The Yukon Quest is a 1000 mile dog sled race through the Yukon and Alaska that pits man and is best friend against the worst Mother Nature has to offer. In this book John Firth takes the reader through each stage of the 1998 Yukon Quest. Also filled within the pages are anecdotes from all the races between 1984 to 1997. The stories are personal, they are real, they will make you laugh, they will make you cry, but most of all they will make you see the bond that the mushers have with their dogs. There is a relationship between the musher and his/her dog team that goes beyond that of a pet. There is trust, love, and the enjoyment of being together.The interactions between the mushers can be comical at times but it can also turn serious when necessary. Frith has many stories from the mushers that will show you both sides. The best thing about all the mushers is that no matter what, if someone needs help everyone will stop to help and forget about the race until everybody is safe. The must rely on each other, they are the only people around for hundereds of miles. It is not easy to cross 1000 miles of frozen land and water. They must help each other if they can. The book also gives a history of the race such as route changes and political problems encountered. The 1998 official race rules are included as are the results and awards from 1984 to 1998.

I think this book is terrific for little people! My whole family loves it, especially my 20 month old sister! She is tickled to death by the cute illustrations and the funny things the boy and moose do. We love the other titles (Pig a Pancake and Mouse a Cookie) just as much. Great job!*****

Our two-year old is heavilly into books, and this has risen to the top of his favorites. He has memorized bits and pieces of the book (it's adorable to hear a 2-yr-old say "A Moose A Muffin"), loves the pictures and points to them on every page, and asks for it every night at bedtime. From a parents perspective, it's a great book as it shows sequences of events, puts a funny character in real-world activities, and is entertaining to read. Not only my son's favorite, but one of mine as well.

Bedtime is the favorite time for me and my five year old daughter. Some time ago we discovered If You Give a Mouse a Muffin, and both of us fell in love. It was with great pleasure we found out that Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond has more books out in this series, and just like the first one, If You Give a Moose a Muffin has become an all time favorite for us.

The book starts with a little boy giving a muffin to the moose right outside his house. The moose gets the muffin, but comes into the house to get some jam to go with it.And of course the one muffin is not enough, the moose wants one more and one more.And as the story goes on the moose gets more and more fantastic ideases. The drawings that goes with the story are so funny, you just have to stop reading all the time to enjoy them.
And exactly like the first book this story makes an eterniy wheel - in the end the moose see some jam, and of course wants a muffin to go with the jam, and we are right back to the beginning. It is a genious way to write for children, and just as much fun for the grown up reader.

My daughter and I only have the first two books in the series yet, but have the others on top of our wish list.
Read the book, with or without a child, and I can promise you the best reading time :-)

My hope is that someone will translate these books into Norwegian, I would love to give all Norwegian chidren the pleasure of discovering them.

Britt Arnhild Lindland in Norway

I first read this book about 20 years ago. I recently found it and re-read it. I'm keeping it in my sons room for when he's old enough to read. It's a great story that teaches right from wrong, good versus evil, and about life and death. It does contain a couple hunting sequences.

This book is for children of all ages..parents who are children and grandparents who are also children. If you are not a resident of Montana, take the trip to the "BIG SKY COUNTRY", travel the roads and see where the story began and where it finished. It will be worth you time.

A story of a teenager growing up in Great Falls Montana who comes across an abandoned greyhound and his companion cagey male Canadian Goose. The story is hilarious, especially at the end where the dog catches the rabbit at the racetrack, and rips it to shreds (during a race) and the goose manages to create chaos with the other dogs. The greyhound inspires the teenager to train hard as a track star. I enjoyed the book immensely.

This is a very good book. I love the Franklin books. This book was about a moose that moved in and no one wanted to be friends with him because he was so big. Franklin ened up being friends with the moose at the end of the book. Moose is really nice and they are glad that they became friends with him.
If you ever get a chance to read this book please do so it is a good book to read!!

As with all of the books in the Franklin series, the topics are approached in an open and non-judgemental way. Franklin's New Friend presents Franklin with the arrival of a new family in his neighborhood. Franklin is encouraged by his parents and teacher to inbrace the potential of making a new friend, without dwelling on the possible misgivings his has. Franklin learns that making new friends is fun, and he does not have to change the relationships he has with his existing friends.

