The Peter Paul and Mary Song Book

Book Description

Recollections by the singers, a discography, chord diagrams for five instruments, plus 42 American folk favorites--all in one great songbook! Here are just a few: Puff (The Magic Dragon) * If I Had My Way * A'Soalin' * Oh, Rock My Soul * It's Raining * One Kind Favor.

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Peter, Paul and Mary Songbook.......2005-08-09

Excellent -- a replacement for one lost in a flood several years ago...now I can sing again.

Just what you were remembering.......2001-08-04

I began playing guitar in the early seventies, when the hippie generation had helped to bring folk music to the forefront of the popular music scene. The major forces behind the success of folk music at that time -- finally reaching all across America on the radio waves -- were Peter, Paul and Mary. They sang songs that they loved, and became part of our lives; these are the songs you will find in this book. The ones you remember, half-hummed snatches of tunes for every mood and moment. The book features both piano and guitar accompaniment. If I were to find fault with the book, it would be that there were still so many songs I wanted which were not included here, and that it did not have a spiral binding, and so my first copy split and finally needed to be replaced after many well-loved years. This book is the right place to start as you begin learning the best songs to know in the folk tradition.

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Looks good at the beginning. . .dissapointing read
The Misery of The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
COULDNT STOP READING IT!!!!
Walking Lucy's path
What I think of Lucy's Ballad

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Karen Cushman
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0064406849

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When California Morning Whipple's widowed mother uproots her family from their comfortable Massachusetts environs and moves them to a rough mining camp called Lucky Diggins in the Sierras, California Morning resents the upheaval. Desperately wanting to control something in her own life, she decides to be called Lucy, and as Lucy she grows and changes in her strange and challenging new environment. Here Karen Cushman helps the American Gold Rush spring to colorful life, just as she did for medieval England in her previous two books, Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice, which won Newbery Honor status and a Newbery Medal respectively. For ages 8-12.

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Dear Gram and Grampop,
Please do not address yours truly as California anymore, California Morning Whipple being a foolish name for a duck much less a girl. I call myself Lucy now. I cannot hate California and be California. I know you will understand.

California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple -- not the name, not the place. But moving out West to Lucky Diggins, California, was her mama's dream-come-true. And now her brother, Butte, and sisters, Prairie and Sierra, seem to be Westerners at heart, too. For Lucy, Lucky Diggins is hardly a town at all -- just a bunch of ramshackle tents and tobacco-spitting miners. Even the gold her mama claimed was just lying around in the fields isn't panning out. Worst of all, there's no lending library! Dag diggety!

So Lucy vows to be plain miserable until she can hightail it back East where she belongs. But Lucy California Morning Whipple may be in for a surprise -- because home is a lot closer than she thinks...

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Looks good at the beginning. . .dissapointing read.......2006-07-22

I bought this book at a used book sale, having never read it beforehand. At first, it looked like a really good story, but as I read it further, it became more and more dissapointing with every page. While the descriptions of an 1840s California mining town are excellent, there isn't much else to praise about this book.
First of all are the kids'names, especially that of the main character, Lucy, whose real name is California Morning Whipple. No wonder she wanted to change her name -- California Morning Whipple sounds like some kind of a dessert. Her sibling's names -- Butte, Prairie, Sierra and Ocean, seem just as odd for the time frame in which the story is set.
Mrs. Whipple, unfortunately, comes off as a rather unlikeable character -- a stubborn, somewhat self-centered widow who drags her kids away from their comfortable, familiar Massachussets town and into a rough mining camp where there are no schools, libraries, or even other kids to play with. She's very hard on Lucy, annoyed by her daughter's constant reading, and she is rather unsympathetic about Lucy's homesickness. She also seems to have no apparent concerns over letting strange, rough men sleep in the same quarters as her kids - apparently, nobody worried about child molesters in those days.
Butte's fascination with collecting different words for liquor is also a bad idea in a book geared toward impressionable young readers -- it makes alcohol seem very appealing to kids. And the ending, too, is dissapointing. Throughout almost the whole book, you hear Lucy saying how badly she wants to return home to Massachussets, so much so that you want to see her get her wish. Then, just as it's about to happen, she decides that home is California, after all, and she stays put. Then, in a letter to her mother (who has remarried and moved to the Sandwich Islands with the rest of the family)Lucy says that home is where her family is, but she makes no effort, or shows no desire to rejoin them. Instead, she remains in California, by her own choice, and becomes a librarian.
While in some stories the "I-really-want-to-go-home-but-after-I've-been-here-for-a-while-I've-decided-that-I-really-am-home" plot works well for some stories, it failed miserably in this one. For the above reasons, I give this book one star.

