It was one of her best. I couldn't put the book down it was so intresting. It gives you a real sence of the girls persanalities. It is like you get suked into it. You should defenetaly read it. i did it for a book reaport and it was the only book reaport i injoyed doing, i got an A+ on it.

This book was my favorite out of all three. It was scarier, and since the characters were alrady known well, it went by faster. You can tell who is the suspect, but I had a hard time figuring out what they were doing. I was also more concerned in this book. I am an animal lover, so this book really intrigued me, with the mystery of the seals.

This was my favorite book when I was ten years old (I'm now 38!). I recently dug it out of my cedar chest and pored over it with satisfaction -- it really was as lovely, compassionate, adventurous, and lively as I remembered. I am entirely delighted to see that it is available through Amazon. I intend to get copies for a few special kids in my life -- the contemplative and imaginative, the odd little loner who might identify with the young artist who is the main human character of the book, the frisky mischievous ones who will delight in the adventures of the squirrel characters. The story is about a young man, learning to oil paint, who is a little alienated from other youngsters. He likes to roam alone in nature, he understands the language of animals, and he meets the ghost of a Native American man who suffered a terrible sorrow in the colonial era. He makes friends with a family of squirrels taking up residence in an unused summer cottage, and sympathizes with their squirrel's-eye view of life. As the young man paints a beautiful piece of Maine coast island scenery and struggles to recover a rosary for the ghost, the squirrels face their own struggles in the form of skunks and weasels determined to destroy them. They enlist the help of a skunk-eating owl and soon all is well. The young man recovers the rosary and finds a friend in a kindly priest who recognizes his artistic talent and vision.

What appears to be a nature story at first glance, becomes a mystical look at the island's past involving Native-Americans and colonial settlers. This book, authored by Alfred Noyes, best know for his narrative poem, "The Highwayman," is on the Catholic Junior Great Books List for 5th grade.

St. Paul island, one of the remote Pribilof Islands far off the coast of mainland Alaska, is just 14 miles long and eight miles wide. For over a decade, the author worked, lived on, and came to love this place, its fierce weather, its wildlife, and its people. Her spare, imagistic prose illuminates the darkness and beauty of the subarctic landscape.

Alaska's Pribilof Islands are incredibly beautiful and surreal. Seven Words for the Wind captures a piece of that beauty through a series of essays and field notes. Having lived in the Pribilofs for four years I was most impressed by the thoughtful nature of this book as well as the insights provided by the author. I would highly suggest this book for anyone intending to visit the islands, see the seal or bird rookeries or just interested in learning about a different culture.

This book must be added to your collection if you are a true student of the Shakleton story. It combines the best of all the books (picture books, biographies, and personal accounts) out there with beautiful photographs in the tradition of National Geographic and the color shots truly enliven the original black and whites from the expedition. The maps are outstanding and there are reproductions of pages from Shackleton's and Hurley's diaries.
I haven't really found a book on the Shackleton story that is horribley bad. Maybe the story is so inspiring it tells itself. Trapped by The Ice, the picture book for kids by Michael McCurdy, is the worst example I know and I still like that for the rendering of the sea leopard leaping at Ordes-Lee, the officer in charge of food supplies. There are better children's books, Sea of Ice, by Monica Kulling, a fairly easy read for upper elementary students with beautiful watercolors, Trial By Ice, by K. M. Kostyal, a photobiography of Shackleton, Ice Story for middle school students, with black and white photographs and a magnificent large picture book with paintings and photographs, Spirit of Endurance, by Jennifer Armstrong. Get them all!

The major events of the ill-fated voyage of Sir Ernest Shakelton's attempt to cross Antarctica are well known. However, what most do not know or understand is the depth and breadth of this extraordinary man. Shackleton was not only a bonified explorer, more importantly he was a noble leader.

"Leaders do not force their fellow citizens to follow, they inspire them to do so."

