Close Your Eyes (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

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A mother tiger wants her baby to go to sleep, but the little tiger resists. "'If I close my eyes,' he said, 'I can't see the sky.'" She assures him that he will not only see the sky when he sleeps, but will float among clouds and be cradled by the moon. Not in the least assured, the little tiger complains that if he closes his eyes, he will miss seeing the tree and the bird with blue feathers. With each concern, his mother consoles him with a comforting thought. If this gentle give-and-take were not calming enough for a bedtime story, Hallensleben's lovely dreamscapes (And If the Moon Could Talk) will surely do the trick. Double-page paintings of cloud animal shapes (with the little tiger cozying up with the moon), the "big mountains where the rain lives," and of mother tiger licking her baby are utterly hypnotic. Young children who are afraid to go to sleep will learn that "Dark is just the other side of light. It's what comes before dreams" and that mom is never very far away. (Ages 3 to 6) --Karin Snelson

Book Description

A little tiger takes an imaginative journey

The little tiger lay on his back in the tall grass.
"Close your eyes, little tiger," said his mother, "and go to sleep."

But the little tiger is worried about what sleep might bring.
His mother reassures him that once he closes his eyes, he will dream of magical places. And when he awakens, she will be right there, waiting for him.

Alternating between real-life scenes with the baby tiger and his mother and enchanted dream scenes of sleep's possibilities, Kate Banks's simple, comforting text and Georg Hallensleben's bright, colorful illustrations make this a charming bedtime story for small children.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

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Great Illustration.......2007-08-22

I first discovered this book at the library. I liked it so much that I've checked it out multiple times and have now purchased it.

Kate Banks' writing is a parent telling a story to a child. The words are soothing, but become more poetic with each reading.
Georg Hallenleben's art fills the page and takes you into the imagination of the writer.

I am a new mom and have received lots of books as gifts. I buy books used or on clearance as I see them. This is the first book I have purchased for my son at full price - I love it and would recommend as my top choice to anyone. I like it for naps.

Wonderful bedtime story...........2007-07-04

This book is one of my daughter's favorite bedtimes stories and mine. The little tiger is adorable and I love how all the illustrations complement the storyline. I absolutely LOVE this book and recommend it highly.

Purrfect for putting your little one(s) to sleep!.......2007-03-09

The beautiful illustrations and words of comfort help our two children, ages 2 and 4, at bedtime. The baby tiger expresses his fears of bedtime while mommy tiger provides words to calm and soothe.

Simply Wonderful.......2006-05-31

The writer and illustrator of "The Cat Who Walked Across France" team up again in another simple yet totally winning story. This time, our protagonist is a baby tiger--so innocent looking that he resembles a cuddly soft toy--who just can't go to sleep. With the enormous curiosity of any infant, this little tiger doesn't want to close his eyes and miss the sky, the trees, abright blue bird--all the wonderful, wondrous things around him.

In time-honored style, his wise mother counters all his objections with a parallel in his "mind's eye." In fact, she suggests that closing your eyes can bring you an even more varied and rewarding experience:

"The little tiger rolled onto his belly and listened to the leaves quiver overhead. 'If I close my eyes, I can't see the tree.' he said. 'But you can, said his mother. 'You can see many trees, where you can play hide-and-seek until the night finds you and brings you home."

This book was just made for quietly reading to your child as he or she gets into bed! ALong with the quieting possibilities offered in the book's beginning, Kate Banks also soothes the "what ifs." WHen the tiger imagines he's a bird, he suddenly acquires a fear of falling. The mother, who may have read some kids' books herself, answers "I will be there to catch you." IF he gets lost, "then I will find you." Banks knows no fear herself, she even tackles the dark: "'Don't be scared,' said his mother. 'Dark is just the other side of light. It's what comes before dreams.'" (Awwwww...) The sleepy tigers imagines what he might dream of, and illustrator Hallensleben shows us a panoramic view of snow-capped mountains shaded blue and purple, sand dunes with purple-topped palms, and a giant orange fish jumping out of a deep blue sea, a seagull, an orange-billed penguin-ish bird, and the tiger dancing merrily on its back.

Hallensleben draws his typically rich oil colors here, and brush strokes and saturated, unusual color schemes (there's a bit of the Fauve here) are almost too visually exciting for a bedtime book. Still, a darkened room will dampen the colors, and Banks' ever-present, always reassuring mother tiger will undoubtedly work as well with your young audience as it did with her tiger cub.

