THIS BOOK IS SO CHOCK FULL OF CREATIVITY! KIDS CAN'T PUT IT DOWN! AND THERE IS A LITTLE SOMETHING IN IT FOR THE ADULT AS WELL!! ENJOY!!!

When the snow starts to fall, and the winter blues get you down...pick up this book and have some fun. This book provides inspiration as well as step-by-step instructions to create wonderful snow creations. The photographs are great, and the pages are plastic coated so you can take the book outside in the snow. As the author of Aha! - 10 Ways To Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas, I am always in search of fun books to add to my "inspiration library". "Snowmen" has a place on my shelves... and with the kids in the yard.

Last year, I moved back "up north" with my son after nine years in sunny Florida. I had forgotten what a "warm" feeling you get while snuggled in a warm home basking in the beauty of the snow outside. We created funny little mounds of snow on fences and window sills which delighted up even more once back inside our toasty haven. We enjoyed the snow silhouettes created by nature herself in the form of tree angels. This delightful book, of which I purchased three alone as gifts, has inspired me to a new winter wonderway of welcoming the new millenium, creating snow art. There are such clever ideas for bringing snow joy into our lives in this book. My twelve year old son was so enthralled by the book that he said he would pay for half of it. Imagine that? With all the books available for making indoor Christmas crafts, this book reminds us of the joy of working in and with nature, all the while reflecting on how wonderful it will look and feel while snuggled back inside. A wonderfully creative and joyful book. With high regard,

"The Warrior's Tale" is one of those extremely rare sequels that outdoes the original. For longtime fantasy fans, it's a real breath of fresh air. The narrator and main character, Rali Anterro of the Maranon Guard, is a lot more likeable than Amalric from "The Far Kingdoms", since she has a real personality and some actually feelings, as well as more interesting relationships with other people. Perhaps more importantly, the plot has some real unpredictability to it, with the heroes facing a number of different villains and dangerous situations, and sometimes having to use more than just random luck to survive. Also, the authors include at least a little bit of humor, something that was sorely absent in "The Far Kingdoms", and in general they simply manage to give the story more life this time around.

This book tells the tale of Rali, captain of the Maranonon (or something like that) guards, who is sent on a mission to wipe out an evil wizard. On the way, she and her soldiers (all female) have a series of pretty entertaining adventures. Rali is a pretty solid character, and the action is pretty much nonstop. Nothing brilliant about this book, but I would say it's probably above average fantasy stuff, which kept me reading till the end. It starts off with a war and keeps going. Lots of demons, gore soaked swords, nubile maidens, and pyrotechnic wizardry. As a warning I might point out, it has a good deal of same-sex relationships going on, which some readers might find distracting (and some might find titillating). All in all, it ain't highbrow lit-ra-ture, but it's fun to read.

I rate this book with 5 stars in the category of adventure. This tale is filled with magic, aventure, sword fighting and all that good stuff. It's your basic book on good vs. evil. The city Orissa is in grave danger... the Archon has evil powers that could destroy the whole city! So one of Orissa's guard is sent to follow the Archon and to kill him. Oh and did I happen to mention that this guard is made up of all women? That's right! Who else goes on the quest? Well there is an old powerful wizard who decides to go and some pirates who are more after the gold and loot than destroying evil.

Much do they know that there is more than the Archon and his evil that they will have to face. They travel in boats and see more of the world than anyone in Orissa. They face betrayal, evil, depression, lack of food, and at the end there is a twist.

Romily is their only hope... their last hope. She will have to face things that go beyond all... the death of her beloved friends, she has no support except her Guard; her family does not accept her for who she is and.... she will have to forge into the magic she's always refused and denied in order to save herself and her companions.

All children are different. My daughter started using her potty the day after I first read this book to her. She seems to be able to relate well to the characters and situations. I would prefer if it was a little more sturdy like a board book...after 2 weeks it's just about disintegrated from use.

My daughter and I love this book! It gets straight to the point, has great pictures for my daughter, and is realistic. I checked out the library's copy so often I figured I needed to buy my own.

This is the best potty book we've read--and my son and I have read them all. The introduction is helpful to parents, and the progression of the toddlers in the story from diapers to underpants was realistic (for example, they still wear diapers at night).

I have just finished rereading this book for the first time in over a decade and it has enticed me into ordering a slim book of the poetry of William Carlos Williams. I am not, in general, a great lover of poetry, but he does such an excellent job conveying the exact details of a time and a place, of another era of medicine. Being a doctor myself helps to understand some of the situations, but he writes so specifically that anyone can see what he's trying to say. I like his use of exact, conversational quotes, and his unromantic, but generous view of his, often unhelpful, patients.

This is an interesting series of short stories by the great American poet, William Carlos Williams. Williams was actually Dr. Williams and practiced pediatrics for many years. These stories are built around a series of clinical vignettes from medical practice in the early part of the century. While these stories are not great literature, they are very good and Williams is very good at descriptions of clinical phenomena. Some of the clinical entities at the center of the stories are now rarely seen. These stories convey the experience of medical practice in this era very well and several stories have considerable emotional power. This book will be of interest to anyone who likes American literature but will perhaps find the most appreciative audience among physicians.

