After Interlibrary Loaning the book, I determined to get my hands on my own copy. I finally purchased a copy (50 cents at a yard sale), and I have now lost count of the number of times I've read it. The charming story of Bugs and Adam's unpredictable friendship is climaxed with an amazing scene at The Ontario Place in Canada. I can't figure out how Korman can top this book, but I am currently trying to figure out how to read the second Bugs Potter book, which is out of print and was only printed in Canada.

The author of my book,"Who Is Bugs Potter" is written by Gordan Korman.Gorden Korman wrotehis first book as a grade 7 english project, he was 12 years old.

The setting of my book is in a hotel in Toronto Canada.It is in the present.At the North American music festival.

The main characters in my book are Bugs Potter and Adam Webb.Bugs is a teenage boy with short black hair.Adam is also a teenage boy with blond hair.Bugs is an outgoing person who is mischievous and likes to break the rules.When he gets an idea in his head you can't stop him from doing it.He is a drummer.Adam is not as outgoing as Bugs but is always trying to get Bugs out of trouble,so I think Adam is a loyal friend.Adam doesn't like to break rules.He plays the flut.

Shortly after checking into his room Adam found himself face to face with a drum manyack for a roomate.He didn't sleep all that night because Bugs was drumming all night.Little did he know that in the next ten days he would be in for the time of his life. Band practice the next morning was a deseaster as it would be for the rest of the week.In the same hotel Biby Lanly the famous movie star was staying and Bugs wanted to see her,and all week he tried but never got to.He just got glimses of her.Also in the hotel were two thieves who were going to steal the Faluis Emrild that the movie star had.They never got that eaither,but got realy close.Bugs always gets Adam and himself in trouble and makes them miss there nightly activity.But each night they sneack out and go to rock concerts.While doing this Bugs becomes sortof famous.Finally on the night if the concerts all the rock bands Bugs played with were there and played with him.The next day they all go home and Adam thinks he might miss Bugs.

Out of all the books I've read in grade 5 this has got to be the best one.This book is very interesting with lots of detals.The author added lots of things to make the book better.I would love to raed more books by Gordan Korman.I would reckamend this book for other children.I give it a perfect 5 stars.

BY MARK WHIDDEN

The author of my book, "Who is Bugs Potter", is by Gordan Korman. Gordan Korman wrote his first book when he was in grade 7. "Who is Bugs Potter" is about two boys, Adam Webb and Bugs Potter. They are roomates at a Toronto hotel called Hotel Empress. Adam has blond hair and Bugs has black hair, Adam is a flautist and Bugs is a drummer. Bugs doesn't care if he gets in trouble and Adam does. The setting in the book, "Who is Bugs Potter" takes place at a hotel called Hotel Empress. The hotel is in Toronto, Canada. The problem in the book is that Bugs is breaking the rules that Mr.Darby made. They both are getting in when only Bugs is supposed to be getting in trouble. Adam and Bugs are roomates at Hotel Empress. Every night they are sneaking out to night clubs to see different bands. Bugs is making Adam come with him when Adam doesn't want to go. At intermission Bugs sneaks backstage and after intermission Bugs ends up playing with the different bands. Soon Bugs becomes famous throughout Toronto while a movie star named BiBi Lanay is becoming jealous. BiBi doesn't know that two burglars are trying to steal the famous Falusi Emerald that BiBi owns. BiBi thinks that the emerald is cursed because she keeps on hurting herself when she is wearing the Falusi Emerald. Later on when BiBi hurts herself again, she takes the emerald and throws it out the door into the hall. When the two burglars were coming down the hall they caught the emerald and ran to the lobby. When they were in the lobby of Hotel Empress they hid the emerald in Adam's flute case. When Adam was at the High School Band Festival at Ontario Place setting up, he opened his case and saw the emerald. He panicked and he couldn't play his flute for the warm-up. Adam finally got settled down and played. At the end of the show the lights went out and flash bombs went off. Bugs started banging on his drums on his drums while one of the burglars tried to steal the emerald out of Adam's case but Adamm tripped him and the emerald went flying onto BiBi's lap. Then all of Bugs' favourite bands came on the stage and played with Bugs. BiBi came on the stage and everyone took pictures of BiBi and Bugs. That was just what Bugs wanted. I rate this book five stars because it was interesting because I like drumming and the book was about a drummer. The strengths for the book was that Gordan Korman wrote the book to be funny. The weaknesses for the book is that I couldn't figure out what some of the words meant.

