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How do you talk to your children about your divorce?How can you best handle their responses?Here's a children's book and parenting tool rolled into one. Read more

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Just what I wanted.
I am a preschool teacher looking for comforting stories for 3-6 yr. olds. This book was what I was looking for.

NICE BOOK
I bought this book for my 4 year old after my husband and I seperated and he seemed more confused after I read it to him than he was before. I think it's a very well written book but in my opinion for chidren say above 6 years old. For under 6 years I would recommend "Two Homes".

Helpful tool
What a helpful tool for the very young.It's hard enough to know what to say to other adults, let alone to children.This is a very helpful resource. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children of divorced parents    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Divorce    5. Family - Marriage & Divorce    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    11. Family & Relationships / Divorce   

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Money, Comics, and Kids
Do you like money? Do you wonder how other people make money? Then I have the perfect book for you. It's called Lunch Money. It's by Andrew Clements. This book is about a money-holic sixth grader named Greg Kenton who LOVES money. He still wants more money, though. So he decides to make little handmade comics called Chunky Comics. But one day Maura Shaw, his enemy, copies his idea! Greg and Maura get into a lot of yelling fights. WATCH OUT! It gets physical! I'm sure you'll love this book because it will make you laugh out loud! So hurry and go to a bookstore or Library and get Lunch Money!

You HAVE to read this!
Out of all the books I have read, this one was defidently a winner! It's a wonderful book about a boy (Greg ),Who loves money! And he's determind to sell his little comic books at school!But when he starts selling them he comes upon many problem! This is defidently a MUST read!

A Book About Money
I read an interesting book named Lunch Money written by Andrew Clemets and illustrated by Brian Selznick. There are four main chichters. First is Greg Kenton he loves money and will do anything for it. Next is Maraw Shaw she likes to copy Gregs ideas for money.The tow last are Mr.Zenoupoulas or known as Mr.Z. Last over all is Mrs.Davenport or known as Mrs.D. There both teachers but Mrs.D is the principal of Gregs school. The biggest and best mesage of the story is not to be greedy or a hog.
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Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Business, Careers, Occupations    3. Cartoons and comics    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Interpersonal relations    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Moneymaking projects    12. School & Education    13. Social Issues - Friendship    14. Juvenile Fiction / School & Education   

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My Children Love this book!!!!
My Children are 15 months old and we read this one almost every night.It's a sweet rhyming story with a happy ending!!!

Charming book!
I love this book and so does my 3 year old boy.The story is adventurous and has a nice, subtle ecological lesson.It also has a lesson about how you can be little but still accomplish great things.The pictures are gorgeous.The whole story rhymes and has such a nice rhythm.

A wonderful book
Mum's opinion: The Snail and the Whale is a delight to read with the rhyming text and adventurous journey around the world. To pick two creatures so totally different in every respect is pure genius and works like a dream. Not sure who got the most pleasure from this--me reading it or the little one listening.
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - InsectsSpidersetc.    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Snails    7. Social Issues - Friendship    8. Stories in rhyme    9. Whales    10. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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A great book for kids
I recently bought this book for my 7-year-old, and was really impressed by both the story and the beautiful illustrations.I felt it was a good story for my daughter to read as it told how the young girl, her mother and grandmother survived a fire that destroyed their home and built a life for themselves afterward.The reward to being able to buy a comfortable chair after all their hard work and savings drives home the point of how much we have and how little we may sometimes appreciate it.

Making the Best of a Bad Situation
Told in the words of a little girl, this story tells of a family making the best of a bad situation.After a fire totally destroyed everything in their house, the family moves to an apartment.The neighborhood brings many things to fill their new home, but they have no couch and no chair.Grandma is old and can't get comfy in the hard kitchen chairs.Plus momma needs somewhere soft to sit after a hard days work.Find out how they get the money to buy the most wonderful chair of all.