The Misery of The Ballad of Lucy Whipple .......2006-02-07

I only completed four pages and I did not like this book. I thought this book is boring. Anyways, the book is inaccurate. A women during this period of time would not go all the way to California without a man, and East coast people were consider the proper folks of the day and would not have spoke in slang! The most inaccurate thing of all are the character's names. The people on the East coast would have never dreamed of naming there kids California, Butte, Prairie, Sierra, Golden Promise, and Ocean. Besides, the Prairie is in the midwest, the ocean has nothing to do with the west ( with the exception of the Pacific Ocean), and the Sierra Desert was not known about back than! These sound like Native American names, not proper English names.
This book could have been a success. I read Karen Cushman's background and it seems like she is trying to interest children in history. I think if she wants do that she should at least put accurate information in her books! I have read The Mid-Wife's Apprentice also by Karen Cushman, I thought that was much more accurate than this book. If Karen would have kept this book a little more true to history and geography it would be more enjoyable. You would not sit and worry about what is realistic and what is not. If you look at the copy write date it is 1996. I am guessing there are lots of books with the same plot. A girl who is almost a teenager crosses the United States because her parents want to search for gold in California and the girl doesn't want to leave her friends and family and move. If she would have changed this very popular unoriginal plot I think more children would have enjoyed it. I know I would and many of my friends would have been more likely to read a book with an original plot than a book with stale, boring plot.

This is Karen Cushman's worst work. I highly recommend save your money for something other book. Trust me, this book is a waste of paper and ink!

COULDNT STOP READING IT!!!!.......2005-12-04

Great book, a lot of similes, descriptions. You really see the characters and what they are doing in your head. Not difficult to read. I cant say any more but PERFECT!!!
I hope this review will be useful to you, and

READ IT!!!

Walking Lucy's path.......2005-10-25

I think that "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple" is a very good book because of how clearly the author shows Lucy's personality within the book. Such as when Lucy states "Mama, that gold you claimed is lying in the fields around here must be hidden by all the lizards, dead leaves, and mule droppings, for I can't see a thing worth picking up and taking home." Lucy hates California at first, until she understands the true beauty of it at the end of the book.

I also enjoyed how the story sucks you into a whirlepool of adventure and another world so that you can put yourself in Lucy's shoes and walk her path in the story. Like when the author writes, "Small tents, shacks, and brush-covered lean-tos huddled along one bank of the river." and
"The air, heavy with heaty and dust, burned my nose and stung my eyes."

I recommend this book to people who love adventure, a little humor, and who aren't afraid of history. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple makes you laugh when you least expect it and gives you a taste of gold rush life.

What I think of Lucy's Ballad.......2005-09-30

I think that "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple" is a very good book because of how clearly the author shows Lucy's personality within the book. I also enjoyed how the story sucks you into a whirlepool of adventure and another world so that you can put yourself in Lucy's shoes and walk her path in the story. I recommend this book to people who love adventure, a little humor, and who aren't afraid of history.

A Ballad of the Civil War (Trophy Chapter Book)

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Two brothers and the Civil War
A Ballad of the Civil War
The Ballad of the Civil War
A Ballad of the Civil War- A Bad Book
I Did Not Like It

A Ballad of the Civil War (Trophy Chapter Book)
Mary Stolz
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
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Binding: Paperback

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A Brother's War

Tom Rigby didn't think that anything could ever come between him and his twin, Jack. But things begin to change when Tom learns that they are not allowed to play with their friend Aaron anymore because he's a slave. Tom is upset, but Jack doesn't seem to care. All Jack cares about is playing soldier.
Eleven years later, when war breaks out, Jack joins the Confederation army. But Tom can't bring himself to fight for a cause he doesn't believe in -- slavery. So Tom rides north to join the Union army -- even though he knows he may one day have to face his brother on the battlefield.

