GAMEKIDS, international natural play webmagazine and club highly recommends this book to our members. The book features some of the best games for children of all ages to play. The book contains some of the classics - many of which children today perhaps have never heard of (i.e. kick the can, run sheep run, horse, etc.)

There are over 200 games: outside games, car games, card games, singing games and campfire songs, and some of the best party games we've seen!

This is truely a classic which every family, school, and library should have!

What a precious book. From the day I read about it in the paper, I was interested. Several of my friends look for ways to entertain our kids at their birthday parties. This book itself is a birthday parthday theme. I ordered two just from reading the review in the paper. I just received them today. I have read it and are now at the computer ordering more for several kids birthday's. Kids spend to much time watching games on TV and not enough time playing them. The book encourages family time, too. You can tell it was written from her heart with the true love for children and their happiness. Thank you for writing this book!

I personally know Sharon O'Bryan and have read her book. This is a great, back to the basics, approach to FUN!!! Its educational, fair and most of all FUN!!! I would suggest this book to anyone involved with children, whether it be ina school, daycare, or camp type setting.

I got my copy of Old Houses in a book store bargain bin several years ago. What a find it was! The houses in this book are honest about their age; no fancy restorations here (but do we really need another book like that anyway?). This book gives you an unusual glimpse of the old houses that don't make the magazine covers. In these houses the plaster may be crumbling, the wallpaper peeling, or the decorating may be hopelessly out of date. In addition to the haunting photography you will find interesting stories about the houses and their families. If you're into historic preservation and you like your old houses "as found" check this book out. This is one I go back to over and over.

This is such a great book! It embodies the beauty of preservation. Most people would rip out all that old plaster and dated plumbing. I'm thankful that there are people out there preserving our rich history in these lovely old structures.

I discovered this book two summers ago at my local library and have checked it out innumberable times. It has brought back many memories of my great-grandmother's and my grandmother's houses. It has also given me great decorating ideas, the main one being to see the beauty in the age which houses acquire. I have finally bought the book so that I can enjoy it forever and will use it as a guide in living with and appreciating my own home's story. A great read, a wonderful photography book, and a great way to experience the history of old houses.

I am becoming a big fan of the Colonial Radio Theater. They are really good at making historic events exciting and fun. This particular tape really is exciting and tells the story of a relatively little known event. I won't spoil your fun by giving the ending away, but it really is cool.

I really got a different perspective of the hardships that the crew had to undergo to acheive the success that they did on the Constitution. Capt Hull was an excellent captain and his example was certainly an archetype of leadership. I enjoyed the wrap up at the end of the story to let the listener know what happened after this particular incident to the various parties involved. Great story and an excellent narrative. Again you are there!

This is really cool. I really feel like I'm standing on the Constitution next to Captain Hull. The naval battle is so exciting but you'll have to listen to see how it turns out. Get it. It's great fun!

This was indeed a drama in real life. The sound effects again make the difference in listening to this fine narrative. After listening and understanding Commander Preble's leadership challenges, you come away (after listening to it and to "Old Ironsides: Escape to the Winds" previously)feeling that the Consitution was commanded by a lot of really able leaders and the crew was certainly professional and dedicated. The challenges they faced in this time period must have seemed overwhelming and that is brought to life in this narrative. Add to the collection of excellent tapes by Jerry Robbins.

You really should listen to it. Its a great tape. Jerry Robbins does a great job as Captain Preble. Its fun, has battles, and is really exciting. I learned something that I did not know about the Constitution.

Wooden ships and iron men are the subject of this very enjoyable tape. I really got into the radio drama format. From what I read on the package, this story is true, almost too exciting to believe that it actually happened that way.

I have read and thoroughly enjoyed Old Italian Neighborhood Values. It's about lost traditional values in modern times. This novel was enlightening for me because it gave me a glimpse of some of the values of my grandparents' generation (saving money, importance of family, etc.) that were not passed on to my generation (I'm 26).

I highly recommend this thought-provoking and insightful novel.