A wonderful book!.......2005-07-18

This is a beautiful book about going to bed and having wonderful dreams! The story is simple for toddlers to understand and the illustrations are impressive. It really shows young kids' imaginations and that "mama tiger" is always there for her baby.

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A powerful first novel in the series of Dirk and Steele.
Compelling Blend
Wonderful New Series
Interesting beginning but....

Tiger Eye (Dirk & Steele, Book 1)
Marjorie M. Liu
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ASIN: 0505526263

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When a young psychic acquires a riddle box in Beijing, China, she learns she can free the shapeshifter imprisoned inside, and that he is the beginning of an adventure - and a love - of a lifetime.

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favorite.......2007-10-01

I love this story. My absolute favorite. I think I've read it about 10 times already. Can't get enough of Hari.

A powerful first novel in the series of Dirk and Steele........2007-09-05

With Tiger Eye Marjorie M Liu created a new and exciting series filled with shapeshifters, paranormal talented people and thrilling adventure. Dela finds herself in a situation where she buys a wooden box from an old lady and who would have guessed this would put her whole world upside down? Of course Dela opens the box and there he is, Hari, all rippled muscles, golden skin and very cold eyes.

If there is one thing that I felt from the very first pages was the imagination of the author that made me walk in the early morning sun of Beijing, feel the numbness in Hari as Dela is a strong and passionate woman. From the moment they meet there is something simmering between them that concocts vivid pictures of passion and results in spicy dialogue. Hari has 2000 years of service to cruel masters and is now experiencing the power of a woman's heart and her unselfish behavior is throwing him off balance big time.

Although Hari is distrustful at first about everything involving his emotions and Dela, they don't struggle with it much, they adept to it and it grows fast into something deep and unbreakable. It is not as much for the acceptance of love that is a struggle but the circumstances that lead them into situations which makes them question the very survival of their love. The curse and it's master knock on their door very early on in the story and then you have other events which are tied up with the talent of Dela that all blend in together and give a novel that is pleasantly paced and introduces the reader to many men who beg for their own story to be told.

The cadence of words that lures me into the world of Marjorie M Liu is filled with colorful settings, strong developed characters and interesting chemistry between the good and evil that keeps me interested. At the ending the author masterfully leads the reader to a climax that had my eyes fill up for a moment or two.

With style and grace Marjorie M Liu gives us a tale of true romance and keeps me looking out for more of her Dirk and Steele series!!

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Compelling Blend.......2007-09-04

Overlook the cheesy cover. This book (and the others in the Dirk & Steele series) is a compelling blend of 1 part romance, and 2 parts paranormal action.

Wonderful New Series.......2007-08-15

This book was...enchanting to me.

Dela Reese's and Hari's story.

Two wonderful characters. They appear from time to time in future books of this series.

This book was well written and highly entertaining.

Interesting beginning but...........2007-08-10

The book is about a group of people with paranormal abilities who all work for a secret "agency". In this story, the heroine has an affinity to metal (which is not very seriously exploited) and meets a shape shifter who has lost the ability to shape-shift along with some other issues which have been explained in detail by other reviewers. As a start to the series the book is good since it introduces a range of characters who will presumably be recurring. This slows down the story somewhat but dialogue is fairly rapid and holds attention.
The downside is the rather dramatic descriptive style when dealing with the hero. And did anyone find the oral sex between the heroine and the tiger (the hero's alter ego) disturbing? I'm all for steamy sex scenes but with an animal? It seemed rather perverted to me. Thankfully he turns back into a human at the point of consummation or it would have been just too weird.
I may try the next book but if the animal/human motif continues thats it for me.

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This book is sooo good!
Could have been better........
Couldn't Put it Down!
One of Karen Robards's Best!
As an avid romance reader I think this book was wonderful!

Tiger's Eye
Karen Robards
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Release Date: 2006-12-26

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Lady Isabella St. Just is shocked to learn the identity of the daring champion who comes to her aid–for the man who rescues her from desperate felons is none other than Alec Tyron, the notorious king of London's underworld. Now she is beholden to an outlaw who is respected and feared throughout the city and stunned by her own intense desire for this dark man of mystery. Fate has united these strangers from opposite lives–the beautiful aristocrat and the brazen criminal outlaw. And now that the flame has been lit, no power on Earth will quench the fire of their passion . . . or destroy a love that society cannot allow.

