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Babies and toddlers who loved the "real" ladybugs in Ten Little Ladybugs will adore the nine sparkly, three-dimensional butterflies in Good Night, Sweet Butterflies. Each glitter-covered butterfly flits through a color-themed spread which offers a place for the little winged one to sleep: "on red roses as a red robin sings good night," is the text accompanying a psychedelic, color-saturated image of birds, flowers, and various insects. The meter of the rhyming text is a bit off, which makes it hard to read the book rhythmically, but little ones are likely to be so enthralled with the illustrations that it won't matter. The thick, kid-friendly pages are easy to turn and hard to tear; the butterflies are securely mounted, but not impossible to remove, so it might be a good idea to keep this one for reading together. (Ages 2 to 6) --Jennifer Lindsay
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Great for learning colors.......2007-07-22
My daughter is 2 and loves this book. It has helped her learn her colors and she loves to touch the butterflys. The pictures are fun and she finds new things to look at every time we read it.
Beautiful.......2007-05-17
The pictures in this book are so lovely. Short easy to read text for those kids who would rather look at the pictures than listen to the words. We spend most of the time pointing out all the things of like colors on each page (i.e. pink pig, pink possum, pink butterfly, etc.).
Both my girls enjoy this book. It has been a favorite of my younger child for over 6 months (she's 21 mo. now). Whenever we sense an impending meltdow/temper tantrum, we pull this book out to distract her.
sweet, colorful and educational.......2007-02-18
This story is one of my daughter's favorites; she learned her colors listening to this book. The raised butterflies are a great tactile addition to this already interesting book. Bright, colorful illustrations are appealing to little eyes as well as big.
absolutely delightful book.......2007-02-12
This book is so delightful. The colors, the story, the quality---mommy and 36 mo old approve!! Two thumbs up
Big hits in my house.......2007-01-06
This book and 10 little ladybugs are WONDERFUL books - no complaints!
Book Description
The place: a future New York City torn by racial tension and ripe for rebellion. The revolutionaries have high technology and careful planning on their side, their soldiers are well trained and sworn to secrecy, and their plans are unsuspected . . . until the Night of Power. Caught in the middle of the insurrection are Russell and Dena Grant and their daughter Jennifer, a 13-year-old whose genius-level intelligence saves her lifer more than once after insurrection breaks out. As an interracial couple, the Grants face the problems every couple does-but the Night of Power becomes the ultimate test, of their loyalty to each other and to their separate races.
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Not the Original Book.......2007-09-01
I read this book in a college "Cultural Anthropology" class around 1986 or so, the same year "Eyes on the Prize" was airing on PBS. Both the book and the documentary series were real eye-openers for a small-town middle-America kid! I never forgot the book and its disturbing content, especially the very real statistics and news items with which the author preceeds each chapter. While this 2005 mass-market edition is still a good book, it is NOT the same book I read in college. At first I thought my memory was responsible for what felt like significant changes from the story I recalled, so I dug out my old, dog-earred copy and compared the two. Then I found a tiny footnote on the title page of the newer Baen edition: "Newly revised by the author for this edition." OH. This is not just an updating of research , statictics, etc. Some of the revisions are drastic and definately weaken and dilute the book and its message. I doubt I would have recalled the book so clearly for 20 years if I had read this edition first. I wonder what prompted the author to so dramatically alter the original?
Early Release.......2007-04-12
"Night of Power" (1985) is Spider's third or fourth novel and as such isn't quite up to the standards of his later work. In it he wrestles with white liberal guilt over the state of race relations in America. The long interior monologues by the narrator/author get preachy and wan, the characters are cartoonlike, and the action is way over the top. However as with any Spider book there are moments of sublime pleasure and delicious wordplay, and if the novel helped him work through some of the very real issues involved then it was certainly a therapeutic project. It's interesting to see several threads appear which would later be woven into his body of work.
Creative.......2006-01-31
This book left me with really strong feelings. Intellectually, I understand this as an indicator of a good read, but it was really unsettling. While I agree wholeheartedly with Michael's message, I would never, under any circumstances, support his methods, or conclude that it would get the results he sought. It was disturbing that seemingly intelligent people that I'd grown to like a lot, would let themselves get so caught up in the decisions that were forced upon them. Actually, Russell didn't until his choices were totally eliminated.
