Children's Series Books Books

I ordered it when my son was 20 months old, then I divorced and left the states, and it took my ex 1.5 yrs to send the books over. They arrived yestarday morning and I read first story to him last night. Stories are short in terms of text, but illustrations are large and colorful and spread over 50 or so pages each. Loads of pictures to keep the child's attention, and loads of details for him to notice - bunnies, birds, trees. I re-told the stories in Croatian as we have not yet started english with him :(( but I am hoping he would be reading from these books for years to come, in English as well. My son seems to like them, and I am very happy to have gotten them for him..

Both this book and Volume 1 have provided hours of reading for my niece. They are enjoyable classic Disney stories, with beautiful illustrations. An excellent addition to any child's library.

Along with the first volume of this set, this book has provided my 2 year old son with hours of bedtime story enjoyment. Although the first volume covers more conventional Disney stories (Cinderella, Lion King etc.), this volume covers what I would consider Disney adventures (Toy Stories 1 and 2, Tarzan) and animal stories (101 Dalmations, Lady and the Tramp, The Fox and the Hound). They seem a strange compination but, taken individually, all of the tales are perfectly presented.
The cover featuring characters from each story allows the child to decide which story they want before the book is even opened. Once inside each story takes around 64 pages and is fully illustrated in striking full colour and to the standard expected from Disney. Bizarrely, Toy Story 2 is illustrated while the original Toy Story is accompanied by stills from the film. The text is large and simple without sacrificing the general plot of the film and each story is divided into three chapters to create 'bite-sized' reading sessions.
I was very impressed with the introduction for parents that covers beautifully how these books (and books in general) can be best used as a tool for learning. Not preachy, just helpful!

First, if you look closely at the cover of book, you can see the cartoon pics on it don't match the description. That's because this is Volume 2, which actually has the stories for 101 Dalmatians, Toy Story, Tarzan, Lady & the Tramp, Toy Story 2, and Fox & the Hound.

That said, both this version (this is Volume 2 being sold, according to the ISBN#) and Volume 1 are great books for your Disney-lovin' kids. The stories are told concisely (but don't sacrifice plot) and match the movies' storylines, are each about 65 pages long (with a lot of the original dialogue from the movies) and the pics are fabulous: there are several pages with full page pictures of scenes from the movies, and I don't think there is a page in the book without a picture on it. My young children love looking through these books and having them read to them. And the text is a nice, big size to make it easy for those fairly new to reading.

While the stories themselves may be too long for very young children (and they do contain the darker elements that some of the Disney movies have), the pictures are large and brightly colored enough to entertain even the youngest child. The book is a large size (8.5x10) and the hardcover is sturdy; just watch out for those little fingers ripping the pages!

All-in-all a great buy for those wanting to get their young ones into reading and away from the TV. Get Volume 1 if you can, too!

So much reading material bores kids... but NOT THIS. I even enjoyed reading some of it myself as well as my daughter. I recommend this book!

These books are exciting with very good Christian values brought to the attention of the reader. Great Adventure Books.

Combine the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew with Indian Jones, make them Christians in search of Biblical artifacts, and you'll get the gist of these novels. They are nothing more or less than what they claim to be: enteraining reads for young readers, intertwining spiritual lessons with fast-paced action. Adults may be bored by the simplicity or stretched realism of these stories, but pre-teen and early teens will enjoy these works as much as older readers enjoy Peretti's The Oath or This Present Darkness.

This edition matches the ISBN and photo for CBD's slipcase set, which features books #1-4 in the set of 8: Door in the Dragon's Throat, Escape From the Island of Aquarius, The Tombs of Anak, and Trapped At The Bottom Of The Sea. This set includes the collector's box and four (newer release/cover design) paperbacks. As far as I know, books #5-8 are unavailable in a boxed set (the newer paperbacks), but they are available separately.

I bought this book so my 7 year old son could start recreational reading on his own, however much of the vocabulary in it is beyond him at this point, so I started reading it out loud to him, explaining some of the words as we go. The story is very suspenseful, and he loves it! He is hooked on the story line, no surprise with Peretti's writing. I am hoping as the school year continues, he'll be reading the rest of the stories on his own. I think it's a great series for young readers, and the Christian slant in it is very strong and confirms our own personal faith.

This Book Is Awsome. Its so Easy to read AndI think u should buy it Its just like the show! If u read #1 its the Series. And theres Some parts Are NOt for kids... I Say not to let anybody under 10 read it.

