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Charming as always
I have been a Fredrick fan since childhood and still read it today when I get stressed, so always looking to have my kids find the same connection with the Lionni works.Got this and 2 of them were bored, but my 4 year old was different.She listened intently and has for months been making diffent associations on how things mix or work together for an end "just like little blue and little yellow".Perhaps she is the most like me, poor thing!It is in the same vein as the others but less obvious, which is not neccessarily a bad thing.Encouraging thought and imagination requires careful writing and too many modern stories spoonfeed the moral.I accept and encourage my 4 yr olds interpretations!

What a great book!
To an adult, this book doesn't seem like anything all that special.It's about colored dots.The story is sweet, though, and easy for young children to appreciate.My multi-age 3-5 year old classroom loved it (I used it with our science unit on colors). It's great for talking about color (blue and yellow make green) and about appreciating differences (race).
My most memorable book
Ask me what my favorite book was when I was growing up and that answer is going to be Little Blue and Little Yellow. Sure, there were other books that I'd read over and over again, or sit in the library with a stack of em on a Friday afternoon after school, but none was like Little Blue and Little Yellow.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Color    4. Concepts - Colors    5. Concepts - General    6. Fiction    7. Friendship    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

Editorial Review

When 8-year-old Kate meets a boy who seems somehow different, she feelsfunny inside. After talking with her mom, though, Kate begins to understand thatTimmy is just like her in many ways. Timmy has special needs; he takes longer tolearn than Kate, and can't walk or run as well. But he also "loves his family,he wants friends, he goes to school, and he dreams about what he wants to bewhen he grows up." Kate and Timmy meet, and the seeds of a friendship areplanted. Read more

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Great book for church library
I am a Lutheran Church librarian in Florida who bought this book for our church library.It stresses that though we may have different traits and characteristics we are all worthy of love, respect and human dignity.It discusses a mentally-challenged little boy and how he can be a good playmate even though he is a little slow.So what?He is still a persdon worthy of dignity and acceptance.This book stresses kindness on a personal level and a live-and-let-live attitude.This is a vital life lesson for our children to learn early on, and is a great conversation starter.This book will help cut down on bullying, marginalization and dehumanization of the mentally and physically challenged among us.After all, who among us doesnot have some sort of shortcoming?Children need to know that perfection is an impossibility and so they should expect people to do the best job they can but not expect perfection in themselves or others.The illustrations appear to be done in pastels and are very attractive.Great Job, Maria!Keep them coming!

What's Wrong With Timmy?
Just as with What's Heaven, this story has Kate as well.I think every parent that has a child with special needs would hope that friendship and acceptance would come as quickly to them as it does to Timmy in What's Wrong With Timmy?
What's wrong with the author?
This book is a real nightmare for children with disabilities. Maria Shriver does attempt to impart the message that nothing is wrong at all- unfortunately, she's already planted the seed in the young minds of her readers with the mere title of the book. She then spends an exhaustive twenty pages trying to be sure she'd convinced them of it.I'd recommend "Russ and the Almost Perfect Day" by Janet Elizabeth Rickert instead. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Mentally handicapped    8. People with mental disabilitie    9. People with mental disabilities    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Issues - New Experience    12. Social Issues - Special Needs    13. Social Situations - Friendship    14. Social Situations - Special Needs    15. Disability & illness    16. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship    17. Picture books   

