I loved this book. Olivia really makes you see her point of view. Also, everytime I read one of these books, I have to go back and read the other ones... it gives me a new look on all of them... because now I know what Olivia was doing or what was going on with her while everyone else was doing something else. Its a fantastic book. Read it!

Everyone goes on and about how the books are all the same plot from different perspectives but I like that. The characters assume things about others and are usually wrong. With this series you can understand the whole story. If Rachel Vail hadn't written "If You Only Knew" we would all hate Morgan. These characters have soo many secerts if their wasn't a book on everyone's point of view, we would never understand the depth of the story.

I just finished the book today and I loved it. I thought If you Only Knew and Please, Please, Please were really good, too. I didn't like not that I care, though. Basically the whole friendship series is good

I lived in Germany for two years as a child and attented a German school...but I never took a class on German grammer until now (college). Different verb forms especially had my brain in a knot. Fortunately this book was required for my German Lit class, and suddenly it's all begining to make sense. The book is laid out in chapters(verbs, adjective endings, passive voice, ect.) and each chapter is further divided into levels (I, II, III) according to your experience with German. Start with level I verbs and work your way up, or skip right to the more advanced levels if you are so inclined. The current book also features skill-building excercised at the end of each level. The answers can be found online.
All in all, I found this book to be readable and well-laid out. (Take a highlighter to it if you need to!)

I'm a beginning student of German, and am about half-way through the book. It's great, even for a beginner like me.

(I'm using a 1967 edition that I found at a thrift store for 25 cents. Such a deal!)

I am a long-time student of German, and lived and studied in Germany for three years. I was taking private lessons for the six months prior to my first move there, and this book was the only one my teacher and I used. She insisted that I have a strong foundation in German grammar, claiming that the "vocabulary would come". She was right. With the proper understanding of German grammar, you will quickly know what to do with the new words you learn. This book is excellent and brief, and will give you all the fundamentals you need to speak correct German.

Every time I return to Germany, I spend a week with this book just to get my grammar gears greased. I am a little overwhelmed by the price! I just dug out my copy, which I bought fifteen years ago: [price] at the Cal State Northridge bookstore!

Reading this book to my 4-year old daughter instantly resonated with both of us. We pick it up now whenever we need to reflect on a hard day. I highly recommend this title.

We found this book at the library not knowing what it was about, but I was drawn to the pictures and short text and of course the silly word "Bombaloo". Reading it the first time was like a breakthrough in helping me discuss the feelings of being mad and out of control with my 3 yr old twin boys. They often fight with each other and "lose it" over the silliest of things.

The story is about a little girl who is usually happy and tolerates her little brother's interference with her play. However, sometimes she gets REALLY mad at him and turns into "Bombaloo". Bombaloo does mean things and yells and expresses her anger by trashing her room (where she has been previously sent). Eventually, the tantrum settles down and "Katie" is allowed to come out, after which her mother acknowledges her feelings of anger. And to finish with a happy ending, she works together with her toddler-age brother to build a castle together. (HA!)

Short of a video camera, this book is great for "showing" the play by play events of a tantrum to children. It is perfect for the sibling relationship. And I love the fact that while the mother does understand that Katie is angry, she still gives a "time out" (although the book realistically depicts what usually happens during the cool down time). My guys are a little scared of the "monster" faces that introduce Bombaloo, but they love to go back to different pages and review and verbally reenact the pictures. I highly recommend it for tantrum prone siblings especially, but also for any child who likes to talk about pictures in books as a means of understanding a situation.

The author has captured with humor and insight the emotional ups and downs of children preschool age. It's a wonderful book, easy for young children to relate to and the illustrations add to it by reflecting the many moods of a toddler. Young children can relate to this book and find it reassuring to know that sometimes you get angry and that mom or dad will still love you and help you deal with those feelings. It's a great addition to your library

This book saved my cats life, I am ondebted to the authors

An easy reference book that helps you determine the cause of your pet's health symptoms caused by decorating products, indoor air, cleaning products, pesticides and other chemicals we use daily. A listing of symptoms for each hazard is included. A must if you have indoor or outdoor pets

for parents, teacher and families.

This wonderful book offers alternative ways of looking at the issues that all students deal with in school. It offers ways of dealing with these situations by all adults.

I have bought several copies for teachers and parents .... and all have found 'wisdom' in the pages ... for all students.