What do six guys reared during the 50s in an old Italian neighborhood in the city of Philadelphia think about modern-day values in America? We join them on September 6, 2001 at La Strega Restaurant in New York's Little Italy for their annual dinner, during which they serve up strong opinions and barbs on subjects such as politics, sex, family stability, divorce, abortion, culture and food.

The boys' festa at La Strega includes a new, first-time guest, Genella, the sensual, vivacious, girlfriend of the recently deceased Rocco, one of the old gang. Genella brings a singularly unique perspective to the table: She's not Italian and is a 'big-time madam dealing with big-time clients on the fancy side of Manhattan.' Her views on everything from sexual perversions to abortion keep the boys on their collective toes.

Old Italian Neighborhood Values, delves into the human spirit and offers helpful prescriptions on ways to handle the problems of modern life. It is must reading not only for Italian Americans but also for everybody else. This bittersweet novel takes a hard look at how American values have changed in the past 50 years through the eyes of this group of colorful paesans from 'the old neighborhood' that meet annually for a dinner of fine Italian food, accompanied by Italian opera and free-flowing spirits.

You'll meet such characters as Emilo Serio or 'the Pig,' a sensitive state-paid social worker and seminary dropout; Mo, or Carlo Carluzzi, the owner of a large construction company and giant of a man who uses his mental and physical strength to protect his friends; Spinuzzi, or John Esposito, a physican who specializes in clinical research and a keen observer of human behavior including sexual habits; and Pussey Rapper, or Joe Ravelli, the liberal publisher of a local newspaper who agonizes over the fate of his three divorced sons.

A few of the opinions offered that night include:
' What do you think? What is respect, and why is it important?'
' We seem to have forgotten that sex is an extremely powerful thing. It is not simply a pleasure like eating a great meal. It is a potentially- disruptive driving force that, I believe, affects most behavior, good and bad.'
' There is no doubt that women are drinking and drugging too much, and that's playing a big role in screwed-up families.'
' Yes, our parents were always 'there' when we were kids, and they're not really 'there' today.'
' Please note that I do not recommend balsamic vinegar, but good old-fashioned red vinegar. This country is going bananas over balsamic vinegar.'

The group's strong opinions were forged during their years growing up in the old Italian neighborhood, where once a guy formed an opinion, it was extremely difficult to get him to change his mind. The reader becomes a 'fly on the wall' as the gang of testadure'or hardheads'try valiantly to persuade and dissuade each other. The conversation at La Strega this evening may become heated and even, at times, x-rated, but never dull. And always enlightening.

The conclusion of the book covers the period following the 9/11 Attack Upon America less than a week later. They all reconvene for dinner to discuss what impact this event will have on American values. It's a revealing look at what the group believes are some values of wisdom and behavior that could be helpful to you, your family and friends.

I am 1/2 Italian and 1/2 German and raised around family from Italy. I really enjoyed this book because it reunited me in a sense with my Italian family.

Even if you're not Italian, it's a wild ride and a fun peak into a very cultural exchange about traditional values as well as the modern lifestyle and how it has affected our values.

It hits every topic imaginable -- family, kids, sex, 9/11.

It's the first novel I've read in 10 years and was well worth it.

My 15 month old LOVES this book. I had never sung this song to her before we bought it but now it is a big favourite. She learned the words farmer and tractor from the book. She learned e-i-e-i-o. She loves the flaps, the pull tabs and the dials. However, she decapitated the three little pigs in the first few days and ripped the farmer right out of his tractor in another unattended moment with the book. I now give it to her only under supervision so I can protect its moving parts. She is my only child so I don't know if children get less destructive as they get older. If they do it might be better to wait till your child is 2. A younger baby will love it to pieces!

E-I-E-I-O! Old McDonald Had a Farm brings to life the classic song through interactive, pop up cartoon pictures of a chugging tractor whose tires move, baaing sheep, clucking chicks, oinking pigs, and mooing cows who chew their cud and roll their eyes. Cony's use of pictures, which children can manipulate, adds zest to the experience of reading as children read (or sing along) to the tune of Old McDonald. It is a timeless song set apart by Cony's ingenious manipulation of the idea of a pop up children's book that will hold up to much use.

