Children's Series Books Books

As people who are just trying to learn more about the stars, and the constellations, this is a great book. In conjumction with the other book we just bought, the Great Star Atlas, we are having a wonderful time.

This kit is great for children and adults. My husband is enjoying it as much as our 12 year old. They dusted off the telescope for it's first use in a long time.

I am just beginning to pursue a life-long dream of becoming a backyard astronomer,and have found these books(there are two,each spiral-bound)to be an excellent introduction to the hobby.Easy for the novice to understand,and each book is beautifully presented.If you are thinking of taking up astronomy as a new interest,I think Mr.Kerrod has done a wonderful job. I'm sure you will find the set of books;planisphere;and flashlight a great beginning!

Robin Kerrod's The Sky at Night is a fantastic kit that includes a planisphere, a red flashlight and two spiral bound books; Mapping the Sky and The Star Guide. Mapping the Sky has maps of major southern and northern constellations for each month of the year. The Star Guide is a concise but complete astronomy guide. Both books come with full color photographs and charts. The kit comes accomodated in a beautiful box so you can carry it everywhere. It is an ideal kit for your nightsky watching sessions. A great buy!

After our 5 month old kept waking up every 2 hours- I lost it. I ordered the book and after 3 nights he was sleeping 12+ hours at night. Of course I was still up every two hours to see if he was alive. We used it for my daughter at one month and it WORKED. Now we have a 1 and 5 year old with awesome sleeping habits and lots of Mommy Daddy time after 8:30pm- :)

I was a tired parent with a four month old baby,who'd only slept a maximum of 4 hours at a time, and I was convinced he needed feeding at night until I read this book.
I recommend reading earlier than I did as it has saved my sanity!
It's a lovely book as it reassures you, while pointing out common errors that prevent your baby sleeping.
Despite not really believing at first that a book could help-after following the advice,my baby improved within about a week.
Definitely recommended.

I like this book because it's simple to read, and most of all - it makes sense! It's purpose is to make parents take their cues from the children by watching out for the "Core Night" This is when baby sleeps for a block of time longer than he ever has before at night. My son was two months old when he had his first "Core Night" which confirmed what the authurs said. However, it doesn't clearly address the issue of what to do when baby wakes and seems to REALLY want to be fed during his "Core Night.

In this text Beatrice Hollyer and Lucy Smith outline a very simple, easy to follow approach to help your child sleep through the night. A parent, though well intentioned, can easily promote habits that prevent a child from sleeping. This book tells you what to avoid doing, and what you should do to assist your child in finding their natural sleep patterns. Compared to other sleep books which do not focus on the ability to naturally promote sleep from the earliest days, this book helps you as a parent to recognize cues from your child that he or she is ready to sleep for longer periods. The cues come from the child and as a parent you look for evidence of their first 'core night' - a block of sleep when the child sleeps longer than in the past. The focus of the book is on sleep, but its advice spills into many aspects of infant care including feeding. For example, the author's illustrate how important it is to recognize an infant's hunger cry and to stop night feeds when they are no longer required. On a personal note, my husband and I purchased this book while I was pregnant and read it long before my due date. Our baby slept through the night for the first time when he was 28 days old. Following the book's recommendations was difficult at first and I strayed from their advice exactly five times over the next month - each time realizing that the author's were correct. It is important that both parents be using the same approach to ensure the child is not receiving mixed signals at this time - which was difficult for me only initially. By the end of two months every night was a good night. Our son is an excellent sleeper and he is happy and content during the day. We could have done several things to thwart what he was naturally ready to do, but happily we had read this book and helped him instead. This is a great approach to helping your baby sleep that (most importantly to me) does not require crying. Both my husband and I cannot recommend this book enough. I am buying it for my sister and her new baby because I refuse to let my copy out of the house!

I've been very happy with all of the Snappy books so far. The illustrations are great and the pop-ups are done really well. It's fun to see all of the extra stuff on the page that helps reinforce the pages subject (push/pull, over/under, etc). My son is 2 and has opposites and numbers and likes them both.

My son has 3 Snappy books, and we are eager to collect more. They are bright, colorful, and adorable. They are also some of the most sturdy pop-up books I've ever seen (after teaching preschool for years I am really impressed with the durability of these books). We bought our first Snappy book for my son when he was 9 months old, to try to interest him in books. He's now 2 and we read all three of his books at least once (usually twice nap & bed time)every single day. They are fun to read, even as often as we read them. They are also very educational. We do keep these books seperate from his others, so my son doesn't ruin them, but he's allowed to look at them on his own, as they are certainly sturdy enough, he just has to ask first! They are a fantastic buy. Although they seem a bit expensive for a child's book, they are worth every penny!