My young daughter (15 months) and I have just completed our second reading of this extensive collection. My daughter loves Jemima Puddleduck and Mrs. Tittlemouse. She can flip all the pages until she finds one of these characters and then proudly points them out to me. As a parent, I love the stories because of the crazy and adventurous plots. In the Tale of Mr. Tod, Benjamin Bunny's children are locked in an oven while Mr. Tod (a fox) and Tommy Brock (a badger) duel in a territorial battle of wills that involves suspending a full pail of water over a supposedly sleeping Tommy Brock. The first time we read it, the suspense was killing me! Another favorite is the Pie and the Paddy Pan. A very proper cat named Ribby invites Duchess, a dog, for lunch. Duchess correctly assumes that Ribby will serve mouse pie. She concocts a hilariously funny scheme to substitute the mouse pie for a pie more suitable for a dog. Obviously, the lunch is disastrous, and pretty darn funny. I decided to buy all Beatrix Potter's works in one complete source book after reading Jim Trelease's READ-ALOUD HANDBOOK. He stresses the importance of reading aloud to children and one of his highest recommended authors is Beatrix Potter because of the complex sentence formation and vocabulary introduction. While my initial reasoning may sound rather boring, we continued reading these stories every night because they are truly delightful tales with lovely delicate drawings.

Hubby & I bought this book for our 9 month old daughter. Beatrix Potter is my personal favorite in childrens books. We love the illustrations & the stories are wonderful. Baby loves this book! A must have for parents who are building a book collection for their child. A timeless classic. :)

Beatrix Potter wrote wonderful stories for children! All of the books do have a subtle moral- which is good, imho. Disobedient children are punished in some books- but this does not mean they are dark stories. Her stories are so full of light, the children are not oppressed (in one story a young bunny is spanked- this is only because he went somewhere he'd been told not to b/c his life would be endangered). All of her characters are full of life and love- and so many stories portray great imaginative fun. Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle is especially fun.

These books are true English classics- full of love for life and imagination.

I really excellent read. Will really chill you through and through.

This collection is an essential purchase for Wagnerphiles. Buy it now.

This book was printed in a hardcover trade edition of only 2000 copies (which is the version being sold here at Amazon) and a limited edition of 100 signed copies. The book is excellent (see the other reviews for details), so do not delay if you are interested in buying a copy. The editorial review for this book should state that this is a very limited offering.

The "clever girl heroine" idea is not a new one, and Osborne (of Magic Treehouse fame) will disappoint many fans with this book which -- though critically acclaimed for breaking new ground -- is actually a rather ho-hum retelling of the original which will be entirely predictable to parents who are forced to read this thing aloud.

The traditional "fee-fi-fo-fum" that resonates so well in the original is here supplanted by "fee-fi-fo-fum-un," to rhyme better with "woman," and that's just the start of where this book goes wrong. Osborne holds Kate up as a heroine before a generation who -- thanks to great books like "The Paperbag Princess" -- are already aware that girls can hold their own in a fable. Osborne forces this point, and her version comes across as more polemic than enchanting.

Potter's illustrations are bright and cheerful in her signature style, which works well in other books, but which (again, dare I say it?) seems a little too ugly for the fairy-tale genre. And I suspect they'll make this book look rather dated in just a few years, though your kids will probably tire of this story long before then.

My kids (5 and 6) had somehow never heard the original "Jack and the Beanstalk" story before. They enjoyed this version enough on its first telling, but haven't asked to hear it again. Osborne's version clearly lacks the timelessness of the original.