This is an incredible book of short stories by Williams Carlos Williams, the noted American Poet from the thirties, forties and fifties. Like his poems, these stories have to do with human emotions and the human condition, but unlike the poems, they are fully developed with realistic backgrounds and fully fleshed out details. This is because, while Williams was writing poetry, he eeked out a living making pediatric house calls during the depression. He records some of these in this collection. Most of these stories have little do with the parents of his patients, parents who were mostly immigrants and had little faith or hope. But he describes vividly his encounters with unusually fresh and bold children. The masterpiece of this collection is a very short story called "The Use of Force." It is about a fight with a little girl who has throat infection but who will not open her mouth for the doctor to check or culture. The struggle between this obviously beautiful little girl and the doctor, which does come to force, is described candidly and even shockingly, exposing his own pleasure in the struggle and his drive for success at whatever cost. While totally told in the moment, it has the timeless feel of a confession, a morality tale of the way the whole of society treats women, particularly strong-willed, beautiful blonds. Other stories give this same feeling of telling us more about ourselves as a nation than this one man's keen observations of the poverty, grime and grit of depression children.

This book sounded perfect, so easy and low fat besides, but when I studied the recipes I found a whole lot of salt!! This is a very unhealthy way to go. Too much sodium is a sneaky death threat. There has to be a way to correct that problem in a future four ingredient cookbook.

I wish the authors had listed the amount of sugar contained in recipes as well as the Total Fat etc. I swear by the SUGAR BUSTER program and having the sugar content would be so helpful.

I received this as a gift after I started college. I had no idea how to make it own my own, let alone cook for myself. I was bound and determined not to gain the dreaded "freshman fifteen" so I tried the recipes from the Low Fat and Lite cookbook...wow! It was so easy! I became the apartment cook for all the roommates. I love this book...and I NEVER gained the weight, in fact, I lost 20 lbs.

Adventurer Cole Mackenzie has been every where and done most every thing. He has panned for gold in Alaska, been a Texas Ranger, and gambled in the gaming halls of San Francisco. Now, Cole yearns for the sanctuary of his family's ranch. But there is one more task he needs to accomplish before he can return home. A mysterious wire has found its way to Cole from his former partner, and good friend, Mick "Pop" O'Shea. Pop has asked Cole to come to his hometown of Lawford, New Mexico and help him solve a mystery. So Cole puts off his return to the Triple M ranch, and makes his way to Pop's home. Once there though Cole is confronted by an unexpected turn of events, Pop has mysteriously died, leaving Cole the guardian of his rambunctious daughter, Maggie.

Margaret "Maggie" O'Shea has been in love with Cole Mackenzie since she was a scrawny Tomboy of fourteen. Being dragged from mine town to mine town by her father, she had very little time to mature into anything but this. Then at sixteen when Pop began to realize that his Maggie needed to learn to become a lady he had said good-bye to his partner Cole, and sent Maggie off to finishing school, while he returned home to start a stage coach line. Now Maggie is confronted with her worst nightmare, Cole MacKenzie, the only man she has ever loved, has returned back in her life as her legal guardian.

The Mackenzies/Cole by Ana Leigh is the latest in her Mackenzies saga. Cole is the oldest son of Cleve Mackenzie and his wife Adee, whom we met in the third installment. The love story that is portrayed in this installment between hard hearted Cole, and warm and loving Maggie is hard to follow at times. If you are a true fan of this series then you will of course read this book. The story could stand alone even if you haven't read the other books. Cole and Maggie embark on some wild adventures to find out what truly happened to Pop. Along the way they meet up with some interesting characters, and there are some subplots involving the towns people. However, there are no true villains in this story, and overall I was disappointed in this latest installment. It just wasn't as good as the others.

After prospecting in Alaska for a few years together, Cole Mackenzie says goodbye to his gold prospecting partner Pop O'Shea and the man's teenage daughter Maggie in a stop at Seattle. Cole heads to San Francisco while Pops and Maggie travel to Lawford, New Mexico.

Two years later in 1898 Cole receives a telegram from Pops, pleading with his former partner to come quickly, as he needs help. Cole would do anything for Pop so he packs his bags immediately and hit the trail for New Mexico. He arrives in time to attend Pop's funeral. Apparently, Pop who ran a stageline broke his neck in a mining accident. Cole decides to stay in town to insure Maggie's safety and to learn more about Pop's death that just does not feel right to him. As accidents pile up with the stageline, Cole falls in love with Maggie, who has loved him since she was a tomboy prospecting in Alaska, but both feel they must uncover the identity of the person sabotaging the business and perhaps killed Pop too.