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This book is sooo good!.......2006-08-11

This was my first romance book ever and It got me hooked on romances! I love how Alec falls in love with Isabella. The hero and the Herione are perfect for eachother; they each have horrible tempers, lol. The way Alec is described in this book makes you think of him as a Greek God let alone a human. But he is not thought of as a gentleman in his society as Isabella is thought of as a lady. He refers to himself as a gutter rat, he started his businesses from nothing but pure determination, which makes the reader like him even more. He is wealthy all by himself so you know he isn't after Isabella's money at all. He feels that he is not good enough for Isabella because of his upbringing, but he is so sweet and when he gets angry at her- he always means to punish her with a kiss, lol. I love how after Isabella and him first are together, he looks at pearl's (this is his mistress who he's had for a while) body without being moved by it at all, only Isabella really interested him now. JUST READ THIS BOOK! It is really good. It has romance and alot of action. And the romance between Alec and Isabella is so heartreanching and beautiful. I was so upset when Isabella was saying things to Alec that she knew would hurt him so that she could be noble and later he does the same thing. I admit that there was a scene at the end where Alec was with some people I didn't approve of, but no novel is perfect. This is the best romance I've read so far. Alec persues Isabella no matter how many times she tries to evade him; he just can't leave her alone until he knows she is safe; he even says he wants her around so that she can be his tutor. I find that so sweet that he can't be without her. Even though Isabella was married when she had an affair with Alec; it works and I don't feel sorry for the husband. You'll know why when you read it.

If you like this one, you'll also like Loving Julia by Karen Robards

Could have been better...............2005-10-14

I had high hopes for this book based on reviews I read and the plot description. Unfortunately, it wasn't as great as I expected. The first half of the book was very enticing. Everything from when Alec & Isabella met through when they were co-existing in his hideout was top-notch. Alec's character was very appealing, although his kind, gentle and sensitive nature didn't seem like the traits of an underworld leader. I was a little disappointed that it took so long for Isabella to recognize her feelings for Alec, but when she finally did things got exciting again.

Robards seemed to rush the ending of the book by skipping months at a time. It would have been much more appealing to have had everything happen at once. I also would have enjoyed more interactions between Alec and the people who were involved in Isabella's life before her abduction.

Overall the book was a good read, but I was expecting more. If you're already a Robards fan, you will enjoy it. If not, start with DARK OF THE MOON, so far that's her best, in my opinion.

Couldn't Put it Down!.......2005-08-13

As an avid Karen Robards reader, and a huge fan of her historical romances, I've just been trying to catch up on some that I've missed. I bought this book just because it was a Robards HRN, and I was certainly glad I did. Although I can't say that it is my favorite of hers - probably not even top 3 - I did enjoy it and I read it very (too) quickly. I had a hard time putting it down.

I won't bore you with more details about the actual story line, but I will say that one thing about this one that intrigued me was the proverbial "Bad-Boy"personna of Alec "The Tiger" Tyron. The almost "hoity-toity" Isabella seemed a very unlikely partner for "The Tiger" and that's just what reels you in. I liked the character of Paddy as well as Alec's long-time best friend.

There was one minute thing that bothered me about this book. The very end. Although, as most romances, you end up with things the way they should be - I still didn't care for the last "scene" in this book. But, all in all it was a great read and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves historical romances - or those who don't for that matter.

One of Karen Robards's Best!.......2004-11-11

This book has been on my list of favorite historical romances for years; I re-read it recently because I was getting burned out on the more recent offerings in the genre. It still stands out as a superior and fun read, full of action, adventure and romance.

My favorite part of the book is the hero, Alec Tyron. Alec is the "King of the London Underworld" (which, I agree, does not sound all that romantic)--a street orphan who has pulled himself up from the London gutters by virtue of his quick wits and good instincts. He is also loyal, gorgeous (that never hurts in a romantic hero!), amazingly sensitive and has a good sense of humor. He is a hard, self-made man with an endearing streak of insecurity (a la Derek Craven from Lisa Kleypas's "Dreaming of You".)

The heroine, Lady Isabella St. Just, is the sheltered, lonely, unwanted wife of a libertine earl who meets up with Alec when he "rescues" her from a botched kidnapping/murder attempt. The relationship of Alec and Isabella is very well developed and believable (but will *not* please readers who hate adultery in their romance novels). Neglected by her father and her husband, Isabella has come to regard herself as unattractive and unlovable, yet she is never a whiny victim. It is a pleasure to watch her blossom and gain confidence under Alec's protective care.