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Notes From the Midnight Driver
Home alone, 16-year-old Alex Gregory, enraged over his parent's separation and fuming about his dad's involvement with Alex's former 3rd grade teacher, gets drunk and sets off in his mom's car to confront his father and "that woman."He doesn't get far, but he's lucky. The only victims of the resultant accident are a decapitated French lawn gnome and the cop he barfs on when he's arrested.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Come ride along with Alex.Frustrated by his parent's divorce, Alex "borrows" his mother's car to pay a surprise visit to his father, who just happens to be dating Alex's former third-grade teacher.To work up the courage for this visit, Alex has had a bit too much to drink.His midnight drive ends in the neighbor's yard and involves a decapitated lawn gnome and vomit on a police officer's shoes.
Richie's Picks: NOTES FROM THE MIDNIGHT DRIVER
"You would think I'd have been pretty scared by this point, but because I had drunk so much vodka so fast, I was still getting drunker by the second. Even with my hands cuffed behind my back -- and the cuffs were REALLY tight, because the officer hadn't been enjoying me much so far -- I was like a little one-man house party in the back seat of the cruiser. The last thing I remember was getting bored of the dispatch radio, and shouting, 'Change the station! Get me some ROCK!' "
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Nursing homes    8. Self-perception    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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Great story of friendship, art, and puns, too!
This terrific book recounts the rivalry and eventual friendship of Picasso and Matisse, er, ah, excuse me...I meant, Pigasso and Mootisse.The protagonists in this story live across the street from each other and first hurl insults like,"You paint like a wild beast", (that's called "fauvism" for all you art lovers or snobs out there!) while Mootisse retorts, "You are pig-headed".Throughout, the paint and puns fly.
...but what did Geckgaugin think?
Nina Laden, When Pigasso Met Mootisse (Chronicle, 1998)
When Pigasso Met Mootisse is great for kids and adults
My kids love this book, and my wife and I enjoy reading it too.It is very clever and well thought out and the art work is superb. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Farm Animals    2. Artists    3. Bulls    4. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Kindergarten    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Picasso, Pablo,    11. Pigs    12. Short Stories    13. Social Issues - Friendship    14. Social Situations - Friendship    15. Animal stories    16. History of art & art styles    17. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories    18. Life Skills & Personal Awareness, General Studies    19. Matisse, Henri    20. Picasso, Pablo    21. Picture books   

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A sequel to the classic
Lisa's bear Corduroy gets lost in the laundromat.Lisa looks for him but the manager must close up for the night.Then Corduroy goes on his adventures.It's a very good picture book for children 3-6.

More adventures with Lisa's very own bear. . .
In this installment of Corduroy's adventures with Lisa, we see that some time has passed since she first brought him home from the department store.She's taller, wearing her hair a little straighter, and her mom looks like she had a makeover, too.Corduroy, however, is wearing the same green overalls he did in the first book and has managed to keep both buttons on this time.Early on in the book, however, Corduroy decides he needs a pocket, and in the search for one gets separated from Lisa and her mom while they are in the laundromat.They leave without him, setting him up for a meeting with a friendly stranger who washes his overalls for him, as well as encounters with such laundromat staples as powder detergent and pushcarts. Read to Your Child to Create Bonding and Intellect
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills.With better parent-child bonding from reading,you child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better toothers.Intellectual performance will expand as well.Spending timetogether watching television fails as a substitute. Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 1-2    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Pockets    10. Toys    11. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship    13. Picture books   

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Fun to read out loud!
This is a great book if you have small children.They love it because it's fun to read out loud and it isn't so long that you get out of breath. This is a must have that I enjoy reading over and over again and my little ones never get tired of it.

Still a Classic
I loved this book as a child, and now my daughter loves it, too.A really good lesson; we don't always get what we want in life, and sometimes that's for the best.Beautiful illustrations.

Self concensus at work
An email friend used the term "self consensus" to describe the process by which we start with a known person- ourselves- and move in small steps away from that to construct our image of another person we know via email. This book is a good illustration of that idea.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Fishes    2. Animals - Frogs & Toads    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Classics    7. Fiction    8. Fishes    9. Frogs    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Social Issues - Friendship    13. Social Issues - General    14. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Fishes   

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Just Plain Fun!
What a great book for read-aloud, or beginning readers. The toys have personalities, they're funny and touching at the same time, and the book leaves you wishing that you had toys like these. I've already bought this book for my grandkids, and a copy for me, too! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Best friends    3. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Fiction    7. Friendship    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Toys    11. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    12. Zelinsky, Paul O.    13. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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In this endearing story by Newberry Medal-winner Sharon Creech, a wise old Italian granny skillfully imparts life advice (and cooking lessons) to her winning but sometimes obstinate 12-year-old granddaughter.Read more

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Soup? Did someone say soup!!
Just a few chapters of Granny Torrelli Makes Soup By Sharon Creech and you will fall in love with it right then and now. I love it I give it a 10-10, because it's the best book ever. (Grades5-7) and (Ages8-10).
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (and she'll make you laugh, too!)
If you're looking for a quick read that will make you feel good inside, I have the perfect book for you: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech.
Secret Recipe
I would recommend Granny Torrelli Makes Soup to someone who enjoys books that deal with life, friendship and especially soup. I think that the protagonist Rosie is jealous because Bailey who is blind, gets all the attention. I thought that this book was okay because I couldn't understand some of the words. The author of this book is Sharon Creech. Another book I will probably read by this author is, Absolutely Normal Chaos.
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Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Family - Multigenerational    5. Fiction    6. Grandmothers    7. Italian Americans    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Social Issues - Friendship    10. Social Issues - Special Needs    11. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational   