One of the Best!
We have read this book numerous times and always consider it among our top ten books ever read - even though all of my children are now teenagers! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Chairs    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Classics    7. Family - Multigenerational    8. Family - Parents    9. Family life    10. Fiction    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. People & Places - United States - African-American    13. Preschool Picture Story Books    14. Saving and investment    15. Saving and thrift    16. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    17. Social Issues - Values    18. Social Situations - Emotions & Feelings    19. Juvenile Fiction / Family / General   

Editorial Review

Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople? Read more

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A bewitching story
This is one of my favorite books. I first read this book while in middle school and have re-read it so many times that I can recite some of the passages! The story of the girl who leaves her island home and must adjust to the harsh New England environment struck a chord with me, as I was a military kid and always moving from place to place. This story is about a girl who finds herself in a new environment that goes against everything she has ever learned or experienced, and she must learn who she is in order to survive this new land. It's also a romance story, and an intriguing story that shows what can happen when people become so closed-minded about what is "right" and "proper" that they refuse to look past a person's supposed subversive actions in order to really see or understand that person.Highly recommended reading.

Good historical fiction...
I wanted to give this book 3 1/2 stars, but I don't think you can... Oh Well!!!
the witch of blackbird pond-elizabeth george spheare- by andra prior
I read the witch of blackbird pond.I didnt like or dislike this book.It had fantastic chapters an awful chapters. The most awfu scenes in this book are where everyone gets judgemental. The overall message in this book wasshard to figure out but i thought it was: never let someone judge you for who you appear to be.I would recomend this book to people who like adventurous historical fiction books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Classics    5. Historical - United States - Colonial    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    8. Social Issues - Friendship    9. Fiction    10. Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods    11. Puritans    12. Witchcraft   

Editorial Review

Nikolai is a boy who believes that if he can find the answers to histhree questions, he will always know how to be a good person. His friends--aheron, a monkey, and a dog--try to help, but to no avail, so he asks Leo, thewise old turtle. "When is the best time to do things? Who is the most importantone? What is the right thing to do?" Leo doesn't answer directly, but by the endof Nikolai's visit, the boy has discovered the answers himself.Read more

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Beautiful paintings and a lovely story
This sets up the provocative three questions which point at the very reason for us existing so very temporarily on this planet.
Life Changing and Inspiring
Beautiful watercolors. Beautiful story. As the NYT Book Review said, "Quietly life-changing." My five-year-old daughter received it for her birthday and she finds it a likeable and intriguing story. I hope she hears the wisdom in the answers to the three questions.

Three questions, Mama!
Lovely drawings and gently paced words draw the readers in to this adaptation of a short story written by Leo Tolstoy. My daughter is three, and fell in love with this book when we took it out of the library; she is enchanted by the images and the questions being posed by Nikolai - "What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important ones? What is the right thing to do?" This book is sure to remain on her shelf for a very long time to come, and I am sure she will take something valuableaway from each telling at every age. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Conduct of life    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Social Issues - General    9. Social Issues - Values    10. Social Situations - General    11. Fiction dealing with specific issues    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Values   

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Excellent message!
What a wonderfully written, beautiful story! I love it more and more each time I read it!

Beutifully written story for all ages.
I was given "A Snowman Named Just Bob" as a present last Thanksgiving and was so touched by the beautiful message of how simple friendship is to start that I bought 15 more for Christmas presents for family and friends! The story is heartwarming and the illustrations are beautiful. I have since purchased 4 more of author Moulton's titles and each is as delightful as the other. I intend to buy every book Mark Kimball Moulton writes!

short on story, long on sentimentality -- in the BAD sense
I am VERY confused by the multiple great reviews and 5-star ratings. The text is horrid, and I was surprised to see that the author has written a number of books. This is like an early Hallmark card, the poetry is not good -- "Friendship is a simple thing, The clue is just to start, As long as it is built on trust, And love from in your heart". Nice idea, but do you want to read 30+ pages of this? There is no story and apparently the only reason to own and enjoy this book is if you know someone named Bob. But the thing is, I know some Bobs, and they deserve a better book than this! Who is Bob? What makes him tick? What does Bob the magical snowman ever do in this book besides tell you to remember him?Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Friendship    5. General    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Snowmen    8. Social Issues - Friendship    9. Stories in rhyme   

Editorial Review

The offbeat style of this wonderful story--and of Julie Vivas'sperfectly matched illustrations--couldn't be summed up better than by the oddness of the first sentence: "There was once a small boy called Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and what's more he wasn't very old either." Wilfrid lives next to a retirement home, filled with folks like "Mrs. Jordan who played the organ" and "Mr. Hosking who told him scary stories."But his favorite old person is 96-year-old Miss Nancy. Everyone says Miss Nancy has lost her memory, and despite the fact that Wilfrid doesn't even know what a memory is, by accident he helps her find it. Mem Fox's original take on the capacity of children to help the old remember is especially notable for its non-patronizing focus on old people. (Ages 4 to 8) Read more

