Counting Kisses: A Kiss & Read Book

Book Description

How many kisses does a tired baby need?

Count and kiss

along with this bedtime book, now in a sturdy format perfect for the youngest readers.

Customer Reviews:

GREAT !.......2007-10-14

GREAT BOOK ! MY DAUGHTER ENJOYS COUNTING AND GETTING KISSES AT THE SAME TIME. FUN READING FOR BOTH PARENT AND CHILD.

love this book!.......2007-10-11

I love this book and I can't wait to give it to my 7 month old nephew! His mommy, daddy and everyone who reads this to him will love it too. I would suggest this for anyone with a sweet little one in their life.

best part of the day.......2007-09-11

This book is brilliant. I have read it over and over to my 4 year old son since he was born, and my 18 month old daughter - and it is because of the wonderful results. They squeal with delight and anticipation as they know where the kisses are coming next- holding there feet out, or hiding their chin. And we all love every page and closeness of a laughing, if not squirmy, goodnight.
Besides being one of the best ways to end the day, I also like how the book outlines the different people who make up the family sharing in kissing goodnight, and I suppose there must be some learning in there of body parts as you read the next line of where the kisses are going. But even without these additional features, the book is great and highly recommend it to any family with a newborn to toddler.

Very Sweet and Endearing Read.......2007-08-10

This has become a staple in our household. We read it every night and of course, play it out too! My daughter loves this book and counting the kisses!

Excellent book for Mommy and Baby!!!.......2007-06-27

I have purchased this for my daughter and as gifts. It is a wonderful board book, which invites interaction between momma and baby with plenty of playful kisses!!!

Average customer rating:

Disappointing
The Really Fun Family Haggadah

The Really Fun Family Haggadah
Larry Stein
Manufacturer: Ruach Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0966991001

Book Description

Useful for both parents and children, this guide to the seder service provides all the Hebrew parts that families desire combined with English text for those needing help in translation. Two versions of the Passover story-one for adults and a brief one for children-are provided. In addition to all of the seder's 14 steps, this Haggadah provides explanations of the Passover traditions, as well as fun multiple-choice questions so families can understand the service better and gain a greater appreciation for its purpose and meaning. Many of the features are designed to encourage discussion among family members, both young and old, which is an important part of the Passover experience.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing .......2007-03-20

I've been searching for a way to make the seder more engaging and fun for kids -- and I mean little kids, like from toddlerhood until adolescence. For them (and for many adults) the hour or two until dinner is just plain boring -- a whole lot of talking with a smattering of songs, but not really fun songs (think Wiggles). This book had a promising title, good reviews and a colorful cover, but it just doesn't live up to its name. Like so many other "fun" or "family friendly" haggadot, its answer to the boredom is more talking: discussion topics, interesting facts and history, quizzes, etc. Those are all well and good for adults and older kids, but for the wee ones it just makes it drag on longer. It's not particularly well illustrated either -- not in a way that would engage small children while the adults drone on for what seems like an eternity. Young children need physical stimulation (songs with choreographed hand movements they can learn, for instance) and broader and more energetic interactions. In defense of this book, I haven't found an actually really fun haggadah yet and I've been searching for a couple years. Maybe it doesn't exist and I need to make up my own.

The Really Fun Family Haggadah.......2000-04-03

We read the Haggadah over and we think this will be the best year for your seder yet. My childern are 8 and 5. The older one reads hebrew the younger is able to sing the songs. We are looking forward to sharing this new family tradition with extened family and friends.

10 Neat Things About Being a Flower Girl

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Very disappointed!
My Kids Love It!
10 Neat Things About Being a Flower Girl
How Great to Have These Books at My Wedding!
Not a great book

10 Neat Things About Being a Flower Girl
Penelope Colville Paine , and Itoko Maeno
Manufacturer: Paper Posie
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 097079441X

Book Description

Helps little Flower Girls understand their important role in wedding celebrations. Color illustrations of wedding accessories throughout are suitable for many cultures.