If there is one thing to learn from this book, it is the true meaning of leadership and how important willing-loyalty is to our basic survival. Seen in the face of unimaginable odds, they survived - and they survived in whole: worn and frazzled from nearly 2 years of struggle, they were rescued mentaly tough and spiritually whole. In no small part, this was due to the quality of leadership demonstrated by Shackleton: it was embraced and reflected in his men.

It is amazing, this entity we call 'the human spirit'. If trained - but, not broken - like a fine horse, it has great wonders to show and is a true beauty to behold. Such are the many lessons learned from the tales of this "Endurance" voyage: did anyone ever wonder about the naming of that ship? What started out as a championing exploration, became a struggle with life itself to survive.

Likewise, what most will perceive as an "interesting read", will soon become an invaluable source for life-guiding principles. Get the book - read it - and put these incalculably precious lessons into practice in your own life. You never know when you'll need the endurance.

I have to start off with that this book brings sentimental values to me. The Sign of the Seahorse, was read to me while I was recovering from brain surgery in the hospital when I was Nineteen. I am now twenty seven and I re-read it every year. The story will never get old. I have been a huge fan of Gramham Base for many years and have collected all his books. Each book is very special and different. I hope to one day share these with my children.

'Sign Of The Seahorse' is a rich, imaginative, book that can be loved by small and enjoyed by adults.

The story line is really interesting because although we are reading about fish and creatures that live in the sea, it pertains to the types of situations one lives and reads about on a daily basis.

It is very easy to feel sympathy for the main charaters and dislike the 'bad guys'. Each charater has such personality and charm in their own way. The way in which the central charaters overcame their problems was diplomatic and handled very nicely, for a bunch of fishy charaters. Not too much fighting or nastiness.

The illustrations get 5 stars too. Rarely will one see the attention to detail, complex drawings and beautiful colours as are illustrated in Graeme Base books.

There is usually a hidden meaning, specific charater or other very interesting thing about each of his books. It makes you want to go back time after time.

Other books by Graeme Base well as Sign Of The Seahorse are Anamaila, and The Eleventh Hour. Each book is equally as good as the other.

We have had Graeme Base books for about 10 years, we still enjoy reading them and finding new 'somethings' we somehow missed before.

I highly reccomend any of his books from newborn to Grandparents.

Find a comfortable and well worn leather chair, settle back with a warm cup of coffee and read Simply Whidbey. Nestled between the pages you'll find yourself captivated by the soft songs of Whidbey Island's history merging with the flavors of the Pacific Northwest. Simply Whidbey is more than just another cookbook, it's a collection of adventures in food shared by real Northwesterners.

I have made many of the recipies in this cookbook and have not come across a bad one yet. The seafood one are particularly good. I highly recommend making the Chocolate Lover's cake.

I enjoyed her book very much. It would make a good reading assignment for perhaps secondary and college level political and social science courses, offering a more personal, social, and human insight to the rise and fall of communism and pure socialism in the twentieth century. It also has some very
interesting historical reflection on northwest coast commercial fishing.
I think it should go to reprint so more people can enjoy it.

Having visited the Vancouver Island area many times I found the book "Sointula: Island Utopia" very informative on the Finnish immigrants who settled on Sointula with a social experiment in mind. The book provides a good background on the reasons for the settlement, describes the successes and failures of the settlement in great detail and provides a history of the island up to the present day. . The book is well laid out chronologically and the numerous photos add greatly to the understanding of the history of Sointula. I highly recommend the book to those who are interested in the history of British Columbia or have an interest in the history of Finnish immigration to the New World.

In the Foreword, Roland Huntford describes Amundsen's narrative as "all that Scott's is not". How right he is! This a very large book, but nonetheless an easy read. Amundsen relates a fascinating tale of fortune, misfortune, hardship, and ultimately - success. The narrative is detailed, but not overly so. In many places, a dose of humor is weaved in. Complete with numerous photos, maps, and scientific data, this book should be considered one of the great narratives of exploration. The great moral lesson of this tale is that preparedness ultimately leads to success. Is it any wonder that Roald Amundsen and his comrades won the race to the South Pole?

