I borrowed this book from our local library, thinking it was just any other book. When I read the book, I enjoyed reading the adventures. Later on, I was surprised to discover that all the adventures were true. People could learn a lot from this book, not only about where the author lives but lessons in life, as well. After I returned the book, I decided to read it again, and this time, I borrowed both of the author's books. I've really enjoyed these books and think that children would benefit from reading these books, too. I hope that the author writes some more books about his memories.

The author is the young child in this story. He described his relationship with two of the family buffaloes. One water buffalo name was Water Jug. The other buffalo's name was Tank. Water Jug died of old age. After Water Jug died Ngoung[the young child in the story]and his fater went looking for buffalo. The found a great young bull. Ngoung and the buffalo played alot. One day a war spread over their country. A bullet hit Tank and one hour after the war Tank died.

As an elementary school teacher who loves children's literature, I try to read all the Bluebonnet books every year. This was one of the best. I really learned about life in a Vietnamese village from the perspective of a young boy. Even without learning this background, the book is a great story for all children and adults who love animals.

Trudy has done something with her book "100 Days of School" that I haven't seen for a while. She has created a color book, a counting book, a math book, a rhyming book, and, of course, a fun book all in one. That takes talent, and a lot of it, to combine these four types of books without making the work so busy that the child loses interest. Also, the book is all about school and even teaches math etc., but guess what? The reader doesn't even become aware that he/she's being taught. That's the true art of children's writing.

Beth Griffis Johnson does wonderfully with the illustrations. She has given the book a zesty, almost celebration look. And there's plenty to look at after the text has been read. I think this book could be a favorite for your children. I bought it for my future grandchildren . . . whenever that's going to be...

A delightful book that combines rhyming, counting, color and fun. My 5 year old wanted to read it over and over and over. He learned the words quickly and enjoyed the playfulness of the book.

highly recommended.

This crazy, delightful book truly captures the fun of the 100 Days of School Celebration. My children and I both enjoyed all of the silly rhymes and wonderful illustrations.

I read this book to my class on the 100th day of school every year. It's short, energetic, idea-inspiring, and the kids love the rhyme. It mirrors the way we celebrate the 100th day at our school, so the kids think it's fun to see another class celebrating in a similar way.

This is easy enough for my 6 year old and her best (7 year old) friend really likes it too. A fun read for the 100th day of school.

If you you are wanting a book that would grabb you and make you keep reading, read this book. It is just the most exciting book there is. Trust me on this. Have fun reading!

I found The 14 Day Stress Cure a unique guide to meeting life's unanticipated upsets and managing the resulting stress. It has been a great assist in my three years fight with cancer.

This book has a good variation of explanations on ways to cure stress.

The 14 day stress cure made such a difference in the lives of 3 wmen that they meet for dinner occasionally and talk about how to tell other people about the book and what it can do to enhance your life and the quality of lives of people around you. Between the 3, we have handled problems of anger, guilt and shyness, decreasing the level of what we used to call stress to virtually nil.

Trust and acceptance are the most important tenets of human relations and teamwork. Most self-help books suggest ways to build trust and learn to accept others despite their faults and weaknesses. However, most require you to change, and shed some of your negativity. I know how gruesome that is! To trust another requires fully accepting the other, transcending your own tendencies to criticize, judge, and inadvertently notice others' faults. How can we really help ourselves and others change and improve? This book provides the answer.

Another gospel for building trust and acceptance is to extend and express love unconditionally! Is it easy to overlook others' faults and weaknesses in order to let our love flow to them? How can we transcend our judgments to support their endeavor unhindered? This book has paved a way for us.

In the corporate setting, where performance assessment (even 360 degree evaluation) is the norm, and 'employee development' an important goal, we often resort to 'constructive criticism' -- identify weaknesses (guised as areas for improvement) and create training and developmental plans. How well does the process work? Wouldn't the employees perform far better if we were to highlight their strengths, and give them credit for, and the freedom to exploit, their own capabilities, dreams and desires? This book confirms that notion, and has suggested a practical approach.