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You should appreciate it,just like your HEART!!!
It's AWSOME!!!!!It's not every day you get to read a book from a 13 year old's point of view(unless you've bought this book).Annie's mother is pregnent,her grandpa is forgetful and fading,her friend Max is always gloomy,and the girl's track team coach is always nagging her to sign up.Her art teacher assinged her to draw an apple 100 times,and there's much,much,more in this astounding1 novel of heartwarming emotions.1=got it from the thesesourous.

Books to start them reading....
Sharon Creech has become a favorite author of my 10-yr old.Starting with "Walk Two Moons", he has become a better reader, finding content inMs. Creech's books that keep him interested.After completing the first book, I made it a point to purchase the rest of her volumes to keep him on the 'reading path'.
The Amazing Heartbeat by:Justin
This book is about a girl named Annie. She likes to run with her best friend Jack. Her mom has a baby. The girl's track team coach keeps on nagging Annie to play track. She is assigned to draw an apple a day for 100 days.
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Subjects:  1. Best friends    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Family - General    6. Family - Multigenerational    7. Fiction    8. Friendship    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Running    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Issues - General    13. Social Situations - Friendship    14. Juvenile Fiction / Family / General   

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What a great book!
My mom got this book for my husband right before our daughter was born... He loves it and it is exactly the way he is! The dad is so patient and understanding, and I cry every time I read it. It's such a sweet book to give a new dad!

sweet story
This good goes in to detail of the many jobs a father has.It tells that he's the one that comforts your when you have a bad dream, brings you in from the cat when you are asleep and lots more.Why does he do these things?Because of the love he had in his heart for his kids!Great father's day read!
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Subjects:  1. Beaches    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Family - Parents    6. Father-daughter relationship    7. Fathers and daughters    8. Fiction    9. Humorous Stories    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents   

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The Boy Who Spoke Dog
Truly disappointing. This book, though well-intentioned, falls short of what I find to be compelling YA writing. There is a sense of illogic in this book and "over-writing" in many of the scenes within.
a very thrilling book
the boy who spoke dog was a very adventurist book. and it is a story of partnership and friend ship i could not stop reading it!!!! i highly recomend that you read this book.

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If you can look past the agenda . . .
I read Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes when I was taking a young adult literature class in college.I'd just finished reading Chinese Handcuffs, also by Crutcher, and even though I'm not interested in sports at all, I really enjoyed it.Feeling in the mood for some more angst, but wary of the emphasis on sports in a lot of his books, I decided swimming would be an interesting sport to read about and picked up Staying Fat.It wasn't bad.In fact, it was very similar to other books of Crutcher's I've read in that it deals with sports and angst.
Two Teen's Couragous Battles Because ofBeing VeryDifferent.
When I began the book, I felt like it was going to be just some teen complaining because life isn't perfect.However, Eric was couragous and well beyond his years because he accepted himself completely.Beyond the teasing and tormenting that his peers gave him was a growing deep confidence in himself.
Can I get an extra star?
I'm an ELA teacher. This is one of my favorite YA novels. After you get comfortable with the main character and hisrelationship with Sarah Byrnes, it's impossible to put this book down. The characters are new/strange and well defined.The issues are a bit heavy as is the language, so I'd keep it at 14 or older.
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Finally, a primer that is right on the mark!(Biscuit finds a friend)
My five year old daughter is just beginning to read and I have to tell you that my husband and I have been through a lot of books that claim they are `primers' but which aren't.
A great first reader
My mother, a teacher, gave us some Bisquit books for our 4 year old son.He loved them so much, he has learned to read them in just a couple weeks.
Biscuit Meets the Little Duck
In this book Biscuit meets a new friend when he finds a small yellow duckling near the house.Friendly puppy that he is, Biscuit soon makes friends but a duckling should be with its parents.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Dogs    6. Ducks    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Easy Readers    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Situations - Friendship    13. Character books    14. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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A Very Good Book
This is an excellent book, with a solid, fairly executed mystery at its core, set against the backdrop of an equally intriguing historical mystery (is Shakespeare really the author of Shakespeare's plays?). A winner in every regard.

