This book is about a fairy unlike any other. She cannot keep still while the elder is teaching. Primrose(her enemy) always has something to say about why she is so fidgety.She is the first woodfairy ever in recorded history to go out of the the clearing. She likes high places and loud noises unlike any other fairy who is afraid to go high and loud things. Her friend(Ivy) is the only one who will come to her house. This book is for people who feel like they dont fit in but love great adventures or for somebody who loves to read great books!

The Book was very good and interesting the pictures are beautiful. I think you should all of them. I havent read the kat books yet.

I have read the Alissa books but like Laurel better. You don't need pictures because you are so in to it. It's a great book!

I was thoroughly charmed by the adventures of Miranda Gaines, Jane Kendall's wonderful young heroine in "Miranda Goes to Hollywood."

Ms. Kendall writes with genuine affection, her words sparkle and gallop off the page. Her witty story moves at a pace that will keep both kids and adults enthralled. In fact, I bought the book as a gift for my ten-year-old neice, but delayed mailing it until I'd finished reading every word.

I've been a fan of Miranda since my neice and I read the the first book, "Miranda and the Movies," a couple of summers ago. The books bring alive a fascinating chapter in the history of American popular culture, and they manage to be informative and delightful at the same time. I wonder how many school systems include Miranda on their reading lists? I certainly wish she'd been around when we were kids.

As a children's literature buff, I had wondered whether the second book in the Miranda series would live up to the first, "Miranda and the Movies." My hopes were surpassed.

The characters in this book, especially the precocious Miranda, leap off the page with sharp, original dialogue and a fast moving story. And the writing! "Fine, sleety pebbles, mean-spirited and purposeful, whirled down onto the little town of Cullersville..."

This story of a New Jersey Girl who heads west in pursuit of her silver screen dreams sweeps you along. It also leaves you wanting more, as most excellent books do, but there's good news: a third Miranda book, "Miranda Goes to War," is on the way.

As a children's book-buyer for an independent bookstore, I was delighted with "Miranda Goes to Hollywood." Having read the new crop of books for kids, I'm tired of dysfunctional families and writers who talk down to the young adult audience. Both of the Miranda books avoid this, and tell a fun, charming story of adventure, that will have every girl who reads it unable to put it down until finished. Kendall's characters, the story itself and the way early film history was brought to life in a completely un-stuffy way will have every young girl who reads this thinking either that she IS Miranda or wants to BE Miranda.

Dr. Stewart and the team at SOMC have composed a must-read for every team leader and those aspiring to organizational leadership. Dr. Stewart takes concepts and principals of which we are all aware and makes them real. He allows us to see ourselves and the others with whom we interact at work in "3-D", offering insights for dealing with every different kind of leadership style. He even reminds us that we don't have to act on every situation. He actually gives permission to ignore certain behaviors and instructs how to deal with negativity and naysayers in the workplace. The book is most helpful in validating what I feel I'm doing right while setting me straight in areas I'm needing to improve in my quest to maintain my effectiveness in my leadership role in my company.
Reading is a luxury for busy people or at least it is for me, but if you only have time for one great book to put you to the top, this is definitely the one!

This book is excellent. The writing is well done and the ideas have plenty of practice to back them up.

Excellent. Well written, excellent ideas with firm experience behind each chapter. Very good book for classroom or busy professionals who need that extra edge.

To start, I felt very in tune with each character. The development of each kept my interest peaked and and anticipatory of the plot. The entire story spoke more literally than a typical fiction; I felt as if I was directly involved with each person. Interestingly, I have not had a lot of experience with hardship, lack of money, or lack of opportunity, yet could very easily empathize with this story because it smacks of reality. I feel volumes of strength can be derived for those who are less fortunate if they take a day to read this. And, it most certainly can provide insight and understanding to people such as myself who don't struggle to live. More to the point of the story, I was given a safe way to discover another way of life that can be totally challenging to those involved or could be a more unfortunate turning point, as is more often portrayed.

All of the great elements of storytelling are encompassed in this fast-paced, erotic thriller. If you are looking for a book to keep you yearning for more, then this is the novel for you.

