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2 reviews

HarperFestival, 2005

Imagination & Color
This board book opens the door to imagination and to the learning of colors as it progresses from simple line drawings to more colorful presentations of ballerinas in elaborate costumes. A girl in a white leotard dances swan lake, etc. A last fold-out page presents all the colors and the positive idea that the young girl is the best ballerina. Sweet and simple.

Sleep Safe, Little Whale: A Lullaby

3 reviews
Miriam Schlein

Greenwillow Books, 1997

My Child's Favorite!
This book is the greatest. It folds out had has great pictures. I am going to order a second copy, since the first one is worn out from excessive use.

Dinosaur!

3 reviews
Peter Sis

Scholastic Inc, 2001

Dinosaur fun
This wordless picturebook is just right for sharing with a young dinosaur fan. It begins as a small boy heads to the tub with his toy dinosaur. Soon, "real" dinosaurs begin to creep into the pictures until they eventually spread across the pages and take over the bathroom. Only when mother comes running with a towel does the last dinosaur tail slip off the page. This is a fun book that ...

Three Yellow Dogs

4 reviews
Caron Lee Cohen

HarperTrophy, 1997

Perfect Book for Beginning Readers
My mother first came across this book when she checked it outof the library for my niece (my niece was about four years old at thetime). While they soon realized that the book seemed to be targeted at a younger audience, they discovered that it was also a wonderful first-time reader since the entire book contains only five words: Three / Yellow / Dogs / Run / Home. My niece was so proud of ...

Stories to Solve

6 reviews
George Shannon

HarperTrophy, 2000

Logic outside the box - made fun
This book consists of folktales, very concisely told, that in some sense are a riddle, a puzzle, a play on words ... These stories are presented as problems to solve. A major strength of the book is the variety of sources of the tales - Tibetan, Aesop, Armenia, India, Grimm brothers, Ethiopian, Japan; in fact many of the stories could have come from any of a number of cultures. The ...

Alphabet Soup

5 reviews
Kate Banks

Mammoth, 1991

Delightful and fun! Imaginative learning.
My preschool class really enjoyed it; our broccoli became trees at lunch! Imaginative and thought provoking reading for preschoolers. Now it's hard to find an available copy at the public library!

The Train of States

4 reviews

Greenwillow, 2004

All aboard for fun & learning!
Rebeccasreads highly recommends Peter Sis' THE TRAIN OF STATES as a splendid way to learn not only the names of all our states, also which came first & for what best each is known. THE TRAIN OF STATES is the kind of book that will be read from generation to generation, teaching math, geography, history, patriotism & the fantastic use of imagination. Very well done!

The Gargoyle on the Roof

5 reviews
Jack Prelutsky

Greenwillow, 1999

Entertaining, Wonderful Illustrations
This book is a treasure for the child who likes monsters! The poems are funny and give a good spin to being a monster and the illustrations are not overly ghoulish, though probably thought provoking in some instances. I do think though that age 4 is a little to young for this book - it really should be for a child who can distinguish real from fantasy as it introduces topics that might be ...

The Three Golden Keys

5 reviews

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2001

An Excellent Awakening to Prague!
This dark and intricately illustrated book is simply excellent. The art work in it is fantastic and it gives a magically haunting overview of growing up in Prague. It has a magic cat with glowing eyes that walks the young traveler through the streets of his homeland. The drawings are rich with story and intricate with legend. It is an intense book, and some of the legends are dark and ...

Scranimals

13 reviews
Jack Prelutsky

Greenwillow, 2002

Crazy Animal Fun
During the story a boy and a girl went on a trip the Scranimal Island. They saw a lot of animals such as the RHINOCEROSE, a group SPINACHICKENS, a caravan of CAMELBERTA PEACHES, a lonely POTATOAD, one CARDINALBACORE, couple of HIPPOPOTAMUSHROOMS, talkative PARROTTERS, a sweet PORCUPINEAPPLE, fierce BROCCOLIONS, a nimble ANTELOPETUNIA, an unsuccessful STORMY PETRELEPHANT, content TOUCANEMONES, ...

Slaves of Mastery

2 reviews
William Nicholson

Hyperion, 2001

My favourite fantasy book
This is definately the best book of the trilogy. It exceeds book one (which was great because it was really original) by far because of its gripping story! Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo are now older; their problems, it seems, more "realistic": Their hometown Aramanth, now by far a kinder place, is brutally destroyed by soldiers of the Mastery. All the inhabitants are either killed or taken with ...

The Little Wing Giver

1 review
Jacques Taravant

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2001

A Beautiful, Evocative Story.....
Once upon a time a little boy appeared with a bottomless sack, full of wings. There were fluffy white wings, scissor-pointed wings, gossamer wings, even wooden wings, in all shapes, colors and sizes. The Little Wing Giver called out to all, "Come get your wings./Beautiful wings!/Come get your wings/And fly, fly, fly!" And birds, insects and butterflies all came to him, and soon the world was ...

Waving

1 review
Peter Sis

Greenwillow, 1988

High fives
WAVING is the first adventure in the Mary trilogy by Peter Sis. As in the sequels GOING UP! and BEACH BALL, there is a signature appearance for Greenwillow publisher, this time on a bicyclist's green banner. Along with GOING UP! and KOMODO!, the duller colors of daily life backdrop the watercolor magic of dreams. With his hallmark humor, the author/illustrator names two big city restaurants ...

The Hobbit (Young Adult edition, Sis cover)

1617 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien

Houghton Mifflin, 2001

Hobbit unabridged audio book
Our 10 year old and 7 year old sons and their mum are really enjoying this recording every time we get in the car. Mum thinks the reading by Rob Inglis is superb (he uses different voices for the various characters and the narration and also sings). The boys are gripped by the story. This is 10 CDs long so you need stamina. Our four year old son finds it boring because it is so long. Highly ...

Beach Ball

1 review
Peter Sis

Greenwillow, 1990

It Flies Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease
BEACH BALL is the third episode in the imaginative adventures of Mary and her mother. In fact, Peter Sis humorously draws the two prequels, WAVING and GOING UP!, as the books mother and daughter bring for beach reading. As in the adventure books of Matt by the same author/illustrator, the text is minimal and the drawings become more intricate and more riotously colored as the child's ...

2 reviews
George Shannon

HarperTrophy, 2001

Logic outside the box - pure fun
This sequel is worthy of its predecessor; it too consists of folktales, very concisely told, that in some sense are a riddle, a puzzle, a play on words ... These stories are presented as problems to solve. A major strength of the book is the variety of sources of the tales - Korean, Liberian, Kasmiri, Russian, Bengali, Chilean, Mexican, Burmese; in fact many of the stories could have come ...

Rainbow Rhino

2 reviews
Peter Sis

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1987

Excellent childrens book
This is an excellent childrens book. I purchased it when my son was a toddler and he still enjoys hearing and reading the story. He is now nine years old! I agree with the above reviewer, please do not let this precious story go out of print.

Ship Ahoy!

1 review
Peter Sis

Greenwillow, 1999

Serene Sailing
This little gem of a book brings the reader into that imaginary world where everyday items engage the imagination into entertaining adventure. In Ship Ahoy, a small boy transforms his couch into a series of various sea-worthy vessels, much as the sheet used to turn our childhood tables into caves and houses. Safe in his own living room, with his mother nearby, he travels on these ships until ...

Slaves of the Mastery (The Wind on Fire, Book 2)

2 reviews
William Nicholson, Peter Sis

Hyperion, 2001

Second is the best out of all three
I picked up The Wind Singer when I was in 7th or 8th grade and I remember reading the last two in 3 or 4 days. I am very glad I picked up the Wind Singer when I got it, otherwise I wouldn't have known about this great trilogy. I own all three books but Slaves of the Mastery has remained my favorite for years. Even so that I don't even read the first book anymore, not that I don't like the first ...

Animal Sense

1 review
Diane Ackerman

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003

a wonder to read and share
I just discovered Diane Ackerman's work during an interview about her latest book, 'The Zookeeper's Wife' and wanted to learn more about this amazing poet, writer, animal lover. This book of poetry is wonderfully illustrated and is something one may share with a child or an adult. Just picked up two more copies to give as gifts. The words are beautifully woven together and it's easy to forget the ...

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