Interactive Books

Total of 37 dot-to-dot puzzles, most numbered up to about 120, with the highest goes to 163. Puzzles are large sized, 8.5"x11" and the facing page has the name of the constellation, the legend in a one paragraph summary, the number of stars, star facts. Some of the pages have "did you know" facts added to them. The paper is much nicer than most consumable workbooks, and is heavier than 20# copy paper. Books by this author are much higher quality than the typical drug store dot-to-dot workbooks.

The youngest age for this book would be whatever age your child is willing or able to learn to count up to about 165. Using dot-to-dot books to reinforce counting skills to higher numbers is a great way to "sneak in" math. Ignore the publisher's age range of 9-12 if your child is younger and can count to 165. My 6 year-old son is going through a phase of loving dot-to-dot puzzles that go to a high number and he will sit and do an entire book (if allowed) and will beg for more! Some of the connections are of a short length and therefore are helpful when developing fine motor skills, for the younger children. Of course this makes a great addition to any unit study of space, the constellations, or Ancient Greece, as it contains a good amount of educational content that is well written.

I highly recommend all of the dot-to-dot books by Evan and Lael Kimble and also those by Monica Russo.

A lovely and captivating way to introduce astronomy! Constellations Dot-to-Dot covers the 33 major constellations seen thoughout the year in the Northern Hemisphere as well as 5 constellations from the Southern Pole stars. Each constellation is accompanied by a synopsis of the constellation's legend (a great way to introduce Greek mythology and ancient Chinese legends!). A brief section called "Did You Know?" introduces more information about the constellation in particular or space in general. The last two pages of the book has star drawings where a child may design her own constellations.

The dots are connected by numbers which often go well over 100. So your children will have practice with numbers, but might need help if they aren't comfortable counting quite that high just yet. I like the "dot-to-dot" format because it helps a child get an idea of how the Ancients formed the concepts for the constellations.

This book would be awesome included in a gift package along with some of these books and tapes:
-_The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus_, Aliki
-"Galileo and the Stargazers", Jim Weiss (audio tape)
-_Greek Gods and Goddesses_, Geraldine McCaughrean
-_DK Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology_, Philip Wilkinson
-_Sunshine Makes the Seasons_, Franklyn Branley
-_D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths_ (the CD format is wonderful)!
-_The Librarian Who Measured the Earth_, Kathryn Lasky
-_Archimedes and the Door of Science_, Jeanne Bendick

_Constellations Dot-to-Dot_ is a creative and highly informative book! I highly recommend it! And at just $..., every child should own a copy!!

A practical and informative book. Ideal for keeping children busy and entertained. Excellent value.

Full of excellent ideas for children all environmentally friendly. Easy to follow and understand. Buy it now!!!!

We discovered this book just after a week's vacation. We had been playing cards with children's card packs - old maid, rummy and go fish. I was anxious to find a book on all of the old children's games that I remember playing, Crazy Eights being a favorite. Not only does this book have lots of games, including many I had never heard of, but the illustrations and rules for playing are explained extremely well.

Highly recommended for some family time fun.

Crazy Eights And Other Card Games is a straightforward, "kid friendly" guide to simple playing card games that children of all ages can easily learn. Black-and-white illustrations and step-by-step instructions about the rules of games like Casino, Concentration, War, Twenty-One, Beginning Rummy, and a great many more guarantee that a deck of cards can be a family fun activity, as well as an ideal solution to children entertaining themselves when they must be indoors during inclement weather.

By way of illustrations and in-depth explanations, this book took me through the process of creating animated characters from hand-drawn sketches -- all the way to adding interactivity to them. The book says "without code" which doesn't exactly mean without programming. One criticism I have is that I needed to go to the companion website to understand the navigation of some of the demos. (Answers were all found there -- just an illustration of page limitations vs. the web.) Definitely worthwhile to get for the amount of information included.

Just a quick note to report that this book is very promising, as we discover new techniques (specially the use of Virtools Dev) that revolutionize the creation of interactivity within 3D contents, for the internet and offline. Definitely worth for all newbees and students who want to have a first introduction to realtime 3D. The only drawback is that the graphical quality of the examples is very poor compared to what can be achieved with the tools. However, the most important is the way the interactivity is developed, which is absolutely stunning. Read it!

