This book is great. Ever since I read ONE of The Laura Ingalls Wilder Series I just can't stop. I have all the books from Laura's great-grandmother to her daughter Rose. They are great books to read!

This is a great book for introducing children to a variety of textures. It does this by incorporating typical seashore elements with textures a small child can feel. In addition the reader has to hunt for hidden treasure throughout the book. This provides a fascinating learning experience for young children. Our one year old absolutely loves it!

After you read this book, you'll want to visit the lake just to see what you can see of the past. Filled with myths and legends, but also with a look at the history of the Texas/Louisiana area. This book is a gem especially to those who are interested in the way life might have been for all those that went to Caddo. Almost has you wishing you could have been there.

I found this book when I was in Banff. It made the rest of my trip very enjoyable. Outstanding guidebook of the Canadian Rockies. Very informative and interesting. Has all kinds of info on geology and wildlife in addition to history and general sites to see. Highly recommended. All of the Altitude Superguides are great.

This clearly-written, amply-illustrated work is sure to satisfy any cargo ship enthusiast. Although the photos are all black and white, Lesstrang captivates the reader from the beginning by relating fascinating facts and amazing tales by the boat-load.

The Carriagemaker's Daughter gently drew me in and wouldn't let me go! The setting, a vicount's country masion, is fascinating. Lake's character development is excellent I genuinely liked/hated the characters respectively and cared what happened to them. I highly recommend this book.

The characters that Ms. Mackall presents are likeable and believable and the reader feels like he knows them as the stories unravel. By working as a team in their club, these characters work out situations in life in a Christian way. A fun to read series for children and adult alike!

I found "Chicora : Lost on Lake Michigan" to be an engrossing read. In recounting the story using excerpts from newspaper accounts I really got a good insight on the prevailing mindset of the people of that time. The book is not just about a shipwreck. It deals also with an issue that is vitually unknown in todays society: lack of information. In todays world we are sometimes presented with more information than we can handle, modern technology, in its various forms, phone, fax, TV, radio,and internet keeps us connected to the world in a way unheard of in the time of the Chicoras demise. The book describes how crowds of people waited for the newspapers, or relied on, sometimes erroneous, word of mouth updates on what was really going on. Reading about these methods as primary for dissemination of information was really a visit to times gone by. The pace of the book did slow quite a bit as the author described, in detail, a history and motivation behind each crew member, but overall I found it a worthwhile read.

Having read some of Mr. Cunningham's regional non-fiction, I was pleased to learn of his historical fiction work "Children of Promise". Set in the town of Currentville before the creation of Lake Barkley, this novel tells stories of a group of boys growing up in a town without a future. Mr. Cunningham's talent for painting with words makes one feel like part of the story. The format in which this book was written is unique and more interesting than the traditonal sequence. He also did a very good job of combining the true aspects of time period into the well-woven details of the fictional plot. I simply couldn't stop reading it.

I am a 10 year old girl. I am homeschooled and I think it is a great educational book. It has a lot of great Indian legends. It explains how the Chippewa Indians gathered rice, cooked it, made canoes and made things out of skins. Rice was their main food. My mom chose this book for me to read for school. I thought it was going to be boring because the cover looks boring, but now I know that the saying "you can't judge a book by it's cover" is true!