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Two brothers and the Civil War.......2006-12-01

This is a sad story about two boys who grow up and become enemies. It was a good book. I learned more about the civil war from this book. I didn't like that the book was so short and also the ending of the book.

A Ballad of the Civil War.......2003-03-11

I must say that I am well read. I have read many books by many great authors--Cooper, both Brontes, Austen--and yet I find myself coming back to this ballad. I read this when I was in fifth grade, and liked it, but didn't care for it overmuch. Previously this year I found myself faced with a challenge. My english teacher wanted each class member to read something they liked, a poem, a song, part of a book, etc. to the class. I couldn't think of anything. I was searching through my mind trying to think of what I could read, then I thought back to my fifth grade teacher, and remembered this ballad. I read it to my class, and nearly everyone had misty eyes. This is the most touching poem I have yet to see. Each time I read it I get chills down my back. Background information on the Civil War is a good idea. I hope in time you readers who were "board, bord" or bored with this book will be able to realize how touching this really is.

The Ballad of the Civil War.......2001-04-06

The Ballad of the Civil War is one of the best books I've read. Jack & Tom are twins fighting in a battel. Read this book to find out what happens to the twins when they enlist in the war. Icould not put it down.It is not scary. tis a short read.

A Ballad of the Civil War- A Bad Book.......2000-07-08

I did not like this book at all. I read it because I wanted toread a short easy book but instad I got boring.

This book is boringand has absoluty nothing to do with the Civil War. Only the last chapter about 7 pages even mentions the Civil War.

At the end one brother finds a man from the other side and it made him think about his brother...

I Did Not Like It.......2000-06-06

i really did not like this book. i was supposed to read thisbook as an assiment for school, i did not have time during thatweekend so i read 18 pages during school in the morning and i almost fell asleep. i got so board.

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A book for Lieder students and fans
A Treasury of Art Song
An important anthology
An indespensible resource for singers, pianists.

The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Manufacturer: Limelight Editions
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0879100044

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The original texts of over 750 songs in a new translation that allows the reader to follow line by line, the English directly opposite the German. "Will no doubt become the standard lieder-resource for the English-speaking world..." - Choice

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A book for Lieder students and fans.......2006-08-06

I sing in a church choir and have been taking voice lessons for about 18 months. I walked into my next voice lesson with this book and the teacher that was just leaving said "That's a great book! I use it all the time." If you do not speak German it is a good reference to learn lyrics. If you are a fan, then having this book saves you from having to pull out the booklets from your Matthias Goerne CD cases:) DF-D wrote an excellent 17 page intro, but did not do the translations. He is an excellent writer-read his book on Schubert lieder.

A Treasury of Art Song.......2005-02-11

I recently purchased a six-CD set on EMI of Fischer-Dieskau singing Brahms lieder. My collection includes the song texts in German, but, alas, does not have English translations. I needed to know something of the texts and thus turned to "The Fischer-Dieskau Book of Lieder", first published in 1976 and recently reissued. This book includes the original texts and English translations of 750 songs, including, of course, many texts set by Brahms. The book does not include all the songs in my compiliation, but it gave me much more than I had without it. It includes, among much else, the complete text and translation of Brahms's song-cycle, "Die Schone Magelone" Op. 33, which set 15 poems of Ludwig Tieck. In this day of cost-cutting, where both texts and translations are frequently not included in CDs, Fischer-Dieskau's book is an excellent resource.

The song texts are easy to use as they are accompanied by a three-fold index that lists the contents by composer, poets, and titles and first lines. The songs in the book are arranged alphabetically. The book also includes an excellent introduction by Fischer-Dieskau which manages to be both an overview and highly personal at the same time.

In addition to helping to find texts and translations of songs on recordings, this book has many other uses. It can be used simply to read the poetry that was set by the great composers of song and to follow-up by listening to settings of poems that the reader finds appealing. The book can be used as a guide to songs that were set by more than one composer or to explore songs. The book includes many texts that were set by the great masters of song, including Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and others. There are many other texts set by composers who are obscure. For those with a desire to do so, this book can be used as a means of finding and exploring songs by composers who lie somewhat outside the most familiar track. And, of course, this is a wonderful book simply for browsing.