Customer Reviews:

Very disappointed!.......2007-07-10

The cute title lured me in to buying this book although the price was much higher than the other flower girl books listed on amazon.com. The only other thing I liked about this book was the introductory page. There is a place to write the date of the wedding, bride & groom's name along with the flower girl's name. From that point on the book was a pure disappointment. I had ordered 4 different books on being a flower girl and this one ranks at the bottom of my list! It lacks a good explanation of the role of a flower girl, has no story line, and will not keep my 4.5 year old granddaughter's interest for one minute. I tend to think that if something cost more it will be better...not in this case! Here is a perfect book on being a flower girl with a fun story and explanation on what happens before, during and afer a wedding. If you are looking for a book to help your little flower girl understand her role buy this:
The Little Flower Girl (Pictureback(R))

My Kids Love It!.......2007-03-03

Kids don't have to be preparing for a wedding to appreciate the positive, inspiring words and images of the book. I love the narative which includes things like sports, science and entrepreneurship along with the classic "girl" stuff. I even read the book to my two boys so that they can understand that girls are a lot like them in experiences and aspirations.

10 Neat Things About Being a Flower Girl.......2006-03-23

Was a little disappointed with this book selection. Bought as a little gift for my flower girls and although they were 7,5 and 3, it was really only meant for the 3-yr-old. Nice illustrations...just didn't care for the list of 10 things!

How Great to Have These Books at My Wedding!.......2004-12-11

I was recently married and was given these books by a friend. I had several children in my ceremony and I wanted to make the day as special for them as it was for me. The faces on my little flower girls lit up when I gave the books to them at the rehearsal dinner. They read and re-read them that night; they would not put them down! The day of the wedding the girls could not wait to perform their duties and I honestly feel that the books helped them understand the significance of the occasion. Even better, they were good as gold and knew exactly what to do. These books are great and were a wonderful way to wholeheartedly include the girls in the ceremony, as well as give them something fun to do at the boring rehearsal dinner!

Not a great book .......2004-12-09

I purchased this book for my 4 year old niece for upcoming wedding and the 10 Cool things about being a ring bearer for my fiance's 8 year old nephew and was disappointed with both books. The text is virtually identical in both books (which wouldn't be a problem since they are going to two different homes) but the text isn't very compelling and is much too specific. I heard multiple comments of "we aren't doing that," "you're my aunt, not my sister" etc. She enjoyed another book I also bought which told the STORY of a young flower girl -- and she could relate to "she's just like me" instead of the confusing first person narration of this book. It DOES make a difference to a child if the narration is first or third person since they often view characters in stories as friends.

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes

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Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats`
Excellent service.
Things to do with children
Easy Multiculturism
A delightful book well illustrated

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes
Nina Simonds , Leslie Swartz , and Boston The Children's Museum
Manufacturer: Gulliver Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152019839

Book Description

Filled with delectable recipes, hands-on family activities, and traditional tales to read aloud, this extraordinary collection will inspire families everywhere to re-create the magic of Chinese holidays in their own homes. They can feast on golden New Year's dumplings and tasty moon cakes, build a miniature boat for the Dragon Boat Festival and a kite at Qing Ming, or share the story of the greedy Kitchen God or the valiant warrior Hou Yi.
This stunning compilation from bestselling cookbook author Nina Simonds and Leslie Swartz of the Children's Museum, Boston, is the perfect gift for families that have embraced Chinese holidays for generations--and for those just beginning new traditions.

Customer Reviews:

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats`.......2006-11-10

This book is full of activities; stories and recipes--we will be using this book a lot in keeping the some of the traditions of China alive for our adopted daughter.

Excellent service........2006-08-13

The book arrived in a timely manner and in excellent condition as promised. Thank you.

Things to do with children.......2006-02-28

A nice book full of pictures and stories about the various festivals. There are craft items to make and food to cook. A good idea for those who are trying to incorporate chinese culture into their family life.

Easy Multiculturism.......2006-02-25

Very pretty book for those of us visual learners. Concrete and abstract examples of Chinese culture, good for children of different ages.

A delightful book well illustrated.......2005-12-19

I found this book on Amazon while writing my children's book. "Moonbeams" is a delightful children's book. Combining the legends, activities and recipes for each Chinese festival is a clever and useful idea that is carried out very well in this book.

A friend borrowed my copy a few months ago and it looks like the book's not coming back!

A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy

Average customer rating:

Grad School Disappointment
Excellent book, especially for those wanting a Christian perspective
Useful for new moms
Excellent guide
Great book for your marriage

A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy
Douglas E. Rosenau
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0785264671

Book Description

Dr. Douglas Rosenau is a licensed psychologist, and a Christian sex therapist who has for the past seventeen years used his training in theology and counseling to help Christian couples enrich and reclaim God's wonderful gift of sexuality within marriage.

A Celebration of Sex answers specific, often unasked questions about sexual topics, presents married couples with detailed techniques and behavioral skills for deepening sexual pleasure and intimate companionship, and is an excellent tool for premarital education.

