This book is a story wonderfully told for all ages. It is beautifully illustrated. It teaches all of us the true meaning of Christmas. It will definately become a tradition at our house.

Tear-jerker. Everyone should read "Christmas Oranges" and be reminded that Christmas is about giving to others. My 8-year old enjoyed it also. I intend on giving this book to family, friends, and co-workers this next Christmas.

Finally a citrus book with really great tasting recipes. I made one of the appetizers for a family dinner and got compliments from everyone. I would easily reccommend it to anyone who likes to cook.

Great book. Plenty of healthy citrus recipes from everywhere in the world. We've been into citrus cooking for years and this is the best book we've found to date.

Cute counting book with colorful illustrations. Gives 3 sets of numbers and asks 3 questions in each "section." Better than average. I would recommend this one for K and 1st grade, as well as teachers and parents.

This is a wonderful book to use in patterning, multiplication, and creative thinking! I use the book in my classroom in so many ways, with children up to third grade! We read it, then make up our own "Math Riddles" to put into our own class book. Example, Three fish had four fins each, with eight dots on each fin. How many fish? How many fins? How many dots altogether?

My aunt bought me this tape years ago, and I lost track of it. Recently, I decided that my daughters had to hear it as well, so I asked my mom to see if she could dig it up and send it to me. When it arrived, I found that it was every bit as good as I remembered -- maybe even a little better. :-)

Woe is me Bones, woe is me Bones, zz zz zz zzzzz, zz zz zz zzzzz....

In this set of stories, Jay stretches the imagination, the attention span, the drama of words, and the heart. We bought this tape some years ago from some catalog (before Amazon got big), and my daughter and I still hang onto the tape, though we have passed on most other stories/tapes. I will buy another copy of it so the cousins will have it to listen to. Jay is really really expressive in how he uses words, and how he uses words can be very infectious and entertaining. He is a cut or two above most storytellers. There's something very psychologically positive and motivating about his stories, and they give lessons about how to conduct life without being the least bit preachy. Kids are the heros and heroines in these stories, and the kids in them have both mundane and exotic, and always fascinating adventures. If he ever does a CD of this, I will buy it for the grandchildren. The dragon story is a fantastic fairy tale (with a heroine being brave and wise and the adults learning from her); the orange cheeks tale could happen next door (the little hero tries to hide some mistake and makes a situation worse and worse, and then a wise and forgiving grandparent fishes the truth out, gets the kid to confess, and makes everything better--communication resolves misunderstandings; lying makes things worse).

I find this book to be one of the best fairy tale books I've ever read. The illustrations are simply beautiful! The different plots and twists for each tale are interesting.

Lang was one of the first editors to collect multicultural fairy tales into one volume for readers. The Orange Fairy Book offers tales from many cultures. Included tales are The Girl-Fish, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, How the Stalos Were Tricked, The Adventures of a Jackal, Story of the King Who Would See Paradise, and many others. I have enjoyed the colored fairy books for years. Don't miss the great illustrations either.

"Oranges on Golden Mountain" is an excellent children's book. The text by Elizabeth Partridge is complemented by Aki Sogabe's colorful illustrations.

"Oranges" tells the story of Jo Lee, a Chinese boy who emigrates to California, where he works as a fisherman with his uncle. He misses his mother, who is still in China, but he plants orange branches that she gave him to take on his journey.

This is a realistic immigrant story with some fantastic/supernatural touches that evoke traditional Chinese beliefs. Illustrator Aki Sogabe creates many memorable scenes: a letter writer engaged in Chinese calligraphy, the Dragon King flying over a stormy ocean, Jo Lee tending his orange saplings, and more. To sum up: this is an excellent book for children of all cultures.

Jo Lee has to leave China because his family orchard can not support everyone after two dry years in a row. Mother uses the last of the money Father sent to get Jo Lee to Fourth Uncle in California. She knows he will have food there and learn to fish. Jo Lee's comfort is that he can send his Hun, his dream spirit, to keep in touch with his family in China. He leaves his family orchard for California with the bundle of orange tree twigs his mother gives to him. When he reaches Golden Mountain, Fourth Uncle helps him plant the twigs.

When the orange twigs root and bloom, Jo Lee's hope bloom too. Then, when he sleeps, his Hun travels to China to tell his mother. A heart-tugging story of the sacrifice made by a Chinese boy to help his family during hard times.