This book will delight any lover of art song and would make a treasured and unique gift to any lover of song.

An important anthology.......2001-01-23

This book, compiled by one of the greatest lieder performers of our time, is an extensive anthology of lieder texts from mid-18th century (Haydn, Gluck) to the first half of the 20th (Shoeck, Hindemith), with the vast majority placed in the heart of Fisher-Dieskau expertise - the romantic lieder: over 150 of Schubert's songs, most of Schumann's, and then Loewe, Cornelius, Brahms and many more. Important cycles by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wolff, Mahler etc. are given in their entirety. The translation, even though it does not preserve the rhyme, does preserve the line structure and serves its purpose to the fullest. English texts (W. Scott, W. Shakespeare etc.) used by composers in their German translation, are "back-translated" to English, rather than presented in their original form. The texts are alphabetically organised, and in addition to the poet's (or translator's) name, the names of (in most cases) all composers who wrote music to the text are given. There are 3 useful indices - one by author, one by composer and one general index. In the interesting introduction to the book, Fischer-Dieskau briefly sketches the history of the artistic song from his own very interesting point of view. And here one has to realise that this is indeed a personal anthology made by a great performer of the German Lied. Most of the texts, with very few exceptions, are originally in German, or used by the composers in their German translation. If the text is not in German, as in the case of Carpani's "In Questa Tomba Oscura", it is there since it is set to music by Beethoven, or Tchaikowski's setting for the Scottish ballad "Edward" is in the book probably just because he used the German translation... This book can not replace much needed books that are not available, such as the entire corpus of Schubert's song texts, in the way that Norton's anthology of English literature can not replace the complete writings of the authors that appear in the collection. The texts are not annotated, something that would be welcome in a more reference-type book. However, for whoever is interested in the German lied, this is an essential and extensive anthology, accompanied by very good translations and very well organised. PS - now someone should come up with a French equivalent...

An indespensible resource for singers, pianists........1999-02-06

offers english (poetic not literal) translations of many german lieder texts neglected in other resources such as "word by word translations of songs and arias." indespensible resource for singers, pianists, and others interested in lieder who do not speak german. includes the greater portion of texts set by Schubert, Wolf, Schumann, etc. also includes texts set by more modern or obscure composers, e.g. Peter Cornelius, Clara Schumann, etc. a book that needed to be written.

Casey At the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (Caldecott Honor Book)

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Must have book for kids of all ages - whether you like baseball or not.
Home run!
WHAT A WONDEFUL, WELL DONE WORK!
Best book ever
Mudville Strikes Again: A Version for Older Kids Who Love Baseball

Casey At the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (Caldecott Honor Book)
Ernest L. Thayer
Manufacturer: Handprint
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1929766009

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"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out." Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an enduring icon of Americana. Christopher Bing's magnificent version of this immortal ballad of the flailing 19th-century baseball star is rendered as though it had been newly discovered in a hundred-year-old scrapbook. Bing seamlessly weaves real and trompe l'oeil reproductions of artifacts-period baseball cards, tickets, advertisements, and a host of other memorabilia into the narrative to present a rich and multifaceted panorama of a bygone era. A book to be pored over by children, treasured by aficionados of the sport-and given as a gift to all ages: a tragi-comic celebration of heroism and of a golden era of sport.

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Must have book for kids of all ages - whether you like baseball or not........2007-06-08

As an admitted father of two toddlers, book lover, history buff and baseball fan, my review may seem like the most biased you could read. Yes, I do love this book on many levels.

But I have shared this book with children and adults of all ages -- many that care less about baseball, sports or history -- and all have been captivated by the illustrations and unbelievable level of detail Christopher Bing brought to this book.

Indeed, it is "copiously and faithfully illustrated" by the author. Every time you pick up this book you will be rewarded for your attention: it is filled with interesting little images of ads, money and baseball-related items from the period.

This book will surprise and delight you, again and again. Nice job, Mr. Bing. Very nice job.

Home run!.......2006-12-11

Anyone who loves baseball, poetry, or amazingly intricate illustrations will love this book. I've used it in the classroom as part of units on poetry and baseball and it's always a hit. Great stuff!

