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What Good Is Snow?
Rather than attempting to explain how snow is made, this book discusses the good and bad things about snow. For instance, snow protects plants and animals from harsh winds and can keep things warm. However, snow can also bury food for animals and cause floods in the spring. This book is fairly easy for pre-schoolers to understand though there are a few difficult words they have trouble understanding at first (thermometer and temperature). The illustrations that accompany the text are colorful, yet not overpowering. A great science book to use for preschoolers when talking about winter.

General Introduction to Snow
Rather than go into the science of how snow is formed, this book discusses the effects of snow... Snow protects plants and hibernating animals from wind and cold and, in the spring, melted snow waters the new plants.The book also discussed the dangerous conditions snow can cause.The colorful illustrations and subject of the text make it a good book for a pre-kindergarten curriculum. ... Read more

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I liked this book
This book picks up where Leon and the Spitting Image leaves off.Leon is in fifth grade.He has two friends, P.W. and Lily Matisse.He collects potato chip bags.His science teacher, Mr. Sparks, asked Leon and his classmates what their hobbies were.Leon says, "potato chips"!Mr. Sparks says the class can spend the rest of the year learning about potato chips.And that is just what they do.On one occasion, Mr. Sparks takes the class on a field trip to a potato chip factory.It is funny because Lumpkin eats "president-shaped" potato chips.The book includes drawings of all 42 presidents as potato chips.
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Subjects:  1. Bullies    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Fiction    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Methodology    10. Potato chips    11. School & Education    12. Science    13. Science & Technology    14. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    15. Social Issues - Friendship    16. Social Situations - Friendship    17. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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clue in the jewel box
this is a well written story.nancy is asked to locate madame alexandras ,a quens,missing grandson.in river heights nancy sees a man by the name of francis baum has lost his wallet by a picpocket.when nancy finds the wallet she finds a picture wich miss alexandra showed to be her grandson.is francis baum her grandson??miss alexandra is sure of it and acepts francis into the family.but something isnt quite right about this scene nancy is sure and so is miss alexandras house keeper anna that francis is stealing
Just didn't keep my attention.
Well, I usually enjoy the nancy drew stories alot. But this one didn't have a very good plot. Some parts I really liked and it made me want to keep turning the page, but most of it wasn't like that. I think 3 stars suits **THIS** book. Not all the other ones in the series. (I also recommend that you read the nancy drew files)

Book Review: The Clue in the Jewel book
The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene was an exciting novel.It is part of the Nancy Drew series.It was a little slow getting into the mystery, but after the mystery part of the book got started, it got really good.It was definitely a cliffhanger.Nancy helps a former queen from Europe find her long lost grandson.Before long, Nancy finds the prince, or so she thinks. Nancy catches the prince taking small amounts of money from the queen, Mrs. Alexandria.Her grandson is also has very bad manners for a prince.What's going on with the prince?Read the book to find out! If you enjoy this suspenseful book, be sure to read the rest of the series! ... Read more

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Rich, vibrant colors from a remarkable author
This is the story of two boys who find a pair of motorcycle goggles. They wear them long enough for a group of older boys to try and take them. Fortunately the boys who found the goggles are wiley enough to escape. The last line of the story is cute..."Things look fine now!"
Love the books about Peter...
I think this is a great book, along with the other books in the series.My two-year old daughter likes to read the books about Peter and in fact, will turn the pages and "read" the book herself, talking about the pictures which vividly tell the story.We live in the city and I like that these books are not set in the suburbs or countryside as many children's books only show that type of lifestyle.I would not characterize these books as being set in the ghetto or inner city as other reviewers have; I think it's just a portrayal of life in the city vs. the typical idyllic children's book setting.

Grew up with this book!
As a tyke in the 70's, I remember reading "Goggles!" many times and always finding myself emerced in the story. I now have twin boys that I can read it to and show them what their dad grew up with. Great book. ... Read more

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Will They Climb Everest?
These were awesome books. If your love or even just think the first book is so-so, KEEP READING!! The next two are even better. They are works of art. They keep you clinging to your seat. The ending for the third book is the most awesomely satisfying ending I have ever enjoyed.