The cut paper drawings, by illustrator Aki Sogabe, beautifully compliment this story. The white caps,the swirling water, the fishing net, the misty Hun, and the clouds are superb illustrations for this simple little story.

In 1992 I met my aunt from Canada for the first time. She had lived in Scheveningen before she emigrated to Canada. She told me that she was searching for an English copy of the Soldier of Orange, so she could explain to het Canadian friends what is was like to live in Scheveningen during WOII. I promised I would help her searching. In the beginning it was tough, but when Internet finally got big and Amazon.com was started, I knew it was just a matter of time. And I found it. I had it sent straight to Canada and wrote also a letter to her. The book arrived earlier than the letter, but when she did put two and two together she was very happy. And that after ten years. She could thank me in person, because only a few weeks after she received the book, she came to Holland. A trip she had planned a long time before. ... About the book, it's exciting and a very good read. And it has all happened. A lot in Scheveningen and The Hague. Try to see the movie, the Soldier of Orange, made by the best director of the Netherlands, Paul Verhoeven and the best Dutch actor, Rutger Hauer. Definitely five stars!!

Soldier of Orange gives a candid view of history and friendship during WWII. The history is remarkable because it tells of struggles within The Netherlands which are little known to most people. This book is required reading in schools in Holland and tells a story of one mans bravery and personal accounts of his country in time of war. I highly recommend it for any history buff. There is also a movie by the same name starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Paul Verhoven.

Tangerine Sky is superbly written, gutsy and gripping as it follows the emotional destruction of a Vietnam veteran and his family. Clearly, Barbara Fleenor Turner wrote this novel from painful first-hand experience. It's not fun, but it's a rare jewel, and I recommend it with enthusiasm.

BACK IN THE DISTANT HAZY PAST I WENT TO VIETNAM AND THE THINGS THAT I WITNESSED AND LIVED THERE CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. TANGERINE SKY BROUGHT IT BACK INTO FOCUS IN A POSITIVE WAY. IT AMAZES ME THAT A LADY WRITER HAS THE PERCEPTION TO SO VIVIDLY PRESENT SO MANY SEGMENTS OF MY EXPERIENCES THERE.

EVERY VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM CONFLICT, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, WITH ANY SERVICE, WILL ENJOY THIS GREAT BOOK. IT WILL BE A BOOKSHELF KEEPER THAT WILL BE READ AGAIN AND AGAIN.

I loved the book, read it at one sitting. I am not usually so interested in poetry, in anthology form anyway, until I found this Taproot Review. I didn't have to work too hard at reading it - not the usual looking for hidden meaning in words, linebreaks, etc. With Taproot Review, I just laid back and enjoyed the writing. The writers are from all over and are in all walks of life. What a joy to read. I at first thought of giving the book four stars, but changed it to five to be fair. This is the best collection of poetry and short fiction I have read in a long time and I feel that it deserves the best rating. The stories are wonderful. A lot of men would like this book, women also. Nothing in it the kids couldn't read. Life as we know it. The writing speaks in a variety of voices, all so clearly. This is what literature should be.

I just discovered Taproot with this 11th Edition. Was I sleeping? The poems are real, powerful and interesting. Whoever edits this collection knows great writing. The short stories are awesome and unforgetable. This is a collection of poetry and short fiction that has to become classic. I loved it. It deserves to be - as it is - on the shelves of the finest libraries and universities and also in the hands of readers everywhere. It's the link between readers and writers and all of their lives. I can't wait for the next Edition.

It is true that the Thomas Guide is the most conclusive map book around! I recently purchased the 2001 LA/Orange Thomas Guide, as well as many others, at the Thomas Brothers store in San Francisco on Jackson and Columbus. They had every Thomas Guide known to man, and wall maps to accompany them!

The Thomas Guide is the definitive map for anyone who needs to find addresses quickly and easily in the Los Angeles area. It lists every street imaginible, even tiny ones like the one near where I live that doesn't even have a street sign, yet Thomas Guide knows its name.

Streets are indexed by street name, making them easy to find in the grid-like maps on each page. There is even a handy zip code listing. Great for sales people and the like who need to find their way through unfamiliar territory quickly and easily. I'd be lost without my Thomas Guide.