A 30 year corporate veteran, Dottie Gandy in her book "30 Days to a Happy Employee" has given a simple and practical, yet profound formula to overcome our interpersonal barriers, to transcend our tendencies to be critical and judgmental, in fact to build a habit of seeing goodness in others. Deliberate and sincere acknowledgement of goodness in those we deal with easily builds trust, acceptance and human rapport, as well as inspires others to perform par excellence, promotes harmony and loyalty, which in turn result in higher productivity, lower turnover, and healthy team environment.

This book has laid out a step-by-step process of acknowledgment for 30 days in order to develop the 'habit of acknowledgment'. Knowing the challenge involved and anticipating inevitable psychological barriers, the author has offered strategies to overcome any tendency to give up half way through, and complete the 30-day process. I call this 30-day acknowledgment process a magic formula for human development. If I form the habit of looking for, and acknowledging on purpose, goodness in others, the very act will breed goodness in myself. This is a proactive and constructive approach as opposed to negative-elimination approaches that require shedding a bad habit, or ignoring faults, or making an improvement, and the like.

You can apply the 30-day acknowledgment process to yourself, to your family members and friends, to your colleagues at work, to your subordinates and superiors. As you acknowledge traits of goodness in your 'subject', this reinforces their own belief in themselves, and because the spark came from a significant other, it generates trust and loyalty. And, finally, your 'habit of acknowledgment' will easily connect you with others.

I strongly recommend this book as a practical treatise on developing human relations and on letting the human potential bloom at work, at home, and in society at large.

As the President of a new technology consulting company, I am excited to have this method for enhancing and strengthening relationships through the process of acknowledgement! The information, examples, and step-by-step approach contained in this book make it required reading for anyone in corporate leadership and anyone that would like to strengthen personal relationships at work, at home, or in community service. "30 Days To A Happy Employee" will go on my bookshelf between "7 Habits" and "Who Moved My Cheese." I purchased a copy of "30 Days" for each of my customer's Presidents, and for all the partners in my company!

Many thanks to Dottie Gandy!

I picked up Ms. Gandy's book last night on my way home from work and read it from cover to cover before I ever made it to bed. Once I started, I was hooked. As a new manager for a nonprofit agency, I am concerned with starting off on the right foot. Our agency recently lost several employees and I know that morale was a factor for at least one of them. I want to do what I can to retain the employees we do have and to attract good candidates for our open positions. I believe Ms. Gandy hit the nail on the head when she identified acknowledgment as the key factor in job satisfaction. I know that is true for myself and I am sure it is for my employees, as well. In fact I accepted this position because the director, during my interview, did such a wonderful job of acknowledging my own skills. It's one thing to know something and another thing alltogether to put it into practice. While I've always known the power of acknowledgement, I've never been quite sure how to practice it on a regular basis to improve my work relationships. Ms. Gandy's book gives a simple formula for making ascknowledgment a habit. I can't wait to using it on Monday!

For those who have no experience with the Bible at all, and even for those who have read the Bible through 16 times, this is a good book because it helps you understand the background of the books of Holy Writ. Whether you take 30 days or 3 months, the system is manageable because the lessons are made to be completed in about 10-15 minutes a day. For those wanting to incorporate this into a quiet time, the lessons will force you to become disciplined by writing out some of the basic information presented. Over and over again you practice what you learn. And as a teacher, I find this to be one of the best methods in teaching--learning by doing. By the end of the book, you will be looking Max Anders' name up on Amazon so you can buy other "30 Day" books.

If you are new to the Bible, or if you are an old scholar, this book is for you. It provides a clear chronlogical order, explains some of the most complex issues of the Bible in the simpliest terms without losing any of the Godly inspiration of the Bible. As a pastor with a Ph.D. in Biblical studies, I must highly recommend this book. It would also be great as a textbook for a college Bible course.

We use this book as our guide in our Sunday school class. It's called Bible 101. This book has helped me and others finally understand things in the Bible that we never have before! I recommend this book to anyone who would like to understand more about the Bible and even for people who think they know a lot about the Bible. Everyone benifits from this book!