The Remembrance has all the qualities of a cult classic and a major Hollywood hit. High drama, eroticism, pyschos and a tender love story knotted up in the middle. A literary enthusiast hardly gets a chance to catch their breathe before this talented author takes you from one climax to another, often leaving the reader breathless in the process. The story evolves around Browne and Misty, married medical students and obviously on shaky ground. From the opening line, we instantly recognize trouble in Browne's eyes and feel a sense of angered pity with Misty for accepting her submissive position within the confines of their marriage. As the author whisks you from one dynamic scene to the next, where he introduces new characters, takes us inside the hallowed halls of historic universities and into the lives of terminal patients, I couldn't help but wonder why Kendall F. Person hasn't hit the bestseller list to date. It's not just his writing style, which appears effortless and transforming, but the story is as original as a Quentin Tarentino screenplay. Each chapter ends on a cliffhanger challenging the reader to put the book down before arriving at the unheard of triple climatic ending. If The Remembrance doesn't scare the lving daylights out of you, if it doesn't leave you in a state of awe or send you on a wild shopping spree to pick up the rest of Person's works (Capturing Spring, An Angry World) it will certainly leave you scratching your head wondering where in God's name did he come up with that.

I am continually amazed at how children's books offer detail and insight into daily life that no stout history book can provide.

Writing the same review for the other two in this trilogy. Excellent all!

This is a wonderful, wonderful book. It will help you teach your children about hard work, perseverance, and family. My children want it read to them again and again.

Young Samuel Eaton (a historical character) is looking forward to his first chance to help his father bring in the crops. He finds the work incredibly hard, and the coarse grain raises bad blisters on his hands. But he perseveres, and at the end of the day when his father tells him "you did a man's work today, Samuel," we feel his pride.

Masterfully written, beautifully photographed, this is a gem in every way.

This book took us back to 1627. We learned all about Samuel Eaton's first day as a man. He told us all about the hard work he had to do in the fields. It was so interesting to read a story that used different words from long ago. The pictures were awesome! They showed us the clothing the pilgrims wore, what their house looked like, and the hard work everybody did. We thought it would be difficult to be a pilgrim boy! We think everyone should read this book because you can learn a lot about how the pilgrims lived. Read this wonderful book!

Alan Holden must be a very dedicated man. This short book on polyhedra is filled with pictures of intricate paper models, all made by the author. In the final section, showing how to construct similar models, one can see a photo of his workshop with hundreds of models arrayed neatly on shelves behind him. This book was clearly a work of love.

Most of the book is occupied with a treatment of regular and semiregular polyhedra, prisms and antiprisms. These are examined in some depth--for example, all nine regular polyhedra are constructed. The last fifty pages introduce other topics, such as packing, lattices, and knots; the treatment here is very brief, somewhat disappointing and leaving a desire for more depth. The same can be said of the final section, on construction--Holden gives general guidelines but leaves the reader to compute the dimensions of all the faces of his models himself.

The prose is clear and concise, rare for a mathematics book. But the real substance lies in the photographs of polyhedra models. These are contructed in such a way that it is always easy to see the details of the solid: faces of different shapes are made of different shades of paper, complicated models are shown in intermediate stages of construction, polyhedra to be compared (such as duals) are shown as individuals and interpenetrating. The great icosidodecahedron photo on page 112 (or its companion that might go by the same name on page 98) is almost worth the price of the book by itself.

This is not a rigorous treatment of the subject, but it is a beautiful one.

This well-made and inexpensive book is brim-full of pictures of Alan Holden's models of polyhedra. It is a book for the hobbyist and the enthusiastic closet Pythagorean, more than it is for the professional mathematician. It is especially useful as an introduction to Archimedean star polyhedra, which are surely as beautiful as anything in geometry, and which were not fully catalogued until the 1950s.

If you find this material as compellingly fascinating as I do, you may want to follow up this book with these two:

"Polyhedron Models," by Magnus Wenninger, has a more thorough and systematic treatment of the Archimedean star polyhedra than Holden's book. These include some incredibly complicated models of "snub" star polyhedra -- spectacular stuff that is not included here. (On the other hand, Wenninger's book costs a good deal more.)

"Regular Polytopes," by H.S.M. Coxeter, is an elegantly written introduction to polyhedra in 3 and 4 dimensions. Coxeter himself wrote the first systematic treatment of the Archimedean star-polyhedra, and helped to discover the last few in the process. This book's illustrations are nowhere near as nice as the other ones', but this is balanced by its more rigorous mathematical treatment of the theme. Somebody needs to come up with a better way (using computer graphics?) to illustrate higher-dimensional polyhedra. In the meantime, this inexpensive book is the best I know on the subject.