The Best Book Ever Written!!! (A Kid's Review)
Book 3 of the exciting Everest series! The 4 SummitQuest team members will make a final push to the top! Some will summit, some will not. If you are not sure if you should read this book, READ IT!!! (Though, I reccomend that you read the first to before this one) I was never into Everest before I read this trilogy, but now I am addicted! Undoubtably one of the best books ever!

Everest ,book three:The Summit
The end of this thrilling thre book series is here. The SummitQuuest climers, all of wich are trying to become the youngest person to climb Everest, are finaly on their way to the summit. Up on the summit your at the height of every thing. The hight of danger. The hight of competition. The hight of the world.
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Competition (Psychology)    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Mountaineering    9. Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance    10. Adventure stories    11. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Ruth Krauss and Mary Blair's Read more

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A great book for children and a nice trip down memory lane!
Be sure to get this classic.It so aptly captures the joy and innocence of childhood exploration of their surroundings.The colors are just gorgeous in the illustrations and it's just so sing-songy that it's quite easy for a little one to memorize.Very, very cute and a nice change from some of today's children's books.It's nice to go back a few years and read about the innocence of youth.Our little one truly loves this story (yes, we've read it over, and over, and over...) and we highly recommend it!

BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD
This is a classic story book.Very simple, but the best thing about it are the pictures by the late Disney Legend Mary Blair.If you were a child in the sixties or seventies this book will bring back memories of a gentler time and the feelings we all at one time have that nothing is impossible -- because that word isn't in our vocabulary yet.

Some editions remove half the pages!
"I Can Fly" is a wonderful book. We purchased the board book edition after reading the hardcover from our library. We were very disappointed that two editions, at 24 pages, are quietly missing half the pages of the 48 page hardcover edition. The missing animals are "I can grab like a crab", "Who can walk like a bug? Me Ug ug", "Pick pick pick I'm a little chick", "Who can live in a hole? Me! Like a mole", "Who can climb anywhere? Me! Like a bear.", "Bump bump bump I'm a camel with a hump", "Haw haw haw I'm a donkey in the straw", "Howl howl howl I'm an old screech owl". You're missing out on half the fun here! ... Read more

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Lady Lollipop
I like this book because,it's one of the books you want to read over and over again. It's a fun book your whole famly will love.Ilove this book so much because of the author,Dick King-Smith, he is a great writer. I love the book,I love Guinea Pigs,and Dick King-Smith cares a lot abot pigs and thats why I love the book Lady Lollipop.

A Not so Dirty Pet
The princess gets a pig for her birthday but the queen doesn't like it.The queen thinks it's dirty.This book is about figuring out ways for the queen to like the pig.I think this is a very, very funny book, because there are three pictures of poo-poo.
The best book I have ever read.
It's about a princess named Penelope.Who is a spoiled rotten.The king asked what she wanted for her 8th birthday. The king get's her anything she want's. Penelope asked for a pig. The king had people from the royal chamber come with a pig. She went through tons of pigs. Then she picked the last one.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Behavior    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Pigs    9. Princesses    10. Royalty (kingsqueensprincesprincessesknightsetc.)    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Chapter Books   

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another great story with Peter and Willie
My two year old loves Whistle for Willie, and Goggles, both by Ezra Jack Keats.I brought home _A Letter To Amy_ from the library to let him have a look. Another Good Story from Ezra Jack Keats
This is a story of Peter who is having a birthday.He writes a special letter to Amy to invite her to the party.The other guests will be boys so he just asked them.As Peter went out to mail his letter Amy almost saw.He was not nice to her and thought see might not come to his party.Theday for the party came and finally Amy arrived.The boys didn't like itbecause a girl was at the party.I thought this book would be a wonderfulstory to read in my first grade classroom.I could use it for amini-lesson on how to write invitations and addressing envelopes.Also, itcould be used to promote friendships between boys and girls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Birthdays    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Nonreligious    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Letters    8. Social Issues - Friendship    9. Culture & customs    10. Early learning / early learning concepts    11. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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Steven Kellogg's award-winning picture book Read more

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Fun from beginning to end
Sure, the plot is silly. What do you expect when the premise is that a tadpole caught in Loch Ness turns out to be more than Uncle McAllister bargained for? The Mysterious Tadpole is a rollicking romp, rich in absurdity (Only after Alphonse grows four legs and reaches the size of a Volkswagen does the teacher conclude that he's not an ordinary tadpole.), and chock full of Steven Kellog's usual hilarious illustrations. Grab the nearest child, curl up in a big chair, and enjoy The Mysterious Tadpole.