While "Tiger's Eye" is not a perfect book (Alec's profession is really *very* unsavory and dangerous and this is never truly addressed, and Isabella does a bit *too* much protesting at certain points in the book), it is a very well-written story with a fabulous hero and pretty hot romance. It is a definite *keeper* for me and I highly recommend it to readers who love historical romance.

As an avid romance reader I think this book was wonderful!.......2004-07-09

I disagree with a few of the reviews here. I think the characters have wonderful chemistry. In addition I feel that the reader could actually see the love developing between them. I highly recommend this book as it is one of my all time favorites.

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Slow Start but Powerful Finish
Outstanding adventure fiction.
An action-crammed story
Close to Cussler but not quite there
Great Adventure Book! One of my all time favorites!

The Eye of the Tiger
Wilbur Smith
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The deep. The deadly. The damned...

For a thousand years, an unimaginable treasure has rested on the bottom of the Indian Ocean, hidden by swift blue currents, guarded by deadly coral reefs, and even deadlier school of man-eating great white sharks. Harry Fletcher, a former soldier turned fisherman, is now being pulled into a murderous mystery by men willing to kill and a beautiful woman willing to lie for what rests far beneath the sea. Now, Harry has no choice but to enter full bore into an international battle to raise an extraordinary object from the deep. Because possessing this treasure isn't just about getting rich--it's about staying alive...

Customer Reviews:

Slow Start but Powerful Finish.......2006-05-28

The starting of this book was slow but the speed increased as I went deeper into the book. This is truly another work of art by Wilbur Smith and I give it a lot of credit.Harry Fletcher was definitely my kind of a character and the other characters were definitely up to speed.

Outstanding adventure fiction........2006-05-22

I enjoyed this book as much or more than I have all of the other works by Mr. Smith in my collection. I never fail to be entertained by Mr' Smith's stunning character exposition, superb descriptive prose and edge-of-your-seat story lines. I could read a novel about paint drying by Mr. Smith and be thrilled to do so. Eye of the Tiger is an excellent read.

An action-crammed story.......2005-06-30

Harry Fletcher lives a quiet life on St Mary's Island and he takes charters on board "Wave Dancer" for fishing and diving. Angelo and Chubby are his two assistants. But the inoffensive Harry once used to be called Harry Bruce and he used to practice the art of violence and sudden death in Malaya, Vietnam, the Congo and Biatra. Furthermore he used to lift complete collections of gold coins in the British Museum and cut diamonds in Amsterdam and to transport hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold bars from Switzerland to Rome.
One day three suspicious looking men, Charley Anderson, Mike Guthric and Jimmy North, want to hire Harry's boat claiming that they want "to do a little exploring" and that they need a full array of scuba diving and salvage equipment. Then they hand Harry a chart showing that they are interested in an area thirty miles north of the mouth of the Rovuma River. What are these men after? When they recognise Harry as "the gold heist from Rome", he senses that the stakes are high and that he is sitting in the game with "big boys" once again... One of the best adventure novel by Wilbur Smith.

Close to Cussler but not quite there.......2005-04-17

This was my first Wilbur Smith novel. It falls just short of the talent that Cussler has. While I'm not so disappointed that I won't read more of him, there's just something missing that I can't quite put my finger on. For instance, the treasure is supposed to have been there for "a thousand years," yet the books states that the treasure sunk to the bottom about 300 years earlier.

But anyway, I will seek out other books by him, so I can recommend this book as an entertaining one.

Great Adventure Book! One of my all time favorites!.......2005-04-08

I read this book many years ago when I was a young boy in 8th grade. I read many, many books, the James Bonds, the Clive Cusslers, and most others in the action/adventure genre. I especially liked strong male heroic characters. Of all the books, this is one of the very best. I have read it many times since.

Told in first person, this book features a great hero, some hot chicks, mean bad guys, a treasure hunt, and incredible situations and turns of events that I won't spoil for you.

I rate this as one of the best adventure books I have ever read.

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Slow going
Hour of Lead, Remembered

Tiger's Eye: A Memoir
Inga Clendinnen
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In her early 50s, Australian historian Inga Clendinnen fell ill with acute liver disease. "'Fall' is the appropriate word," she writes. "It is ... like falling down Alice's rabbit hole into a world which might resemble this solid one, but which operates on quite different principles." Her imaginative, unconventional memoir mirrors the hallucinatory nature of this world as she mingles reminiscences, fiction, hospital sketches, and family profiles to chart the course of her physical and mental life from diagnosis through a successful liver transplant and recovery.

