Reviews (66)

I Really Like The Theory Represented In This Book, BUT..........
No pun intended, BUT I have a problem with the word fart.
A Great Addition...
I bought this book for my daughter & we really enjoyed reading it.It was so funny that I had to share it with my sister & her baby boy.Clearly, she loved the book just as much as we did because she never returned it!So, now I have to buy it again, because it is a great addition for any child's library.

Hilarious!
This book is the funniest book ever!It also happens to be a great way of explaining the very human function of gas in a nice, simple way (which makes it great for kids).I have to admit, I buy it for my adult friends (who happen to have kids) and they get a huge kick out of it.Everyone Poops is a good one too, but this one is a classic. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - General    4. Digestion    5. Flatulence    6. Health & Daily Living - General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Humour   

Reviews (8)

Don't Rant and Rave
I'm a therapist in private practice.I send this book home with elementary school age children and they love it so much that they don't want to bring it back! They are relieved to know that they are not the only ones who get angry.The bookgives them great tips on how to calmdown. Moser knows children and has a sense of humor.Enjoyable pictures.

Good One...
I'm a school counselor and use this one with my middle elementary aged kids (3-4 grade).They enjoy it and it's easier for them to understand.I really recommend this one.

Don't get mad, get busy
This 61-page picture book contains simple language easily read by first and second graders (on a par with Dr. Suess), but its sophistication about children's anger will keep them coming back until they are approaching middle school. Read more

Subjects:  1. Anger    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. General    5. Juvenile literature    6. Temper tantrums   

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Very Helpful Book
This book is very helpful because when someone helps me in Algebra 2, they can read me the problem out of book then I can work it out and they can tell me whether my answer is right or not or else it would take a much longer period of time because they would have to work out the problem and then tell me the answer and it may be wrong. This is the perfect book for kids who want to learn Algebra 2.

Wow!
This book is the one book people who want to learn Algebra 2 need. It completely enhanced my knowledge on the subject, and took me to a higher level. It will truly make your mind capacious! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra    2. Algebra - General    3. Algebra - Intermediate    4. Children's All Ages - Mathematics    5. Children's Books/All Ages    6. Mathematics    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Basic Physics: A Self-Teaching Guide
I found this book very helpful in preparing for my teacher certification test to teach high school science.It helped me recall many physical concepts that I had studied in college years ago.The book is written in language that is easy to understand.The fill-in-the-blank format helps to reinforce ideas.This is an excellent book.

Could have been much better
My main problem with this book is that the answers are stated directly below the exercises, forcing you to either try to cover up the answers with a bookmark or sheet of paper, or consciously try to not look at the answers, which is distracting. This format makes the book feel more like a trivia quiz than a book about a serious academic subject. Though the book throws some rudimentary equations at the reader, it doesn't explain them clearly enough. Overall, I felt the whole idea of the book was to rush the reader through the subject matter rather than giving the reader a meaningful knowledge of the fundamentals of physics. This book initially appealed to me because it was cheap, but trust me, you're better off paying the premium for a real textbook.

I liked it, it is what the title says, although a bit skinny
I liked the book. It's very simple, quite organised. I belive it has about 23 chapters. Starts with velocity, speed, gravity, weight, then goes to more advanced areas for example waves, particles, etc. Sometimes it gives the background of a discovery. Newton liked to make people sad, I think I remember. It has the regular Einstein is the greatest mind of all times. I think it tries to explain the E=MC2 that everybody knows and few understand it.
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Subjects:  1. Physics    2. Physics (General)    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Study & Teaching    6. Study Guides    7. Science / Physics   

Subjects:  1. Children: Grades 4-6    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Science & Nature - General   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Mathematics - Algebra   

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This book rocks (asteroids)!
This book is a blast (no pun intended)! Mrs. Frizzle and her class travel to every planet in the solar system.The bus breaks down in the asteroid belt and the students have to find Mrs. Frizzle on a very cold planet.You'll love all the colorful pictures and Arnold's crazy cousin!Blast-off to this book and learn a lot about space in a fun way!