WHAT A WONDEFUL, WELL DONE WORK!.......2006-10-29

What a wonderful rendition of one of my favorite (and many others) poems! Not only do I like this book my self (I actually own the thing), but I have found it to be very useful in school and in teaching young grandsons. The author has taken the classic poem of Casey at the Bat and turned it into a piece of art and a history lesson all in one. He has used old newspaper clippings of the late 1800s as a back ground to his wonderful illustrations. A close look at these clippings reveal that they enhance and go along with the story quite well. Not only do the kids (I use this for 3rd graders through 6th graders) get to hear, as I read the book to them, one of our classic "fun poems" but they get a great history lesson as we discuss the context of the story with the newspaper background. It is rather amazing, upon close examination, just how much extras information the author has packed into this book. Now I realize that this is classified as a juvenal book, which I think is a real shame as it will possible divert the attention of older baseball fans and they will miss out on quite a lot. That is a pity. This book is actually quite suitable for a baseball fan of any age. I know I treasure my copy at well over sixty years old...of course I must admit to still having a lot of little boy in me, still. Highly recommend this one.

Best book ever.......2006-05-18

I loved this book. I loved how they took a old poem and put it in to a book!!! So if could 1,000,000 copies of one book Cassey at the Bat would be it!!!

Mudville Strikes Again: A Version for Older Kids Who Love Baseball .......2006-04-25

Christopher Bing's version of Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat" is a must for serious baseball fans of any age. He presents the Thayer's classic ballad in a scrapbook/folio format, the poem superimposed against a "yellowed" and torn newspaper. For authenticity--and baseball fans are sticklers for details--Bing uses period font from the era, draws black and white line pictures resembling hand-engravings (it wasn't until 1890 that newspapers replaced engravings with the speedier photoengraving technique), and layers the whole effort with printed ephemera, including "caveat emptor" (let the buyer beware) medicinal ads, newspaper clippings about baseball, and memorabilia such as money, tickets, and medallions. I know about the birth of newspaper photoengraving only because Bing includes a lot of interesting history (and copious acknowledgements) in the newspaper-formatted endpapers.

The strength of the poem is unquestioned; "Casey" is so firmly engrained in the national psyche that the Library of Congress lists him as a real person, complete with birthdate. Dozens of authors mimicked or enhanced the piece, and the ballad's illustrators include Leroi Neiman, Barry Moser, and Patricia Polacco. Bing's choice of (mostly) drab colors will probably lose a younger audience; Patricia Polacco corners that demographic with her warm and wonderfully loopy style. Nor does Bing add any overt story features; Polacco changes the setting to a contemporary Little League game, and frames the story with some family dynamics between Casey, his sister, and the game's umpire-his dad!

Where Bing excels is context. Obviously, he displays the style and format of printed materials in his pseudo-engravature, and his fictionalized but historically accurate newspaper clippings. More importantly, however, he shows how the tight interweaving of baseball and society. Baseball, like the Constitution (Scalia and Thomas dissenting) and the performing arts in general, changes with the times. Back in 1888, baseball had one umpire, used one ball throughout the game, and lacked fences (one amusing clipping tells of a fan absconding with a ball so that the opposing team couldn't field it). In 1888, African-American players played alongside Whites, but the writing is on the wall, one telling clip hints at the eventual banning of all but Caucasian players.

Bing makes a few errors (one of his newspaper accounts praises Casey's hitting in another game, but the box score shows that he went 0 for 5), and he normalizes Casey--his face shows reasonable emotion, not the overwrought feelings that Thayer describes in his grand, faux-epic style.

However, the book casts an impressively broad net over an entire era, and look ahead towards the inevitable change. It's a great model for similar classroom projects, and Bing's research and color illuminate the reciprocity between society and game like no other. Still, this is not a book for young kids (except for those who are really, really into baseball, and who have the attention span to pour over the ephemera). The overall look is a grayish/yellow drab, with specks of color, and Bing packs in a lot of information. I believe Bing would agree that it's not the definitive or even the best "Casey" version for all ages-what could be?--even with its Caldecott honor and a legion of fans.