I am writing mainly to disagree with the reviewer who thought that the "resourceful girl" aspect of the story is a bit forced. I disagree totally! This is a very graceful adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the ending is much more satisfying to me than the ending of the traditional story. It does not read like a feminist diatribe but like a delightful fairy-tale.

I agree that "fee-fi-fo-fum'un" is a stretch, but I see this as funny rather than forced. So does my daughter. Moreover, I expect that the author intended it to be funny.

My daughter loves the Steven Kellogg version of Jack & the Beanstalk, and I agree with her. It is one of our most-often-read titles. But after reading Kate and the Beanstalk, she says she likes it better.

This book is a favorite in our household and both my daughter and my son love it. The story is retold in such a way that it actually "makes sense." It is exciting--but never overly scary. The illustrations are absolutely stunning. They remind me of Modigliani in their simplicity and grace. If you think all children's books should be illustrated in the "Disney-style" then you may not like this one, but I found the style both unusual and lovely. I would highly recommend this book to anyone with children aged 4-10.

By accident I picked-up this novel, and I ended up being so glad that I did. I have now added Ms. Potter to my list of favorite authors.

Ms. Potter weaves an intricate tale showing the difficulty of upholding love, honor, and courage during a time of war, she displays the effects of trying times in a post-war era, and of unexpected love. She shows that love, honor and courage come in all different shapes and sizes and that some of the worlds most beautiful people and things are concealed in the least likely wrappers.

Truly a wonderful tale that will tug at the heart strings.

After I read A Knight's Vow, I had to find another novel writted by Patricia Potter. Her story stood out from the rest. The Black Knave certainly did not disappoint. I received it in the mail one afternoon and finished it by the next morning. I simply could NOT put it down! The characters are so strong, developed and intriguing. I felt for them, wanted to help them, and felt as though they were a part of my life, as cheese as that sounds. I was very impressed with this, the turns and twists remind my of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emunska Orszy( one of my ALL TIME favorite books, e-mail me with comments on either novel) but it's different setting and slight change in purpose and setting helped to make this novel stand apart from the others that I've read. I recommend this to everyone. And if anyone knows of a novel close to this premise, e-mail me and I will be eternally grateful! I read this one so fast, I'm already in desperate need to read another! :)

Patricia Potter delivers the most satisfying historical romances! Fast-paced and with ample plot twists and turns, it holds the reader's interest from beginning to end. Her hero, while masquerading as a self-centered, cowardly dandy, is a witty charmer and a heroic figure. The heroine, his wife of convenience, is strong but sympathetic and the reader cheers for them to ultimately find happiness together. The supporting characters are well drawn and the setting is rich in details. The villains are despicable and the castle feels appropriately cold and damp.

Marvellous book by Barker. I heard this was this first published work. It this is truth, what a wonderful debut!! of course each reader will pick up his favourite story amidst the six short stories contained here, but I think all were great, with the exception of "IN THE HILL THE CITIES", it's a good concept but didn't grab my mind. BARKER is genius, much better than Stephen King.

Barker's style in The Books of Blood is second to none. No tale has ever intrigued me like the short story called "The Midnight Meat Train". Read it.
"Meat Train" is the first story in the Books of Blood (after a short introductory story), and it sets the stage for the masterworks to follow.
Think of it.....sometimes people ask themselves questions like....I wonder where the subway trains go after they stop running at the end of each night. Barker takes this simple premise and weaves a tale so terrifying and clever that I have yet to be more impacted by another piece of fiction.
The stories in Books of Blood are short but they say more than most stories 10 times thier size. This is the beauty of the short story and the genius of Barker's writing. This collection of all six volumes of the original Books of Blood is the best investment that a horror fiction fan can make. These books are modern classics that can be read and re-read. I doubt that I will ever tire of them. I love Barker's work even now. He has changed subject matter....he is no longer a horror genre author. His work is more based in fantasy now, however the tales are no less gripping.