The Dragon Ball Z manga is a piece of art and should be in every collector's hands. This DBZ #2 is actually Dragon Ball #18 of 42, but this part of the story is fine to begin with; backstory is not a problem if you have read DBZ Vol. 1, and since DBZ is a different stage of the lives of the characters. It is 190 pages of fun and wonder. Besides, for only (...) why would anyone pass up this opportunity? I guarantee this story will have you hooked. (...)

This is the best DBZ yet (although, DB is better than DBZ)!!!! The Saiyans are coming to Earth and everyone is training! You get to see some fighting too. I reccomend buying it!!!!!!!!!

Whoa!!I bought this book with #3 at a Borders in Maine and when I read it at home-WOO-HOO!!!Now I've only read volumes 1-4[which I own,they rock!],but I think this is the best DBZ volume ever!!!(At least 'til Gotenks comes out)=)BY the way,there will be 26 DBZ volumes total.

I love this book!! I think that this book can inspirire u if ur a ballet dancer or not!

This book is great for swowing that it is what you are interested in and not what every body else thinks you should be interested ing that counts. As a group of misfits eventually the find each other and relize that there are more important thing in life than depending on the opinions of someone else.

I really think this is a great book for any dancer or non-dancer.I take ballet and i used to hate it just like they did but now i love it and i'm really good! The bunheads remind me of me and my friends at dance but we would never tell Zan she was as ugly as a giraffe. So you can kinda relate to the characters in this book. I am going to read the whole series, and I hope you do too!!

Drat, We're Rats is a great book because the characters are funny. I take ballet and hate it and could really identify with the girls in the book. The only way I can get through ballet every week is by pretending that the girls in the class are the characters in the book (like Courtney Clay is like a girl in my class named Margaret and Mary Bumpnik is like Brenna). I like the plot in the book and have read the other books in the series (1 - 4). I hope to read the 5th one soon.

The author of this series, Patricia H. Rushford, does an outstanding job of writing so that you feel what Jennie McGrady feels and gasp in surprise every single time you're supposed to. I've read other author's work, and, when I compare it to hers, nothing comes close. I remember times when my brain said, "It's time to go to bed," but my eyes kept on reading, soaking up word after word, until it was late in the night.

The author of this series, Patricia H. Rushford, does an outstanding job of writing so that you feel what Jennie McGrady feels and gasp in surprise every single time you're supposed to. I've read other author's work, and, when I compare it to hers, nothing comes close. I remember times when my brain said, "It's time to go to bed," but my eyes kept on reading, soaking up word after word, until it was late in the night.

I love Jennie! Although she is not a deep character, she is still fun to read about. I also love the pep talks she gives to herself. It's okay that she talks to herself! Of the five books in this pack, two have five stars and the rest have four. Book number ten should have been the last in the series. It isn't how I would have resolved some of the situations, but it was a good ending to the series. It just felt right. One of the reasons this series is so good is because Patricia keeps you guessing who the bad guy is. I never know who to trust!

The Jennie McGrady series is great! I luv them! I cant wait to read the next in line! They keep u on the edge of ur seat, ur eyes darting from one side of the page to the other, and not wanting to put it down! Lemme tell ya they are worth it! :) Check em out and u'll see what i mean! =) Laterz Danielle

Cow on the Line, Bertie's chase, Saved from Scrap, and Old Iron.

We had most of these stories in the paperback version from the TV show, but my 3-year old loves his take-along-size Thomas books!

Oh, I must agree. This book is great! My 22-months little boy loves this book and all others from the original railway series. I was concerned at the beginning that it was going to be over his head (and it is, he does not understand everything that is read to him), but he does listened quietly every story and ask for more and more!!! When he looks at the books by himself he "reads" the book aloud and points at the pictures and he comes to me and shows them to me. I guess he's "telling" me the stories. It is very nice to watch and hear. And I agree with other reviewers about the quality of the pages. the book is a hardcover and the pages are thick and strong. My son takes them everywhere and not one page has been torn yet. I think this is a must buy.

This book has a bit more sadness than earlier books in the series. Edward is crying in the first story becuase he never leaves the shed and the other engines pick on him for being old. Then in another story, he helps one of the favorite TV Show charactors who's scheduled for scrapping (don't want to spoil the suprise by saying who.)

The original books are FAR BETTER than the newer picture stories based on the TV show. My son loves the show too but ignores the newer books now that we have the originals.

I read several reviews on The Railway series where Moms thought the railway series was too dark/scary. I disagree and love to have my son snuggle up to the very last word in a book that's pretty long for someone his age.