Mr. Robinson is an excellent creator of the written word, so it deserves 4 stars for that reason alone, but the end eclipsed the entire book - the ultimate commitment made by the 14 year old, Jennifer, and its acceptance, was creepy and ruined an otherwise wonderful, apocalyptic adventure.
Grim but spideresque outlook on the future of race relations.......2005-09-10
Robinson had written this in the mid-eighties, when Reagan's policies seemed to indicate a less "melting-pot" but rather WASP-oriented domestic policy. When this book went out of print, it also seemed that the idea had gone out of fashion, and it read more like a fantasy instead. It appears this book has gone to "in print" status in a very timely manner - the criticism on the treatment of the people who were affected the most by the Katrina desaster seems to echo in the story of those who would not believe peaceful co-existence between the races was possible without segragation in the territorial sense. The thrilling story of a man who would come to New York City because his black wife, a dancer, would be able to dance once more in public before age would make her retire, is made all the more poignant because recent advances in technology would make success of a revolution much more likely. So go totally unprepared, read this story with as little information as possible, and you will enjoy it the most. Spider Robinson was in a peak of his creativity (in the 80s eclipsed only by "Mindkiller") when he wrote this one.
Insightful and thought provoking........2001-11-14
I recently re-read "Night of Power" - a few weeks after the tragedy of Sept. 11 in NYC. I'd always felt the events in Spider's book to be insightful, but somehow... in the light of real life events, it was almost too painful to read. But still, as with most of Spider's works, it ends with hope. After it's all over, there's hope. We need to keep working toward that end.
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An astonishing collection of images so vibrant they seem poised to fly off the page.
In a place where art, science and technology meet, Joseph Scheer's images of moths emerge. These ubiquitous creatures are often considered drab-colored poor relations of the "beautiful" butterfly; Scheer's artwork will forever change that notion. By using a high-resolution scanner, recently developed digital printing technology, and an artist's sensibility, he brings forth the subtleties and astonishing varieties of color and textures that moths possess. The result is a glittering jewel box of brilliantly colored, intricately formed creatures, each with its own landscape of tiny hairs, kaleidoscopic color, iridescent eyes and antennae as intricate as filigree.
Scheer's moth experiments started out as a fine art print installation to show a range of insects at large scale in a single room, and have now expanded into a biodiversity project with a significant number of specimens. This exquisitely produced volume features one hundred and fifty prints selected from Scheer's extensive collection, images of such incredible depth and color you'll want to reach out and touch them. Certainly you'll never look at a moth the same way again.
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Reality Check.......2007-07-11
This book is simply amazing--and I love that the emphasis is simply on the beauty of the moth. I would recommend it as a gift for anyone who will appreciate being reminded of the miraculous beauty of that which we bypass(or worse...swat at) every day. A fantastically wonderful reality check.
capturing and killing beauty.......2005-12-12
A nice pair of close-up binoculars, a flashlight and boots could be a lot more exciting and respectful of these animals than drying them up just to copy their evolutionary path and call it art. The three stars are for the benefit of those who would have never known such creatures exist, that much this book has done. Why not get a microscope and take photos of bacteria, or take photos of metal detector screens. I prefer my animals alive in their habitat, and my art to really say something. Check out naturephotographers dot net. Now there is photography of nature.
The beauty I overlooked.......2005-11-07
Joseph Sheer has used his expertise in the electronic arts-scanning and digital imaging-to produce an amazing collection of colorful, vivid images of moths. Very simply, "Night Visions" contains stupendous color plates and would appeal to anyone, especially those interested in macro imaging or the study of Lepidoptera (butterflies, skippers and moths).
The book begins with three introductory chapters (like forewords), the first by Mr. Sheer explaining his interest in moths and his techniques for trapping them and scanning them for print images. Lepidopterist Marc Epstein follows with a four-page mini-course in moth types, habits and markings, after which Johanna Drucker briefly describes the evolution of image making that brought us to the scanning technology which produced this book. I enjoyed the first two sections the best since I became interested in moths upon seeing this book.