My son received the Snappy Litle books when he was 18 months and loved the pop-up parts. The at 2 1/2 he could tell me the oppositea. Now at almost 4 he loves telling the story with me and pointing out the opposites on teh page besides the ones that popup. I love all the sdnappy books because it is funa dn educational. I buy them for our friends now.

As with other Snappy pop-up books, the colorful pages of "Snappy Little Opposites" attract the attention of young children. The pop-ups cleverly incorporate the actions of the opposites (animals move up and down, open and close eyes, etc.). The book is appealing to my 4 month old, my 18 month old, and cousins ranging from 2-5 yrs. As an adult, I find it fun to read with the kids because their reactions are delightful.

Snowff is back for another adventure, and Carolyn White has not let us down. Snowff learns about thunder and lightning and takes a wild ride on a tornado. Throughout the story we learn about air pressure, fronts, clouds, and even a rainbow. As with her first book in the Snowff series, the accompanying CD is a perfect complement using creative voices and music to enhance the fun and the learning experience. The scientific glossary at the end adds to the understanding of weather phenomena. Highly recommended for elementary school libraries and public libraries' children's collections. The Snowff series is timeless. I am anxiously awaiting the third book in this delightful series.

Book two in the Snowff series, Snowff & the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch is an adventurous picturebook set in the land of Snowff. Written to educate as well as entertain, Snowff & the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch includes wild full-color illustrations and an accompanying audio CD to enliven its story about weather phenomena including rain, snow, and thunder. A glossary of meteorological terms rounds out this playful narrative adventure designed to make learning about the weather science painless and fun.

Science is a great intellectual adventure waiting to be explored. Thanks to science, we understand concepts once thought unimaginable and enjoy the luxuries once thought of as impossible. Still yet, many scientific concepts remain a mystery to most people. Fortunately, a solution is at hand; Carolyn White's series of Snowff make scientific literacy possible for everyone! Her books are entertaining, accurate, and amazingly informative.

Carolyn's new book entitled, "Snowff and the Rowdy Cloudy Bunch" transforms the classroom into a mesmerizing learning journey. Throughout the book science concepts are revealed in a way that engages and totally captivates students reading while listening to the CD. Two years ago a tornado swept through our town leaving many families homeless and causing an array of questions in the minds of many students. Chapter 3 - "Tornado Horse" presented a tornado in a way that allowed students to grasp the concept of warm and cold fronts coming together during a thunderstorm. Many children experiencing fear and discomfort with changing weather often misunderstand weather in general. Carolyn White has found a way to present these concepts in a fun and interesting way that will leave students with a better understanding and appreciation for weather. I would recommend this book to anyone.

Snowff and the Rowdy-Cloudy Bunch will catch the attention of every child, student, and adult! As I read this book and listened to the accompanying CD, I was captivated by Carolyn White's ability and talent to weave educational science into one very fun and fascinating book. As she says on the cover of the book, "Science Made Fun," this book will prove that statement to be totally true! Every age group (including adults!) will be riveted to the continuing story of Snowff! The illustrator, Bruce Manchee, did a marvelous job with his artwork. Each page is full of artistic illustrations of the book's characters in action! Beginning with the very first page you will immediately want to know what is going to happen next to that cute little Snowflake Kid, Snowff!! Is he going to survive Big Wind? Mighty Thunder? And most of all - Frightening Lightning? You must read this book to appreciate it. The book is created on high-quality paper and with beautiful illustrations on each page. As you read along the book's pages, the accompanying CD makes the book come alive, and the CD contains all of the expressions of a good storyteller. All characters in the book verbally express themselves, and you will hear them speak in their own individual voices. Carolyn's musical ability is displayed in various ways on the CD. I particularly enjoyed Mighty Thunder's song, "Dance to the Thunder," and the raspy voice of Frightening Lightning as he sings his "frightening" song. All the music and sound effects in the CD, along with the story and the illustrations will cause this book to be one of the greatest educational science books ever created. It truly is science made fun. Every school should have this set of books in their library, in their science departments, and in their classrooms. It is a must!

My two year old loves these books. We have Some Sheep and Some Cows and we read them over and over every day. When I saw there were more in the series, I had to get them for her. Some Pigs is another adorable book. It had great illustrations. I've noticed that each book helps teach opposites and prepositions (between, above, etc.). Great books for kids.