Anyone who has ever been in a hospital will recognize the frail, vulnerable, disoriented state of mind she evokes in describing her time there. Yet Clendinnen also displays biting humor (especially in portraits of fellow patients) and an almost mystical sense of purpose as she seizes on writing as the tool to make sense of her situation. Childhood memories loom large, many invoking the beauty of the natural world, ever-present and overwhelming in rural Australia. Presiding over that childhood, her proud, stoical, impenetrable mother "provided me with an inspiriting mystery: the obdurate opacity of other beings"--and sparked, Clendinnen believes, her lifelong pursuit of historical mysteries.

But the experience of being seriously ill dominates this text. The title comes from her determination to emulate a zoo tiger she admires because he refuses to acknowledge his imprisonment: "I too was in a cage, with feeding times and washing times and bars at the side of my cot, and people coming to stare and prod ... whenever I felt the threat of the violation of self, I would invoke the vision of the tiger." For all the grim candor with which she evokes physical deterioration, Clendinnen also persuasively conveys her discovery that "illness casts you off, but it also cuts you free ... the clear prospect of death only makes living more engaging." --Wendy Smith

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"A decade ago...I fell ill.'Fall' is the appropriate word; it is almost as alarming and quite as precipitous as falling in love."

So begins Inga Clendinnen's beautifully written, revelatory memoir exploring the working of human memory and the construction of the self. In her early fifties, Clendinnen, Australia's award-winning historian of Mayan and Aztec history, was struck with an incurable liver disease, immobilized and forced to give up formal research and teaching. From her sickness comes a striking realization of literacy's protean possibilities: that writing can be a vital refuge from the debilitation of the body, and that the imagination can blossom as the body is enfeebled.

Exiled from both society and the solace of history, and awaiting the mysterious interventions of medical science, Clendinnen begins to write: about her childhood in Australia, her parents, her neighbors, her own history. In addition to recovering half-forgotten stories -- about the town baker and his charming horse, Herbie, about the three elderly, reclusive sisters who let her into their clandestine world -- Clendinnen invents new ones to escape the confines of the hospital, with subjects ranging from the jealousies between sisters to a romantic, Kafkaesque encounter on a train. She also traces the physical, mental and moral impacts of her disease, and voices the terrifying drama of bizarre, vivid drug- and illness-induced hallucinations -- even one she had during her liver transplant.

Along the way, Clendinnen begins to doubt her own memories, remembering things that she knows cannot have happened and realizing that true stories often produce a false picture of the whole. With her gifts for language and observation, Clendinnen deftly explores and maps the obscure terrain that divides history from fiction and truth from memory, as she tries to uncover the relationship between her former selves and the woman she is now. An exquisite hybrid of humorous childhood recollections, masterful fictions and probing history, Tiger's Eye is a uniquely powerful book about how illness can challenge the self -- and how writing can help one define and realize it.

Customer Reviews:

Slow going.......2001-12-17

I have to disagree with the other reviewer with 5 stars. The book just didn't grab me as I hoped it would, and it was a bit of a struggle to complete. I thought about ditching it at around page 50, but continued on to see if it improved--which it did to a small extent. After reading other books about people with illnesses, I found that Tiger's Eye paled in comparison. Go for "It's Not About the Bike" by Lance Armstrong if you want a more gripping personal account of someone dealing and overcoming serious illness. Now that's a real page-turner!

Hour of Lead, Remembered.......2001-08-07

Tiger's Eye is Inga Clendinnen's account of her diagnosis of a rare liver disease, her rapidly debilitating illness, finally a liver transplant and ultimate if precarious recovery. But that is like saying Moby Dick is about whaling. This historian from Australia has written a superb treatise full of hard truths on both illness and memory. After all, the truth is not always carried on angels' wings. Along the way she also has written fiction-- short stories-- and some of the history of Australia. After her diagnosis of Active Auto-Immune Hepatitis, she began writing this memoir on her laptop computer, not knowing if she would live or not. She writes searing accounts of her hospitalization: the good, the bad, the indifferent hospital personnel. The visitors who came late and leave early, to get back to their lives outside an institution.