Lost in the Solar System
I like this book because it makes me wonder about the solar system and everything happening in it. I love imagining what things are like in other places and this book makes me think but it also taught me stuff about the solar system too. This book makes me want to visit the solar system myself.
TheMagic SchoolBus
This book is about a class who goes to the musuem but it is closed.So they see it up close.Janet was bragging about everything.After the trip they had learned a lot Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Astronomy    4. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 2-3    7. Juvenile Astronomy    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Planets    11. School & Education    12. Science & Nature - Astronomy    13. Science & Technology - Astronomy/Space    14. Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology   

Reviews (4)

A lovely book
This story is an fresh perspective on a simple subject. The author sees scarecrows as neither scary nor effective in repelling crows. On the contrary, her scarecrow is a gentle and companionable creature who welcomes crows with, well, open arms. It is a lovely antidote if your little one has been frightened by an unfortunate Halloween experience. And the illustrations! Lovely, lovely. Rich fall colors, muted tones, dreamy softened edges. Buy this book if you are considering making over the paint scheme in your home. Copy the illustrator's color palette shamelessly.

scarecrow
Title: Scarecrow A beautifully illustrated book!
Although I usually love Ms. Ryland's work (this is the 5th book by the author I have) and the illustrations are warm, colorful, and inspiring, Ifelt the story to be not very easy for children to understand and not asparticularly uplifting as some of her other works.I was a littledisappointed but will continue to read it to my children as they age andsee if they catch on. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life    6. Nature & the Natural World - General    7. Scarecrows    8. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World    9. Picture books   

Reviews (12)

Love it!
If your child likes Lowly and the Busytown gang, they'll love this book.The cars in this book are very creative and cute.

great design, fully worth the $3.99
great design!small yet easy to read.our toddler loves the pickle car, yogurt car, and zipper car depicted. a mix of real and fantasy vehicles.

Girls like trucks too
So far every review I've read has been about people's sons and their fascination with trucks.My little girl likes trucks too. And she love this book.Like one of the other reviewers, this is also our second copy, one for at daycare and one for in the "truck" so she can read everywhere we go. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - Alphabet    4. Transportation - General    5. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Alphabet    6. Road & motor vehicles   

Reviews (4)

easily understand the engineering of structures
i love this book! it truly explains why buildings behave the way they do and why they are built the way they are. it takes complicated engineeriing and makes it simple, very simple. every principle has an easy to follow sketch and example. this book is a must for architects, engineers, builders or anyone who wants to go behind the scenes and understand the 'why' of buildings. many of the principles and examples only apply to large scale commercial projects like high rises and bridges, so it may not be pertinent for the home builder, but i'd still recommend it. i love to understand why i build houses a certain way. this book explains basic building principles.

Inspiring
A dear friend gave me this book for my ninth birthday back in 1990. Today, I am a structural engineering associate with a major forensic engineering firm, and I know that much of my fascination with the field began with Salvadori's riveting explanations of the basic principles of structural design. This book is incredible for any kid with any scientific inclination!

If it had been around...
I've been rereading this lately.This morning I showed everybody in the restaurant where I was eating the book saying, "if this had been around when I was in middle school or junior high, I expect that I would bean architect or structural engineer now. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Building materials    2. Children's 9-12 - Art & Art Instruction    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Handicraft    7. Juvenile Applied Sciences    8. Juvenile literature    9. Models and modelmaking    10. Structural analysis (Engineeri    11. Structural analysis (Engineering)    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Architecture    13. Technology & Applied Sciences   

Reviews (14)

Great Way Of Sneaking In Math!
My daughter has always had a problem learning Math but reading this book (along with the others in this series) has helped her immensely! The books themselves are a bit young for her but the concepts in them (Pi, Geometry, etc) are explained in a way I think she needed.
Sir Cumference andthe First Round Table
This little book appeared to be very clever and well illustrated, however the quality, colors and illustrations were not what I had expected.