My 15 month old daughter loves this book! This one has become a favorite, along with "Some Cows". I also purchased this as well as "Some Sheep" for my nephew who's 27 months old and he loves them as well.

Some Pigs is a terrific little book!

My son loves to read and since he is just entering Kindergarten we are trying to find books with more than 4 pages and more than 3 words on a page. Athough we had to help him with some words (When, Never, etc...) he was able to read this 22 pg book mostly by himself which gives him GREAT confidence. I suggest getting all of the "Some" animal Series (4 books in all). If they aren't reading it yet you know they soon will.

I found this book to be a very readable book. I enjoyed (and was shocked by) the observations. I identified many of "stereotypes" that may be sitting in my classroom at this moment. I struggled a bit with what I could come away from the book with, but ultimately it was awareness. Awareness of the children and what they might be going through, awareness of how my own gender affects them, and awareness of the subtext of the classroom that Gallas often refers to. I recommend this book to any teacher who seeks to be aware of all the intricacies of these little minds and to teachers who seek ways of looking beyond the day to day hum to see the "other/real" world of classroom gender issues.

Karen Gallas does not hold back any of the real facts and actions of what happens in the regular classroom setting. She records real observations of real children and expresses her opinions in ways that I feel the majority of any classroom teacher would agree. I found the book difficult to read, the content, in the beginning because the observations seemed too extravagant to be true of the classroom setting; however, I think I was trying to convience myself that these types of interactions don't happen in the classroom, when they really do. After completing the book, I felt I could relate to Gallas in many ways. I was able to identify all the diffferent gender-specific stereotypes within my own classroom, and reflect upon my own teaching style to meet the needs of my children better. After reading this book, I feel like I walk into my classroom and view each one of my students in a different perspective because of this eye-opening novel. I really enjoyed the observations and suggest that any primary classroom teacher read it and reflect upon his/her own students and compare them to the students mentioned in the book.

One of the great privileges of teaching is working within your classroom observing, drawing inferences, hypothesizing, affecting with instruction what you see in the learning with students and trying and testing ideas to bring students into success.