My baby learned to say "e-i-e-i-o" while chewing, tearing apart, and turning the pages of this book.

This Reisig fellow somehow captures every memory I have of my grandparents. Found myself laughing one minute, then staring out the window for the longest time remembering that old farm, the horses, the cattle, the barns...and the love. "Old Man's Letters" affected me like my grandparents...in the best of ways.

This book is chocked full of knee-slapping anecdotes as well as important lessons on life. Some of the stories made me feel like my own grandfather was sitting there telling tales from his life. If you're looking for a book that's easy to read and hard to put down, this is it!

If you would like an overflowing bucket of honest yet hilarious humor, then "The Old Man's Letters" is the one to read! This side splitting book is full of true "good ole boy" antics, you can really relate to!

This book has had a major impact on my life I don't know where to commense.The dedication was very powerful.It was very meaningful how he let the world know the way he felt towards his beloved family.Starting with the book,it had different meanings to me.it had spiratual,logic and interpersonal impacts towards me.The morals were very true.Most books leave a reader wondering, wishing and hoping,but this book was real and left you with the feeling of ,no matter how much you strive the Lord has a way out for you.The most encouraging poem to me was Mister Wind. It is very intelligent to think of how the spirit replentishes the land in a very normal way.This book can be expressed in a thousand words.I encourage anyone of all shapes,sizes and races to purchase this book,it is 10.50 ,but is worth a lifetime of joy.

I'VE READ THIS BOOK AND IT IS WONDERFUL. EACH POEM TEACHES A DIFFERENT STORY. I THINK THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR KIDS ALSO BECAUSE THE PEOMS TEACHES ABOUT LIFE-THE DIFFERENT FEELINGS YOU ALSO HAVE WHILE GROWING OLDER. PLEASE PURCHASE THIS BOOK I PROMISE YOU'LL LOVE IT.

this book is great, I thought that I was the only one going through some of the things that is written in this book . An Old Man's Search for Joy . I recommend this book highly.

Thomas Bernhard must have been the bane of the Austrian cultural world during his lifetime. His favorite style is an endless, run-on paragraph, seething with rage and pain at every turn. If you don't catch that these crabby narrators are constantly undermining their own credibility, you might not see how funny these books are. Old Masters involves an old musicologist, who spends every other day in front of the same painting in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. This 150-page assault on Western art and music (few are spared: Mahler, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, and especially Bruckner are given real tongue-lashings, and at one point he implies the painting he always looks at is a forgery) might annoy you, until you realize that, as flawed as these great works might be, they're all we have to keep us going day to day. Life without these Old Masters would be unbearable. The narrator is slow to admit this, but when the admission comes, it's heart-breaking. For someone to complain this vigorously about the limits of Austrian art and culture, he must have loved his homeland very dearly indeed. You won't be disappointed in this one.

This a book about two grumpy old men. " ..he does not like solar radiation. He avoids the sun, there is nothing he shuns more than the sun. 'I hate the sun, you know that I hate the sun more than anything in the world,' he says. What he likes best are foggy days, on foggy days he leaves the house very early in the morning, actually takes a walk, which he does not normally do, for basically he hates walking. I hate walking, he says,it seems so pointless to me. I walk, and while I am walking I keep thinking how I hate walking, I have no other thoughts at the time, I cannot understand that there are people who are able to think of something other than that walking is pointless and useless, he says." If you cannot find this very funny then this book is not for you. In 156 pages there are no paragraphs, or chapters. But there is excellent prose and conversations on philosophy of life, art, suicide, class, Catholicism, nationalism, culture......life. Very funny and perhaps sad too, but in the end strangely exhilarating. A wonderful read.

Yes,it is enjoyable and considering the dark and disturbing contexts of his other novels it is indeed a comedy.Yet it is seriously constructed and top quality novella.