My 2.5 year old loves these Railway Series books. The illustrations in the books are great. The paper is durable but some of the hardback covers have not held up to everyday toddler usage.

Eerey Toscin in the Cryptoid Zoo is a fun read from beginning to end. Each character is someone completely unique. (Who wouldn't want an 8 lb spider living in your backpack as your best friend?) Through Kevin's descriptions of each personality I became quickly endeared to them. Their adventures through the Zoo are fresh and unexpected and I looked forward to what they would be up against next. Eerey is one of those books that can be enjoyed by all ages. Great characters and adventures for the young, puzzles and hidden commentaries on life for the rest of us.

Eery Toscin is an odd little girl. Desiring to live life in the dark, though she claims to be afraid of it, she resides in your bedroom with her pet, an eight-pound spider named Eightball.

This book, however, takes her well beyond her comfortable confines and into the world of the Cryptoid Zoo, a zoo designed to house animals "which do not exist." This world is full of animals with extraordinary features. Some talk, some do not. Some have big teeth, some can fly, while others are quite invisible. All have in common one trait; they exercise the reader's imagination.

The one fly in this delicious dessert is a dobbleganger who has locked the real zookeeper away and is bent on destroying the zoo and its inhabitants, including Eery and her cousin. In the end, of course, our heroine, small as she is, overcomes the evil with a little help from animals concerned with saving their zoo.

While more modern in theme, this book reminded me of the days when I read Tom Swift books by flashlight under the covers. If you have a young one at your house, use them as an excuse to buy this book. Just don't let them know you have it until after you've read it.

Eerey Tocsin is a wonderfully inventive and exciting story, good for all ages. Kevin Noel Olson has a strong sense of voice and care for his craft. The narrative flows well and leads the reader easily into Olson's imaginative world. I highly recommend this book.

Opening this book is unlocking a door to worlds tantalizingly familiar and marvelously unknown. At times reminiscent of Doctor Dolittle, Alice In Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz while at other times all three and more rolled into one, "Eerey Tocsin in the Cryptoid Zoo" is a dizzying, original tale. It is a journey of discovery about the world around us and the uniqueness within us.

Kevin Noel Olson has an author's voice that speaks to the young and adult reader and commands rapt attention from both groups. It is educational & exciting, and carries more than a hint of menace. The author weaves scientific facts, classic & modern myth, fantasy, riddles, creative problem solving and interesting perspectives on the world we think we know into an adventure that doesn't show the seams of its joined themes. He crafts a story that invites the reader to take part in an adventure that educates while it thrills, and does so with a very playful sense of humor.

Eerey Tocsin, her cousin Edict that could pass for a werewolf or a troglodyte, an orangutaur named Loofah, Mongolian death-worms, an invisible boy that idolizes the legend under the bandages of The Invisible Man, Claude Rains, or the host of other beings inhabiting the mysterious Cryptic Zoo are all fleshed out in colorful style, even when you can't see them. Books that are so visual with their storytelling transcend the printed medium and allow the reader to think they've gotten a DVD player implanted in their brain. Works destined for other forms like animation and feature films jump off their pages and hustle their fans into getting them made for all to see on the silver screen. "Eerey Tocsin in the Cryptoid Zoo" is one of those works.

Jose Canseco. Barry Bonds. Jason Giambi. Human growth hormone. The cream and the clear. Steroids. The saddest part about baseball today is that these are the words we think of. However, the past is not free from scandal, and I'm not just talking about the introduction and proliferation of "greenies."

When the 1919 World Series was fixed by eight (arguably seven) members of the Chicago White Sox, the face of baseball changed forever. While it remained America's pastime, an inherent skepticism took hold. This was epitomized by the famous "say it ain't so, Joe" confrontation between "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (the arguably innocent of the eight) and not just any fan, but a child.

Eliot Asinof has done a wonderful job of reminding us that baseball is not a sport newly tainted by strikes and drugs. All the major players are documented. The owner, Charles Comiskey, whose tight pocket book can be partially blamed for the scandal and who tried to cover it up. Baseball's first commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis prosecuted the guilty the best way he knew how and set a precedent that baseball followed into the late '80s with the lifetime ban of Pete Rose (eight years after Eight Men Out was published in 1981). "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, to his deathbed, recanted his confession, calling it something contrived, and professed his innocence. And then there were the gamblers: Joe Sullivan, the contact man; Abe Attell, the man who manipulated the whole thing as a middleman without the money; and Arnold Rothstein, the money behind the debacle. Asinof, despite a lack of modern "forensic" evidence, such as phone taps, followed the information back to the guilty parties. As Asinof relays, this is one of the shames, one of the great failures of the American judicial system following the Black Sox scandal.