There are over 70 color plates, mostly displaying the moths enlarged so that each wingspan extends to just about one full page in width (depending on the moth, that's a magnification ranging from 2.5x to over 20x). In addition, where aspects of a moth's coloration or texture is particularly fascinating, a secondary blow-up, many times the initial enlargement, is displayed alongside in order to give perspective to the detail. In every case, the result is a photograph that is amazing in terms of clarity, color and detail. I've never seen anything like this.
A nice bonus can be found in the last twelve pages, which have another 150-plus 1" x 2" photos of moths, arranged by family (Sphinx moths, Tiger moths, Owlet, etc.) so that an easier comparison of characteristics can be made to introduce the reader to the different family types. I thought this added a nice educational complement to the big images. The construction of the book is first-rate, with durable, thick and glossy print stock. "Night Visions" is bound to fascinate just about anyone.
Astonishing state of the art color scanning.......2005-04-02
The front and back covers of this book are not mirror images of each other. They are continuous parts of a scan that is 12 inches tall and about 36 inches long, including the flaps in the front and back covers. The body of the moth is not clear along the spine of the book, but the light hairs extending an inch or more from dark shoulder pads are similar to the pattern of Grammia virgo on Plate 18. This print of the entire moth measures six and a half inches between spots that are shown on the inner flaps, so the cover must be zooming in with a power of five on the size of a full page moth in this book. The virgin tiger moth shown in the tiny version of that scan on page 110 has a wingspan of 6.2 cm. It is amazing how intense the colors become as the picture is electronically exploded to twenty-five times actual size, and fine red hairs can be seen crossing yellow wing membrane.
On Plate 18, the antennae curve like an antelope's antler, with tiny offshoots like eyelashes. The wings look as fuzzy as moths are expected to be, with fine hairs projecting into the space between the wings and the body. The long cover scan is so well focused on the hairs at the glass of the scanner that the gap between body and wing is hardly noticeable, except on the back cover, where distinct hairs over a white background approach the rounded red shape of the moth's body. The intricate parts of the wings look flaky, but the scanning technique emphasizes the shapes and colors of discrete objects on the surface of the glass much more than how three-dimensional anything is. Legs might be blurry, as in plate 43, Magusa orbifera, or extremely hairy when they are featured, as on plate 44, Zanclognatha laevigata, looking like a combination of feathers and spiky thorns.
Weird is the 11 and 1/2 by 18 inch scan of Geina tenuidactyla on plate 59, which looks like it has five or six feathers on each side, striped curvy antennae, and legs with long spines at the joints. Wingspan is actually 1.1 cm, so the scan is magnified about 40 times, and the strange features of the Pterophoridae family are explained on page 116. "They are mostly small moths with long slender legs. At rest the wings are rolled in a T-shape at right angles to its body. The forewing is deeply notched and the hindwing is divided into three fringed lobes resembling plumes." It really helps to have the small pictures at the back of the book, which more closely resemble what you are expecting to see whenever you view a moth in real life.
WOW!.......2004-03-22
This is one of the most remarkable books that I have encountered in a long long time. An artist friend who is aware of my tripartite interest in science, technology, and the arts grabbed me in the cafeteria last month & said that I "had to take a look at this". She was absolutely right. No, this ISN'T a scientific treatise on moths or a discourse on the natural history of insects, and one certainly wouldn't want to take it into the field to identify even the moths of the relatively small area sampled, BUT THAT ISN'T THE POINT! Instead one is treated to stunning imagery of animals that most of us either ignore entirely or slaughter with "bug-zappers" and poisons & seldom if ever grant the benefit of a second glance. Thanks to Scheer my children & I have had some very pleasant sessions simply sitting & turning the pages & the most frequent comment is the title of this review. "Wow!" indeed. Also Bravo to Scheer for giving us a wonderful look at a little seen & greatly under-appreciated subject.
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Fireflies in the Night: Revised Edition (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
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"[In] a revision of the 1963 edition, [a] brief, clearly written text [tells of a young girl who] learns some interesting facts about fireflies from her grandfather. Alexander uses richly hued pastels for her illustrations of the young girl, her grandparents' farm, and the creatures of a summer night."—SLJ.
