As a student at West Virginia State College I was required to view a Calecott honor award winning book. I chose this book because of the beautiful illustrations. A little girl asks the assistance of Mr. Rabbit in deciding what to get her mother for her birthday. Mr. Rabbit suggests some rather foolish gift for each of the colors the little girl says her mother likes. He suggests such things as a red roof and a blue lake. Each time he also suggest a fruit of that color. The little girls says her mother likes that fruit but she needs something else. After they go though a few colors the little girl relizes she could make a fruit basket. Mr. Rabbit says he has a basket.

This was my favorite book when I was little. The dialogue, which follows a clearly-defined pattern without being repetitive, and the gorgeous illustrations are calming without being boring. Now that I am expecting my first child, I am thrilled to see that this classic is still in print.

This book has been a favourite in my family for about 30 years! The central idea of the book is simple and heart-warming, and is demonstrated in an almost hypnotic formula throughout the text. This means that, after just a few pages, the child being read to can join in and have the satisfaction of guessing correctly part of what is coming next. The theme is one which can be applied in the child's own life, and from my own experience, I can promise that it stays with you for a very long time. The illustrations are beautiful; as far as I know, they are quite unique in Mr Sendak's output. They add meaning to the text, and help to make this a classic. I would recommend reading this to anybody from 3 to 7 (and any adults who happen to be around!).

I had been thinking about using Charlotte Mason's methods with my own children, but wasn't sure if it was really what I wanted to do. This tape gave me all the information I needed to make an informed decision.

I've always wanted to attend one of Levison's in-person all day workshops, but she's never been in my local area. But now, thanks to this great tape, I feel like I've actually been to see her speak. Not only is this tape absolutely PACKED with information about practically applying Charlotte Mason's educational methods in the home, Ms. Levison is also extremely funny! I guess I didn't expect that aspect of the tape. She's a great public speaker and excellent teacher. If you order this tape, you'll soon find that you'll be sorry you didn't order ALL of Levison's other tapes, too. Which reminds me, I think I'll go place an order for her "Language Arts for (Almost) Free" tape. These audio workshops are definitely worth the money.

If you've ever wished for a warm, friendly, funny Mom to take you by the hand and walk you through the Charlotte Mason method, here's the answer to your wish! I've personally seen Levison speak in-person at several homeschooling conferences over the years, and I still found that I enjoyed listening to her audio workshops. She packs so much information into each class she teaches ... and she's definitely one of the most gifted public speakers I've had the pleasure of hearing. This is an audio workshop you'll listen to again and again.

I checked this book from my public library without knowing what it was. It is now one of my two-year old's favorite bedtime books!

What I find most endearing about this book is how it captures the essence of the modern family: Chaotic dinnertime, picky eaters, the lure of TV & fast food, and Dad's failed attempts at making a traditional dinner. The compromise is everybody's favorite: pizza!

If you are a modern family you will see a bit of your own selves and your children in this whimsical book.

This is a WONDERFUL book, full of compassion and humor. If you don't like cats, don't let that stop you from reading this book! The illustrations are artful and appropriately madcap, capturing exactly the mood of the mealtime exploits of the family. Bright colors and expressiveness draw you into the story. And it is a story to which all families can relate: Kids can be trouble at the dinner table. The author helps us see that they don't mean any true harm or are not out to spite their parents; they are kids being kids.

What I loved most about the book is the fact that, after an initial dinner disaster (where parent and kitten ideas of what's good for dinner are as different as night and day) -- and it IS a disaster -- the kittens are not scolded or severely punished; instead, they are apologetic and everyone agrees to try again. The next time around compromise is used, and the result, while not a page from Better Homes & Gardens, is, as Bert the kitten says: "ABSOLUTELY PERFECT!" The key: It's not truly "perfect" in that everyone behaves and whatnot, but that everyone is satisfied with the outcome.

This book communicates love, tenderness and caring. The author does a wonderful job of showing us how we can relate to each other -- whether as family members or as neighbors or as strangers -- in a way full of respect and love. It is the willingness to try again despite trying circumstances that arises out of love that comes shining through in this wonderful picture book. And adults, check out the telling humorous details such as the LARGE ketchup bottle, or the color of the drink in Bert's glass at the end of the book (it too signals compromise). Enjoy!

Lucy, Joe and Bert want pizza for dinner and their parents just want peace and quiet: can they all enjoy a meal at the same table? When father decides to cook, his food turns out great but the kittens create even more chaos when they face foods they don't like. Pizza Kittens is a fun story!

There are more than five hundred variations on the Cinderella story. This one has the most interesting "Cinderella" character that I know of. There's no fairy godmother, although there is an old nurse who teaches her all she needs to know "to be strong and capable and clever, besides being beautiful." Using her wits and skills, she escapes an arranged marriage to an ogre, and wins the love of a handsome prince. I think it's a much better message for little girls than some of the baggage that comes from the French version of Cinderella that most of us grew up on. And Anita Lobel's illustrations are unusual and charming.