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Try to remember the kind of September...
Mem Fox fans are a livid crew.If you've ever met one then I think you might know what I mean.When you meet a Mem Fox fan, it is more than likely that you may find yourself grabbed bodily as your arms start to fill with Mem Fox book after Mem Fox book.Mem Fox fans love her work and are quick to recommend everything she's done in a thrice.If you should feel like giving in and reading her works, then let me recommend that you begin with the delightful, "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge".A touching tale of a boy and his elderly friend, the book explores the nature of memory itself in a way that children can understand. feel-good book
sappy, feel-good book.if that's what you're looking for, it's not bad.even with that, though, there's not much originality

This is one of my favorite books
I really like this book.I read it today for the second time, but I remember it from when I was younger.This story has siplicity for young children and a wonderful story line for any age.I am going to get this book for my children when I grow up and hopefully my little sister will read it some day. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Memory    7. Old age    8. Social Issues - Friendship   

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Table Manners & Great Dinosaurs
My boys and I love Yolen's How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? so of course, we had to get this book.I have a four year old and an 18 month old. They both love the funny pictures and the subject matter.I like that I get to talk to my older son about table manners when we read this book.I did have to do some research to learn how to pronounce some of the names of the dinosaurs (ie. quetzalcoatlus) but that's OK-- my four year old now thinks I'm a dino expert.

Great for young dino lovers
This series is great! I have a 2-year-old nephew who loves dinosaurs right now. This was an entertaining book for the both of us.

Encourages Unhealthy Eating Habits
With a childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, the last thing we need is a book that teaches kids to clean up their plates.Though this series of books is generally fantastic, I am terribly disappointed with the eating habits this particular book seeks to instill.Many prominent table problems among toddlers and young children are ignored.Healthy eating and eating until one is full should also be covered, but the author is completely oblivious to modern medical opinions on nutrition and diet.I am dumping this book ASAP.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    2. Children's Baby - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Dinosaurs    6. Etiquette    7. Fiction    8. Humorous Stories    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Social Issues - Manners & Etiquette    12. Stories in rhyme    13. Table etiquette    14. Yolen, Jane    15. Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories   

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I loved this book
What a great book. Timeless. Highly Recommend for children and adults. Right up there with the great works of Dr. Seuss.And don't forget to get The Missing Piece Meets the Big O.
This Book Is A Paean To Divorce/Splits.
Written by the author and divorcee, Shel Silverstein, this book trys to instill, via allegory, the idea that a permanent split or divorce is unquestionably good. Although this story can be read as a lamentable opinion of the author on the union of couples, it can be also read as a story of an abusive relationship wherein one of the partners in the union is controlling to the point that the other partner cannot stop to talk to friends, smell the flowers or act in any independent manner. Whatever the author meant to convey when he wrote this book, 'The Missing Piece,' it is at best a gloomy read, if not an outright pessimistic one.
The Missing Piece
Searching, looking, seeking, just can't find the missing piece. This is one of those books where you have buckets of fun and is easy to understand. I think this book is for all readers young to old or beginner to experienced. They will all have fun reading this book. This book is about a part of a circle who can't find his missing piece. He looks all over and can't find his missing piece, or does he. Get this amazing book and read it for you self. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Circle    4. Classics    5. Fiction    6. Humorous Stories    7. Social Issues - Friendship    8. Juvenile Fiction / Classics   

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Great Book
I thought this book was great - it was really colorful.The overall feel reminded me of the book "Now I Know the Ten Commandments". I recommend it to anyone.

BEST BOOK WE HAVE!!
My daughter is 3, and she LOVES this book!It's sweet narrative begs for a soft, gentle voice making it perfect for bedtime.I think it's the sweetest book we own.She wants me to read it every night. I guy it over and over to give as a gift.

fantastic book for parents to read to their kids
This book, with its sweet illustrations, shows a polar bear couple tucking their little cub into bed at night as the mother polar bear answers the question that normally strikes fear into the hearts of parents: "Mommy, where did I come from?" Instead of getting into film strips, diagrams or panic attacks, the mother polar bear explains that their child was a gift from God as a result of prayer. The parents prayed for a child and God gave them this little cub. The mother does mention that the baby grew in her mother's tummy, but there is no segue into sex ed. A very sweet story for any age child and a book parents should love reading to and with their children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bears    2. Bible - Stories - General    3. Birth    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Preschool    6. Christian life    7. Family - General    8. Fiction    9. Polar bear    10. Religion    11. Religious - Christian    12. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    13. Juvenile Fiction / Religious / Christian   

