This a greatest book.It has mystery,humour,and all around fun.I think the characters are dumb. I know what's community work,and I'm younger than Jane!Even though,Leavey made us forget about that. This is a work of true planning.

The best Silverberch book!Silverbirch is a book award and I read all ten.It has suspense,humour, and all around good.There are some parts I don't understand like when Jane introduced Jesse to Corrie,Jesse wasn't moving.Jane was"afraid of that."What does that mean.This is a great book!

This book is divided into three main sections: one on day camps, one on sleepaway camps, and one on teen tours. The best material is the section on day camps. The rest is mediocre.

As a mom who worked at camp for a few summers, I was surprised to read questions like, "Is there a counselor in the power boat when a camper is water skiing?" Stuff like this is so obvious that it's clear the author never worked at a camp.

The author also claims, "Toilet-papering the girls' (or boys') bunks are harmless tricks that can build unity and comraderie within a group." As the camp I worked at, this could have gotten a kid kicked out.

I'm so glad that I found this book in time! - it helped me make the best decisions for my kids right before I signed them up for camp this summer. Next year, we'll get started even sooner. This book is top-notch, practical, easy to read, and well structured. You can learn everything - from how to evaluate and choose the best short-term day camp in your own neighborhood, to summer-long, transcontinental teen tours. The author has great suggestions, such as hiring someone to sew on all those nametapes! She also handles emotional issues, such as homesickness, and separation anxiety (for parents as well as kids). The checklists are very useful. But it's not all serious business; I laughed and cried when I read campers' fond remembrances and anecdotes, which kicked off every chapter.

Two single mothers living hand-to-mouth grapple with their desires to be loved and accepted and the relentless search for meaning in life. Ranges from humorous to pathetic. Leaves the reader with understanding, pity, and possibly even admiration for the unlikely heroines.

Summer of My Amazing Luck, Miriam Toew's first novel, tells the story of single mothers who inhabit the fictional "Have-A-Life"- (A.K.A."Half-A-Life") welfare project in downtown Winnipeg. Single mom's on welfare seems an unlikey basis for humour, but Summer of My Amazing Luck, shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Humour Prize in 1997, is gut-busting, laugh-out-loud hilarity. Told through the eyes of eighteen-year-old Lucy, who lives at "Half-a-Life" with her baby boy "Dillinger", we meet the Lucy's older, more worldly confident, the eccentric Lish, who's raising three young daughters, and is in deparate search for her one true love, a fire-eater from Colorado, the father of her twins.On the backdrop of Winnipeg's mosquito infested rainy season, Lucy and Lish try to make homes for their children, and find love and contentment in their own lives; we pity, admire and love them for it. Summer of My Amazing Luck is a wonderful book, and a tribute to mothers everywhere.

I found this collection beautiful and poignant, My favorite poem in the book, "For My Father" a must read! Can't wait to hear more from this poet! Hats Off!

Although some of the poems are a bit rough, overall this book provided many great examples of "up-and-coming work" that were both intelligent and inspiring.

This book comes in four parts 1)Taliessin through Logres (collection of Charles Williams' poems about the Arthurian saga as seen through the eyes of the court poet Taliessin) 2)The Region of the Summer Stars (more of Williams' poems about the Holy Grail) 3)Arthurian Torso, consisting of a) Charles Williams prose work on the history of the Grail/Arthurian legend, entitled The Figure of Arthur, and b)C.S. Lewis's commentary on Williams' poetry, entitled Williams and the Arthuriad. A fine introduction by Mary McDermott Shideler accompanies the Eerdmans edition of this work.

I found Arthurian Torso to be the best part of the book by far. By itself, it deserves a five star rating. Williams traces the fascinating history of the Grail with the legend of King Arthur and the Round Table using a combination of scholarly acumen and lucid tutorial explanations. In other words, it is both accurate and understandable. Lewis, in turn, adds insightful commentary about both the Arthurian saga and Williams' poems on the subject. Lewis's wisdom and lucid prose are as delightful to read on this matter as they are about other subjects he tackled.