Distilling complex research into manageable bites, and writing in plain English, Vail brings knowledge of current brain research on emotion into everyone's bailiwick. Great job! Author, please keep writing. I love your style, your content, your zest and your compassion

i love this book...it is a luxury...especially if one is beginning to listen to Billie Holiday's recordings from 1933-1959. it is more like an pictorial reference to accompany the books that you read on her as you follow her career. it is thick and chockful of fascinating bits...

It's as if Billie invited you to look through her scrapbook of newspaper clippings, posters, photos, letters and recording dates. One could pick nits (she sang in Charleston WV, not Charlestown, and appeared on the Amateur Hour in 1938, not 1937), but no nit should keep anyone from picking this book for their collection on Lady Day. It's her life day by day from 1937 until her tragic 1959 death. One is transported to the era of jazz and feels like a member of the road band along for the ride through Vail's exhaustive work

Now in a revised tenth-anniversary edition and edited by writer, photographer, naturopathic physician, and acupuncturist Judith Boice, Mother Earth Through The Eyes Of Women Photographers And Writers is a full-color compendium of stunningly beautiful photographs truly capturing the impressive and memorable splendor of the natural world, alongside brief yet moving essays and poems written in reverence of the earth's bounty. A vivid celebration of life itself, Mother Earth Through The Eyes Of Women Photographers And Writers is a especially attractive coffee table book and a fine addition to any nature lover's personal collection.

I received this book as a gift from a friend several years ago and consider it one of the best gifts I have ever received. This book is a wonderful blend of photography with poetry and insight. The combination of words and pictures depicts nature, people, and everyday life in a way that you have never seen before. For nature lovers or photography buffs, I highly recommend that you purchase this book if you can locate it anywhere.

This is definitly one of my favorite books I have ever read. No other author writes about teen girls as well as Rachael Vail does. This book is so true, it was like I was reading about myself. It is about a girl named Molly who is struggling with feelings, friendships, weight, family, boys, her identity, and life in general. I definetly hope you read this book (you will love it if you are anything like me!) and every other book by Rachael Vail as well. This is one of the few books I truly loved reading.

This book was incredible. I throughly enjoyed it. I also read ' Wonder', which I must say is good, but this book is so wonderful. It touched my heart. The main character reminds me of my good friend, except that her friends aren't as mean to her as Molly's. I really enjoyed this, and I think every teenage girl can totally relate to feeling like the odd one.

this book really opened my eyes. Rachel Vail yet again captures the exact feelings of a teenage girl. The main character, Molly, is growing up and starting to learn how to deal with more serious problems like friends, boys, parents, and life in general. The ending is sad, as Molly's best friend lets her down but she grows stronger from this let down. All teenage girls can relate with Molly and what she goes through.

Zoe is a girl that you could relate to by what problems she has and also the good things. Rachel Vail writes the things in the book like it really happens.The way Zoe is the youngest child and how her thoughts are so mixed up I think lots of teenagers could relate to that.I've read so many books in the few years I've been alive and thats one of the best books I've read

I love the Friendship Ring, and I can't wait for more books to come out, especially the one from Olivia's point of view. If Only you Knew was my Favorite book ever!! I couldn't put it down. I'm kind of disappointed that Tommy asked out CJ instead of Zoe, cuz these books seem so darn real! I can totally put myself in Zoe's place. I'm tall, and almost everything that happened in the book has happened to me. I loved If Only you Knew, and You must read this book. Rachel Vail is an excellent writer and jusr so you know, her email address is FriendRing@aol.com

If You Only Knew was a awesome book! I loved it so much. The way Zoe told the story was amazing. Rachel Vail is a excellent author. I have read 2 more of this series and they have been good too but this is still the best one! If you want a real, awesome book then you should read this.

I have read this book when i was in grade six, and have loved it until this very day! (grade 9) I have never been so interested in a story before, I think, to me , this was the first book that opened me to a whole selection of others. I will never forget this book, I strongly recommand it to anybody, this book is absolutley geat.With understandable characters, humurous and realistic, a book every girl growing up can relate to.My enclosing sentence, I have none, it is simply marvelous.

This book is a book I relate to. This book is for people that are pre-teens and up. It is a wonderful book. Will it be a big hit, I wonder. I thank her for signing my book and sitting beside me at the pizza party!

When I first read this book, I was a struggling fifth grader trying to fit in with her friends, but her best friend hated her and seemed to go off with the cool group, giggling and laughing and ignoring me. Then came the fact that our narrator, Jessica, faces: gets to know some of the girls. I took this advice and got to know three girls I thought I'd never want to know. It absolutely worked, and today I'm a happy sixth grader waiting for the next thing to happen!