If it ain't broke
I loved this book as a child and have loved reading it to my son. He received the 25th Anniversary edition for Christmas and while it's very, very good, it has been rewritten and simply lacks the charm of the original (which I would rate an enthusiastic 5 stars). The story is still wonderful and if this is the only copy you have access to, you won't be disappointed. The original, though, is the best and that's why I have to give this edition 4-stars.

Finally, i found the name of the book!
This was one of my favorite stories as a kid, but i forgot the name. i asked every kindergarden teacher i could find if they knew the book about the kid who gets a baby loch ness monster from his uncle and no one had any idea what i was talking about. I'm so happy i found it here because now i can get it for my son to enjoy. This is such a cute story! ... Read more

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The Stray

The Stray
The Stray is about an elderly woman named Henny.On her birthday she desides to move to a worm place and out of her senior citizen home.When she gets there she meets the Good family.Since at the time she only has one pound left.The Goods give her shelter and food for her watching / playing with their five kids.Soon, Henny gets very sick and can't do much.Once she has gotten over her sickness a burgerler comes.Henny gets Mr. Goods attention.The burgerler is the antagonist.Atfer that, Mr. and Mrs. Good go on vacation.Durring their vacation Henny finds a stray dog and names it Sweep.Mr. and Mrs. Good come home.You will have to read the book to know the ending.

The Stray By Dick King Smith
My book is called The Stray, It takes place on the beach and at a nursing home and a house that a old lady runs away from the nursing home because she was bored at the nursing home.This book has lots of action. This is sad too because the old lady thought this boy at the beach was drowning and she thought it was a boy that she knew and she went out to the water and picked the boy up and carried him to the beach.The boy was saying let me go and this boy�s dad said to this old lady let go of my son so the old lady let goof the boy and saw the boy that the old lady was looking forthen she had a heart attack. Then she fell over on the beach.Then the boy�s dad came to the beach and saw the old lady that he lived with on the sand of the beach.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Family - Adoption    5. Family - Multigenerational    6. Family life    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Old age    11. Runaways    12. Social Issues - Runaways    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / General   

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Measuring Made Easy and Fun.....
"There are millions of things-and many ways-to measure.Let's fly back in time and see how people measured many years ago..."Marvelosissimo the Magician's takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present on an entertaining and informative tour of measurement.Author, David Schwartz's engaging text, written in an easy to read, conversational style, tells the story of length, weight, and volume, and is rich in history, fun facts, and trivia.Illustrator, Steven Kellogg's cartoon-like artwork is bright and playful and each busy page is filled with humor, eye-catching, expressive detail, and clever asides.Youngsters will revel in all the easy to understand, measuring fun.A terrific explanation of the metric system concludes this little gem of a picture book, and both students and teachers will find hours of fun practicing and using the concepts they learn here. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Concepts - General    6. History - General    7. Juvenile Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile Science (General)    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mathematics - General    12. Mathematics - Systems of Measurement    13. Measurement    14. Mensuration    15. Metric system    16. Science & Nature - General    17. Weights and measures    18. Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / General   

