My son, who just turned four, and had previously shown absolutely zero interest in shop tools, was fascinated by this book. He seemed to find the completion of the construction project especially satisfying. This book is really a sleeper and the main character is just adorable!

My 2 1/2 year old son has really enjoyed reading this book anytime. He likes tools and this has taught him what to use tools for. Everytime you read it you will notice something you missed before. The illistrations are adorable, detailed, and to the point. One of the better childrens books.

Edgar Beaver's Destiny is a great book for all ages. It is the story of an intelligent beaver who dislikes the way other beavers waste their resources. They chew down trees and they only eat a little of it, letting the bulk of the tree go to waste. They are also easily fooled by the traps that the hunters set out. Edgar repeatedly strains to make the other beavers see how important it is to conserve their resources and watch out for traps. But no matter how hard Edgar tries, he can't. Not even his own family thoroughly understands what he is trying to accomplish. Edgar thinks that if he can move to a new forest where there is an ample supply of resources he will be able to get his family to stop wasting. Maybe other beavers would even catch on too. If you want to find out what really does happen when Edgar gets to move you'll have to read the book. Kids will enjoy this story while learning about the environment. Adults will be captured by the way that the author integrated lots of ideas into one touching book. It's an interesting and informative story that has the ability to seize its readers till the very last page when Edgar finally meets his destiny.

Edgar Beaver's Destiny draws the reader into a delightful and interesting journey through the life of a young environmentalist who just happens to be a real live beaver! This charming novella works on multiple levels both entertaining and enlightening youthful readers of all ages. In a major shift from his earlier environmental works, Joe Petulla focuses his deep knowledge and feeling for building an environmentally sustainable society through the vehicle of a fable about a beaver colony. Young readers can learn the principles and values they need to shape a healthy future while riding a spine tingling roller coaster of adventure and fun with Edgar and his sweetheart Eula Mae. We can all benefit from reading this fast moving and well-written story of hope about the promise of "New Beeve" and harmony with Nature! Thank you Joe Petulla for writing this modern environmental classic!

Information is presented very clearly, and it's simple to follow. Finally - a math book for the non-math majors to "get"!

I was a student of Mary Kay Beavers in 1998. I found that this book not only taught me how become more familiar with my number sence, but it showed me types of ways to approach mathematics. I found that when I first used this book my anxiety level towards math was quite high when approaching math problems. When I finished the book, my anxiety practically dissapered. Essential mathematics is self explanitory and fun to work with. I actually enjoyed doing my math homework for Mary Kay (sometimes). I definitily advise anyone who is looking for a great way to learn arithmetic,munber sence,fractions and algebra to GET THIS BOOK!! I also reccomend her game called EQUATE. This game ranges from all different math levels-including children. It actually makes math a lot of fun. Any Scrabble lovers out there? EQATE is very similar, although it is w/ numbers.

I first flew in a Beaver in Viet Nam. Didn't know what it was but enjoyed the flight( didn't get shot at ). It was Olive drab with black insignias. A circle with a Beaver inside surrounded by the words" Low, Slow , Reliable" . My second experience in a Beaver was on floats in Alaska some 15 years later. This plane had fish guts, moose meat and Dall Ram intesines. It was the greatest adventure. I fell in love with the plane, along with the romance and adventures it could bring to you.

This book explains everything about the Beaver. Its conception , its improvements and finally its rightful place in aviation history. The plane has improved since it was first designed and built. Built in Canada, flown mostly by the US and reinvented again in BC and Seattle airplane restoration shops. It truly is an amazing story. This book presents it all, text, photos and anything else you might want to know or see. If you live near the water in the Northwest you will have heard and seen a Beaver. If you have flown in Ak you probaly were close to , if not inside, a Beaver. The book is simply the very best on the subject. Buy it , read it, memorize it. Have fun and happy flying. The only two things could be better than owning this book: 1) owning a real Beaver on floats - about $750K ( or more) 2) Flying a Simulator of a Beaver on Floats. About $150. The book <$20. Oh, you can build models of the Beaver; both non powered and RC vesions both wheels and floats. They just don't seem the same however.

All aircraft are good, or else they wouldn't land safely; only a few become legends, such as the Douglas DC - 3 and the de Havilland Beaver, the world's greatest bush plane built in Canada at Downsview, Ontario, from 1947 to 1967.

The Beaver was a typically Canadian project, it is rugged, reliable, durable and practical for people who were haulers of water and hewers of wood. It is the haul-anything, go-anywhere pickup truck of the air; similar to their earthbound brothers before they became "sport utility vehicles" that are too genteel to stray from perfect pavement. The Beaver is 30 feet long, with a 48 foot wingspan, cruises at 125 miles an hour with a 1,500 pound payload -- and weighs less than most SUVs.