As a teacher, I have always encouraged that everyone should experience a study-trip through the WHOLE Bible at least once in their lifetime. Of course, the excuses were usually a 'flat tire' in II Chronicles, a 'brain-fuse blown' in Leviticus, or the dreaded 'TID (terminal interest deficiency) syndrome' somewhere down in Numbers! Now Larry Richards has made every excuse against WHOLE Bible study obsolete!

In fifteen minutes or less a day, one can learn (not read) the entire Bible in a year...and actually enjoy it! Richards is not only evangelical and solid in his theology (yes, there IS theology in this 'devotional'!) but includes helpful maps, drawings, overviews, key words, practical application....WOW, this is just a great book for the hungry Christian, who, with just a little discipline will reap a plethora of learning!

There are also alternative reading plans, theme studies, insightful wisdom from Proverbs, archaeological notes, timelines, as well as nutshell summary-blocks.

Although not every text of scripture is (or could be) included, no chapter is omitted. This book is not to be confused with merely READING the Bible in a year. Here, you STUDY the Bible in a year!! The difficult part is stopping each day!

Having studied the Bible for decades, and earning a seminary doctorate, I can say that I have never come across a 'devotional commentary' this thorough or well organized. Truly, if your goal is to LEARN the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, you will find a seminary education here, made as user-friendly as a devotional. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

This combination devotional and commentary is excellently written. Richards' scholarship is reliable, and his insights are very often profound. I strongly recommend this book to all Christians, whether you are brand new in your relationship with God or have been walking with Him for many years.

I like this book so much it's my favorite gift to give graduates - and they always come back to me and tell me how useful it is. There are so many different ways it can be used. I've used it as a reference for teaching Sunday School on certain subjects or on certain passages. For my personal study, the short devotional sections are perfect for morning, then I do the longer study on the same passage as my evening or weekend study when I have more time. The many different "reading" plans included in the front provide different ways of reading through the Bible each year. Plus, the Personal Application and Quotable sections for each day are great summations of the text and short enough to stick with you for the day. Richards' definitely has a God-given knack for getting right to the meaning without wasting a lot of words doing it. This is just the perfect tool for both study and devotions - and heavy on the most important part - application!

I thought this book was a great introduction into Native history - and a great intro of the many powerful, brave and heroic leaders of various Native tribes. I've learned so much that I now wish to learn more about these people. And what a inspirational book! I recommend it to anyone - especially those in need of a personal gift! (Find her on the web and she'll autograph it!) This will be high on my holiday gift list!!

I have been a big fan of Terri Jean's work since she started her column, The Native Truth. I was really happy to learn that she finally wrote a book, though I was hoping it was more of an "straight-talking, in-your-face" cultural lesson that she usually hands out. So in that respect, this book was a disappointment because I wanted something harder and with more info. But I read this book anyway and really liked it. Though it's kinda fluffy and has is more about quotes and trivia and things like that, I still thought it was well put together and inspirational. A lot of my friends (mostly teachers) enjoyed it and took a lot from it. But next time I really hope to see something harder and more like her column. Terri Jean loves to tell it like it is - or at least how she sees it - so come on TJ! Write a companion book that's gusty and real and I'm sure we'll all rally around it!

I have a friend who collects Native American books and I thought this would be a nice gift for her. When I got the book I looked in it and was real surprised at how much information was in there. It's alot! I learned alot just in the first month. I learned about Native American people I never knew existed and history of things I didnt know happened. I think teachers would also like this book because theres so much stuff in it to tell to kids. Anyway I bought her another copy and have this little gem by my computer desk so each day I can learn something new.

In this book, you will find out why? This is easily one of the funniest books that I have read in a long time.

Yes, it is very easy to poke fun at our president, no matter who that may be, but President Bush sure makes it simple. In this diary-style book, the president's innermost thoughts are scribbled out in 3rd-grade penmanship.