As with the stories of other Mackenzies, Cole's tale is an exciting Americana romantic suspense that fans of the series and sub-genre readers in general will attain much pleasure from the antics of the lead couple. Cole and Maggie are strong and intrepid, but much of their relationship is humorous relieving a bit of the tension that Ana Leigh spins with this book. The twists and turns add perplexity and uncertainty even to the obvious lead romance as Ms. Leigh provides the audience with a winning entry.

Harriet Klausner

Favorite scene with Maggie-
Telling Keith and Caroline that they belong together.

Favorite scene with Cole-
Saving the animals and Juan from the fire.

Favorite scene together-
The total chaos brought on by Cole pretending to hold Maggie up and Maggie having Cole arrested.

I would give this a three, only my son loves this book because he loves anything about ants. We read Ms Cole`s MAGIC SCHOOL BUS VISITS A BEEHIVE back to back with this. The comparison is too great. It would be terrific to see a layout of the ant colony`s system of tunnels and chambers. Also, no mention is made of the drones: in the story Phoebe says "Without the queen, there wouldn`t be eggs," but without drones, there wouldn`t be eggs, either. I don`t know if they showed them in the television show, but there were no pictures of the pupae, nor the interesting fact that the ants stroke them and receive a tasty secretion in return. The book was interesting, but short on information; more so than some of the others adapted from the TV series. If your child wants to find out about ants there are better books out there.

In this book a class ventures into the busy world of an ant farm. They learn all about the different roles of the different types of ants in each colony. The story is interesting to children and a lot of information about ant communities is presented.

This is a great book for kids to learn a great deal about life. Every parent should buy this for his or her child. Well worth the asking price.

The story of Ms. Mott's father and her surprising discoveries in researching his life's story. True-to-life; laced with sexual exploits, mistakes of youth, tragedy and the haunting memory of her father's first love.

"My Father", by Bob Cole, was a terrific read. Not only is the reader hooked within 2 to 3 pages, but it's one of those stories that just gets better and better as it goes on---the perfect book to curl up with on vacation or a rainy day. One thing I found to be purely fascinating, is that this book was written by a man but through a woman's eyes and perspective--surely not an easy task, but one done with insight and vigor. So, take some time out for this intriguing and fast moving story, kick back, relax, and enjoy it as I did.

The author sets the stage for his book in the beginning pages. He then goes into the third person character and unfolds a story that is believable in its unbelievability. His descriptive phrasing is quite eloquent and adds wonderful verbal visions to the text. The reader is easily transported to places both beautiful and ordinary. In some places the descriptions are so vivid only the sounds and smells are missing! The development of the characters suffers somewhat because of the excellence of setting the scenes. The dialogue, however, is completely honest and believable. He has turned the ordinary life of one man into a wonderful story and made us believe there are no "ordinary" lives! He had also show how adversity and good fortune are all a part of life and how we handle each of these determines our attitudes and how we react and interact with others. I enjoyed this book.

O.K. read. Probably 2 1/2 stars. A little simplistic and predictable. Enough to keep you going, but kinda weak.

The goosebumps raised on my arms by page 15; should I continue reading? Should I leave well-enough alone and just be scarred without finding out why? Needless to say, I read and read and read. It's one of the best dectective books I have read in ages. I loved all the characters and, of course, Larry, Judy, Edna and the evil Mistress and good old Homer. What a talent behind the author. I commend you Hugh Holton for writing a good mystery - with a solution - or was there? Talk about a kicker ending!

And, because of the fact that I love familiar characters, I logged on (at 1:00 a.m, mind you) to find out what other books you have written and lo and behold found out there is a series on Larry Cole. Thank you - thank you. I shall read them all.

Well, what's to say except buy or borrow this series. Holton is turning out some entertaining stories. These books fall into the "is it over?" catagory. The type of stories that one wishes that they will never end. I just hope that the author does not run out of ideas for us, the readers. If it is a cold dark rainy night, with strange creaks in the house, and shutters banging in the wind, the stories take on another dimension. Turn off all the lights and read by candle lite.....BOO! Cheers and enjoy...

Both women and men should be highly offended at this preposterous, and possibly dangerous piece of work. Is Cole a doctor? Mental health professional? No--she's the former editor of Playgirl Magazine. Which pretty much makes her a pornographer, which pretty much tells you all you need to know about this simply awful, poorly edited exercise in mediocre hackwork.

I was so interested in the "Psyscho-Babble" review that I actually re-read the book. As far as I can ascertain, it remains an excellent, inciteful, current approach to an age-old subject. Very well written, easy-read. Although, I could see where it might pose problems for those who felt that the only proper family value system was theirs. Good job, Judy!

Judy says that you must first know yourself and love yourself; then truthfully decide on the sort of man who'll be able to make you happy...regardless of profession or status. She also uses clever fables to illustrate the do's and dont's of starting and maintaining relationships. Honesty is very much the best policy, here...as against game-playing...in order to reach genuine intimacy. Clear, useful, fun read on how to find love.