Phil Garratt, longtime head of DHC, created the Beaver. Think of him as an original Sam Walton with an MBWA degree -- management by walking around -- long before Walton. Garratt didn't like rules, titles or organization charts. His favorite expression was, "You know what you're here for, go do it." The people who designed and built the first Beaver were like the dot com pioneers of the Internet who became legendary for living on pizza and Pepsi and working around the clock. Under Garratt, there were no time clocks. When workers came late, they worked late. If Sunday was needed for work, then Sunday was a work day. Garratt knew he was building the world's best bush plane, he inspired that vision. People who create exciting new projects sometimes don't rest even on the seventh day.

Sean Rossiter captures the mood and spirit of de Havilland Canada. This isn't a dull, dry, 'how I built an airplane' book, it's a story of teamwork, spirit, confidence and fun. When I worked in Test Flight at DHC in the 1960's, it was a company filled with pride, legends and humor. Many stories seemed too fanciful to be true, but most turned out to be solid fact. Rossiter presents facts, stories, legends and with typical Canadian spirit includes the humor. It is a superb book.

In the final analysis, when you look at anything worthwhile, people make the difference. In Canada, just after World War II, there was a glowing confidence that anything could be done. A few miles away at Malton, Canadians built the Avro Jetliner which first flew in 1949. Since neither Canada nor the world needed 1,692 superlative bush planes, most were built for military use. The US bought 980 Beavers, the first foreign planes bought in peacetime by both the US Army and Air Force. The US didn't buy any Jetliners, thus only the one was built (there's an attitude in Canada that if the US doesn't buy a product, then it's not worth buying).

The last Beaver was built in 1967, Canada's Centennial Year. The English owners of DHC closed the production line because the inventory had increased to a couple of unsold aircraft. Today, 53 years after the Beaver's first flight, a thousand or more are still flying. How do you justify making more if they won't wear out?

Several firms in Canada and the US refurbish used Beavers, and some will still fly 50 years from now. These survivors aren't pampered pets of millionaires, carefully tucked into air conditioned hangers; they fly every day over some of the world's most rugged terrain. A century is a long time for the commercial life of any aircraft; but hundreds of Beavers may achieve it.

They're like the Model T Ford, the DC-3, the World War II Jeep -- the best ever built for a specific purpose. But, the world moves on. Today, people want a Lincoln Navigator, a Boeing 737, or a Hummer. Yet, a first love lingers long. One of Canada's best bush plane operators summed up the widespread love of pilots and passengers for this plane, "He got d' Beaver fever."

They couldn't have been built in any country but Canada, and Rossiter nicely sums up this immortal plane and the unforgettable characters who made it so. Read it, and catch some of ". . . d' Beaver fever."

I have never read it, but I love it!

This is the best comic about a Beaver in Space that I have ever read! It's really interesting to see how a 17 year old nobody started his career with this stuff! If you like Transmetropolitan, you should read Space Beaver. Not that they're anything alike, but Warren Ellis wrote something in both titles, and Darick Robertson drew them both. Every story has a beginning and this is Darick Robertson's. And hey, even THIS is better than Phantom Menace.

This is a tightly wound story of youth and fear in the complexity of love and friendships when the angles of emotion form a triangle that box the players in and the moves made when fear of desire and fear of loss fuel the inexperienced. Erotically charged with languid prose, the characters in this book are seeking the elusive -- something most of us have experienced

As Joseph Mills said in his review of the book in GAY TIMES,..."Like Edmund White and Andrew Holleran, David Patrick Beavers can write with an intensity and detail on romantic obsession that is engaging and thought provoking." I couldn't have said it any better

100 Years of American Film is an excellent and comprehensive addition to an existing reference coollection covering film art in the United States.

Great overview as well as excellent bibliographic and filmographic information.

This is exactly the book I was looking for as someone with a brand new St. Bernard puppy. The history helps to know how the St. Bernard developed its temperment and size. The care and training sections are excellent, giving everything from diet suggestions to tips and cautions in training, housing, and playing with your puppy. Although I will probably never have a show dog, I also appreciated those sections that explained what breeders are striving to achieve with the St. Bernard with size, coloring, and build.

This book is easy to use to assess student writing, but it's also easy for students to use in the process of writing. I have used it for elementary students through college students. The charts in the back are helpful, as are the samples of writing in the chapters.

I went right out and bought this one after so thoroughly enjoying "Box Turtle at Long Pond", and it is just as wonderful. Stunningly detailed pictures combined with a very educational story make this a favorite of mine (and my son's!)