This is a great book!!!
I love this book because it has such a great way of explaining about circumfrences, diameters, and radiuses. It's so easy to unterstand that I learned in Kindergarten or 1st grade what I would have learned in 4th. Definitly worth it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Geometry    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mathematics - Geometry    8. Science & Technology - Mathematics    9. Shape    10. Fiction    11. Numbers & counting   

Reviews (3)

A Great Book
I used this book for my introduction to Biology class my freshman year of college.Cecie Starr has a good way to explaining to me certain concepts by using current research that is easy to understand, and connects to the chapter.She uses examples and images illustrating the concept that I thought were helpful, and I was surprised by how up-to-date the book really was (the most recent thing I've seen is the SARS virus), and was even more fascinated for it.Also, Starr makes a point in redefining terms, or telling in what section the term is defined, so that the reading is more understandable.
Good book, helpful for college bio
This was my text in my undergraduate biology classes.It is filled with a lot of information and can be intense at times.However, I must say is very complete.Topics such as ecology, evolution, animal structure and function were particularly interesting.I also used more than one source to study from.Patrick Leonardi's "The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations (Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3) were right on the mark for great test preparation questions.They were just awesome and so helpful for helping me really get a hold on what is important to study for in biology.Cecie Starr's Biology: Concepts and Applications helped me to first learn biology. Patrick Leonardi's study guides showed me what kind of questions to get ready for on my bio I and II exams.These books helped me to pass biology with very good grades.I thank both these authors for writing these books.

too wordy, too advance for an intro book
cecie starr, gets mixed up in her own poorly written (and many times, poorly organized) textbook and produces numerous grammatical errors that make her sentences have two meanings, or mean something else that's completely wrong. the textbook uses too many pronouns, like "it" "them" "they" and you end up wasting time finding out what "that" was 2 to three sentences ago. one ends up spending too much time figuring out what she tried to mean, and the logic of her grammar, rather than learning the new material.so you end up reading a chapter over and over again without much help. her pages are jam packed with new and therefore hard concepts to grasp, without much explanation. starr needs an editor big time, especially when it comes to simplifying her complicated and poor writing of the already not so simple concepts of biology to new students. i do not recommend this book (or most of cecie starr's textbooks) to novices, this book is an easy read for bio experts. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biology    2. Life Sciences - Biology - General    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Biology, Life Sciences    6. Science / Biology   

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Wonderful story
This book is simply a delight! I bought it for my granddaughter who is 9 months. She loves for me to read it to her. We just love it!!

The story behind the story is more interesting
This book is simply not that great. The rubber ducky sound at the end is cute but nothing to applaud. The art is borderline awful and, while the story behind the story is cute, it just did not come out great as a children's book. I must confess, I am not an Eric Carle fan though, with the exception of The Very Busy Spider, which I enjoyed. To put it simply, don't bother. The two redeeming qualities of this book are 1) it teaches counting well (the first rubber duck, the second rubber duck) and it exposes the kids to animals you do not see every day (octupus, flamingo, pelican).

Excellent Book for Emergent Readers
As an Early Childhood professional I am always looking for goods books rich in language, story and pictures.This book is one of Eric Carle's best books.I am a teacher/owner of Oceanside Pre-Kindergarten a unique Literacy based program to help children prepare for Kindergarten in today's intense learning environment in formal education.
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Subjects:  1. Carle, Eric    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Ducks    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Nature & the Natural World - General    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Sound effects books    12. Specimens    13. Toys    14. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    15. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General   