This book is a variant of the story of Cinderella. In this book, the heroine doesn't rely on a fairy godmother to help her, she plans ahead and helps herself. This has been a favorite for my daughters and myself for years!

Princess Furball is a wonderful Cinderella story that is beautifully written. The illustrations delight children. I use this book when I teach a Fairy Tale unit to my 3rd graders. They enjoy comparing this book to other Cinderella tales. Princess Furball is always a class favorite.

I sincerely wish that everyone would read "Quantum Leaps". If so there would be a "Quantum Leap" in individual and universal consciousness. She explains new scientific technology in a clear and easily understandable way. Her examples and explanations are excellent and clearly point out the necessity for a change in consciousness from the old Newtonian mechanistic to the world of today's Quantum Physics. This book is simplistic enough to be read by someone unfamiliar with current technology and it is also able to captivate the mind and imagination most erudite. Warning - pleased be advised that you may find yourself buying copies for your friends and stopping strangers on the street telling them to read this book.

As both a business executive and an MBA professor, I found Dr. Shelton's book to be extremely helpful. The blend of science, psychology, religion and organizational development created a solid research-based theoretical foundation, and the action-oriented exercises at the end of each chapter were helpful for practical application. I highly recommend this book to leaders, managers, academics and those desiring to better integrate their personal values with their organizational life.

This highly readable and usable book introduces us to the world of quantum mechanics as underlying principles of our personal and business lives. Quantum Leaps actually presents hard science simplified with plenty of examples to show that the theories work. Quantum Leaps goes way beyond cheerleading readers toward bold acts. Because each of the seven skills is actually based in the new science of quantum mechanics that shows the way the universe really works, each of us can use the described skills of quantum thinking, acting, feeling, being, seeing, trusting and knowing with the confidence of using scientific instruments. Charlotte Shelton has done us all a favor by translating the mystery of the new science into the simplicity of skills to use every day. By doing so she has given us a vital new stepping stone toward the 21st century and an evolutionary step toward quantum living. Her fresh and elegant approach paints an encouraging future for all of us.

Burns' forte, as she often says, is writing fiction for women and sensitive men. Her characters have depth and complexity, and even the villains are darned likeable, real folks just like those the reader encounters every day. Life with its complications cause enough heartaches and frustrations, both large and small, to keep her volume engrossing, without giving you someone to hate. The reader may laugh at some of the situations that arise, cry at others, because those who inhabit these pages are convincingly real.

This book is a celebration of friendships among a group of women who help each other through times of trouble with tolerance and humor, proving a friend both gentle and honest is one of life's treasures.

SECOND THURSDAY CIRCLE isn't a candy-cotton story about a group of proper small-town ladies devoted to tea parties, choir practice, and good works. It's about a group of very real women whose efforts to support one of their members as she struggles through a series of crises, involve them all in the repercussions of loss, love, and lust; trust and betrayal; friendship and enmity.

Your understanding of the feminine mystic will be enhanced by the characters in this well-written, fast-paced novel as Ms. Burns skillfully portrays their strengths and weaknesses while they strive to fulfill their obligations to each other and to their own best selves.

Charlotte Burns has written a thoroughly engaging story about ordinary people doing ordinary things with unexpected consequences. Her exposition of the range of the main character's emotions, and small town, Mid-America values, is excellent. A reader will constantly be wondering "what would I do in those circumstances"? and thereby be alternately cheering or moaning with frustation at the events as the story twists and turns to a sucessful conclusion. Easy to read, easy to remember.

Both my five year old and three year old love this book. There are some familiar sleepy animals like bears, horses and dogs, but there are also a few that we don't think about very often like moths, cranes and even crickets. The children find it so interesting to see how other animals sleep and then compare it to how little boys and girls sleep. My kids have a hard time "winding down" at night so this is a good transition for them. They also get to see that EVERYBODY sleeps. Also worth noting is that the images are truly beautiful. And I like the fact that while this book reads like a poem, it doesn't rhyme.

Every living being sleeps, from the bear in his dark cave, fish among the water ferns, and horses standing up switching their tails, to the snowy crane who sleeps standing on just one leg, turtles inside their shells, seals with their flippers against blocks of ice, and of course little boys and girls. Originally published in 1958, Charlotte Zolotow's Sleepy Book is as fresh and wonderful today as it was over 40 years ago. Her simple, gentle text is full of imagery and magic, and complemented by brand new, evocative illustrations. Artist, Stefano Vitale, has really captured the essence of Ms Zolotow's poetry with engaging pictures of sleeping animals in quiet, subdued tones. Together, word and art create a soothing and comforting bedtime story that will lull little ones off to dreamland. "...but little boys/ and girls,/ when the night/ comes/ and the wind/ whispers gently/ in the trees/ and the stars/ sparkle and shine,/ sleep/ warm under/ their blankets/ in their/ beds."