Editorial Review

A powerhouse sixth-grade Academic Bowl team from Epiphany Middle School; the art of calligraphy; the retirees of Century Village, Florida; a genius dog named Ginger; and a holiday production of "Annie" all figure heavily in the latest book by E. L. Konigsburg, who has produced a Newbery Medal-winning children's tale to rival her classic Read more

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One of the most moving books I have read in a long time!
So I had this crazy idea: I'm going to read the Newberry Awards books. I was at my fiancé's school and they had a poster of past Newberry Award books and I had this epiphany: I was going to take some time and just read great young adult books!
Teamwork Pays Off
I really liked this book because it was about different kids that worked together to meet a common goal. The characters were kids that I could relate to, and the plot moved along so you won't get bored. I would like to read other books by this writer and see if they are as good.

Great writer
This is the second middle grade book by Konigsburg that I've read. She's such a wonderful writer.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Classics    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. School & Education    9. Schools    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Situations - Friendship    12. Teacher-student relationships    13. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Friendship   

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changes
After the disappointed g.g book # 3 This book (The fourth one) comes out it's so good. It's good like the first book was. Alot of things happen that are shocking like Nate gets busted in the park and Blair has an affair with a married man! Wow it was good. But the thing I hate about this book is Dan and Vanessa. Anything with them I quickly read through. It's so boring until Dan cheats on her with Mystery Craze. Also he's becoming very arrogant just like the rest of the characters in this book and I hate that! His sister Jenny has a lesbian affair too. I didn't see that one coming. It's all too juicy to put down.

My favorite
This is the third gossip girl novel. So far out of reading all of them so far, this is my favorite. I like the plot that Jenny and all the characters were into. They live the perfect lives and it's just hilarious to see what they're going to be doing next.
Gossip Girl- Because I'm worth it
The Gossip Girl books are amazing and I often find myself thinking they should be made into a teenage T.V. show!
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Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Fiction    4. Girls & Women    5. High schools    6. Interpersonal relations    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Schools    9. Social Issues - Dating & Sex    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Social Situations - Teen Lifestyle    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence   

Editorial Review

Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel loves the taste of smoked oysters andhis mother's gentle hugs. Unfortunately, it's impossible for Shawn to feedhimself or to hug his mom back. Shawn has cerebral palsy, a condition he has hadsince birth that has robbed him of all muscle control. He can't walk, talk, oreven focus his eyes on his own. But despite all these handicaps, despite thefrustration of not being able to communicate, Shawn is still happy to be alive: "Somehow all the things I think about and remember turn to joy... favoritemovies... pinecones... chocolate pudding... the scent of Comet in a stainlesssteel sink.... Life can be great, even for me. Even for me." That is why hepanics when he begins to suspect that his father is thinking of killing him.Shawn knows that his father is trying to be kind; he imagines that his son'slife is an endless torment. His dad has no idea of the rich life that Shawnlives inside his head. And Shawn, helpless and mute, has no way of tellinghim.Read more

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Stuck In Nuetral
Stuck In Neutral is a must read for anyone in any age group. The story is about a boy named Shawn who is 14-years old. Shawn was born with Cerebral Palsy. His dad, Sydney E. McDaniel, left him when he was just a baby. Sidney E. McDaniel wrote a poem about his son a while after he left.He then won a Pulitzer Prize and got really famous. In the beginning of the book Shawn stated that because his dad didn't like that his son has a disorder, that he was going to "end his pain."
Not so great
I woudn't recommend this book to anyone because it gets a little redundent.The story is about a boy wh was born with a busted blood vessel in his brain that affected his abiliy to move a single muscle,which takes a real toll on his family.They live in a small tow in seattle,with practicly no father because he is to busy on TV shows and adio shows because of his poetry about his son.So his dad can't take it anymore and he decides to end the boys suffering by killing him.The story is told in the boys eyes and we soon realize that the boy is not really suffering but he cant tell his dad that because of his problem with his brain.And we are the only people who get to see this side,the only peple who get to hear him speak.Read the book to ind out the ending.