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Skilled writer made good story using simple words and sentences
Nancy Drew is a eight years old girl and a third grader.
The Coolest Mystery
Rebecca Ramirez is having a slumber party. Her parents allow her only to invite eight guests. The next day she loses her party invitations and some more very important items for the party. Nancy, her friend, was willing to help her, along with Bess and George too. Some sneaky things go on before the party and during it. THE BEST CHAPTER BOOKS FOR AGES 5+ !...
If your daughter likes chapter books and solving puzzles; then this is a great book for her. The characters come to life and have separate personalities. The stories are simple and fun. I finish one and my daughter immediately wants another book. If I get through all the ones I order online then she wants me to re-read them. They have about 8 chapters so I make it last a week with 2 chapters on the last night. I started my daughter out when she was 3, on the old Raggedy Ann and Andy chapter books which are in reprint now. She had a little bit of a hard time going from a book with all pictures to a book where you imagine most of it. The Nancy Drew stories were a little hard to get started on because her complaint was that the pictures (1 or 2 per chapter) are all black and white drawings. I told her that she can look at the cover to see the color picture. Once she heard the first chapter, she didn't care if it had pictures or not. She was hooked. You know I liked these books so well I just bought my daughter's school a set of 10 for their library. They are really good. If you want your child to start early on reading get them started on this series. I hope that one day my daughter will be reading them to me. :o) Enjoy! ... Read more

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great book....................
This book is great for children learning how to read and also for parents to read to smaller children, and even for use as a picture book. The bright, vivid illustrations play off the wonderful storyline to create an irresistible book. As a child this book was one of my favorites and now i still love reading it to my younger siblings.

Great for Children to learn not to screaM!
The book is adorable! Great to teach screamy children to stop all the racket!! ... Read more

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Reviews (42)

Frank and Nancy Made 4 each Other!
u know this is by far the most exciting bookk i've read till now in the nacy drew and hardy boys super myteries. but i do think that nancy should leave ned and frank shuld leave calie cuz nancy and frank r so much alike and they r truly made 4 each other so caroline keene plz if u get upon this review do consider this cuz most of us wanty nancy/frank relationship and they shuld just 4get callie and ned.

TAKE MY WORD> THIS BOOK IS GOOD
i loved this book a lot. BEsides the nancy and frank aspect, there was a lot of action, bombs, knives, terrorsits etc..of course the nancy frank thing convinced me to buy the book, but i enjoyed the mystery a lot too. I also likes how nancy is portrayed in this book, not like in Operation titanic or royal revenge, she is very clever. also Unlke all other super mysteries, Frank's thoughts and feelings are portrayed deeper than all other characthers. And there are some funnny things and comments going on between the brothers.

Nancy and Frank Forever
I think that Nancy and Frank should dump their boyfriends and girlfriends and stay together. I mean they are obviosly perfect for each other. The best parts are when they almost kiss. But when they kiss, that was good too!!! This is the best book ever!!! ... Read more

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Funny Frank, reviewed by H.C.
Are prepared to laugh? You must read Funny Frank by Dick King-Smith. Do you like talking animals?Well, I do.Then this book is just right fit for you.The story takes place on a farm and at the duck pond, and is fiction.
Reading Level 5!!!
This is a great story about a little chick who wants to be a duck.Each day he longs to go into the pond.Until one day when he could resist no longer.He goes into the pond for a swim and starts to sink.He gets rescued by the little girl who lives on the farm when he shouts a sound that reminds her of the name "Frank"!She names him.She takes him into the house and calls her friends to help.They customize a wet suit.He tries to swim again, but ends up on his back! Through the eyes of the chick, we learn that it's okay to be different.Perhaps it might even save a life! ... Read more

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Wonderful book!
This is truly a great story, and the illustrations are wonderful as well. It teaches kids a valuable lesson.

One of our favorite childrens' books
We have read many, many childrens' books with our three children and this remains one of our favorites.It's exotic and funny, fun for girls and boys and has a nice lesson.

A lesson about defeating a foe few every truly understand
"Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan" is about a daimyo (a powerful lord, who looks like a bulldog) whose castle is occupied by a savage rat.The daimy� tries everything he can to get rid of the rat but nothing works.In desperation he ride to a distant shrine famous for its corps of fighting samurai cats and the d�ch� (senior monk, who looks like a bloodhound) agrees to send a samurai cat to chase out the barbarous rat.However, the rat defeats the first samurai cat as well as the even bigger second cat.Agreeing that the situation is indeed serious, the d�ch� sends for Neko Roshi, the greatest living master of the martial arts.But when the elderly cat shows up wearing a ragged kimono and worn-down geta (wooden clogs), with no teeth, a tail that is all messed up, and a limp, the daimy� things the docho must be joking.
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