Clive Barker's 'Books of Blood' contain some of the best horror-short-stories ever written. Barker's talent to scare and impress you both with his literary genius is at his best here.

This first book is the best I think, because it contains the best stories. But the other ones are also brilliant. The best is to get all six and read them partially. There are great horror!

I actually know of a class teaching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in college. Does that make Potter books literature? I can't rightly say, but I will say that the Harry Potter books have dramatically re-introduced literacy into the lives of children AND adults. Furthermore, the series surreptitiously pushes the boundaries of what Americans have considered a long time as being "children's literature." Rowling, not constrained by the coddling nature of our own country's hypocritical and overprotective stance towards children, creates a rich world of evolving characters with deep emotions and clever bits of humor. If Rowling's books can get children, en masse, to read and read well, I say her books practically deserve their own branch of study. How many things have caught the interests of children in recent years without stooping to vapid juvenilia? Our children can handle Harry Potter. We just have to show them.

I have actually read, well used, this book and others in this series. Since I am not a school teacher, my perspective is as a parent of a bright 7 year old who absolutely adores the Harry Potter books.

This series of guides is meant to serve as a resource for classroom teachers. The Harry Potter books are the basis for activties in a wide range of subject areas. Even though these are deisgned as teacher resource guides, they are wonderful for family use as well.

I bought this book on a whim during a midday stop on a long car trip. It looked like a way to keep my daughter occupied for hours, and I was right. The book is full of insightful questions about Goblet of Fire, its themes and the larger issues outside the book.

We treated it almost as a trivia game, for example we whiled away the better part of 200 miles by discusssing all the different kinds of wizard snacks we could remember from the various books, what kinds of souveneirs we might sell at the Quidditch World Cup, and more substantial questions about their behavior and attitudes of the characters. My 7 year old surprised me with the depth of her understanding of the behaviour and motivation of Malfoy. My wife and I had almost as much fun as the 7 year old.

There is much meat here. So much so, that one of these guides often goes with us on long car trips. We have bought extra copies to give as presents. I highly recommend this series to parents who want to wring even more educational value out of the Harry Potter books.

Even though I am not a teacher, I can see how these would be useful in the classroom. The suggested activities seem appropriate for a wide range of ages and subject areas. All in all, I highly recommend them. Just keep in mind, these guides are not meant for reading -- to get real value from them you will want to use them as the basis for your own games and discussions with your kids.

These guides will work best if used during or relatively shortly after reading the book. Kids who remember detail well will get the most out of the activities. For kids who don't retain detail well, it would probably be better to use these guides while reading the Harry Potter books.

I highly recommend this series of guide books to parents. Teachers shoild find real value here too.

I am an enthusiastic Harry Potter fan, but I don't think I would recommend the Goblet of Fire to an 8-year-old. The length is somewhat overwhelming and I don't think the entire class could stay on the same reading pace. I haven't read the Literature Guide, but I have read Goblet of Fire which deals with issues on a deeper level than the first Harry Potter book. If you are an elementary teacher looking for a literature guide for the Harry Potter books, I would recommend looking for one that covers Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (the first book). However, I would recommend the Harry Potter books to ALL age levels, especially adults! EE

The editors of this book obviously made a very pointed effort to pick those stories that are not only tied to the Cthulhu Mythos, but are actually worth reading. The stories by Lovecraft, Derleth and Bloch are the best in the book, and even Stephen King gets a short tale in. There probably should be a couple more Cthulhu Mythos follow-ups to this as there are several good selections that didn't make it into the book.

Here is raw horror as only Lovecraft can write it!
As much as I have enjoyed the Cthulhu mythos over my 50 years, I often wondered why Lovecraft never wrote in his stories about science and romance. I have discovered a new full length book all about Cthulhu's evil doings, the Necronomican of Abdul Al-Hazred and the Yog-Sothoth. This book, "The Riddle of Cthulhu", has all the Lovecraftian horror plus science fiction and romance! If after reading "Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos," you want to read a well rounded modern adventure with more of evil Cthulhu; then, this is a perfect next book for you!

