. Instead, the author has done a skillful job of writing on a level children can understand even though sentences are longer and more involved than is typical for such books. A glossary is included at the back of the book for words that might be unfamiliar to students. "References to Christianity and God's providence are apparent throughout the book. They seem to present a balanced approach, particularly in regard to the Indians and the missions. "This book has everything we need for a thorough study about California. Historical coverage begins with the explorers and continues up to the present. Geography is used to enhance learning as children study and draw maps relating to various topics....Student Tests are available in a separate reproducible book (for class use only). A separate Teacher's Guidebook offers additional teaching and activity suggestions plus the answer keys for questions in both the student text and test book. It is possible to use the student text on its own as long as we do not feel the need for an answer key and teaching suggestions."