This is one of the best books I have ever read for children of all ages. I read it to my children and now I would like to read it to my grandchildren. My children adored this book and it always put them to sleep at night and made bedtime enjoyable!

Millers heroins traits of strong wills and high pride do not lack in this exciting adventure/romance novel surely to capture your heart.

"Taming Charlotte" is another excellent romantic escape by Linda Lael Miller. I have to go out now and find "Yankee Wife" which is part one and "Princess Annie" which is part two of the series.

Charlotte is a brave, young girl that will make you both laugh and cry. A great follow-up book to Yankee Wife and lead-in to Princess Annie. One of the first romance books I've read that leaves you worrying until the last page. Of course, there's a happy ending but the journey there wasn't so easy. With the exception of the harem, a story that could very easily take place today. Truly wonderful.

This book is great.At first when I began reading it I thought it was strange that the author E.B. White had characters that were animals that could talk .Although it is not true that animals can talk, after I began reading the book more and concentrated hard I caught the excitement the characters created.
The book takes place on a very old farm.The characters were like real peolple but one of biggest stars in the book was a little spider called Charlotte.She gave all her friendship to a pig with a lot of courage and love that he needed.

This is one of the funniest books in the world. It's a 8-12 age book.I really like the part in Bosten. If you liked E. B. White's books you'll like this one.

I think The Trumpet of the swan was a great book! If I could I would read The Trumpet of the swan a 1000 times.I wish that I had the book I liked the part at the Ritz.The good part is when he can't speak.Was this book hard to write?This is a cool book.Have you ever wrote a 507 page book.If you did I would think it's hard to do.How many books have you wrote.I think You wrote a lot of books.I bet there great books.Have you ever been in a book contest.I would think you would win. Some day I will write a book.Is The Trumpet Of The Swan your best book?I like the part when Louis hits the two men and saved Serena from her wing geting cliped.What was his first book you wrote.Do you like swans.Is E.B.White still alive.We hope you are. Do you like reading books that you write? Your friend, Kirk and Thomas

The TWO GARDENERS in question are Katherine White of New Yorker fame and Elizabeth Lawrence who wrote a garden column for years for the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina. White's columns on gardening written for the New Yorker magazine were compiled by her husband E. B. White (CHARLOTTE'S WEB, STUART LITTLE) and published after her death in 1977 in the book entitled ONWARD AND UPWARD IN THE GARDEN. Lawrence wrote a number of books, including THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE and THE LITTLE BULBS. Her book THE MARKET BULLETINS was completed by the New Jersey gardener Alan Lacy. The market bulletins were wonderful publications farm women in the South used to communicate information about seeds, plants, animals, receipts (what they called recipes), and other items they for sale or being sought. Elizabeth shared a good deal of information about the market bulletins which were not published north of Virginia with Katherine whose one interests lay with garden catalogues when their friendship began.

Lawrence and White corresponded for several decades. The two women discussed their gardens, their columns, their books, and their lives. In the early part of their correspondence, they often wrote each other by return mail. Toward the end of Katherine's life, the letters were few and far between as illness began to affect her movement and ability to see. In spite of their suffering, they continued to observe the world around them and relay how things were going in the garden-the latest blooms, the ravenous mice, the unexpected cold snap, the new greenhouse. Their words remind me of the hope and comfort women have long experienced when a letter from a loved one arrives. As my 87-year old aunt with whom I still correspond says, it doesn't matter what you write, the smallest thing matters.

The editor of this collection of letters Emily Wilson, quotes a librarian who remarked after having read the letters Elizabeth and Katherine wrote to each other, "I got a feeling of moral interdependence on a creative level. Somehow I had viewed the creativity of successful people as a strong force that perhaps needed channeling but not encouragement. Now, on this new-to-me-plane, I see again that no man is an island."

As the editor of TWO GARDENERS/KATHARINE S. WHITE AND ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, I welcome hearing from readers. I am now writing the biography of Elizabeth Lawrence and would benefit from hearing others' understanding of her, both in these letters and in her books. Emily Herring Wilson

Delightful! The correspondence of 19 years between White and Lawrence is insightful, informative and elegant! Their letterse (far more elegant than e-mail) give us glimpses into life in the 60's and 70's and beyond. This book, which is expertly edited by Emily Herring Wilson has inspired a perennial garden at our Wisconsin home and a renewed interest in the writings of E.B. White, not to mention the writings of Katharine White and Elizabeth Lawrence. These two career women and ladie were supportive and encouraging of one another for 19 years!