A friend of mine lent me this book in 1975. (I still haven't given it back). Although this 200 page book is very simply and clearly written, I have never been able to sit down and read it from start to finish. Each part I read makes me stop and contemplate. After 24 years I still find new things in it! The book starts out describing the five Platonic solids. Next it explores the dualities: between the octahedron and cube, between the dodecahedron and icosohedron, and between the tetrahedron with itself. Holden talks about solids discovered by Kepler and Poinsot, space filling solids other than the cube, Nolids, lattices and a whole lot more. He also describes how to make your own models with cardboard and Elmers' glue. Doug Kendall's photographs of Holden's models are very pleasing. This is my favorite book.

I have never used an Apple and I never will! That said Steve Wozniak contribution to the world cannot be overstated. The author has put together a simple, informative and easy to read book on Mr Wozniak. She chronicles his exploits from early childhood up until the current day. Yes, there is plenty of Apple info and history for those diehards' fans.

What grabbed me most was the man behind the story. You can't help but love the guy. As well as being a genius he emerges as truly great human being with all the best qualities that we can aspire to as individuals (among which I rank warmth, generosity, kindness, consideration and caring).

I liked this book so much I bought 3 copies, one for each of my kids.

Woz, I thank you.

Andy Westphal

This book is perfect for a school book report! It is both interesting and easy to read. Though it is written for older children, it is sophisticated enough to be appreciated by adults. It includes many details about Wozniak and how he became involved in creating the original Apple computer. The author writes in an easy-to-understand style with touches of humor and details that make Steve Wozniak come alive as a "regular guy." Includes many black and white photos and a great glossary of terms.

This is a great book on the inventor of the Apple Computer. I have read it several times and done a couple of book reports on it. I highly recommend it.

I am continually amazed at how children's books offer detail and insight into daily life that no stout history book can provide.

Writing the same review for the other two in this trilogy. Excellent all!

Another great book by Kate Waters. This book shows the daily life of a Native American child during the time of the Pilgrims. This book goes great with Sarah Morton's Day and Samuel Eaton's Day. Also, check out On the Mayflower also by Kate Waters.

We are big fans of Kate Waters' books about the Pilgrims (Samuel Eaton's Day, Sarah Morton's Day and On the Mayflower). When we discovered "Tapenum's Day", we were thrilled ! I found the 'point of view' from a young Native American boy to be both fascinating and educational, as did my children. We enjoyed seeing this historically accuate slice of life, written from a balanced perspective. I think this wonderful book rounds out the collection, including the other four, that no study of the Pilgrims should be without.

This book has totally changed my life. RT Kendall offers an amazing piece of work that, as you discover from the book, was born out of his own personal experience. The book is full of practical teaching about what our misconceptions of forgiveness are and what true Godly forgiveness is. This is not a book that tries to being a complex formula to forgiveness but rather it tries to explain from biblical concepts the importance of choosing to forgive those who have hurt us and our loved ones. I read it on the recommendation of a friend and have been thoroughly blessed.

This is an awesome book. R.T. Kendall goes beyond just forgiveness here. He shows us how God not only wants us to forgive, but to take it to the next level which is to bless those we have forgiven. He provides insight to why we may be holding grudges and understanding to why some people have difficulty in forgiving and how we can handle it. I definitely will re-read this one over and over.

At first I thought, what more can they say about forgiveness? Well, lots! I would title this book, "Total Forgiveness, Your Final Acid Test". It is excellent! Very thought provoking.

This is my very favorite book. Astrid is a girl who is smart and thinks for herself, and she stands up for herself and her ideas against the class bullies and the adults who want all kids to just obey them without ever thinking for themselves or knowing why. Astrid and Reeva show what education should be like: that learning is fun and important and it opens your mind to real happiness and helps you control your own life more.

The amazing detailed descriptions paint images as vivid as a tv. These details make the story hard to put down and keep the reading excitement up. I think it something even adults can relate to. And the story itself will inspire you to take a good look around you and about you.

Excellent! I found the tale strikingly familiar and accurate... With a story that pulls one in, and its charming characters ( Go Coop :) ) I'd recommend this book to most anyone interested in its type!