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The Alternative Route to Men's Souls
Although the objective of reaching through to men's souls without the deception of artificial courtship to produce mere sexual access is admirable, there is a danger that women will be led to imagine that sexual independence of women may be acceptable to men.
Excellent Resource
Twenty-two year old recent college graduate Amber Madison has penned a non-fiction book about sex & sexuality that puts it on the line for young girls (and their parents). Nothing is off limits in Hooking Up-A Girls All-Out Guide to Sex and Sexuality (Prometheus Books). Amber starts with the basics (like describing the various sexual organs), and gets down to the details that some people may be apprehensive to ask about in conversation. From vaginal discharges, yeast infections, sexually transmitted diseases to pregnancy it's all here.
Great resource for teens -- and their parents!
With the media bombardment of sex in our culture, reality and media imagery are often world's apart. This book is a chatty, enlightening window into the lexicon and concerns surrounding young people's sexuality today.Its also a great conversation starter with any teen.:-) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Girls    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Love / Sex / Marriage    5. Sex instruction for girls    6. Sex instruction for teenagers    7. Sexual behavior    8. Sexuality    9. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    10. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    11. United States    12. Sex education & the facts of life   

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Awesome!
This is an awesome biology book! I'm in 7th grade and I really enjoyed learning from this textbook in my science class. It is packed with information and easy to understand, but at the same time also goes in depth. I found it very interesting. There are so many different and exciting topics in it!

Good text
This easy to read text was a good book for helping me learn biology for my college classes.I really liked topics on animal structure and function and ecology.I also found Patrick Leonardi's "The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations" vol 1, vol 2, and vol 3 to have excellent test preparation questions that guided me on the importants points to study (and very helpful for my exams!). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Science & Nature - Biology   

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Finally!An appropriate book for a 'tween
After going through several books with this topic, I found one that discusses the issues important to a pre-teen without being graphic, immoral and too informative.
Mom thinks its great
I bought book for my mother who wanted it for my brother who
Great Book!
I purchased this book for my twin 10-year-old son's (who will be starting 5th grade in August) to read. They had started to ask me questions about different things they had heard at school from their friends, etc., and I decided to look for books they could read that would give them some correct, age appropriate information.
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Subjects:  1. Boys & Men    2. Children's 9-12 - Diet    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    5. Health & Daily Living - Maturing    6. Health - Maturing    7. Health Sciences (Young Adult)    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Physiology    11. Puberty    12. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    13. Teenage boys    14. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Maturing   

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A welcome and important addition
Uno decides to live in the forest surrounded by lush plants and unique animals. But first a village, then a town, and finally a city supplant his garden, make the animals disappear, and crowd out the plants with buildings. Uno and the city residents finally realize the damage people can do to a natural environment simply by living in it -- and how important it is to the environment that people live in harmony with the plants and animals around them. Imaginatively written and superbly illustrated by Graeme Base, "Uno's Garden" presents to young readers the critically important story of what damage we can do to the land we live on, the animals we live with, and how nature can repair that damage if we help it and allow it through community-based approaches to conservation and environmental restoration. "Uno's Garden" is a welcome and important addition to family, school, and community library picturebook collections and Environmental Studies reference shelves for young readers.

GRAEME BASE FOR KIDS ONLY...BAH
Graeme Base never ceases to amaze me. He's so darned versatile. I don't have children, but I love his illustrations. "Uno's Garden" has a different look about it in a lot of places, but boy does the message pack a punch? This is a sweet and poignant story that deserves to be read by adults as well as children. You'll laugh at the Lumpybums (I laugh at my own lumpy bum) and be saddened by the loss of the snortlepig. Do not give up hope as Mr. Base assures us...somehow he will be back. A wonderful, wonderful story. Thank you once again Graeme!

Love it!
My 3 and hald year old loves this book! The ilustrations are wonderful. He adores all the weird-cool names for the different creatures. He loves looking for the Snortlepig. At this point some of the arthmetic is a bit above his head, but we use the book to reinforce his counting skills. As he grows older we can start getting into the progressions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Cities and towns    5. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nature    9. Nature & the Natural World - General    10. Pollution    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Juvenile Fiction / General    13. Juvenile; ecology   