Ms. Clendinnen writes: "What distinguishes the healthy from the ill--which is a more significant division in any society than class or gender or possibly even homelessness--is that the healthy consider feeling well to be the normal state of things." Then there is memory and all the attendant problems. For example, two children of the same parents have different recollections of their parents, but they are both right. "Being ill had taught me how much of ourselves there is in all the stories we tell about the past." Ms. Clendinnen wanted to preserve the memories of her parents, to try to discover what they were like before she was born. The portraits, "as accurate as memory allows," the author would say, of her parents are the best thing I think in this book. Her descriptions of her mother Catherine, born in Melbourne in 1897-- and her futile attempts ever really to know her mother made my eyes water. Her mother's hard life was in some part her own making. Not all her sisters, for example, were as miserable as she. About her mother's death, Ms. Clendinnen writes "how could her life be ending when it had not yet begun? Bound from childhood in a net of unsought obligations, she fought hard, but with weapons which always turned and lacerated her own flesh. In the desolation of old age, with death imminent, I think she finally knew herself to have been trapped, and defeated, from the beginning."

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Davey has never felt so alone in her life. Her father is dead—shot in a holdup—and now her mother is moving the family to New Mexico to try to recover.

Climbing in Lost Alamos Canyons, Davey meets mysterous Wolf, who seems to understand the rage and fear she feels. Slowly, with Wolf’s help, Davey realizes that she must get on with her life. But when will she be ready to leave the past behind? Will she ever stop hurting?

Customer Reviews:

Exceptional and Touching.......2007-06-11

I read this because it's on the ALA's list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books (1990-2000) and I'm slowly working my way though the list. This is one of the few Judy Blume books I managed to miss when I was younger and I have to say, I'm quite surprised that it's on this list at all. I found absolutely nothing objectionable about the book at all. I agree that the subject matter might be unpleasant to some, but for anyone who's experienced (or might experience) the sudden (and possibly violent) loss of a loved one (and everyone does at some point in their lives) this book is an exceptional read. Not only does it deal with one families struggle to deal with the sudden, violent death of their father/husband it also deals with other types of loss and grief issues. Included in this book are the difficulty of being childless for a couple that wants children (the aunt and uncle), Wolf's experiences with the inevitable loss of his father to cancer, Jane's drinking to cope with the intense and often unrealistic expectations of her family and her own fears about wanting to live her own life but being afraid to at the same time. Tiger Eyes manages to convey an intensity of emotion with regards to each family members fear, grief, anger, and depression...and manages to do it without being depressing or having the main character wallow in it. The struggles of Davey and her Mother are very real, they "feel" authentic, you get a depth of emotion in the reading and I think that is what makes this an excellent book. I think it's a shame anyone would try to censor this, to pretend that death doesn't occur or that there aren't difficult issues in families that lead to children and/or parents making bad/self-destructive choices. I think it's a very good thing that there are books like this that allow readers to enjoy a good story and realize that we are each human and must come to terms with our problems as best we can. I give Tiger Eyes five stars and two thumbs up...highly recommended!!

Tiger Eyes Review by Megan.......2007-03-02

Tiger Eye is a heartfelt and touching story. It all starts out with the death of Davey's father who is killed in the hold-up of his store. Because of his death the story includes many thoughtshots and descriptions to show what the characters are feeling. The story goes on with Davey and her family's struggles and how they compinsate the death of their dad.This story is a great read because the characters and storylines are believable and realistic.I wouldn't recommend this book to people who do not like sappy endings because even though this book is good it can still be a tad predictable. Even with it faults I throughly enjoyed it and hope you do to.

A little nostolgia.......2007-01-22

Most of this story is set in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where I lived for part of my childhood. Judy Blume does a great job of describing the scenery: the blue skies, the pine trees, the Aspen trees, the canyons. Most of her description of the town is pretty accurate too... the names of streets, the approximate layout of buildings in the "downtown" area. I enjoyed her descriptions of the different cliques of people in the high school: the coneheads, jocks, stomps, and loadies. She also nicely describes the main tourist area of Santa Fe (a nearby town), and briefly mentions the Albuquerque hot-air balloon Festival.

The main character, Davis (or Davey), is a girl who joins the "Candy Stripers" (high school student assistants) at the hospital. The Los Alamos hospital did indeed have that program available. Overall, the book is easy to read and shows how Davis learns to cope with the death of her father. The book uses the "first person" perspective (which I found a bit annoying) and has very short sentences so it should be readable by anyone from the 4th grade and up.

