Kids ages 2-5 will find this simple yet delightful, with Naavaproviding the engaging drawings for the story of Yip, Yap and Yep:three pandas who leave the forest for the city. A fun set of zany encounters with humans result.

Good reading skills or parental skills are required for a thorough appreciation of this beautiful picturebook story of a teddy bear who is thrown aside by a spoiled child. His adventures in the world outside lead him to a new, kinder owner and a revived life ala Raggedy Ann...

Tickles the Bear will capture both your heart and your child's heart.

Tickles the Bear- Book 2 is a heartwarming book that every young child will love! My child was mesmerized by it. It is a great book for children learning how to read.

My daughter who is 2 loves this book. As a lover of Pooh myself, I was delighted that this book allowed her to begin a very magical relationship with her friends from the 100 acre wood sooner than she normally would have. The book is of excellent heavy duty construction, and the graduated cut outs are fun because you can see all of the characters at the same time. The illustrations are also faithful to the original Ernest H. Shepard illustrations. Highly recommended!

I got this book for my 23-month-old daughter, who is a huge Bear fan, and she loves it! She brings it to me like six or seven times a day to read it to her! I have to admit that at first I was a little worried about how long the pages would last with her (we sometimes refer to her as "El Destructo" - you should see what she does to board books!), but so far, this book is one of the rare few that she has left intact. Maybe she's trying to tell me that she's a big girl now; no more board books, please. I think it's because she loves the pictures of Bear, Tutter, Ojo, Treelo, Pip, and Pop, and she loves the episode "Dancing the Day Away", which is similar to the story in this book, and she actually enjoys carefully turning the pages herself and "telling" me what is going on in the pictures. Another added bonus is the cool "dancing" picture of Bear on the cover. As with all of the Bear in the Big Blue House books we have, this one has really kept my daughter's attention, too. Maybe in part because we always dance the "Cha-Cha-Cha" at the end (who can resist?).

I've tried several books on technical analysis and only this one is so intriguing that I read it from cover to cover. The author is a verteran in stock and commodity markets who is able to make profits for himself, which is important. The book provides insights, comments, numbers on technical analysis right from seasonal trading experience. It is not dry. It makes rules easily understood. Meanwhile, it s not shallow book. Very well written.

Tippy Bear is one of my 5 year olds favorite books. The illustrations are creative with the use of prints that give the feeling of texture. The story teaches children that if they help someone in need they will be rewarded in some way. It also teaches the children that if they help and also share (as the Bees with their honey) they will make new friends. Thanks for the great story and we wish it was still in print so we could get the book for our friends. Sharon L. Bobi

When will we see an updated version?

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Thorough and well-written. Caes wisely divides the book into 5 sections: Basics, Short Sales, Put Buying, Call Writing and the Markets. Each section has a terrific "common misconceptions" chapter. Caes also points out how to "reverse" the strategy for a bull market. Enron, Lucent, JDS Uniphase, employees of these and other tech firms could have hedged their sadly misallocated 401Ks and stock options with put buying, a topic very well covered here. John Murphy's "Chart Reading Made Easy" an ideal companion for this book. Even relatively short bear market dips as in Jan/Feb 2002 can be the source of surprisingly big profits. "Tools of the Bear" can be hard to find, is well worth the search!