I think, as a teacher of 23 years most in CA, it is very often forgotten that we teachers can discourse together around our work as "mini-researchers" with the idea of examination of our teaching under various lenses. At present, test based NCLB driven work demands teachers focus on "standards". These are specific learning goals for which we use assessments to target instruction and then use strategies to bring students to "proficiency" or mastery of the standard. So there is a kind of assessment(skills) driven reflection going on now, exclusively really... (in our work that might sound like... algebraic functions, what's happening in comprehension tests, literary analysis, written strategies as defined within the state testing mechanism )...and we are driven out of these skills because this is essentially in API and APY punished, published and used to determine our school and teacher effectiveness. Big stakes ride just on the scores. Beyond that, students will in time be judged as able to go on to higher level learning opportunity entirely as a function of their capacity to manipulate these kinds of tests.
That's the way it is under NCLB. Maybe you feel that is "good", maybe neither good nor bad. If you are a teacher it doesn't matter what you think, it is not solicited, listened to or even really at present considered, especially if you teach in areas of need. You are legislated into this format by those not yet able, really to show it works for all children and especially those who it said it would help. If it isn't addressing the achievement gap, it isn't working, that's the crux of the issue. That was the ONLY reason NCLB went into place. Never kid yourself about that. The research or data analysis in schools is, on some level done, usually without great sophistication, touted to "inform instruction" and set up seeing who we need to address. Far less effectively we fumble to some extent with how we need to address those who are not succeeding on our measures with pretty rigid Direct Instruction being pushed in areas of greatest need which means....workbooks, scripts and a kind of death of literature and creativity. That's now articulated as the "achievement gap" soulution, in my school that's for a whole population. Overall it appears those that we were supposed to reach with the NCLB reforms in the first place continue to do poorly.And the upper end is flying higher than ever say down the road in Thousand Oaks. A part of that is because analysis of tests doesn't drive/bridge to good teaching innovations at present for issues of poverty, and second language.It's just funded those with rigid practice and consultation to sell.
This book , and I apologize for the lengthy lead in, is a teacher researcher who was looking at gender, power and identity in a primary classroom a few years ago, as they affect equity and access to learning. In CA, in an under performing school , this text is not dialog-ed in current models we are using.Good Lord no. It would not be one I could take tomorrow and discuss at my school in any fashion. I'd be cut off in planning meetings.(And that's foolish indeed on their part.) We are only "fully implementing our reading series" or basically teaching to tests-that's the focus and that level of lack of sophistication in the work as I was discussing prior means the connection to this books' content would be too difficult for the group to grasp. But there is another level here..Gallas helps you look in another way at what you do.. When I read this book several years ago its potential to assist me in working with students in achieving was a bit more of the puzzle I wanted to find. I'm a performer teacher, motivating, a person often in a Carl Rodgers kind of way, setting up an environment to allow learning to blossom, constructing meanings and I need to study and learn what's going on in that domain. When I read her descriptions of watching "sharing"-that time students gathered and brought something or told something to their peers,I was looking at the dominance issues, how ideas were shared, ways or types of sharing that emerged within the children...I began to relate to my own experiences in the social dynamic and in turn look at the learning both of curricular content and something years ago we called the "hidden curriculum". Gallas is supremely good observationally, her accounts of a type of Silence used both as a power tool by certain children and as a method of responding in the social setting really keenly resonated with my work. Additionally the "bad boy" was well described, and of course made me nod affirmatively talking of their tendencies. And so powerful with peers. Chapter 7 is entitled, "Your Mother Squeezes Your Brains Out Your Ears" just about a little "scary talk" one student is using on another. She has looked in depth at the kinds of equity, power issues in real life work, what it sounds and looks like, and used her intellect to bring forward what this social structure both teaches and is about.
Using the book I began to write during sharing time for five years observing all the students said, categorizing what kinds of relating I was seeing, looking at what students shared, in my case in an area with vast language differences due to immigration and socio-economic factors, I began to look at the students from a different lens. And in using the book as a starting place I noted and followed meaning making with a particular interest in trying to see what it told me not only of my students, but the culture of my room. When I used her book I saw my work and role differently. It was a book with great applicability into my 1st grades. This last year my state data was phenomenal, all Proficient or Advanced, yeah to me, to them. It might disarm my school to know that I did a very significant amount of that work seeking to find ways to empower each student both as social beings and learners. At years start I saw, for instance, a significant"silent group", non sharers or students that held up something without language. And I saw certain students who were story tellers or children I call the shockers...something shocking to relate, those that use teasing/flirtation/beauty...just a great many things. Since I had third(usually teach 1st) I articulated what I was doing to the students, why, what I saw, why I felt we should look at it. By years end I had students saying they were proud of one autistic child who "grew up a whole lot and told us stories that really showed he was coming out of his shell". Well I have data to beat the band about group think. And great talk about power(why does one child always get called on do you think?). Through this I felt they began to learn that we can relate in different frames, we can change patterns, see styles, try something else. I was mediating the experience(see Reuven Feurestein) more than Gallas but I certainly used her to help me approach this work. Sharing remains, as Fulgrum said in his famous " All I Ever Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" , so absolutely important to students and the social politic. Its power and its place is for me laboratory-like in talking about our relating in the world, as human an activity as we do in school. I hope all teachers have an opportunity to read the book and to become reflective of what is going on within the room.

Finally, a teacher is talking about what happens in classrooms! After so many years of being told by "experts" how classrooms work, we have at last a look into the real life dynamics of social relations in an elementary classroom. Here is a page turner that takes us into the lives of young children in schools and describes how children build a learning community. Here, also, is the account of a teacher researcher who does not know all the answers but hopes to learn more about her students' world by carefully documenting their 'social' work. This book is sometimes hilarious, sometimes disturbing -- but in the end we all learn something about the assumptions we have made about gender roles, power, and the ways young children understand their world.

This seems to be a great book! I bought it for class to learn more about current rules and laws in contempoary special education. It is very thorough! The only reason why I am giving it 4 instead of 5 stars is because I didn't receive a CD with mine, and I think it is supposed to accompany it.

This is the book every special education major needs to know the things that are important for your teaching. It covers many disabilities and many of the questions on the Praxis are covered in this book.

I didn't get the CD with mine. I didn't feel I needed it. I had a 50/50 consensus that it was important. There were some things in it that could help you practice, so if you are not sure of a lot of things in special ed, get the CD. My teacher required it and I never used it and someone told me they never opened theirs up. Its a matter of preference.

I am a student and this book was the required text. I found it to be straight-forward, easy to reference, and packed with material. I plan on keeping this one around to reference back to.

This is a great book. I used it in my class with Eastern New Mexico University. It was a great breakdown of individuals with disabilities and great resources. The class is finished but I will keep this book for future referrences.