Editorial Review

Officer Buckle is a roly-poly bloke, dedicated to teaching schoolchildren important safety tips, such as never put anything in your ear and never stand on a swivel chair. The problem is, Officer Buckle's school assemblies are dull, dull, dull, and the children of Napville just sleep, sleep, sleep. That is, until Gloria the police dog is invited along! Stealthily pantomiming each safety tip behind Officer Buckle's back, Gloria wins the children's hearts. Meanwhile Officer Buckle assumes the cheers and laughter are all for him. As the master comedian Jerry Lewis once explained, every slapstick artist needs a straight man! Children will be highly entertained by the laugh-out-loud, adorable illustrations in this 1996 Caldecott Medal winner, while learning the value of teamwork and a pawful of nifty safety tips. (Ages 4 to 8) Read more

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Officer buckle & gloria (Caldecott Medal Book)
This is an excellent book for k-2 classes.Our school has joined our Police Department in (adopt a police dog). This means that we help raise money for the police department to help provide care and the tools that our police dog might need. This book helped our students understand the relationship between the policeman and his dog. The children understood that policeman are there to help us in many ways and giving safety tips is one of the ways they can help us.I like the fact that this book is also mentioned in The Mailbox magazine and you can go on-line to the Mailbox site and get worksheets for the students to do in relation to the story.It is worth buying.
Always Entertaining
We've had this book a few years now, and my son, now 6, never tires of it. It's one of his favorites, and I really like it too. As other reviewers have mentioned, the pictures are great, and there's so much detail in them that they're fun to look at again and again.

Great book!!
My daughter originally borrowed this book from her school library and I loved it so much that I needed to order one for the house.I also ordered one for my friend's son's birthday.He will be 5 soon.Nice story about friendship and safety! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Classics    6. Dogs    7. Fiction    8. Health & Daily Living - Safety    9. Health & Medicine - Safety    10. Humorous Stories    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Police    13. Police dogs    14. Safety    15. School & Education    16. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs   

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Unacceptable
This geometry book has thought provoking problems, but that is all that is good about this book. There are many typos and awkward wordings to be found, and even incorrect answers in the teachers edition (my teacher has been correcting answers in his book all year)! This book is also useless without the only conjectures and vocabulary, something that should have been included in an appendix somewhere in this book! If you want to learn geometry, this is not the book to use.

Fantastic
I've used an older edition of this book in a high school geometry class.While the hands-on approach may be difficult to those who would rather have the concepts told to them, it allowed me to grasp the subject firmly.By allowing students to figure out different concepts, this book truly facilitates learning.

this book is made for really smart ppl...
this book makes you think a lot... you have to figure out like EVERYTHING yourself... there isn't even a glossary... its hard to know if you got the answers right cuz there is no answer key... this book is made for really smart ppl... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Geometry - General    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Mathematics    5. Mathematics - Geometry    6. Geometry    7. Mathematics / Geometry / General    8. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Baby can't get enough
My 10 month old son loves these books so much.If he sees them he lights up and crawls over very quickly.He especially loves where is Baby's Mommy.He flips the flaps on the pages and giggles at times and he never gets sick of it.It can even bring him out of a bad mood, even if only when reading the books.He thinks he is a big boy because he flips pages and flaps and he thinks he makes things happen that way.Two big thumbs up.

Gender and race
While I do like the story of these books, and my 1 year old daughter seems to enjoy the lifting the flaps task, the gender roles are pretty iron clad in these books (Mommy is dowdy and PTA-ish, Grandma bakes cookies and has low set wire rimmed glasses, Daddy is building a dog house). Also, very few nonwhite characters, excepting the belly button book.Also, my daughter was able to rip off the flaps of several pages.Just OK, I think.

Baby's favorite books!
My 18 month old daughter loves these books!She loves naming the body parts and then showing us hers!She also loves looking for baby's mommy.I'll ask, "Is mommy in the closet?" and she will shout, "No, no, no!"It's so cute!I would give the books 5 stars, but sometimes they rip.As soon as we opened Toes, Ears, Nose she ripped one of the flaps.So, you need to supervise little ones with these books, but they are a big hit! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Baby - Lift the Flap    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Family - Parents    5. Games & Activities - General    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    8. Science & Technology - Anatomy & Physiology    9. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents