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12 reviews
Hannah Tinti

Delta, 2005

a pitch-perfect debut
Reviewed by Felicia C. Sullivan, Small Spiral Notebook Animals take center stage in the bewitching debut story collection, Animal Crackers. In these perfectly pitched eleven stories, Hannah Tinti navigates strange relationships, absurd and quirky human behavior, personal desires and obsession. In ?Reasonable Terms?, a team of African giraffes in proper union fashion draft a list of demands ...

Cracker: Cracker Culture in Florida History

3 reviews
DANA M. STE. CLAIRE

University Press of Florida, 2006

(Re)defining "cracker" identity
This is an interesting study of cracker culture in Florida. In many parts of the South, and among many Floridians, the name "cracker" carries with it a lot of negative connotations. Within the past 30 years, however, a certain "Florida Cracker Chic" has emerged, and in many communities being cracker is now seen in a much more positive light. Dana Ste.Clair provides a good historical sketch of ...

Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Vernacular Architecture

4 reviews
Ronald W. Haase

Pineapple Press (FL), 1992

Excellent summary of one of Florida vernaculars
Brief, but very informative, well documented and organized summary of a neglected (and marginal) theme in architectural history.

Animal Crackers: A Delectable Collection of Pictures, Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young

7 reviews
Jane Dyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 1996

A Superb Collection of Nursery Rhymes
Intricate details and warm tones fill the illustrations throughout this superb collection of sixty-two nursery rhymes. Dyer has incorporated a wide variety of traditional nursery rhymes such as Little Jack Horner, Humpty Dumpty, and Peter Piper along with some not so traditional, such as Grandpa Bear's Lullaby, Animal Crackers, and All Asleep. She has divided this medley of rhymes into seven ...

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood (World As Home, The)

37 reviews
Janisse Ray

Milkweed Editions, 2000

Thoughts from a Transplanted Cracker
All of Janisse's work, but most especially Cracker Childhood, is so very much a snapshot of South Georgia. She grabs you, her reader, by the hand and transports you to her South -- a South where Gone with the Wind is just another goofy movie starring a British actress, a South where Faulkner defied and defined a culture, a South where loggers are systematically erasing the long-leaf pines that ...

Cracker Jackson (Puffin Story Books)

25 reviews
Betsy Byars

Puffin, 1986

WOW!!!
I read this as a class and at the end we all said "wow!"It is a great book about jackson, who is trying to help his ex-babysitter. It also has a lot of humor and auther's craft. It is a touching story with some funny moments too. I really like this book.

Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker (Horrid Henry)
Francesca Simon

Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2006

A Christmas present from Horrid Henry. Four brand new Christmas stories.

Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South

21 reviews
Grady McWhiney

University Alabama Press, 1989

Cracker Culture - A Must Read Southern History Book!
Although I highly recommend this book to anyone intested in understanding the culture of the American South, it is especially indispensable to Southerners seeking to understand why their ancestors did the things they did. Cracker Culture is the culmination of many years of research into what has become known as "The Celtic Thesis" (which says that Northerners and Southerners had different ...

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam

18 reviews
Cynthia Kadohata

Aladdin, 2008

Great Book!
I got this book for my 11 year old after he requested it at a book fair where they wanted 5.40 more for it and was thrilled to find it less here. Although, when I got it I figured it was a kids book, I found that after picking it up out of curiousity I enjoyed it too. The switching between the soldier and the dog thoughts are very smooth and the portrayal of a soldier and his relationship with ...

Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace

4 reviews
David Chanoff, Ejovi Nuwere

Harper Paperbacks, 2003

The modern day mentor
Hacker Cracker is a technological thriller for all us geeks, hackers, and security students/professionals in the world. Ejovi details his rise from a dangerous neighborhood where drugs, murder, and gangs ran rampent tothe discovery of a whole new world where it didn`t matter what color you were, only how smart you were. At times I felt as though I was reading parts of my past, the beauty of the ...