What Asinof has accomplished with this story, this true epic, is to remind us that todays era is not that only tainted one in baseball's illustrious history. It reminds us that as long as men have been paid to play a childrens' game they have wanted more and owners have wanted to give them less. In the end, Asinof reminds us that we make it possible for players to make $25 million a year. And we also make it possible for someone like Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds or Jason Giambi to become a "hero." While Asinof does not make me feel guilty, he makes me take pause and wonder how much of baseball's dramatic fall has been a product of the absolute corruption of American culture as opposed to the absolute corruption of a select few individuals.

The year 1919. The city is Chicago. Eight men enter the room of "Sleepy" Bill Burns and conspire to fix the World Series. The money was coming from Arnold Rothstein or "AR" to his friends. Eight men were about to rock the foundations of baseball for greed and the hatred of Charles Comiskey - or was there another story?

Asinoff recounts the months leading to, the days during and the years after the 1919 World Series with amazing detail and clarity. His story is told and as you listen you'll think you are actually there. This audio book is by far much better than the movie.

What you get is 8; count them 8, how ironic, tapes that weave a story of deceit, corruption, and conspiracy on both sides of the law. From Joe Jackson and Eddie Cicotte to Lefty Williams, Chick Ghandl, Buck Weaver, Happy Felsch and Swede Risberg the tragedy is unraveled.

The recording was a true pleasure and the actual use of transcripts, reports and other material adds major credibility to the exposing of baseball worst nightmare. Asinoff is to be commended on this first rate work and baseball needs more men like him. A real standout performance!

This review refers to the audio book version.

A great book that shows what led to this infamous scandel with the 8 White Sox ballplayers. Not only will baseball fans want to read this book but anyone who likes to read. It also makes you wonder if throwing games is still going on today.

The scandal of the 1919 Black Sox is probably the most disilluisioning chapter in the history of baseball. Asinof captured the feeling of America and its reaction to the scandal on and off field. The story is told accurately and with great insight. "Shoeless" Joe was a wonderful player who made bad decisions. He can be both admired and loathed by fans who now know that he wasn't completely innocent as the Sox threw the Worl d Series. It shows how baseball perserviered throught the gambling. Baseball tradition has kept the game alive through many adverse situtations and when gathered together make the history of baseball very rich. A must read for ALL baseball historians and fans.

This was my very favorite book as a child. I have never forgotten it and will never throw my poor tattered copy away. I just love this book.

My mom found this book for me at a yard sale. I think it is a great book! Enormous Elephant works at a grocery store for Responsible Rabbit. He keeps on telling her that she eats 2 times as much as she should be selling. So she has a big sale and everything goes well in the end. I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too!

This is my favorite Sweet Pickles book, both because of the built in business/money lesson and because it is simply HILARIOUS! Teachers will want this book on hand when teaching about money, elephants, economics, or just for a fun read. "Everyone bought one banana so they could get two for nothing, but they didn't buy anything else! What do we do now??" It doesn't get any better than that!

I bought the complete set of sweet pickle books for my children when they first came out. Years later I loaned them to a friend to read to her twin daughters (1990) and she refuses to return these books to me saying her daughters do not want to part with them. I love them and have read all of the books. I would like to know where I can purchase the complete set and if it will every be released again. *****do not lend anyone anything if you do not expect to get it back***** I learned the hard way.

If you love to read series books than Elsie is for you! Her troubles get so sad sometimes but it always turns out okay in the end. She is a strong Christian girl and I love these books so very much. I looked at the other ones about Elsie Dinsmore that aren't like this (they are paperback ) and they were different.Not as easy to read or fun. Read all of them, but when is Book 5 coming out! Thanks!

My mother received the first 4 books in the Elsie series when she was a child. I, too, read these as a child. I have just got them out and read them again. I would LOVE to have a copy of all 28 just for my and my family's reading pleasure.

I believe they are a wonderful guide for the life of anyone today. Striving for perfection in obedience to our parents and Heavenly Father is what is really required of us all.

This is a great book. The story is so captivating that you have to keep going to find out what happens. And what a powerful ending! I loved it and I can't wait to read the next one!

If you love to read series books than Elsie is for you! Her troubles get so sad sometimes but it always turns out okay in the end. She is a strong Christian girl and I love these books so very much. I looked at the other ones about Elsie Dinsmore that aren't like this (they are paperback ) and they were different.Not as easy to read or fun. Read all of them, but when is Book 5 coming out! Thanks!