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Fireflies in the Night.......2004-04-07
This book is about a young girl who visits who grandparents during the summer. Her grandparents live on a farm and know a lot about fireflies including how to catch and how to handle them. The young girl learns some interesting facts about the fireflies and how people in other countries use the light that fireflies provide. The grandfather explains how fireflies make their light; as well as the different light signals that males and females produce. This book can make readers eager to finish the page they are on, so that they can turn to the next page and learn another fascinating fact. It is a splendid introduction to fireflies!
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- Good beach read, but that's about it
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- A good book, but I'm a little confused
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The Night Spider
John Lutz
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Move over Mr. Patterson.......2007-03-29
John Lutz weaves an intricate tale; taking us in twists and flashbacks that to me symbolize the jumbled confusion in the mind of a person that would be a serial killer. His narrative makes me want to double-check my doors windows and security system, and open my closets and peak under the beds.
I have read several of his books, and I think Mr. Lutz gets better with every new release. He seems to catch the essence of detective work, and often sneaks in some subtle humor in the process.
Good beach read, but that's about it.......2006-02-07
Lutz's work has never *really* impressed me, but I do enjoy his books when I don't have much else to do.
I thought The Night Spider was a decent read, at best. I found myself skimming quite a few sections, and I still can't figure out why he introduced us to the character in the garage.
I really liked Horn's character, and I loved what Lutz did with Marla's character, but I found that the other charaters lacked substance and personality.
A good book, but not great.
GREAT TILL THE DULL ENDING .......2006-01-12
I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GOOD. BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID THE TIME WASTED ON THE CHARACTER IN THE GARAGE WAS KIND OF A WASTE OF READING AND WRITING TIME. BUT THE BOOK HAD ME INTERESTED FOR THE MOST PART . I FOUND MYSELF SKIPPING WHOLE PAGES OF THE BOOK BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INTERESTING OR PERTAINING TO THE MURDERS , STILL READING ON I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD . NEED I MENTION THAT WHEN YOUR LAYING IN BED AT NIGHT AND READ ABOUT TOASTED BUTTERED CORN MUFFINS , THE CRAVING BECOMES STRONGER THEN THE INTEREST TO READ ..YES I HAD TO GO OUT AND BUY CORN MUFFINS!!!. I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING . IT GOT A LITTLE CONFUSING AND THEY REALLY DIDNT GET INTO THE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE THIRD GUY AND WHY HE WAS INVOLVED WITH HORN ,PRETENDING TO HELP OUT , IT JUST JUMPED INTO A WHOLE NEW SCENE. ALL IN ALL I THINK IT WAS GOOD, AND THEN OK
ARACHNOPHILE ALERT.......2004-08-28
THE NIGHT SPIDER is a tense and original novel. John Lutz draws the portrait of a serial killer with a penchant for enshrouding his female victims in their bedsheets, then stabs them and lets them bleed to death. He manages to get into their high rise apartments without being detected, and gets away too. Detective Thomas Horn is called out of an early retirement to assist NYPD in capturing this maniacal killer. He is assisted by Cajun Paula Ramboquette and almost retired Roy Brickstaff. Horn also has a lovely wife, Anne, head of the radiographic department at Kingdom Hospital, who is being sued over the anesthesia-induced coma of a four year old boy, whose parents John and Cindy Vine, are hellbent on making the hospital pay.
Lutz' characterizations are sharp and there are several twists in the intriguing plot. Two areas bothered me though: one--little is given to justify the hasty estrangement of Thomas and his wife; and there's a lot of scenes involving a sculptor that don't seem to have anything to do with the plot and could have been left out and the book would not have suffered in the least.
However, this is my first Lutz book and I enjoyed it enough to seek out others.
A good book, but I'm a little confused.......2004-07-02
I thought this was a really good book, however there were a few things that kept it from being a great book. I thought the detectives were very believable, especially Thomas Horn. I'm confused (and I don't know if this is the fault of the author or his editor) because in a flashback on page 100 it is 1982 and the killer is seven yrs. old. Then in another on page 198 it is 1978 and the killer is 12 yrs. old. I couldn't figure out if we were dealing with two different people, maybe brothers, or what was going on. This kept me very confused and I kept waiting for more to be revealed to let me know if there were indeed two killers. There were two or three other points in the book where things just didn't make sense. It's a shame because otherwise this could have been a five star book in a league with (not to beat a dead horse) Silence of the Lambs. Hey Pinnacle Books, do you need a proofreader??