MOST of the stories in this collection are not by H.P. Lovecraft: only 2 out of 22 are actually HPL's work! Nevertheless, this is a good collection of stories written by other authors who followed HPL in writing about the so-called "Cthulhu Mythos" that Lovecraft created. If you're looking for stories by Lovecraft himself, look elsewhere: there are other collections available composed entirely of his work. But if you want to read stories by the many authors who contributed what are felt by many to be the core of the Myhos, then this is a good beginning for you.

I like Tim Powers' books. I don't like this one too much though. Powers love of the grotesque is in full force here, but what you've really got here is two stories that don't need each other. Post holocaust LA and the mysterious evil thing don't need to be in the same story, and one basically distracts from the other. Also, what's Powers' deal with mutilation? Why ask here? Might as well here as anywhere.

This is the first Tim Powers book I've read, and though I can't compare it to the rest of his work, it seems that he is more inclined to writing fantasy than science fiction. Yes, the setting is L.A. after some (unmentioned) armaggedon, and, without revealing too much, there are alien beings here, but the treatment is closer to a sword-and-sorcery tale... with swords exchanged for slingshots and guns, and religious mysticism for sorcery. And then, there are Powers' grotesques, like the hemogoblins and those weird trash men within the Holy City, that don't seem scifi at all.

So: the tale IS about a man, Greg Rivas, bent on rescuing an old flame from the clutches of a religious cult, and the subsequent confrontation with the entity behind it. It IS NOT about this post-apocalyptic world the action is set in.

In my opinion, the one weak point of the novel is character development: Greg goes through several mood swings that don't mesh together well. But the plotting is strong, giving an envolving tale.

To those willing to taste this fanciful dinner, enjoy.

I have to disagree with the previous reviewer regarding Gregorio Rivas as a weak spot in the book. While on this "quest" for his long lost love, Rivas actually changes and grows as a character. Here we have someone who is affected by his enounters instead of just a fellow meeting external obstacles. Rivas doesn't have mood swings. He confronts himself as he revisits people and places from his past. He gradually goes from being a rather arrogant egotistical jerk to an empathatic decent human being trying to do the right thing instead of a one dimensional idiot bent on just earning his "brandy." Here Powers has created a man capable of learning some things as the story progresses. How many contemporary authors of any genre can pull that off without making readers snicker and say, "Yeah, right."

I bought this book and Sean Smith's biography of the same name as I love the Harry Potter books and wanted to find out more about the author, who seems to be quite private and doesn't reveal much about herself. There is no new material in Kirk's book - in fact she has taken a lot of the information from Smith's book which came out 2 years ago so you may as well just buy that one!

If you buy this book thinking you'll read something new, don't bother.

......read this book about the great writer, J. K. Rowling! I like how she played guitar and drew pictures, besides doing her writing. The author of this biography says that J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter are like the Beatles. From what my parents say about them, I think so, too. Then I heard on the webcast interview from London that J. K. Rowling's favorite group is the Beatles--so, it's like this author knew that already! You'll love this book if you like Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling. I love the names of the fungi in the Forest of Dean. If you grew up there, maybe you'd have J. K. Rowling's imagination, too! She read lots of books, too, which figures, doesn't it? This book tells more about the books she read than any other book I've seen about her. Over the summer, I'm going to write a letter to J. K. Rowling using her addresses in the back of this book. This book is packed with information! Buy it and read it!

Most of the books about J. K. Rowling are either too young for me or are just gossip about her. This book tells me about her life and her writing and about Harry Potter in a way I like. It's for older kids and adults. It's the most up-to-date book about J. K. Rowling on Amazon. There is a lot of information in the back, too, like addresses where to write to her and addresses for the charities she's involved with. It has pictures in it, too. I got this book as a gift, since my dad knew I would already get Order of the Phoenix. I love this book! I love J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter! I recommend this book to everyone who loves J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter like I do!