This is an effective test practice book. It organizes 2nd grade contents in units and each unit has several small lessons with sample tests. It's not only great for getting familiar with standard tests, but also good for knowledge and skill assessments. My child finished this book in 3 weeks and were confident with the tests in school since then. Kids should practice often to elevate their skills. For more such drills, there is a nice web site http://www.beestar.org. It's like the web version of this book with dynamic contents. My child's grade is definitely getting better. We are happy.

As a parent working to prepare a 5 year old child for his first standardized test (1st grade test), I would recommend using this book as a follow up to a "standardized test practice" workbook by Teacher Created Materials.

Since my 1st grader attends a private school that uses 2nd grade textbooks, the content of this 2nd grade test prep book was appropriate for him in the areas of word analysis, vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening, language mechanics, language expression, spelling, study skills, math concepts, computation, and applications (congruent and similar shapes, dates, time, measurement, graphs, and word problems).

This book dives right into tests which are divided by units (i.e. word analysis, vocabulary, etc.). Within the units the tests are divided into lessons (i.e. word sounds, word analysis skills, word recognition, etc.). After each unit there is a sample test.

This book provides ample opportunities for test practice along with useful tips.

It is very good book for younger child to get a felling what is the test looks like. It is step by step guide book to teach children how to take the test, also it is a fun book to read.

I bought three in these series of test books for my children. The tests can be divisible into short segments so are not overwhelming to the child (and are easier for a parent to encourage a child to do!) What I have found the most helpful so far is that the tests have identified a few areas in which my children could use some review. This is very helpful to a parent who wants to be thoroughly familiar with his/her child's skill levels. The other key advantage is that doing these tests periodically make the real test less strange and scary.

This is another GREAT book of Miyazaki's. The pictures are beautiful... the story is cute... what more can I say?

Now that we are past the middle of this story (this is volume for of 5) the action picks up quite a bit. No Face, the spirit that young Sen let in earlier has turned into a disaster, determined to eat whatever food the bath house has to offer and paying in showers of gold. On the down side, however, the spirit has a tough time differentiating staff from the food, throwing everything into chaos.

As this is going on, Sen sees a white dragon being chased across the sky by paper birds. This is Haku, the young mage, who is badly wounded in his efforts to steal magic. Surprisingly, Sen shows fierce loyalty to her friend, courageously facing the dangers of the bathhouse in order to save his life. The girl has come a long way from the spoiled child who first happened into this strange work.

When I first found this series, the film was still unavailable to US audiences. As such they were the only option for English speakers who wanted to see Miyazaki's latest work and get a sense of the flow of the film. They do this quite well for what is essentially a still medium, spending a lot of frames building a chain of movement. This is done with cels from the film, so the normal comic approach doesn't prevail. When I look at the illustration, I think of a parent reading a book to a child and pointing to a string of pictures as, say, a dragon twists and loops in the sky.

Indeed, this set is perfect for that purpose. It is also a delightful memento of a wonderful film. Miyazaki's imagination is always stunning and unique. There are many good anime artists, but fewer great artists who happen to do anime. Film or no film, I intend to own the entire set.

Imagine being a typical, slightly self-centered 10-year-old girl, and suddenly finding yourself the only human employee at the Abura Ya, a bathhouse for the spirits. Your parents have turned into pigs, and if you cannot find a way, they will eventually become snacks for customers of the resort. Your employer is a giant old woman named Yubaba, who drives a hard bargain and intends to make you work every moment.

This is Chihiro Ogino's lot in the manga version of Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away.' Certainly a tough role for an adult to deal with, one cannot help but admire Chihiro (now called Sen) for her fierce determination. In the world of Abura Ya she manages to find friends like Haku, a teenage boy with magical powers, and Lin, the co-worker who looks after Chihiro and helps her snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

In this third volume Chihiro starts her job as a bath attendant, performing the backbreaking labor of scrubbing floors and baths and waiting on customers. When an awesome stink spirit shows up for a wash, no one wants to go near it. Naturally, Chihiro gets stuck with the job. What ensues is a surprise for all as Chihiro discovers that she has strange friends in even stranger places.

Some notes. These beautifully colored manga are done in Japanese order [right to left, top to bottom]. At first, this is a bit confusing, but after a while, it gets to be fun. In addition, it preserves the effect of the original manga page layouts, which really is the best way to present them. Japanese sound effects are left as is, but a translation guide is included.