The book is outright hilarious. We get an in-depth look at the president's IRS audit list, his thoughts on making a movie about his "poppy," his feelings about Dick Cheney, and his outright fear of Hillary Clinton. The mental notes are also hilarious, and the added illustrations make for a complete funny experience.

This book was a really fast read, and it was extremely humorous. It is definately for anyone with a mere pulse of a sense of humor.

I spotted this highly satirical masterpiece on accident, and loved every page of it. I tried reading it to curb bordem, and kept laughing out loud so much that everyone one had to know what was so funny. All of my freinds, right and left alike, thought it was utterly hilarious. I have lent it out to everyone; My Goverment teacher read it aloud to the class; it even had a bit of a waiting list from time to time.

The scariest element- it is all too true! The book is filled with mispellings, childish handwriting, and mis-informations that sound as if they came from the mind of a 3 year old. Therefore perfectly accurate for the 42nd, er, 43rd President of the United States. ("I wonder if Trent Lott is related to that guy in the Bible whose wife turned to salt?"). Bravo, and encore!

This book is a hilarious spoof on our president's first 3 months in office. I can just picture this as a SNL skit. It's great airplane reading - funny and quick.

Your appreciation for this book will be increased if you've ever had a [bowel movement]job, ever had to watch as incompetent management destroyed every shred of morale and independent thought in their staff. It's really short, it's not a masterpiece and it's full of typos but what you get is pure content. There is no wasted space in this book. Practically every sentence has something for you, and that something is usually funny, ironic, or yet another tidbit to make you shake your head and say "How did he ever put up with this?" This one will stay in my permanent library of books I have too much of a connection with to ever throw away.

There are very few books in this world that can make me laugh out loud, even on the second or third or tenth reading. This is definitely one of them.

Some people I've shown this book to just didn't "get it." They saw the author as a clueless loser who just wrote whatever came into his head. I feel sorry for those people.

Like the fictional works of Albert Camus and Jean Paul Sartre, Greg Tate's narrative pulls us into an absurd world that must be faced on its own terms. It's the world of the anonymous working stiff, of petty indignities, of corporate insanities, of people and things that refuse to cooperate with our cherished plans and dreams. Thrown into this hellish world, a world he never made, Greg Tate saved himself by learning to laugh at his predicament. He shares his keen, deadpan observations of life at the Burger Store with us, forcing us to watch as things go wrong again and again and again, blaming people, yes, but never making the mistake of trying to find some deeper meaning in it all.

Tate is the post-modernist writer par excellence: things happen over and over, an endless stream of people come and go from the store through a revolving door, getting hired and quitting or getting fired, pausing only to piss him off or to commit some absurd act. Words are repeated, language breaks apart, communication devolves and fails. Tate's use of dialogue, in fact, is a worth successor to Eugene Ionesco and the Theater of the Absurd.

Here is a passage that should give a flavor of the book:

During the first week of March, the store was out of glass cleaner. Ward was accusing Walter of not doing his job. Keith said something to me about the windows not being cleaned. I told him there was no glass cleaner. He said, "Use dish soap." I went and washed the windows. When I got finished, Ward said something to me about the windows not being cleaned. I told him there was no glass cleaner. He said, "Why didn't you say something?" I had mentioned that there was no glass cleaner. I had also left a note in the office saying, "We need glass cleaner." Ward said, "There was no note." He said, "I am going to put an ad in the newspaper that the Burger Store needs a janitor." Ward then said, "I might put an ad in the newspaper that the Burger Store needs 2 janitors." He sounded like he was going to fire me. If he was going to fire me, I would go on unemployment. The thing was, he had to chew me out in front of everybody. Ward wouldn't chew me out downstairs where nobody was around. I think he was afraid that I would kick his [butt], and he wouldn't have any witnesses. [p. 36]

At the end of the book, Greg Tate says he's working on a fictional drama. I can't wait!

I am a woman of little words so let me just say that I found the content devilishly beguiling-- is the book a simple auto-biography or an insightful commentary on the universal drudgery of work?