Previous edition: 0785273662

Customer Reviews:

Grad School Disappointment.......2007-05-04

We recently used this book in a graduate counseling class and many of us were, well, disappointed. The book is highly informative in many areas of sexuality; however, much of our class (especially the females) felt that there was an over-emphasis on "pleasure" (instead of exploring the spiritual components of sexuality) and that it was overly-stereotypical in much of its content. For a "technique and sexual dysfunctions book," this is okay; if you want a much better book on the Celebration aspect of sexuality, read Dr. Gardner's book: Sacred Sex: A Spiritual Celebration of Oneness in Marriage

Excellent book, especially for those wanting a Christian perspective.......2007-04-10

Rosenau's book is thorough, practical, biblical, and truly helpful. He covers a wide range of topics related to sex that are often not addressed, especially in Christian circles. As another reviewer mentioned, there are a few points on which I disagree with him, such as suggesting petroleum jelly as a lubricant option, but overall I highly recommend this book for everyone seeking to learn about sex.

Useful for new moms.......2007-01-11

I read this book when I was a new mom and it helped me a lot. From a Christian point of view it was very beneficial. Highly recommend to anyone.

Excellent guide.......2007-01-10

This has been a great tool for my husband and I as we try to mend and rebuild a intimate and passionate relationship with each other. I would recommend this book for any couple who wants to strengthen their relationship.

Great book for your marriage.......2006-07-27

This has been a great book with tons of useful information so far. I really like it because it focuses not just on "sex" but on the whole sexual and marital relationship between a man and a woman and encourages you to develop as a well-rounded couple. My husband and I have gone through various parts of it as a newly married couple and appreciate the honest information and advice in various areas to assist us in cementing our bond together.

Simple Stunning Weddings: Designing and Creating Your Perfect Celebration

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My Wedding Planning Bible
Incredibly Tasteful and Creative Ideas
GREAT
Amazing!
Fine Simplicity

Simple Stunning Weddings: Designing and Creating Your Perfect Celebration
Karen Bussen
Manufacturer: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1584793651

Book Description

The three biggest trends in weddings today are simplicity, personalization, and color. Wedding design expert Karen Bussen highlights these elements as she shows couples how to design their own weddings without going crazy or broke.

Simple Stunning Weddings is the first wedding design book to focus on the where of the wedding. Location is the first and most important decision brides and grooms must make: everything else flows from that. Bussen showcases 12 popular wedding settings, including the city loft, country inn, art gallery, botanic garden, and private club, and demonstrates how to make them extraordinary. With the site as the starting point, she creates unifying themes with color, flowers, and personal touches. She explains how to deal with vendors, how to spend the wedding budget, and when it makes sense to hire a specialist.

Sharing all her trade secrets, Bussen teaches the power of simplicity and the impact of color, which can be tailored to any budget, always to stunning effect: substituting cotton tablecloths for silk in the same eye-dazzling color combinations, for example, or creating striking flower arrangements using only one or two types of blooms. Whether for a barefoot union on a beach or a formal affair in a hotel ballroom, this fully illustrated, information-filled book is like having Bussen on hand as your personal wedding designer. AUTHOR BIO: KAREN BUSSEN is one of Manhattan's most exciting wedding designers. Her work has been featured in such magazines as Modern Bride, Martha Stewart Weddings, Home, Food & Wine, and Interior Design. In the past six years, she has designed more than 100 weddings.

ELLEN SILVERMAN's photographs have appeared in Charmed Bracelets and New Soul Cooking (both STC).

Customer Reviews:

My Wedding Planning Bible.......2007-08-17

I used this book to plan my wedding that happened in May '07, which was done without a wedding planner. My wedding was held in a historic, beautiful synagogue and historic beautiful hotel (similar to the country club chapter). So many of our guests have commented directly to us or my parents about how beautiful our wedding was -- and I have to say this book helped me more than any other. Simple Stunning Weddings guided most of my decor decisions over the 9 months that I spent planning our wedding.

For starters, I used this book to communicate with my florist -- it was extremely helpful for that. So many of my friends and family have commented on how stunning our flowers were -- we used fresh seasonal flowers in colors that suited our venue but they were of a style and in containers similar to the ones presented here.

In addition, her ideas about where to splurge and where to save for a given venue were invaluable. Not only did they save money, but they also saved time and stress.

