The writer of this book has a wonderful imagination & the illustrations are true works of art.The book takes your child on a journey through the eyes of a young chinook wind called Charlie. Charlie becomes very happy that he can bring spring like temperatures to a town in the middle of winter.He enjoys watching the children playing outside laughing & having fun,so much so,he decides to stay.Only to find out that even too much of a good thing can be bad. A must read for your child.

This book is essential for any holiday family traditions. Ms. Nathan not only shares some wonderful recipes (try the Orange Chicken - it's easy, fun and OUT OF THIS WORLD!......) but she also shares her family's traditions and give you wonderful ideas to enhance your own celebrations. My family loves this book and we refer to it on a regular basis.

I would give it more stars if I could!....

Wow! I said when I read this book. It is descriptive and very well written. It's a page turner!

My knowledge about the state of Georgia basically comes down to the facts that it was settled by criminals, Sherman marched through the state to the sea during the Civil War, and Jimmy Carter was governor when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record. This explains in part why I found Brooke Coleman's small volume on "The Colony of Georgia" to be the most informative of The Library of the Thirteen Colonies and The Lost Colony series I have read to date (I worked south from Roanoke and will now go back and head north). I was fascinated to learn that Georgia was settled as a result of a charter granted by King Georgia II, the colony's namesake, to James Oglethorpe, who wanted to enact Sir Robert Montgomery's utopian ideal of have debtors go to the New World to start a new life rather than rotting in debtors prison. Oglethorpe enacted laws against owning slaves and buying or selling liquor. Of course, this grand experiment failed, but this is certainly more detail about the colony of Georgia than I ever came across in my American History textbooks. I also liked how Coleman took pains to establish that before colonial times the area we now call Georgia was home to the Cherokee and Creek Indians before the first colonists arrived from Spain in the 1500s, followed by the French and English in the 1600s and 1700s. Coleman also provides a concise description of how the agriculture of the English colony evolved into the plantation system. "The Colony of Georgia" has full page illustrations of mostly historic pictures, with a paragraph of simple text of the facing page. Students always learn about the colonies at Jamestown and Plymouth, so I appreciate the goal of this series to provide basic information about each of the original colonies. I wish all of them provided as much new information to their young readers as this particular volume succeeds in doing.

Brooke Coleman, who authored the excellent book on Georgia in The Library of the Thirteen Colonies and The Lost Colony series, turns in another job with this look at "The Colony of Maryland." I was trying to remember having ever learned anything about Maryland from Colonial times and could recall nothing, so I found this little volume fascinating. Coleman talks about how Sir George Calvert wanted to establish a place where Catholics would be free to live and received a charter from King Charles I of England to found a colony north of Virginia. We learn how rich landowners became lord of a manor and used indentured servants to work the land, how sickness claims many lives in Maryland's early years, and how eventually yeoman farmers settled small farms while the lords owned huge planatations. I was especially interested to learn how religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants came to a head during the time of the Engliish Civil War, which was known as "the plundering time," and which ignored the Act of Toleration that had been passed in Maryland. I know history textbooks always talk about Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachsetts when it comes to explaining colonial times to young students. But I have really enjoyed learning about these other colonies, of which Maryland has one of the most fascinating histories. This series would be of great use to young students in learning about the differences between the original colonies, which becomes important when it comes time to understand why they had difficulty uniting against the English.

For the first time, I came to know Lincoln not as an iconified hero, but as a funny, direct, engaging and committed human being as I read this book. The author has thorough notes of very detailed research and tells a story that others omitted or overlooked. It made me want to read much more about Lincoln, especially more of the piercing wit and emotional perseverance shared in this book.

Communities of Women is a suprising book. A myriad group of authors from all fields of history explore a range of communities from the medieval past to the Australasian present. I highly recommend it for courses in Gender Studies or Women's History, since its broad outlook will allow students to think about the complex questions of defining "community" and whether there are commonalities among women throughout the ages.

This is a great book with some of the best poetry ever written. Great for anyone that wants to get into Rupert's work.

I've just purchased my first major piece of art, a stunning bronze sculpture by Donald Wright - I look at it and think this is what all my life has been leading up to: the pleasure that this singular object of beauty brings to my household. That is what Brooke Barrie's sumptuous book is all about, the transformation of life through art. It radiates all by itself.

My grandfather has the original 1902 version of this books, as I have found, we often are adding newer copies to protect their older reference works in our collections. In this instance, the newer version is not a totally reprint. The 1902 version, while a wealthy of information, lacked the colour plates, which so left a lot to the imagination.

Foster listed in one single volume the feudal noblemen and knights, along with their heraldry, culled from ancient medieval rolls of arms. This book stands as the standard and often the 1902 editions are considered high price collectors items. In passing his love of history and books to me, my grandfather gave me the thrill of holding a book in my hands, sensing his timeless value. So I love the 1902 editor for that, the timeless, peerless quality of the work in a binding we don't see today.

However, for the love of history I much prefer this reprint. One, I can rattled through it as often as I like and not worry and handling with care, and two, the colour brings alive Foster's work.

This book is the unsurpassed standard for heraldic rolls accessible to the public, but its more than just a roll call of knights and nobles, artists and designers can benefit from the complicated and symbolic patterns, so the 80 year period between editions was one that is well worth it on many levels. To writers of this period, either history fiction or historical romance - this is a MUST!!

There are a number of chart pedigrees, drawing of warriors in their medieval dress of chain and mail, with shields, spurs and tabards, so it is interesting, I am sure, to the rein-actors or SCA members looks to make their customs more accurate. Again an amazing reference for the writer wanting to give more details to their novels. There is a special section of badges (still not in colour) and a section of Ancestral names.

It's just a rainy day delight to someone who loves the Middle Ages, history and a book that gives it all.