Having little or no will power, I have succumbed to the temptation to pick up more of these little specialty manga created from the cells of Hayao Miyazaki's latest anime creation, 'Spirited Away.' This film has been a runaway bestseller in Japan, and is due for release in the US shortly. When I bought the first volume as a novelty, my greatest concern was that the books would 'spoil' the plot. However, after reading two volumes, I find I'm even more interested in seeing the film, which looks every bit as remarkable as 'Princess Mononoke,' another Miyazaki hit.

These are the story of Chihiro Ogino, a young girl whose parents have inadvertently wandered into a bathhouse for spirits and been turned into pigs. Chihiro is determined to rescue them and discovers that she must find a job in the bathhouse or suffer the same fate of her parents. This volume is the story of her quest for employment, starting with the spider-like Kamaji who runs the hot water system to the giant Yubaba who is the matron of the resort. One has to admire Chihiro's determination, even though she is actually a bit irritating in a little girl way. Of course, I might be a bit self-centered and panicky if I found myself in the comic version of Motel Hell.

The styling is classic Miyazaki, with great work on the expressions of both the human and non-human characters. These last come in every shape and type imaginable. The dialog is minimalist. Often, the plot is moved forward by the visual story, full of both menace and sight gags. Another thing I like is, since the sound effects are in Japanese, someone has gone to the immense trouble of providing a frame-by-frame translation of them. Just the thing for an adult who wants to read these aloud to a child.

One warning. These manga done in Japanese order [right to left, top to bottom]. At first, this is a bit confusing, but after a while, it gets to be fun. In addition, it preserves the effect of the original manga page layouts, which really is the best way to present them. If these manga aren't over-distributed, then they may very well be eminently collectable.

Christy Miller finally feels like she's growing up. But her new responsibilities make her wish she wasn't. In STARRY NIGHT, the eighth book in Robin Jones Gunn's Christy Miller series, not only does she have a job monopolizing most of her time, but her new freedom to date is also causing its own share of problems. Christy is upset that she ended things so badly with ex-boyfriend Rick. When he comes back from college to visit her, she hopes to put their rocky past behind them.

However, Rick seems less interested in making amends with Christy and more interested in spending time with Katie, her best friend. Katie has long warned Christy about falling under the dangerous spell of Rick's charm, but now she seems to be doing it herself. Christy's old "beach friends" have made lots of plans for Christmas break, but with work and a surprise trip with her family, Christy is forced to miss out. Things only get worse when Katie begins tagging along with Christy's friends --- without Christy.

Christy becomes increasingly jealous as Katie and Rick start spending more and more time together. Meanwhile, Christy is forced to spend most of her winter break at a mountain cabin with her Aunt Marti and Uncle Bob --- not exactly her idea of a good time. Over the holiday, Uncle Bob asks some tough questions that challenge the faith Christy once thought was so solid.

However, things begin to look up when Christy's parents surprisingly agree to let her attend the Rose Bowl Parade with her friends. She remembers watching it on TV as a little girl in Wisconsin and can't wait to become a true Californian and experience it firsthand. At the parade, Christy can't help but wonder when she will see romantic interest Todd again; he left to join the pro surfing tour, leaving many unanswered questions about their relationship.

As the book comes to a close, Katie discovers some unpleasant things about Rick that lead her to wonder if she really was right about him all along. Will it be in time to save her fractured friendship? Even more drama is in store as a surprise appearance from an old friend means big changes for Christy.

In STARRY NIGHT, Gunn once again manages to avoid the usual clichés of teen fiction and gives young readers an engrossing and often unpredictable story. Fans of the series will enjoy the new plot twists and character development, and most likely will be refreshed to see some long-present drama come to a close. The book's ending, as typical of the series, leaves much to be anticipated in upcoming installments.


--- Reviewed by Jennifer Crosby

This book tells the ups and downs of fixing realationships and hoping you still have them with other people.Christy is trying to resolve thigs with Rick ,and of course always thinking of Tood.I hope mrs. Gunn comes out with more books .Im hooked!

I really like this book! Especially when Todd came back. I cried. I'm a book lover especially of these books. I just can't wait till the Todd and Christy Series. I love them together. I hope they stay together FOREVER. This book helps me in my life as a young christian.

Christy has a lot of things going through that head of hers. Will she and Rick ever resolve things? How come she's never really noticed Doug for the great guy he is? Does Todd still think of her? Well, Christy spends Christmas in a cabin with her family and aunt marty and uncle bob. She sees the rose bowl parade with all her friends in newport and has a blast. At her new year's party she tells her aunt that 17 people will be there, just to get her aunt off her back. Well, sixteen people arrive after the parade, but the unexpected seventeenth guest comes later. Who is this unexpected guest? Well, read this book to find out!