This book is a story that will stay with you for the rest of your life. My sister and I have been looking for a copy for about 15 years now. We lost ours in a move and talk about finding one all the time. This is a story we want to share with our children and grandchildren. It is a heart warmer. Because nobody is a "nobody."

This book is about a little mouse searching for mom with the help of some friends. I haven't read it in a while, but I loved it as a child!

I think this is a great book.I think this is a good book for anyone of all ages.There should be at least 10 more animales in this story.I liked all the animales in this story like the whale is a water fountain,and they used a polar bear for a snowman in the summer.This book diserves 4 stars.I think this is a great book.And I am only 12.

What a delightful tale...this story describes various uses for animals in our day to day life such as elephants as balloons if they are filled with helium, elephants shooting water from their trunks making great water toys, aligator's teeth are perfect staplers, and beaver's wide flat tails as serving trays. The pictures are colorful and detailed showing a mulitude of uses for animals. My little girl and I have fun thinking of other uses for animals (rabbits would make great paper shredders). We got this book as a gift and were thrilled as we giggled along with the story.

This book is about Thanksgiving. We all thought that this book was really funny. We learned that having friends is good. Our class learned some new words. The book told us what happens at Thanksgiving. Everyone one should read this good book.

When selecting books for our children, I try to pick stories that will hold their attention, provide an important message, and involve animals and/or nature. Eve Bunting’s book A Turkey For Thanksgiving has all of these criteria - and more! It is also a good book for children who are vegetarians or vegans.
In A Turkey For Thanksgiving Mrs. Moose is preparing a Thanksgiving dinner for her and Mr. Moose’s animal friends. However, this year she has decided that she wants a turkey for dinner so Mr. Moose, joined by his friends, sets off to find one. Eventually a turkey is found by the river and brought back for dinner. The terrified turkey is delighted, and relieved, to learn that he isn’t the main course, but a guest at this vegetarian feast! This delightful book evokes the true spirit of Thanksgiving. –Reviewed by Glenn Perrett

Mr. Moose wants to make his wife happy by finding her a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. All the guests join in to look for the bird. The poor turkey is so afraid that he is reluctent to go with them. He (and we readers) find out in the end that they don't want him to be ON the table. Instead they want him to be AT the table to celebrate the holiday with them together.
I like this book because its surprising and heart-warming ending. When I was told that TURKEY is a symbol of Thanksgiving, I used to think "Of course, turkey is the main dish in our Thanksgiving dinner". Now I have discovered the new meaning of Thanksgiving.

I once read a review that began: "This book told me more about penguins than I ever wanted to know about penguins." Similarly, I'm tempted to say that this book told me far more about Jay Ward, Bill Scott, and the ups and downs of their years in show business than I ever wanted to know--and far less about one of the favorite t.v. programs of my long-ago adolescence, Rocky and Bullwinkle. (The book spends a lot of time discussing Ward's and Scott's other ventures into cartoon series, including Crusader Rabbit, Hoppity Hooper, and George of the Jungle as well as ads for Captain Crunch and other Quaker cereals.) If you venture into this book expecting it to be as full of zany humor and excruciating puns as Rocky and Bullwinkle were--as I did--you are in for a disappointment. While parts of the book are quite absorbing, it is on the whole a chore to read. The book badly needs edited down, especially given its repititiousness. The author tends to be a bit too gushingly adulatory of the work of Ward and Scott, too; while they were comic and artistic geniuses, they did misfire a few times.

There are gems along the way--including the origin of the name Bullwinkle, the real identity of Ponsonby Britt, how the names Gidney and Cloyd were chosen for the moonmen, and the never-ceasing wars between Ward and Scott and their sponsors and networks--but you have to sift through a lot of gratuitous detail to find them. One of the most engaging parts of the book is the Reference Section. (Curiously, the reference section, the appendices, and the index account for 128 pages of the book's total 442 pages.) In the Reference Section, the reader finds synopses of all the episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairy Tales, Bullwinkle's Corner (aka, Mr. Know-It-All), Mr. Peabody's History, Aesop and Son, and Dudley Doo-Right. Just glancing through the names of the Rocky and Bullwinkle episodes is a delight (e.g., "A Creep in the Deep, or Will Success Spoil Boris Badenov?" "Fast and Moose or Charlie's Antler"). It is a reminder, too, of how much funnier and more engaging this book might have been if better focused and better written.