Bing's "copious and faithfully illustrated" achievement (and ultimately, much of the book's following stems from its achievement in research and illustration, as opposed to its entertainment value for kids) is impressive, educational, and maps neatly onto Thayer's poem. It's easy to imagine kids from older elementary school through middle school, as well as adult fans, pouring over every background detail as Casey's sneers one more time.

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888

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Casey at the Bat Book Review
Casey Strikes Out; Polacco Hits a Homer!
Great story!!!
This is a beautiful version of this classic poem.

Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888
Ernest L. Thayer
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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The outlook wasn't brilliant

for the Mudville nine that day:

The score stood four to two

with but one inning more to play....

Since 1888 Casey at the Bat has been read and loved by baseball fans around the world. Now Mighty Casey has been brought to life by celebrated illustrator C. F. Payne, who captures the old-fashioned fun of an afternoon at the ballpark for a brand-new generation.

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Fantastic gift for the young ball player in your life!.......2005-05-24

This is by far the best rendition/publication of this poem that I've ever seen. The combination of the real-life looking people, but have their legs look like pencils, is quite humerous. Our particular favorite is the smoke coming from Casey's ears when he has struck out twice. The pictures in this book greatly enhance the story. Especially when Casey is standing there examining his fingernails on the first strike. Pretty cute and funny stuff.

Grab this book for all the young ball players you know - it really tells a nice tale of always doing your best, no matter how good you get at whatever you do. It made my little guy pretty sad to read this book/poem, but it definitely opens the door to emphasizing the importance of always doing your best. Highly recommend!

Casey at the Bat Book Review.......2002-02-27

I thought this was a wonderful book. I enjoyed Thayers use of poetry to exrpress the emotion in the story. The language used in the text is of very high quality and when read by an adult to a child, the child is able to thourghly understand. The illustrations play an important role with the text. They not only enrich the text, but they tell a story in itself. We can feel the emotion of the players and the crowd through Polacco's work. Overall I thought this was a wonderful book and reccomend it to a child of any age.

Casey Strikes Out; Polacco Hits a Homer!.......2000-06-19

Thayer's classic ballad, `Casey at the Bat,' is greatly enhanced by Patricia Polacco's brilliantly achieved, big-hearted illustrations. Ms. Polacco captures emotion, action, and character through wittily exaggerated, slightly loopy pictures, and through lots of uncrowded background shenanigans. It's very cinematic: She effectively isolates action through extreme close-ups, and extends time through a montage of events occurring within a single picture. Like the auteur she is, she even adds some opening and closing story elements (while leaving the poem intact) that augment the poem's appeal to the younger reader.

This book is simply great fun to read aloud; you'll find yourself wanting to memorize its evocative imagery and epic aspirations:

"Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt; Five thousand tongue applauded when he wiped them on his shirt. Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip, Defiance flashed in Casey's eye, a sneer curled Casey's lip."

You and your youngsters will love the humor and the drama in this a classic rendition of Thayer's beloved poem. Infants and toddlers will enjoy the bright pictures, and all readers will appreciate the perfect teaming of Thayer and Polacco.

Great story!!!.......1999-05-05

Casey at the Bat tells about mighty Casey and his missing 2 strikes - like messing up in life.

This is a beautiful version of this classic poem........1998-04-21

This is a beautifully illustrated version of this 1888 classic ballad about baseball. The beautiful watercolor illustrations for this centennial edition were rendered from historic photographs and drawings from the archives of the National Baseball Library in Cooperstown, New York. Finally, an illustrated versions whose pictures match the beauty of the language of this timeless ballad. Young and old, lovers of baseball and language will all cherish this book.