Forsooth!
Shakespeare's Secret is a brisk middle-grade mystery with a simple premise: a sixth-grade girl learns that the house her family has just moved into may be hiding a million-dollar diamond. That idea alone is worthy of a good kid lit mystery, but the diamond didn't belong to just anybody - it was a de Vere family heirloom - as in Edward de Vere, the man some scholars believe may be the real author behind the works commonly attributed to William Shakespeare.
A Mystery to Get Kids Thinking
This book is about a girl named Hero (named after a character in Much Ado About Nothing), who moves to a small town near Washington, DC. There, Hero becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a missing diamond and a potential link between Anne Boleyn and Edward De Vere (thought by many to be the true, secret author of Shakespeare's plays). I enjoyed the historical detail of this book, and also the strong friendship that develops between Hero and the older woman who lives next door, Mrs. Roth.
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Subjects:  1. 1564-1616    2. Authorship    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Family - General    6. Fiction    7. Great Britain    8. Henry VIII, 1509-1547    9. History    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Juvenile Mysteries    12. Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories    13. Mystery and detective stories    14. Neighbors    15. Shakespeare, William,    16. Social Issues - Adolescence    17. Social Issues - Friendship   

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A Spectacular Story!
I really enjoyed this story!!Hart Evans is a very popular sixth grade student at Palmer Intermediate. One afternoon he found himself landed in the principal's office after deciding to launch rubber bands at Mr. Meinert, the chorus director.After some convincing, the principal decided on a light punishment for Hart.This angered Mr. Meinert and therefore led to his decision to turn the Holiday concert planning over to his students.After all, Mr. Meinert had nothing to lose; his position would be terminated after the holiday break due to budget cuts.
The Last Holiday Concert
I would recommend this book to boys or girls around the age of 10. This book is very good. I enjoyed reading it. I like the way Andrew Clements writes, and I know all of my friends do too. It may be a little confusing to people younger then 10, but it is a great book and I encourage people to read it.

You'll like this story!
Mr. Meinert's job was about to end.He was the sixth grade chorus director. Hart Evans, a student, shot a rubber band at Mr. Meinert but he didn't mean to. All he was trying to do is get attention by shooting a rubber band to the ceiling. Hart thought chorus was boring. Mr. Meinert got fed up with bad behavior. He put the kids in charge of the upcoming concert.The concert was going to be a holiday concert. They had an election to see who would be in charge of the concert.The students could pick anybody in the room.Hart Evans was chosen.It was a rough start.There was a big variety of performance ideas to choose from. They had to vote again for what they were going to do for the concert.They finally picked. They did some pretty interesting performances!
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Subjects:  1. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Concerts    5. Family - Parents    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Music    9. School & Education    10. Schools    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Juvenile Fiction / School & Education   

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everyones wrong
All the reviews I've read are nothing like the book the book is much more different than the movie. It turns out that there are 5 grls instead of 4 and its really different like a totally different book except wit the same names. It is really good though.

worth every penny
i bought this for my 11 year old. she loves this book. kiki started reading it on saturday afternoon and was half way finshised by sunday night. she even took it in the bathroom. thahk god we have two. she is on her second or third time reading it and has recomended it to all her friends. she won't loan it to them yet. i will be purchasing the rest ofthe series. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Fiction    5. Friendship    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Movie Tie - In    8. Performing Arts - Music    9. Singers    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Issues - General    12. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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Losers Inc. Review
My name is Max Mordini. About 3-4 weeks ago I stumbled onto a book that I bought a year or two ago called Losers Inc. The book looked interesting and I decided to read it. After I read the first fifteen pages I was already hooked and I wanted to see what would happen throughout the rest of the book. I will now give you a summary of the book.
Losers R us
Losers R us Losers INC.
The book I read was Losers INC. It was about this kid who is oin these losers group, it takes place around when they were middle school people. Ethan, the main character, was the vice president. He finds this girl and has a choice of trying to impress this girl and not be a loser, or stay with the losers and not go for the girl. This book is Fiction but in life it could actually happen.Read more

Subjects:  1. Brothers    2. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Family - Siblings    6. Fiction    7. Friendship    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. School & Education    11. Schools    12. Self-perception    13. Social Issues - Adolescence    14. Social Issues - Friendship    15. Juvenile Fiction / School & Education   

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