Stuck in neutral
Stuck in Neutral, by Terry Trueman, is a book about a kid named Shawn McDaniel. Shawn is a 14-year old kid who is fully paralyzed. Although he can't move or talk, Shawn is intelligent. He can remember anything he hears without meaning to remember it.
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Subjects:  1. Cerebral palsy    2. Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Euthanasia    5. Fiction    6. Health & Daily Living - General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Physically handicapped    9. Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings    10. Social Issues - Special Needs    11. Juvenile Fiction / Health & Medicine   

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Buy this book! It's worthy
This book has touched me very much. I have read it three times and I bought the book. I think this book is a must in every classroom and in every house. It powerful describes how people struggle with the daily paid, not only in the US but in the world and it also teachers about important vales as family values and honesty. A beautiful book for all ages.
An Honest Story about Honesty and Hard Work
Let me begin by saying that I am a big fan of Eve Bunting and admire her for writing about people who otherwise receive little attention in stories."A Day's Work" is worthy of that reputation.It is a story of day laborers from Mexico; moreover, it describes how the whole family pulls together to make ends meet (a theme that Francisco Jimenez beautifully explores in "The Circuit/Cajas de Carton). Though it's a simple story, there are several surprise twists. As with her other stories, Eve Bunting tells this one with her characteristic sensitivity without indulging in, you know, the mushy stuff.This book will enable children and adults alike to take a new look at honesty and, as the title says, a day's work.

Good Book!
This story describes an American lifestyle that most of us will not experience.It avoids criticism of that life and presents a situation in which honest people are trying to survive.The author provides a human face to the characters.Very nice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Family - Multigenerational    4. Fiction    5. Grandfathers    6. Honesty    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Mexican Americans    9. People & Places - United States - Hispanic/Latino    10. Social Issues - Values    11. Work    12. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational   

Editorial Review

Benny adores helping out his Grandpa at the bagel bakery, the best in town. The young Jewish boy loves his grandfather's bagels so much, he wants to thank God for them. But how? One morning, he asks his Grandpa if he could pay him for his work with a big bag of bagels. So equipped, he heads for the synagogue, takes a deep breath, opens the big wooden cupboard that is the Holy Ark, and places the steaming bag inside: "King of the Universe," he whispered. "I brought You some bagels. I know You make them. But You never taste them, because Grandpa sells every last one." Benny keeps this up week after week until he discovers, to his dismay, that a poor man in a tattered coat has been eating his bagels, and not God. How will God know he is thanking Him if someone else is eating the bagels? Grandpa reassures him that by making the world better, he is indeed thanking God. Dusan Petricic's expressive, cross-hatched illustrations, each one as round and warm and brown as a freshly baked bagel, illuminate all of the story's best moments with humor and emotion. This simple, touching Jewish folktale from Spaintranscends Judaism as a story of human kindness and generosity of spirit that will resonate with all children. Read more

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Great for Christians as well
I am not Jewish but feel this book is wonderful for all children who are trying to grasp the concept of God and for parents who want to impart this important lesson - God wants us to help others.My 7 year old checked this book out from the public library and had me read it to him over and over again.He related to Benny and especially loves the part when the Grandfather is initially horrified with what Benny is doing with the Bagels.This book is a true classic and I am disappointed that I don't find it available in my local bookstores.

Delightful New Twist on an Old Story
_Bagels from Benny_ is a retelling of an old Hasidic Jewish tale (Hasidism is the mystical branch of Judaism).The tale is retold through the eyes of a young child, Benny.Benny helps his Grandfather in his bakery everyday.One day a customer thanks the Grandfather for putting such "love" in his bagels.Benny's Grandfather brushes off the thanks and says that the thanks really belong to God.Benny like most children is earnest in his desire to get the his thanks to God.Benny's dilemma is how to be sure that God "received" the thanks.Benny decides to share some of the bagels with God and places a bag full of bagels in the Holy Ark (a closet in the synagogue that holds the Torahs [5 Books of Moses]).When Benny next goes to synagogue with his family on Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath),Benny is delighted to see that the bagels are gone.He, of course, decides that God ate the bagels and decides to bring some every week for God.After a few weeks Grandpa gets suspicious, what is a little boy doing with all of those bagels?Grandpa follows Benny and like most adults is appalled to find out what Benny is doing and why.But what is happening to the bagels?Where are they going?That is the delightful end to the story and it shows how Benny is thanking God by making the world a better place.
Meaningful
I shed a tear when I read this one.I can't wait to buy it and read it to our Religious School children.It is touching, poignant and meaningful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bagels    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Folklore    5. General    6. Grandfathers    7. Jews    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Religious - Jewish    11. Social Issues - Values    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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great book but you will have to scale down for toddlers
munro leaf's books in this series are excellent but before i bought it i checked it out at the library and i am glad i did.the concept is great but even for my 3 yr old daughter who will sit still for a book with great patience, she was losing interest.So i am just reviewing to share with others that you may have to shorten it as you read it to toddlers but it is a terrific series and would be perfect for children age 4 and up.