Unfortunately, I think the poetry will appeal to very few people. I give it a one star quality (which, when combined with the five star quality of the Arthurian Torso give the book an overall rank of three.) Even C.S. Lewis admits that Williams' biggest fault is his obscurity. (There are times when even such a scholar as Lewis - who not only loved the Arthurian legend, who adored poetry, and who had discussed this poetry at length with Williams himself - found himself puzzled by parts of it, describing parts of it as "cryptic", or saying "I end in doubts" or "There are things in this piece which I do not understand.")

I was unmoved by this poetry. It was like trying to read something in an unfamiliar language - no meaning was conveyed.

So all in all, this book receives a mixed review. If the Arthurian legend interests you, then this work is worth obtaining, simply for the Arthurian Torso section of it. If you get anything out of the poetry, it will be a bonus.

This poetry takes some time to master, but it is well worth the effort. It recounts the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom from the point of view of Taliessin, the court poet. The non-linear lyric pieces are a perfection of the craft; especial standouts are "Taliessin's Song of the Unicorn," and "The Queen's Servant." Perhaps if enough people become familiar with this hard-to-find classic, it will reappear in print! All lovers of Arthuriana: this is a must. Tawny M. Goswitz

Ten-Boy Summer, by Janet Quin-Harkin, is a romance novel that's fiction. This story takes place in the summer.
In the first chapter of the last paragraph, it describes how these two girls Toni and Julie look. What happens in the story is that Toni and Julie are bored this summer and wanted something to do. So Toni says to Julie, "Who ever dates 10 boys at the end of summer is the winner!" You'll have to find out what happens in Ten-Boy Summer. The Author is clever and different when she writes.
I recommend this not to children under 10 years of age. If I could rate it 1-5 stars it could be 4 ½ stars. And this is a two thumbs up! People that would like this book are people whom like romance, friendship, and dating. I like this book, because of the first time I read it I was obsessed with it being my favorite book.

Jill and her best friend, Toni, are ready for excitement this summer and hopefully--love. They make a bet to date 10 boys each by the end of the summer. When Jill meets her dream boy, Craig, all bets are off. But, is Jill's friendship with Toni over if she gives up? Will Jill lose Craig if he finds out? Stay tuned...read the book

Shauna & her brother are average 12 & 13 year old kids. Life is going along as usual. The kids enjoy the usual things-school, friends, sports, outdoors. Their grandfather has taught them about fishing, the best bait, the names of trees, flowers and berries, so they know their way around the outdoors. All is well until their father without warning, leaves the family with only a note of explanation. Their mother moves the kids to another town for a better job opportunity. The chance comes available for them to live in a secluded cabin. No water, no electricity. Their mom will leave the kids every day for her job.

During this fateful summer, the kids learn how to take care of themselves, how to pool their resources when a crisis takes all their bravery to cope. Read this exciting book to find out the exciting details of the summer Shauna and Cody spend. Think of this as every kid's dream of no parents, no alarm clocks in the woods. This book is "Hatchet" combined with The Boxcar Children's "Surprise Island" rolled into one.

This book is a very good one. It is an experience hopefullyyour children will never have to deal with. Jane Leslie Conly did agreat job writing this book 5 STARS!

Our small church will get a great deal of use from these plays. Simply staging, simple text, and simple messages!

Picking up this little gem of an old love story made my day. It covers several years of a young girl's life and takes her from childhood to - well, I mustn't say more. It is a bright, joyous tale of the wooing of a country maiden by a man twice her age, an artist accustomed to the big city life of Atlanta. Juliana's brothers don't want this dark mature stranger from the city in their young sister's life, and they take measures to make sure the two never see each other. There are pitfalls aplenty, Foster Kirk's age being the biggest. Juliana is searching for a meaning in her life. She is a very normal teenager, having more questions than answers. There are pitfalls aplenty as various other family members, and friends of Juliana's and Foster's, join the separating force. A good book to tuck in your bag for that next trip.

I like Kids Want to Know Animals in Summer because I love animals. I think you should read this book because it tells a lot about a whole bunch of animals' lives. I learned about how all animals act in summer. I would recommend it to kids from five to ten years old who love animals.