I've always believed in the maxim that the best books on animation are written by animation fans--and this book proves my point. Longtime Rocky and Bullwinkle fan Keith Scott takes us on a long-overdue historical tour of the studio run by one J. Troplong Ward.

Ward, a former real estate salesman, started with a vague desire to "get into television" during the medium's infancy in the late forties. Through his lifelong friendship with animator Alex Anderson, he drifted into the pioneering field of made-for-TV animation. Anderson, nephew of Terrytoons founder Paul Terry, had been knocking around a "comic strip for television" for some time with no takers. Once teamed with Ward and armed with a wicked sense of humor, he introduced the world to Crusader Rabbit, TV's first animated star.

Scott (no relation to Bill Scott, legendary voice of our favorite moose) has penned a winning addition to the ever-growing number of behind-the-scenes books on animation. It is far more detailed than another recent history of the Jay Ward studio (the name of which escapes me). Too detailed, perhaps--the long, convoluted legal battles Ward fought with the "Crusader Rabbit" distributors (and those of "Bullwinkle" and other Ward creations) are spelled out in excruciating detail, and can get more than a little boring.

The book, however, does give us a glimpse inside the wackiest animation studio since Termite Terrace. The only studio (in the words of head ringmaster Ward) approved by the Food and Drug Administration. This, by the way, turns out to be no joke: Ward had popcorn, peanut, and cotton candy vendors stationed in the lobby. Ward himself occasionally could be seen decked out in a ridiculous uniform that made him bear more than a passing resemblance to Cap'n Crunch. That may well have been the inspiration for the character, as Ward's studio produced those commercials until 1984.

Scott recounts for us the sometimes silly, often hilarious promotions (Ward parading with girls in mock Salvation Army uniforms, exhorting "sinners" to "watch the Bullwinkle Show," for one). And, of course, the infamous "Statehood for Moosylvania" campaign which, in a classic example of lousy timing, Ward brought to the doorstep of the White House at the height of the Cuban missle crisis. See Ward go apoplectic in the face of too-tight budgets and incompetant Mexican animators. See Ward battle idiot censors and executives (when one such network "suit" objected to a scene with Rocky and Bullwinkle in a cannibal's pot, screaming "You can't show cannibalism!" the response was typical Ward. "Is it really cannibalism," he asked, "to eat a moose and a squirrel?")

The book also tells us of lesser-known projects, such as "Fractured Flickers" and "Hoppity Hooper", as well as those that didn't quite make it (one abortive project, a puppet show called "Watts Gnu" seemed quite promising). We also get a rare glimpse of Jay Ward behind the public facade--the nervous, insecure, giggling, shy individual racked with chronic pain from a near fatal injury. It makes the brilliant legacy he left all the more remarkable.

I am probably one of the top 25 Jay Ward officiannados in the world -- And it's a fact I'm really proud of-- The man was an absoloute genius storyteller and cartoonist, who created the first made for TV cartoon series--(now they all are!) Crusader Rabbit was emersed in red tape though right from the beginning--- But Jay prevailed--his next endeavors became even bigger and even more embedded in the nation's psyche---Rocky and Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle, Cap'n Crunch, Quisp, Quake--- the list goes on--- Keith Scott's book is truly a BIBLE for Ward-ites like myself-- He knew Bill Scott and Jay Ward , as a teen he flew himself to America--from his native Australia - because of his love for their incredible cartooning style and productions! This book has it all! Keith is also the official voice of Bullwinkle now-- portraying him in cartoon form in the new movie---even!Who better to write this gem?--- probably no one. The pages are filled with pictures and material that will appeal to EVERYONE.Remember the Kerwood Derby? and "you knew the job was dangerous when you took it Fred" and "A cereal so good they named it after me"-- it all came from the moose --er house (of ideas)that Jay built.---I cannot tell you enough---BUY THIS BOOK!--It is the best book on the subject--EVER!--Thanks Keith Scott!But most of all--- THANKS JAY WARD AND BILL SCOTT!--GO AHEAD< PULL A RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT!--- review by Bill Field

Moose Tracks is a non stop action book about a boy named Seth who enjoys going hunting with his best friend Matt. Seth decides to go hunting for the first time without his fathers permision and gets his first kill. But when Seth pushes his luck a little to far Seth gets in trouble with some moose poachers that want to make sure Seth doesn't say anything about them. Towards the books conclusion Seth and his buddy Matt get stuck in the poachers abandoned mine, and have to find a way out of there jam while trying to save a moose calf and catch the poachers at the same time. Moose Tracks is a great book for anyone that likes a lot of adventure and action.