Cracker Jack Collectibles: With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

1 review
Ravi Pina

Schiffer Publishing, 1995

Disappointing Price Guide
I recently acquired a small Cracker Jack prize collection from the 50's-60's. I ordered this book for two purposes: that it would enable me to identify those pieces that were not specifically stamped Cracker Jack or NOSCO (the toy manufacturer) and that it contained a price guide. The book is sadly lacking. Many of the photographs are redundant ... full page photographic layouts of the same ...

Cranium Crackers, Book 1: Critical Thinking Activities for Mathematics

1 review
Anita Harnadek

Critical Thinking Books & Software, 1997

Challenging
Great book My son's school does not provide much in the way of a challenge for his academic level at his grade level. This is a great book to keep his mind working. He loves figuring out the puzzles

Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter

1 review
Jan Day

Pelican Publishing Company, 2005

Teaching Children a Sense of Place
The children's book KISSIMMEE PETE is a signifiant and beautiful contribution to teaching Florida children a sense of place, and a sense of the uniqueness of the state that is their home. KISSIMMEE PETE is a wonderfully simple child's story told in the finest tradition of old-time storytellers; the illustrations accompanying the story are beautifully imaginative and perfect for the story told. ...

Henry And Mudge And The Sneaky Crackers

3 reviews
Cynthia Rylant

Aladdin, 1999

Adorable and fun!
Henry buys a spy kit. He and his dog, Mudge, canvas the neighborhood to "flirt with danger" and "steal secrets". One day Henry finds a secret code and is determined to crack it. Funny, adorable, irresistable Mudge is a favorite at house! He can even get my reluctant reader eager to see what happens next. Easy reading level with short chapters gives the hesitant reader a real sense of ...

The Illustrated Christmas Cracker

1 review
John Julius Norwich, Quentin Blake

Transworld Publishers, 2002

A CLASSIC !!
An excellent collection of Lord Norwichs wit! If you like some intelligent writing, then go no farther! By the by, his History of Venice and of Byzantium are also worthy of possible purchase.

Graham Crackers, Galoshes, and God: Everywoman's Book of Cope and Hope

2 reviews
Bernadette McCarver Snyder

Liguori Publications, 1995

Lighthearted!
Someone gave this book to me, and I am certainly glad that they did. Ms. Snyder does a great job at giving the reader a good laugh over everyday situations that women face. She does this in an uplifting way and ends each tale with a simple prayer for 'help' to our Creator......very nice. I enjoyed this book, it was a quick read with a great uplifting flow to it!

Ninety-Mile Prairie: A Cracker Western

1 review
Lee Gramling

Pineapple Press (FL), 2002

Florida Atmosphere
Adventure against the lush Florida wilderness. I grew up here and have lived eleswhere, and wild Florida is very wild indeed. Lea Grambling has a sure command of his art, accurate and efficient in his discription of an environment that many who even live in Florida cannot imagine, brisk and commanding in his plot, and hard edged in his action scenes. I was inspired to run out and explore the ...

The Cracker Factory

3 reviews
Joyce Rebeta- Burditt

Bantam Books, 1986

Tremendously Funny, Touching, and Incredibly Readable
Published in 1977, Joyce Burditt-Rebeta's THE CRACKER FACTORY was one of the great bestsellers of the decade, going through at least 14 printings by 1980. There's a reason for that: it is one of the most compulsively readable novels I have encountered, a novel that I picked up one Saturday afternoon and read all the way to the end in a single sitting. The novel concerns Cassie Barrett, a ...

Tellable Cracker Tales

1 review
Annette J. Bruce

Pineapple Press (FL), 1996

Pleasant collection
Mrs. Bruce has long been a fixture on the Florida storytelling scene. She began the state storytelling group in 1980. These are a nice collection of stories she has gathered through the years. The style is somewhat pedestrian, but anyone wanting to add Florida lore will find this book useful.

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