Manners Can Be Fun
I remember this book from my own childhood, which is why I selected it for my grand-daughter.I enjoyed Mr. Munro Leaf's positive and humorous style in putting forth his gentle philosophy of courtesy to others.
Wonderful, simple book for children of all ages
I am 65 years old and this was one of my first books.The revisions along the way have not changed the drawings that much.It is simple, but well illustrated, and gives a basic idea of good manners.I recommend it for every child - it makes them think about behavior.The way the author demonstrates "me first" and "whinney" have stuck with me all these years. ... Read more

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Must have Daddy who likes to read!
This book is great if the Dad likes to read and play.

Daddy Hugs 123
I love the interactive play this book provides with your child.Karen Katz is fantastic.We love her books.

My Daugher Loves this Book!
My husband reads this book to our daughter before bed. I bought this when she was 6 months old. She is now almost 1 year and she excitedly points to this book for bedtime storytime. The only other book she also gets excited about is "Mommy Kisses". Highly recommended! ... Read more

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Elsa Beskow books are classic and warm
We love all of her books and buy them 1 at a time as we can afford them. In an age of big in your face pop up books and childrens books that make your eyes hurt these books are a wonderful find. As always the illustrations are beautiful with one big picture per page and the words on the opposite page. I read all the reviews first but few had actual specifics about the actual invdividual stories, so that's what I've done here. I hope it helps others know what wonderful books they are. I wish they were easier to find in Canada. Anyhow this is one of our latest purchases, It's about 2 boys Woody and Little Pip that are supposed to go out and gather acorns for the coming winter. It's very windy and they decide to go for a ride on the leaves that are being tossed high in the air, but the wind carries them far away and they crash in on some old women gnomes who are doing the wash of gnome beards. Pipand Woody end up having to deliver all the dried beards back to their owners. In the meantime Mrs. Acorn their mom is getting worried... along comes Mr. Squirrel who offers to go in search of them. Off he goes but doesn't realize little Hazel is hiding in his tail. He searches for the boys but has to stop and ddrop off hazel on toadstool as she is too dizzy to continue. He tells her to stay there, but she goes to help a lizard who is upset that 2 gnomes are in the hollow tree he cleaned for his friend mr. hedgehog. So she goes to check it out and it turns out to be Pip and Woody disguised as gnomes because of a troll who chased after them. The 3 of them decide to go home on a raft they built and they leave mr. lizard. On the way down the river they come upon the 3 chestnut boys who help them repair the raft after they accidentally damaged it. In the meantime Mr. squirrel finds woody, hazel and little pip and scolds them and takes them home. Mrs. acorn decides to throw a party for them even though mrs. hazelnut wonders if that is such a good idea since the children have been so naughty. The children are very sorry to have disappeared and Mrs. acorn lets them know she is thankful they are home. Mr. acorn arrives home with his 5 beetles in time for the party as they had been out planting oak trees. The party was fun with elves, bumble bees,mrs. fir, fieldmice and glow worms attending as well. Truly a magical tale!

ELSA BESKOW -A GENTLE STORY TELLER!
Elsa Beskow's stories are over a half a century old.They are gentle and beautiful.Woody, Hazel and Little Pip are little forest children, belonging to the Acorn family.The children go on an unexpected adventure when they are swept up by an autumn wind."Swirling and whirling" through the air on a leaf they are greeted by gnomes, a troll, a lizard and three little Chestnut boys.Nature is the essence of this story, as it is in many of Elsa's stories.This tale sparks the imagination of children and adult minds alike.I could sing praises Elsa and her stories for days on end.They are true classics.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Social Issues - Friendship    3. Fiction    4. Picture books