Stories about great athletes that were famous and not so famous. Each of the chapters talks about an athlete that contributed to the sport in very unique ways. After reading it, I wanted to know more about some of the characters that were great athletes and times very humorous. It's a book I will re-read and recommend highly.

Bob Thiele's career makes for very entertaining reading. Ranging from the great jazz artists of the 1940's to rock & rollers like Buddy Holly, Bob played a large part in many notable careers. I was especially touched by the love story of Bob and singer Teresa Brewer --- who eventually became Mrs. Thiele --- and thoroughly fascinated by the incredible behind the scenes machinations (sometimes funny, sometimes deadly), of the music business. Most particularly the attempts by mobsters to take control of popular singer Alan Dale, and Dale's stubborn refusal to submit. Thiele claims that this cost Dale his career, and almost his life. A fascinating book from one of show business' "good guys".

This book teaches manners to your child! Little Monkey goes through the week learning how to be a Big Monkey and showing he can apologize, say please and thank you, and share! Children will enjoy the repetition of, "What did Mama Monkey say?" after each misbehavior. Parents will enjoy how readily and happily he corrects his behavior! This is a must for anyone who wishes to help someone learn good manners.

The sincerity of the author and insightful tone of the Authors writing make for fascinating reading for anyone intersted in the golden dawn. Written by the legend that kept the dawn from fading into history, Israel regardie vindicates himself justifiably without slandering his accusors. This book is essential reading to any GD historian or practitioner-absolutely brilliant! We owe Israel regardie so much for what he's done to help our quest.

This interactive and easy to read book, with colorful illustrations, explains several aspects of foster care. A foster girl named Sarah explains what a foster family is and some of the reasons why children are placed in foster homes. She reassures foster children that being in foster care is not their fault. Sarah talks about some of the feelings and questions she had when she first went into foster care. Sarah even discusses topics such as what to call foster parents and what a Guardian ad Litem is. I think this book is a wonderful resource for foster children and foster parents! -Cynthia Miller Lovell (author of The Star: A story to help young children understand foster care, and Questions & Activities for The Star: A handbook for foster parents)

Are you curious about what Elder Golden said in General Conference? Not the heresay folklore jokes, but what he actually said in Conferences? This book relies solely on the official Conference Reports for the stories. And boy, they are just as funny as any other J Golden Kimball story!

This book is set up topically, so it is essentially the "Teachings of J. Golden Kimball." One of this things that this book brought home is that Elder Golden wasn't a traveling court jester, but he did actually have a High and Holy calling as an especial witness of the name of Jesus Christ. Yes, he did say what he said, but he also preached the Gospel and had a testimony of God and Joseph Smith. We appreciate his manner and approach to explaining principles, but thre was serious behind all the humor

I have a very active two year old granddaughter who never sits still unless you are willing to read this book with her. She has a First Little Golden Book copy of this book that is so worn out from being read that I am desperately trying to replace it for her and that's how I happened across this review form. This story is so much fun to read that the whole family gets involved in reading it together. I think anything that can get a whole family (mom, dad, 10yr old sister, the two year old and even the one year old sister) involved in any activity together, especially something like reading, is great. I enjoyed reading it too when they visited us recently from Japan where they live on an U.S. Airforce base.

This is my review for Where In America's Past Is Carmen Sandiego? You Are The Detective Series, by John Peel, Illustrated by Paul Vaccarello. This is definetly a five-star book, that I highly recommend! It's so entertaining, that I've read it over again, many, many times! This time around, Carmen Sandiego, and her elusive gang are sneaking through American History, and have already taken 4 priceless treasures. In this book, there are 4 mystery-adventure games for you to play. How you play them: First, you choose what item you want to go after, first, out of: Old New York City, Robert E. Lee's Horse Traveler, Benjamin Franklin's Bifocals, and The Apollo 8 Space Capsule that orbited the Moon! Then, turn to the indicated page number. Example: Say you first went after The Apollo 8 Space Capsule. The number would be: 133. Well, there aren't 133 pages in the book. But, on each page there are several numbers. So, you'd find the number 133, not the page. Read on, until you have choices. You could either question people, or go to a new destination. First, question people. There are 3 people that you can question. {You don't have to question all 3 if you don't want or need to!} As usual, turn to the number indicated. Once you know where you're going, next, go to your new place, and time period, by turning to the indicated number. Do the questioning, and traveling, repeatedly, until you have only one option: Question 1 of 3 people. Now, you have to be careful. The thief is nearby, with the loot. Question whoever you like, until you find a list of addresses for all of Carmen's sneaky gang. Then, choose your thief. {By the way, you should have recieved clues about what your suspect looks like. Then, you should have recorded all of your clues on the Score Card, and what treasure you're returning, how many travel points you have, That means put down 1 point for each move you make. and who you think you're suspect is.} Then, choose which one of Carmen's gang is your suspect, and turn to the page that's indicated. At the end of the case, add up all of your travel points, and check the final number against the Scoring Chart in the back of the book. This wonderful book comes with 8 suspect cards, 8 Map Cards, 4 Stolen Object Cards, and 4 Bookmark/ Scorecards. I love this book, and recommend it to anyone who loves mystery, and adventure! Enjoy! I hope that you liked my review, and, maybe, even considered buying the product!

This is a well illustrated picture book of animals in the wild. It is informative with an expansive vocabulary. My little boy loves this book. It should be brought back into print!

Margery Evernden's Wilderness Boy is an engaging historical novel for young adults set in the summer of 1794, when sixteen-year-old Jonathon Garrett gets caught up in the Whiskey Rebellion. The uprising is in protest to a tax imposed on the new federal government and the first real test for the newly created United States of America. Originally published in 1955, Wilderness Boy has been newly reissued with a forward by Margaret Mary Kimmel and a one-page afterword. A timeless children's classic of struggle and hope.