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- wonderful for the spanish speakers...
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Buenas noches, maripositas (Good Night, Sweet Butterflies) (Que Tengas Dulces Suenos (Sweet Dreams))
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Buenas noches, maripositas
hace que la hora de dormir se conierta en una experiancia divertida y sosegada para los dormiloncitos. Les va a encantar la narración rimada -- y las relucientes mariposas les enseñarán los colores a la vez que les dan fácil acceso a la tierra de ensueños. ¡Es la manera perfecta de dar las buenas noches, todas las noches!
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wonderful for the spanish speakers..........2007-01-12
We have the book in english, our household is bilingual. My daughter loves both versions. A great addition to any library...
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Everybody loves lightning bugs! And with this interactive adaptation of P. D. Eastman’s classic, Sam and the Firefly, Sam and his mischievous friend, the firefly, come to life with a little help from toddlers. With a turn of a wheel, a lift of a flap, and a slide of a tab, the firefly lights up the night, jumps in his jar, and saves the day!
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One of the best children's books in our collection!.......2006-01-30
We have all of the "Bright and Early Playtime Books," and this one is by far one of the best! This version adds to the classic story by engaging the child in interactive play without losing any of the content that you'll remember from your own childhood! A must-have for every Random House Seuss-lover!
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Open this book...if you dare!
All kinds of creepy bugs will pop up everywhere!
Surprise on last page!
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Don't know what to be for Halloween? Buy this book!.......2003-10-12
I love this Halloween pop-up book as well as the other "Bugs In a Box" books. If you don't know what to be for Halloween-buy this book. There are many spooky pop-ups, such as Dracubug, Frankenbug(shouldn't there be a glow-in-the-dark feature in this book?), and for the finale-there's a free surprise on the last page. I won't ruin the surprise for you, but when you get the prize, it will help you decide what to be for Halloween(you'll be able to look "buggy", too!).
beautiful pop up.......2002-10-22
This is a very nice pop up book with spooky illustrations. My children want it read to them over and over again. Definitely worth the money. However, my toddler has ripped the pop ups several times, probably better for kids over 3.
great discovery.......2000-04-12
My 14 month old son loves the book. It has great pop ups and flaps of creative made up bugs. It's great to see funky bugs rather than the usual barn animals etc. The spooky theme is also fun and different.
discovery for my child.......2000-04-12
My 14 month old loves this book. He is a big fan of other pop up books but these pop ups and moving flaps are creative & new made-up bugs, not the ordinary animals he sees in all his other books. We also like the "spooky" theme.
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The Night of the Fireflies
Karen B. Winnick
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We enjoyed it!.......2004-10-23
I bought "The Night of the Fireflies" for my niece, who, like Miko, had never seen such a wonder. She was as entranced by the idea of little flying lights as she was by the wonderful story. The book exposed her to a different culture (At each page we pointed out differences between Miko's world and ours, i.e., on page 3 Miko has laterns lighting her bedroom with her bed on the floor and we see Japanese characters on her walls that we couldn't interpret; but, Miko also has familiar toys and a pet kittie!).
We concluded that America, too, needs a special night devoted to the fireflies so we can experience this magical gift from nature.
We love Karen Winnick's books and art (although she used a different illustrator for this story). Yokito Ito, the illustrator, did some beautiful drawings and we thought her work complemented the story very well.
Highly recommended book.
John and Nancy
Children love this book.......2004-10-22
I am a volunteer reading partner for struggling first and second graders. Children really respond to this author's work and they love the simple, straightforward storytelling and magical illustrations in Night of the Fireflies. I highly recommend it.
GREAT BOOK.......2004-10-21
I loved this book. I love the writer. Children who read it will be smarter. Too bad all children's books can't be like this one.
"Magical".......2004-10-21
My granddaughter loved this wonderful story about a special night in Japan when chidlren chase fireflies. It is a story that speaks to children about the importance of preserving the beauty of nature all around us. I highly recommend this book.
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Ten Little Ladybugs
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