Her suggestion of bringing old family photos into a reception site was one of the biggest hits of my wedding -- both my husband and I found old photographs of our family going back to the early 20th century and had them displayed on a large table. People couldn't stop talking about them -- not just our relatives, but friends too. That suggestion cost us about $50 -- how great is that? Her idea to hire a swing band to harmonize with the classic space was another giant hit -- the dance floor was full until the band stopped at midnight.

I didn't copy her ideas, rather I adapted them for the synagogue and ballrooms that we used -- and I found it quite easy to do so. It is so easy to be overwhelmed by all the choices around planning a wedding -- everything from table linens to wineglasses to lighting to picking a band -- it was wonderful to have her photos and text to guide and influence our decisions.

I spent nine months being fairly wedding obsessed while planning our wedding -- I purchased many books and magazines, spent lots of time figuring out our options and looking around for ideas, and I have to say that the ideas presented here were the best resource I found. My other favorite book (in a very different vein) was Bridal Bargains -- it's discussions on how to hire vendors from photographers to caterers to dress shops informed and influenced all of our vendor selections. By doing so I hired great vendors right away and avoided many of the hassles that my friends went through while planning their weddings. I'm not sure how much money I saved through their suggestions, but they really do understand what good vendors look like -- which was tremendously helpful.

Incredibly Tasteful and Creative Ideas.......2007-07-15

This book is excellent for both engaged couples planning their weddings, and those who want to plan weddings as a career. The colors and shapes of each spread give them a strong impact without becoming tacky and flamboyant. I highly recommend it!

GREAT.......2007-07-05

As a wedding assistant, this book has become almost a bible to me. Ideas inside have been the building blocks of several weddings within the last two months.
GREAT

Amazing!.......2007-02-11

This book is absolutely amazing. It has so many beautiful pictures and such easy tips to follow for your own wedding.

Fine Simplicity.......2006-01-15

The books offers simple, colorful pictures to indulge yourself in and set up in the most organized fashion. I was surprised at how much information it actually offered once I started reading the book. The text goes beyond the design efforts of the wedding and takes you into the scheduling of the wedding, the tasks that will be developed throughout the preparation of the wedding, wedding day preparations, tips on selecting the the venue & dealing with the people involved and just basic advice on every single detail. I found the book very helpful since it was seperated in different chapters according to the type of venues. The floral ideas were amazing since it offered simplicity using color tactics rather than quantity tactics. I only wished there were more weddings per each theme to compare. Such as three different 'vineyard' weddings, so it would offer more ideas within each particular theme.

Average customer rating:

3 CHEERS FOR OLIVIA AND MADE IN USA!
Great Book- Too bad the cover arrived dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Olivia Rocks!
My favorite Olivia book
Excellent Book

Olivia Forms a Band

Manufacturer: Atheneum
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ASIN: 141692454X

Amazon.com

Book Description:
Everyone's favorite Caldecott Honor-winning porcine diva is back and with fanfare! There are going to be fireworks tonight, and Olivia can hardly wait to hear the band. But when she finds out that there isn't going to be a band, she can't understand why not. How can there be fireworks without a band?! And so Olivia sets to putting a band together herself... all by herself. Using pots, pans, her brother's toys, and even her father's suspenders, Olivia forms a band spectacular enough to startle any audience. Lavishly brought to life in Ian Falconer's signature style, and introducing an eye-catching shade of blue, here is Olivia doing what Olivia does best--making noise

Exclusive Art from Ian Falconer's Olivia Forms a Band

Why wasn't this picture included in the book? Here's a look inside the creation of a blockbuster picture book.

There were 60 images selected for Olivia Forms a Band out of over 70 pieces of art submitted by Olivia creator Ian Falconer. Sixty images may sound like a lot, but many pages are filled with multiple depictions of our porcine heroine. For instance, when you look at the page where Olivia is removing Daddy's suspenders, this page has nine separate drawings. On the other hand, the glorious fireworks scenes are all composed of one piece of art per page.

For this particular image of Olivia provided exclusively for Amazon.com customers, Falconer didn't feel like this artwork captured Olivia's true character. However, many people in-house at Simon & Schuster loved the picture and thought it was typical of a 5-year-old playing with her mother's lipstick. While there's a lot to love in this picture, Ian Falconer after all is the man behind Olivia. He knows better than anyone what makes something up to "Olivia standards." Sometimes that is as simple as being able to know which image works best for a particular moment in the book. In this instance Falconer felt the drawings that were used in the final book served the scene better, and with that this one was left on the cutting room floor.

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