MCTS 70-528 Exam Prep: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-based Client Development Exam (Exam Cram 2)

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MCTS 70-528 Exam Prep: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-based Client Development Exam (Exam Cram 2)
Amit Kalani , Priti Kalani , Patricia Ballad , and William Ballad
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Prepare for the MCTS 70-528 Exam with proven Exam Prep methodology that teaches you what you need to know

Comprehensive coverage of all MCTS 70-528 exam objectives, including chapter review questions, step-by-step exercises, and all source code on the website
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Good and Evil in a Fairytale

The Maiden on the Moor
Marilyn Singer
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0688086748

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Good and Evil in a Fairytale.......2006-01-06

The Maiden on the Moor by Marilyn Singer is a lovely fairy tale about two brothers who are shepherds. One brother is prosperous and surrounded by family but is also very nasty and cruel while the other brother is lonely and with little in his life. Then one day the lonely brother finds an unconscious woman on the moors and brings her to his home to bring her back to good health. But for many days she lies motionless and the man is broken hearted. After he emotionally breaks down and leaves his home, the maiden does awake. She explains to the shepherd's three faithful dogs that they must help her to return to where she belongs and in turn will help the shepherd find true love and wealth. After the maiden is transformed into a beautiful swan she sees to it that both of the brothers get what they deserve. But to find out what each deserved, you will have to read this book.

I thought this was a wonderful fairy tale. In addition the illustrations were simply beautiful. I am currently teaching a unit for a 7th grade language arts class on fairytales. I read this book with my class as an example of a fairytale which includes the elements of a fairytale which we discussed in class.
I would recommend this for young adults and adults alike.

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Graphic Storytelling Extravaganza!!!
BEAUTIFUL
Great graphic novel
Great holiday gift book!

The Book of Ballads
Charles Vess
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0765312158
Release Date: 2006-03-07

Book Description

Illustrated and presented by one of the leading artists in modern fantasy, The Book of Ballads gives us some of the great songs and folktales of the English, Irish, and Scottish traditions, re-imagined in sequential-art form, in collaboration with some of todays strongest fantasy writers. Here is New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman retelling The False Knight on the Road; popular mystery author Sharyn McCrumb reimagining Thomas the Rhymer; acclaimed childrens writer Jane Yolen with King Henry and The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie; popular novelist Charles de Lints contemporary reworking of Twa Corbies; comics superstar Jeff Smith with The Galtee Farmer; Emma Bulls version of The Black Fox, and much, much more. A finalist for 2005s Eisner Award, Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike.

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Graphic Storytelling Extravaganza!!! .......2005-02-10

With all the great images and well know authors of our time. The mysterious worlds of old and new are combined in a collaborated one volume. The stories and legends are masterfully illustrated by one of the masters of pen and ink of our time, Charles Vess.

BEAUTIFUL.......2004-12-17

This book is absolutely gorgeous and I hope Mr. Vess makes more like it. His stunning illustrations and ability to tell a story through pictures weaves a music all alone. Mr. Vess's art coupled with stories inspired by ancient and new ballads and written by some of the greatest storytellers of our time, such as Neil Gaiman and Charles De Lint, makes for a one of a kind book that can be enjoyed on many levels. A great read for anyone who likes Art, music, good writing or needs some more magick on their bookshelf.

Great graphic novel.......2004-11-26

Fantasy and comic book illustrator Charles Vess (see his work on the early Sandman comic books) provides thirteen illustrative stories written by eleven different highly regarded authors that are based on famous ballads. The tales are cleverly conceived as Mr. Vess and a renowned fantasist take a well known verse and turns it into a delightful illustrated story. The original ballad follows the animated tale for those who seek the complete package. The pictures are in black and white, but that brings a historical feel to the retelling of the ballads; thus this enhances the conversion as color would make it prettier, but subtract from the wonderful total affect. A rather different type of anthology, fans of graphic tales will appreciate this marvelous unique collection that contains wonderful interpretations of famous ballads like the Black Fox and Thomas the Rhymer by a who's who of fantasy.

Harriet Klausner

Great holiday gift book!.......2004-11-18

Along with Kaluta and Wrightson, Charles Vess is one the great fantasy artists of today. If you've seen his work in Gaiman's Stardust or Sandman or the Charles de Lint book covers, then I've sure you'll agree.

If you're not convinced yet, then I challenge you to go to your local book store, sit down and read the first story (also by Gaiman). You'll leave with book in hand!