I am a fourth grade teacher and use this book in my classroom with my nine and ten year olds. I have to say that we all find the book very interesting and my students don't want to put it down. The plight of Seth and the moose-calf is so compelling that my students love to try to relate to both of these characters and predict what will happen next. Casanova uses some great language to really make the woods in Minnesota come alive.

As a teacher I love this book as an instructional tool. It shows my students how fun and informative reading can be. Also Casanova does not talk down to the students, or question their intelligence as so many contemparary young adult writers do. My students are also intrigued to look into the fact behind the fiction. Also, Seth's lifestyle is very different from that of my New England students and therefore it helps to show them the differences between children within their own country. I have just started using this book in my classroom and will continue to do so for years to come.

Our son is nine years old, is an active reader and has read many books. MOOSE TRACKS is his favorite book that he has ever read! It was fun as parents to watch our sons excitement of reading this book. He loved the mystery, the vivid descriptions of Seth and Matts journey, and how the good won over the bad. Their journey took place in the wilderness with natures wild animals and said he felt like he was actually there with Seth and Matt. Throughout the story he could not wait to see what was going to happen next. He was disappointed when the story finally came to an end. Our son cannot wait to use his allowance to buy the sequal book, WOLF SHADOWS. This is our first book we have ever recommended. We look forward to reading the rest of Mary Casanovas books!

This book was rated very well, however I found it to be almost useless. I recently received a new Nikon F-100. A former Cannon user my interest was in finding more detailed information about Nikon autoexposure modes, metering system(s), lens options, flash's etc. Instead I got a history of Nikon products, starting with the coal burning models, interspersed with the personal opinions of the author. This guy probably sleeps with his F-5. The book is for Nikon geeks, or people who frequently buy and sell Nikon equipment, or people who have the Nikon version of Trivial Pursuit, not for people who want to know how to use their Nikon equipment. Inspite of the reviews I also ordered the Magic Lantern Guide for the F-100. This book was panned in most reviews, but I found it to be much more on the mark for my purposes. Yes there is too much space used to explain basic photograpic concepts but it is still compact and fairly well organized.

This latest edition of the "Nikon System Handbook" is really starting to irritate me. First of all, many of us who have bought and read any of Moose's books pretty much know that he's a bought and paid for Nikon agent, but this edition seems to lack any sort of quality control whatsoever. I routinely find technical errors on nearly every page. With some of the lens descriptions he's merely plagiarized Nikon's factory spec sheets and descriptions but he never bothers to put them into current year context. If you are basing lens and camera buying decisions upon Moose's comments, keep in mind that Moose is not that long with his Nikon experience, and guess who's PAYING for those lenses? His standard phrasology of this and that lens being "tack sharp" gets boring and is frankly inaccurate. If Moose would actually READ his own book I would think that he would surely see the inaccuracies that he's spreading around. If you want more accurate Nikon equipment reviews (...)buy anything from Peter Braczko, e.g., the Nikon Pocket Book. Bjørn is not a paid Nikon field agent,--he's a Norwegian outdoor photographer with some of the best practical experience with things Nikon. Moose is a babe in the woods by comparison.

Next to my Nikon F3 HP, I think this book is one of my best investments. Since I'm just a amateur photographer, this book guides me through the complicated world of Nikon system. Without it I would be lost! If you've ever tried to find information on discontinued products (all the good stuff) from Nikon's web site then you'll know it's nonexistence! May be I'm not looking in the right direction, but I like to have a source available to me whenever I need to make purchase decisions. And since majority of the used Nikkor lenses are not cheap, it's good to have a non-bias, honest oppinion. If you shop at camera collector shows, then you'll definitely want this book! Overall 5 stars, because this books is very well written and well presented. The paper used to print this book are pretty good paper stocks, because it stands up to my constant flipping and red pen markings.