La vida es una buena aventura!!!.......2007-01-21

What an awesome book! I can't give it enough praise. Even though it's a
kids' book, I loved it. I'm just a kid at heart.

When Davey's father dies suddenly, in a convenience store robbery, Davey's mother has trouble adjusting to her life in Atlantic City. So she accepts an invitation from Aunt Bitsy and Uncle Walter
to stay with them for a while. Davey is reluctant to go, but life moves on, in New Mexico. And Davey finds out that life is a good adventure,
wherever she is.

I give this book five stars. It's the best book I've read by Ms. Blume.

Tiger Eyes.......2006-08-15

Tiger Eyes is one of my favorite books that I had read. It was about a girl named Davey and her life after her father died. Her father died by getting shot 6 times in the chest during a robbery. It was hard for Davey and her family to recover from his lost so Davey and her mother moved to New Mexico to live with her relatives. Davey lived with her aunt and uncle for a while but she didnt like it because they were too overprotected. They didnt let her do many things that she wanted to do. For example, when she wanted to learn how to ski her aunt and uncle said that she shouldnt or she will get hurt to much. She wanted to go to Drivers Ed but they said it wasnt safe and told her to stay out of the canyon because she could get hurt by a rock. It was hard for Davey to move on after her father died but even though she was forbidden to stay out of the canyon she still went there. It was her place to relax and be by herself. While she was in the caves she met a wolf. The wolf ended up becoming one of her friends because she was able to tell him anything and what was wrong and because the wolf understood how she felt. Davey had a best friend who was an alcoholic so she was always afraid hoping she wouldnt get hurt. It took time for Davey to move on but it took her time to realize that she should move on with her life for the better. The main characters in the book were Davey, Her aunt and uncle named Bitsy and Walter the wolf and Daveys mom, Gwen. The main place took place in Lost Alamos Canyons and in New Mexico such as her aunts and uncles house.

The style of the book was like any ordinary book. Events were separated by chapters and what happened in each event was separated in paragraphs. Reading the book you could feel and understand how Davey feels and you could experience yourself in her shoes and what she goes through. You could feel what Davey had to put up with. You could tell by the words she uses and how they describe how she feels.

Before I read this book I thought it was about a girl whose father died and when his father died she met a tiger and the tiger was his dad. After I read the book I liked it a lot because I was able to relate to it in a way. I was able to relate to it because Davey lost someone she loved. I didnt lose my dad from a death but I lost him because of a divorce between my parents. It was hard for me to accept the fact that my parents were going to get a divorce and there was nothing I could do about it. After Daveys lost she moved to New Mexico and lives with her aunt and uncle. While my parents get a divorce I had to move and live with my mom. It took time for me to get over the divorce and my dad leaving us because it felt that it didnt matter.

This book made me realize that there is a time in life that it is hard for someone to get over a loss in your life and you have to move on for the better. It made me realize that when you lose someone you cant force yourself to get over it fast and you cant really realize how much you lost someone until you really lose them. Just like Davey she had a help of a wolf but in reality wolves cant talk so to me, it means that you should be there for someone and make them feel and know that you care about them and you would do anything for them to make them feel better. When you lose someone its better to tell someone how you feel because keeping it inside bottled up doesnt help anything. Losing someone hurts but you have to remember that you got your friends and your family supporting you 101% of the way.

Eye Of The Tiger (Silhouette Desire, No 271)

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The Tiger's Eye, a widely read magazine of art and literature, was published in nine quarterly issues from 1947 to 1949 by writer Ruth Stephan and painter John Stephan. It took its name from the poem by William Blake. The Tiger's Eye featured European and American Surrealists, members of the Latin American avant garde, and young American painters soon to become known as Abstract Expressionists. The artists, among them Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Adolph Gottlieb, Stanley William Hayter, André Masson, Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Anne Ryan, Kay Sage, Kurt Seligmann, Rufino Tamayo, and Mark Tobey, as well as art editor and co-publisher John Stephan himself, range across the cultural forefront of the post-war period. This handsome book presents numerous examples of the art, writings, and pages of the magazine, using it as a lens through which to view the art world during these richly creative years when its center was shifting from Paris to New York. Also included is an essay tracing the history of the magazine, along with an annotated index of its contributors. Lavishly produced as an homage to the format, striking design, and structural devices of The Tiger's Eye, the resultant volume will not only contribute to our understanding of postwar art history but will itself illuminate every aspect of this complex publication.

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