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (The Squire's Tales)

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We laughed, we cried, we fought over who got to read it first!
Gerald Morris does it again!
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Great Book
The Ballad of Sir Dinadan

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (The Squire's Tales)
Gerald Morris
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0618190996

Book Description

Young Dinadan has no wish to joust or quest or save damsels in distress or do any of the knightly things expected of him. He'd rather be a minstrel, playing his rebec and writing ballads. But he was born to be a knight, and knights, of course, have adventures. So after his father forces his knighthood upon him, he wanders toward King Arthur's court, in the company of a misguided young Welsh lad named Culloch. There Dinadan meets Sir Kai and Sir Bedivere, and the three find themselves accompanying Culloch on the worst sort of quest. Along the way, Dinadan writes his own ballads, singing of honor, bravery, loyalty, and courtly loveand becomes a player in the pathetic love story of Tristram and Iseult. He meets the Moorish knight Palomides, the clever but often exasperating Lady Brangienne, and an elvin musician named Sylvanus, along with an unusual collection of recreant knights and dimwitted defenders of chivalry. He learns that while minstrels sing of spectacular heroic deeds, honor is often found in simpler, quieter ways.

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We laughed, we cried, we fought over who got to read it first!.......2007-04-03

After reading one book by author Gerald Morris, we were addicted! Now my husband (43), my son (12), and myself (37) are fighting over every book in the Squire's Tales series that we can get our hands on! We bought this book because we heard it was "good literature." We had no idea HOW good until we read it. It is clever, witty, sarcastic, adventurous, and inspirational! My husband laughed so hard he cried! It is a very entertaining retelling of the King Arthur stories and Canterbury Tales, complete with knights, castles, princesses, magic, fairies, herbs with healing powers, and quests! The characters as sassy and full of spunk, and there is a new adventure around every corner. We recommended these books to our local library, some of the librarians read one of the books, and they ended up ordering a bunch of the books from The Squire's Tales series for the library. (This book is fifth in the in the series.) It is easy to recommend such a charming and entertaining book!

Gerald Morris does it again!.......2005-07-04

I love all of Gerald Morris's books, but this is one of my favorites! Despite the title, it is a retelling of Tristan and Isolde. Now everyone knows that tragic love story -- but not this way!

The story is told from Dinadan's point of view. He is the younger brother of the famous Tristan, but doesn't really know his brother. After his drunken father knights him, Dinadan leaves to go adventuring. During his travels, he meets his brother (who doesn't remember him). He realizes that the famous Tristan is really a self-centered idiot. He also meets the beautiful cruel Isolde. Dinadan learns a few life lessons on his travels, and also meets a spunky young lady with a terrible secret, who turns out to be the former handmaiden of Isolde. The ending is wonderful and quite unexpected, and everyone gets what they deserve. Althought it doesn't stick to the actual tale, it's still great fun for everyone!

Review of The Ballad of Sir Dinadan.......2004-09-08

This is a funny, adventursome story about a knight of King Arthur. Sir Dinadan is a musician, who is not skilled in warfare, as a matter of fact, he hates it. After his father knights him, Sir Dinadan sets out on a series of adventures, many including his brother Tristram. Tristram being the famous lover of Isuelt from Arthurian tales. I loved this book, Sir Dinadan, his feisty lady friend, and the surprising ending. enjoy!

Great Book.......2004-05-22

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan is a great read. At first glance it does look kinda stupid. The cover is a knight playing a rebec surrounded by animals, but the book is great!

The Ballad of Sir Dinadan.......2003-08-05

Having read 'The Squire's Tale", "The Squire, His Knight, and, His Lady", "The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf ", and "Parsifal's Page", I found Gerald Morris' latest Arthurian tale, "The Ballad of Sir Dinadan" to be my least favorite. I found the plot to be to changeable, never having the adventure, or wit, of Gerald Morris' other books. It does have some good humor, which I will not spoil, if you have not read, this book yet. Most of all I miss Sir Gawain, and his squire, who have been in all of the other books so far. (Starring in the first two, having a side role in the others) But they are nowhere to be found. Gerald Morris' Gawain, is so life like, he is everything a knight should be, there is no one who can take his place in this book, he feels missing, as does his nice squire. Sir Dinadan is likable, but not very knightly.I found, Tristram and Iseult's love story, is funny at frist, but after awhile it felt to me, to off the wall. I hope in Gerald Morris, next book Gawain will have the leading role again. 'The Squire's Tale", and "The Squire, His Knight, and, His Lady" are classics, I hope the next book is not a clone of this one.

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