I'm a school teacher and the students love listening to the poems in this book. They giggle so much when I read it to them and they always want to hear it over and over again.

I grew up listening to these poems which Charo Cofre and Hugo Arevalo put music to. The title of the review is the title of the LP me and my brother owned. I have imagined all the characters, from the paper king -that made me reflect on how vulnerable we are (anybody can tear us apart, or hurt us because we are like paper), to the song that explains why we see seeds and ants together. Don Crispin was very much like the character I had envisioned, same as the army of seeds. The poems do not exhaust in insight as I have grown older. Like the Little Prince, I appreciate having listened and played and imagined all these worlds through these poems. They follow the path of the great fables.

I recently bought The Interactive Dake Bible CD Rom Version 1999. I found it very easy to load unto my hard drive without any technical questions or problems. Installation took me around 5 minutes.

Upon running the program, I found a great tutorial that answered my later questions. Not being someone who usually does the tutorial right away, I launched myself quickly into using the Bible program. I already have the full Logos package, so what I wanted to have access to the Dake's notes and charts. It is so smooth transitioning from format to format. I found that the Strong's Lexicon is easier to utilize that in the Logos format.

Nav Press puts out this product and you can get every Bible version in English, Hebrew and Greek, but this version comes with only the KJV. I was surprised that this version also came with some helpful maps that can be printed or imported to my word processor.

All in all, I found this a very enjoyable product.

This, along with the Dake Study Notes on your Palm Pilot, will keep all Dake-Bonoists sufficiently wired.

This is my son's favorite book. When he was just a few months old, he was captivated by the black, white, and red colors. As he grew older, he enjoyed identifying the ladybugs, frogs, and butterflies. I've purchased this book many times for baby showers and birthdays.

Dalmatian Dot is short and simple with really bright colors and very basic pictures for the youngest of babies and the shortest of attention spans. The waggy tail makes it easy for baby to carry as well. Fathers especially appreciate the 'Daddy' ending.

I am 11 years old. Read this book with my 8 year old brother. It has a good moral to it. The pictures were great. It was good for kids of a younger age group. It was funny in some parts.The words are advanced and challenging. Interesting and made me want to visit different places in the world.

This is book three of a currently three-book series. After thoroughly enjoying "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" and "Booklet Goes to the Doctor," I was, of course, anxious to read book three. Not only are there many good lessons for children, but adults can learn from these books as well! Do you know that the National Library of France is built in the shape of four giant books? I didn't, but I learned that from this book. I was intrigued with the "book people" and the idea of their messages. I thought these might be good for my grandchildren and other children I buy for. Before buying Children's books, I like to read them. These books have bright, vivid colors and are ideal for children. They are clever, creative, and well-written with an impressive use of a variety of verbs that will be challenging, and, therefore, an excellent learning tool. There are analogies that children can relate to, and humor that will be enjoyed by adults as well as children. Although many children will read these without assistance, I think they are good books for parents to read to younger children. I am now purchasing a set of the first three books in this series for my youngest grandson to take to school as a gift to his class. I am excited about the BookMann Family series and can't wait to see more!!

This book is so well done, from the story to the illustrations, the letters and 'gifts' that are left along the way. My 4 yr old has been talking about Princess Kora for a year. My husband and I travel for work so everytime we go we leave notes in the book and have really extended the story. It has been a very popular gift!! You won't be disppointed.

This book was well thought out. The story is cute and the extra goodies are fun.

I liked this book because you could solve mysteries. I especially liked the Detective training and the mysteries you could solve. Who ever wants to be a detective read this book.

From the moment I opened this book I knew I would love it and most of my friends would too. You see we all love to solve mysteries and this book helps us learn how. When I took it to school with me one day, my teacher had to see it and read it too. Ms. Carlson said, "This is a really good book and I know I would have loved one just like it when I was in second grade." I take it to school with me and we solve mysteries at lunch recess. The part I particularly liked was the Night Alert. In the Night Alert someone robbed a store and the detectives caught the robbers by following the clues. I also liked Dog Training because it was really funny. Thanks to this book I am now a professional mystery solver, a DETECTIVE. This review is by Jimmy Berndt. Second Grader Professional Mystery Solver