Recent years have seen a re-examination of the Golden Age of Antarctic Exploration. Roland Huntford in his excellent books "The Last Place on Earth" and "Shackleton" helped to debunk the myth of the glorious failure (Scott the Martyr) as an example to follow.

The greatest tale of this age was surrounded by no great tales of hardship, no honeyed or sanitised versions of the deed. In this book we hear in the words of the greatest exponent of the art of polar travel, the story of that rarest of plans - the perfectly executed coup.

For a coup it was. When Amundsen turned from the North Pole to the South after the question of "the great nail" had been settled by Cook & Peary, his decision was treated in many sectors (most notably an unbalanced and jingoistic British Press) as underhanded and double dealing. Amundens account of the reasoning behind it makes clear that any deceit was necessary to ensure no forestalling of his plans by others - not only Scott. To ensure the future of his extended plan (the drift across the Arctic which was eventually carried out in the "Maud") he knew the Press Barons would need an exclusive and juicy story. The South Pole would give him this currency.

The book is written in an honest and clean style - an extension of the Man and his nature. The hardships faced are almost disguised by the simple tale of their telling. To strike up an unknown glacier and forge his way over virgin ground on the way to the polar plateau and the Pole itself displays fortitude and grit we can only marvel at in todays world. But his description of the task is hidden behind a work-a-day narrative. To truly appreciate the splendour of the achievement is difficult in our modern era.

One cannot help but admire the total outcome of the plan. There are few tales in history and few great men who can truly say they accomplished exactly what they set out to do in the manner in which they planned. Those who can are Masters of their field. Amundsen is such a man - and master.

A feature of this book is the credit given by Amundsen to those who went with him. Where others claimed responsibility for the great deeds of their men, Amundsen retreats to the background and gives the credit to those who did the act. Natural humility is a trait of the Norwegian nature and Amundsen shows this in the writing of the book. There is no playing to the crowd but deeds are allowed to speak for themselves.

To appreciate the tale, read the book and marvel.

This is still Heaney's best book of poetry to date. Centered around his 12 canto "Station Island," a poignant and disturbing 'portrait of the artist,' Station Island marked the transition in Heaney's career into the mature artist and greatest poet writing in English that we know today. A classic book of verse, written with lyrical precision and emotional power.

The title poem in this collection is one of the masterpieces of our day

It's about time Ms. Serverance's books were re-released! I've read all four of her books and have been waiting years in vain for new ones to add to my library. She brings to life a vivid island world filled with magic and adventure and beautifully incorporates Hawaiian culture/mythology into her tales. Plus, she creates some of the strongest female protagonists in the genre--Iuti Mano [rocks]! Please give us more!

I love this book! I read it 2 times already. I can't find any more at our library or anywhere else in the province so far. If These books were put back into print I'm sure they would be a big hit!! It is just that they are not new. If you have Storm caller or the 1st or 3rd book of this seris in your library get it or order an out of print thing from amazon. It is great I loved how Tarawe handled that landmaker. When I was reading I could hear the rain and thunder. The whole book was a treasure to read. It was in a tropical setting and I loved it. Now i always want to find Flying dolphin pics on the internet. This book Is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carol is my favorite writer!!! In the World!! I liked this book because it had fantasy and magic in it. It wasn't just like all those other fantasy magic books. This book was better it was clear and you could accutally see the images all the time. Carol also made up another fantasy animal:-> The Flyi! ! ng Dolphin!!!! Cool EH! (Yeah I'm from Canada) Now I think people should start to make flying dolphin pics along with dragon and Unicorns. If you love tropical settings, Tropical magic, storms, warriors, once bad now good vs. Evil hating people. And the SEA of corse. This is a good book for you. I promise you will not be disapointed!! :) NIKKI (: