Signs Books

This is the first annual moon sign book I've purchased, and I know that I'll continue to buy future ones. It's helpful in that it gives you an idea of when to take certain actions or what to do on any given day. My only problem is that it's not always accurate. A day that was supposed to go well for me was one of the worst days in months, and a day that was supposedly very bad for travel turned out to be very pleasant. Oh well, it's still entertaining.

i really enjoyed all the articles in here,especially how to find your money sign and gloria star's moon horoscopes.

I have subscribed to this volume since 1995 and have loved every volume every year. Sometimes the articles get a bit lame, but the charts and tables and lunar gardening advice are excellent. Unlike a lot of what Llewellyn puts out, this one is waaay worth the money!

I used this book in conjunction with Astrological Gardening by Louise Riotte. Many pest/disease/growth problems I was previously plaqued by aren't challenging my garden this year. Life has a rhythm and the Astrological Gardening guide is a great aid--without getting the reader bogged down in interpreting signs and symbols. This will be a yearly purchase for myself and open-minded friends.

The Almanac has been a must have over the centuries. Several cultures have relied upon its dates and information, from farmers and gardners, to Kings and Queens and Heads of State. The 2002 Moon Sign Book brings you a step higher with world reknowned Gloria Star reminding us once again why she is one of the world's leading Astrologers.

Along with weather and forecasts, Gloria Star provides the monthly lunar forecasts for all the essentials. Learn and then plan the best days to travel or to make a personal or financial decision. Have a hunter or a fisherman in the family? Give them the heads up to make them the Master for Catch-of-the-day!

Planning a wedding, or vacation, maybe trying out the garden this year or need help in weight control? Whether you have ever had an almanac or this is your first, the 2002 Moon Sign Book is one you need to have. Included are more then twenty-five articles from different authors, who are experts in their different fields, to bring you interesting facts and moon lore.

Saving the best for last: the lunar cycles and phases. The moon is a powerful entity. It controls everything from the tides of the ocean to the fluttering wings of the butterfly. So naturally we want to consult with the lunar cycles for every aspect of our daily lives. If you want this year of your life to be a success, you need to know lunar timing. With easy access tables, all the essentials for day-to-day planning is here.

Look for special days for making purchases, or planning a trip. Have a small business or are beginning one? You will need the almanac to give you the best days for a successful venture. For the gardners, be fruitful and multiply. You can have the best and most beautiful gardens if your timing is right, lunar timing that is! With easy-to-use tables, this year's will be your best garden yet. The 2002 Moon Sign Book provides you with all this plus so much more.

The Moon Sign Book has been a best seller for almost a century! The Llewellyn Tradition lives on in the 2002 Edition.

M.L. Benton, Publisher, Echoed Voices.
Copyright © 2001

This is a great book, whether or not you're a fan of historical fiction. When I picked this book out for my book report, I wasn't sure if I would like it but it's now my favorite book!

As the only child of a widowed bookseller in 17th century London, twelve-year-old Meg Moore stands to inheirit her father's entire estate. Because she is an heiress, Meg will be able to take part in the bookselling trade - her greatest wish - and will be able to chose her own husband. But Meg's entire future is changed when her father decides to remarry. Meg dislikes her new stepmother, Susannah, even though Susannah tries to be kind to her. She fears that Susannah will provide her father with a son that will take Meg's place as his heir, and that she will be reduced to marrying any man that will take her, or even worse, working as a maid. But over a year of change, Meg realizes that accepting Susannah can only bring good, and that there are ways that she can help influence her future, even if she is not an heiress. This was a fascinating glimpse into a time period that is not often written about in young adult fiction. Highly reccomend to teen fans of historical novels.

Meg Moore is only eight years old when her mother dies in childbirth. Her bookseller tells Meg that she is now heir to all his books, copyrights, and other interests. With such a dowry, she knows that someday she will have her pick of suitors and that with the right husband she can continue in the book trade. She dreams of being friends with witty people and authors, as her father is. She obstinately refuses to attend school, preferring to learn the booksellers' trade in her father's shop. She does not care to learn women's ways. Strong-minded, with a lively wit and caustic tongue, Meg brings London in the 1600s alive for us, through her eyes.

When her father remarries a woman named Susannah, it looks like Meg will lose her birthright and inheritance to Susannah and any child she might have. However, Meg does not want to live life as only a wife or servant, either. It seems though, that these might be the only options open to her unless she learns a trade. Meg consults Anthony Barker, an astrologer. Mr. Barker tells her that a great change is coming to her life.

Thirteen-year-old Meg must learn to take charge of her own life in an era when woman do not have much control over their lives. Meg is determined that she will become a bookseller or at least have some other trade. She refuses to be at the mercy of a husband or be forced to live as a servant.

Will an unsuspected talent be Meg's salvation, and will she find the maturity to face her unknown future? In AT THE SIGN OF THE STAR, Katherine Sturtevant has recreated the world of 17th Century Restoration London at a time when women were finally coming into their own on London's literary scene.

Women and girls today have so many more freedoms and opportunities than they once had. Find out what it was like to be a girl in Restoration London--specifically, in 1677. Meg Moore, an independent-minded girl of 12, chafes at the restrictions on her life--on how she must behave, speak, and accept the future arranged for her. If her father's new wife bears him a son, she will no longer be his heir. Upon his death, she will not be able to take over his bookselling business, which she loves, as she hopes and plans to do. She acts out her resentment of her stepmother in bold rudenesses that you will guiltily enjoy. :) By the time her worst fear becomes a reality, however, Meg has discovered a new talent that may win her an even more independent future.

I thought that the book was alright. It wasn't the best that i have ever read though. I thought that it was hard to read because it's something like chapters within chapters. Another reason i didn't like it is because it wasn't the most exciting book to read. There wasn't much suspense in it. I also didnt't like the book because I didn't know much about the characters, or the coming of the characters.

I thought the worst part of the book was when Meg was arguing with her father. She said that when she was outside she saw a comet. Her father didn't believe her and he said that she was lying. I think that the reason her father was mad is because his wife died a year ago, and something with her saying that had to relate with her mother.

The story element that i found most vivid was the climax of the book. In the climax, Meg is writing her first book. The two vivid images that I would see would be the smell of the ink and her hand moving as she writes. The reason I would say this is because she was really into writing her book. This represents her writing as she thinks and dipping the pen in the ink.

I purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I was using with my daughter. Although able to hear, I found that sign language gave her a means of communication at a much earlier age which decreased frustration for the both of us. By the time I was using the information from this book, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate with me) and the book became much more useful at the Pediatric hospital I work at. The book is now part of our library, for reference, when working with the deaf children on our floor. The book is easy to understand and covers many of the words and phrases we convey everyday to small children.

I originally purchased this book to compound on the basic sign language I had already taught my one year old daughter. Although she is able to hear, sign language reduced the amount of frustration in trying to communicate verbally, since sign language was easier to learn. I found that by the time we were able to work on larger phrases, she was speaking (or at least able to communicate her wants and needs) and the book was unnecessary. I do, however, find the book useful at the Children's hospital I work at. It contains easy to understand phrases that we use everyday with small children. The book now has a permanent home on our floor for all of the nurses to use.

We also have three older children learning ASL and this book is very easy for them as well as adults (we have found that sometimes it's harder for adults to learn a new language!) to follow. It contains the alphabet as well as catagorized topics that sitters (or non-signers) can easily turn to and sign to other hearing impaired individuals. This little book has been a very helpful tool in our home and has made our transition into the deaf language a little smoother.

I found the diagrams in this book difficult to follow, and it didn't contain some words I wanted to learn, while it did contain some I would be unlikely ever to need. Also, the signs are NOT ASL but Signed English. However, I have seen other books in this series at the bookstore, and I might buy the ones on food or school. This book, however, I didn't keep.

If you work with deaf children then this is the book for you. It is so good I bought two. It teaches you things that you could oly learn in child assessment for the hearing impared.

I bought this book due to my interest in women in ministry, and vastly enjoyed this historic account. While near the end of reading this book, I was diagnosed with cancer. The book had built my faith so much that I decided to ask Jesus to heal me, much as Mrs. Woodworth-Etter prayed for the sick. I was healed, miraculously, no chemo, radiation or surgery, except for an exploratory procedure with biopsies, to be sure the cancer was indeed gone. It is four years later now, I am still healed. I believe it was God who drew my attention to this book so that I might have faith ready for the exact time it was needed.

This incredible book is filled with testimony after testimony of the effectiveness of the Holy Ghost ministry preached by Sister M. B. Woodworth-Etter as she traveled the country. 100 years ago she endured hardship to bring hope and healing to a thirsty America. As she entered city and town after city and town they would be a mighty shaking by the power of God. Never have I read such first-hand evidence of so many humbling, mind-boggling, tremendous miracles as in this large volume. Many accounts are from local hosting pastors and elders; many from the recipients of the miracles; many from the doctors who treated them. One truly needs to set this book down from time to time just to fully grasp the spectrum of God's work through this little woman. I personally know a precious woman, now in her 90's, who at age 15 was healed of a goiter in Mrs. Etter's meeting. And when you get your hands on this volume, you may do as I have done -- gven at least a dozen copies away to friends and family.

the works that I do shall they do also, and greater works than these shall they do, because I go to My FATHER"

Maria Woodworth-Etter is one of those who Believed HIM...
and her life proved HIS WORDs are true.

Raising the dead, healing the sick, casting out devils,
first and foremost, though, preaching the Gospel of the Good News
of JESUS CHRIST.

YES, this book inspires faith!
She walked the walk,
We can, too!

Maria B. Woodworth-Etter defied the imagination for women of the latter part of the 19th century and the first 24 years of this century. This book is her own account of preaching long before she could vote, packing out an 8,000-seat tent, resisting opposition from Mass. to Californian. She received opposition not only from the admitted ungodly but also from other Christian groups. When they told her women were to keep silent in the church and learn from their husbands at home, she gave a classic example: "If some women learned from their husbands, they would die in ignorance." The book is well over 500 pages and covers her meetings and quotes newspapers of the day. A companion book is my biography, "The Woman Evangelist." Although I document many of her claims in "Signs and Wonders," I am objective and do not overlook her weaknesses in theology and practices. However, I think you'll consider it a fair treatment. Wayne Warne

I have read Maria Woodworth-Etters book A Diary of Signs and Wonders several times. As an evangelical christian reading this book was like reliving the Book of Acts over and over again. Jesus promised His church that He would send the Holy Spirit in power and throughout the whole book on Maria Woodworth-Etters ministry we see the evidence of the awesome power of our almighty God. The book is full of documented supernatural healings and sermons given by Maria Woodworth-Etter. She had no formal theological training from man but she had the best Teacher their is, the Holy Spirit himself. She stayed in the Word of God and used it as the ONLY measuring tool to walk with. God also revealled in her mininstry the importance of the body of Christ working together. Although Maria was the team leader she had many brother(s) and sister(s) in the Lord that worked along side of her.

There is no question about it! This is the best book on the Enneagram (and I have accumulated quite a few).

Anthony Blake presents both the essence of the Enneagram and enough detail for the reader to become well acquainted with the workings of this symbol.

This book is ALIVE as much as the symbol itself is ALIVE! The Enneagram is not a diagram but an embodiment of the process of transformation, a process that is as much within as it is outside us.

Anthony's own rich knowledge and long experience makes him one of the few really qualified to write on the subject. His presentation of it is rightly rooted in the tradition from which it came.

This is the authentic Enneagram. It is more than a book on the Enneagram and the tradition from which it comes, it is one man's unshakable knowledge.

Table of Contents. PART I - The Frame of Transformation: The Symbol, Overview, Form of Sequence, The Symbolism of Making and Becoming, Sevenfold Architecture, I Put Three Together; PART II - The Hazard of Transformation: Four Paradigms of the Enneagram, the Metabolism of Perception, A Computer Running on Air, Being in Life, Drama, An Enneagram of Crisis. PART III - The Purpose of Transformation: Wheels within Wheels, Cosmic Interlude, The Greater Present Moment, The Great Amen, The Tescooano, Recurrent Meaning, Remember to Remember.

... I found this excellent book on the enneagram to be deep, detailed, and dependable! A.G.E. Blake, a sincere student of The Work for quite some time now, really understands the enneagram - and how to EXPLAIN the way it works to others. It is very enlightening.

... I have been reading books by and about Gurdjieff and The Work for over 25 years now, and I say with total conviction that this book is one of the best I have ever come across. It REALLY helps the reader to understand exactly HOW the enneagram works - in different situations, and on different "levels" (4th Way people use the term "octaves"). Read this book, and you will be sure to come closer to understanding the reality and truth of existence.

... I love the photo on page 36 of the nine-sided building based on the enneagram that was designed and built near London by J.G. Bennett and his students! I love the diagram on page 208 of the "Nine points of evolution" - including the Biosphere, Technosphere, and Noosphere. The photograph on page 33 of the sacred movements class at the Sherborne House in Gloucestershire is beautiful! The last chapter - #19: Remember to Remember - is very good.

... I was a little confused about the way Mr. Blake uses the Buddhist words "samadhi" and "satori" (I believe near page 137). I was always of the understanding that samadhi refers to the non-dualistic, "all is one" state of UNITY of the illusion; whereas satori refers to the TRANSCENDENCE of this unified illusion into the TRUE reality of The Void, where consciousness without an object is only aware of itself - where it simply IS. ... Maybe Buddhist terms are not applicable to 4th Way interpretation?

... I was also a little confused over Mr. Blakes's reference on page 312 to Gurdjieff calling the poppy plant an example of a "trinity-like" being. I had always thought that Gurdjieff helped to free individuals from addictions to opium and hashish, and that he said that: "The sly man takes a pill" - the pill being an allusion to psychedelic substances, or to 4th Way exercises, that may help catalyze spiritual enlightenment, such as: certain mushrooms, peyote, or LSD, as well as kundalini and/or breathing exercises. The opiates do the EXACT opposite - creating a psychological state of self-induced narcolepsy! ... (Maybe he needs to clarify this more?)

... In any case, overall, I found this long and heady book to be very rewarding. The more you get into it, the more you wish that Mr. Blake had actually written in even more detail! If you have the patience and determination to read the whole thing, you will truly benefit from having done so. After reading this book, you WILL understand how the enneagram works as a whole system. - The Aeolian Kid / Aeolian_Kid@hotmail.com

... I found this excellent book on the enneagram to be deep, detailed, and dependable! A.G. Blake, a sincere student of The Work for quite some time now, really understands the enneagram - and how to EXPLAIN the way it works to others. It is very enlightening.

... I have been reading books by and about Gurdjieff and The Work for over 25 years now, and I say with total conviction that this book is one of the best I have ever come across. It REALLY helps the reader to understand exactly HOW the enneagram works - in different situations, and on many "levels." Read this book, and you will be sure to come closer to understanding the reality and truth of existence.

... I love the photo on page 36 of the nine-sided building based on the enneagram that was designed and built near London by J.G. Bennet and his students! I love the diagram on page 208 of the "Nine points of evolution", including the Biosphere, Technosphere, and Noosphere. The photograph on page 33 of the sacred movements class at the Sherborne House in Gloucestershire is beautiful! The last chapter, #19: Remember to Remember is very good.

... I was a little confused about the way Mr. Blake uses the Buddhist words samadhi and satori ( I believe near page 137). I was always of the understanding that samadhi referred to the "all is one" state of unity of the illusion, and that satori refers to the TRANSCENDENCE of this unified illusion into the TRUE reality of The Void. Maybe Buddhist terms are not applicable to 4-th Way interpretation? ... I was also a little confused over Mr. Blake's reference on page 312 to Gurdjieff calling the poppy plant an example of a "trinity-like" being. I had always thought that Gurdjieff helped to free individuals to addictions to opium and hashish, and that he said that: "The sly man takes a pill." - the pill being an allusion to psychedelic substances that could catalyze spiritual enlightenment, such as certain mushrooms, peyote, or LSD. The opiates do the EXACT opposite - creating a psychological state of self-induced narcolepsy! (Maybe he needs to clarify this more?)

... In any case, overall, I found this long and heady book to be very rewarding. If you have the patience and determination to read the whole thing, you will truly benefit from doing so. After reading this book, you WILL understand how the enneagram works as a whole system! - The Aeolian Kid / Aeolian_Kid@hotmail.com

Blake's presentation of his aggregated experience and knowledge with/of the enneagram is striking in its rigor, its willingness to experiment with form and style, and its--intelligence. The emphasis here is on understanding the enneagram as a tool for decoding and unpacking processes, and how events as we experience them are constructed. Blake carefully examines the rubber-meets-the-road aspects of causality and chronology and the stories we like to tell about both. This is all very welcome.

The interested reader may wish to have a look at the writings of P.D. Ouspensky and J.G. Bennett, to understand where Blake is coming from, and books such as Matrix of Mystery (H.V. Guenther) and Time, Space, and Knowledge (Tarthang Tulku) for a slightly bigger scope in experiencing time in its dynamics and gaps.

Enjoy!

PS. The typographic errors in Blake's book are, admittedly, frustrating. Shambhala Publications could use a more skilled group of copy editors...

This book was completely unintelligible to me. I have read all the other enneagram books which were mostly quite interesting. This one was an enigma wrapped in lunacy. I did enjoy some of the weird sentences but I couldnt put it all together or figure out what I was supposed to take from it. I have kept all my enneagram books except for this one. I sold it.

Even Gurdjieff in Beelzebubs Tales is clear as sunlight compared to this.

I bought this for a friend who loves Happy Bunny as a Christmas present. He liked it (and I thought it was funny when I looked through it before I gave it to him), but it was very short. There are about three pages dedicated to each astrological sign, and if you don't know anyone in that sign or aren't interested in that sign, then there are only about six to ten pages that apply directly to you. But it was cute, cheap, and funny, so it was good for a funny gift.

The Happy Bunny series makes for cute bathroom books - I keep them in my guest bathroom and find it amusing to hear laughter from there when people use it! :)

If you are looking for a laugh, this book will provide it! Jim Benton's humor may be offensive to some but as Happy Bunny says, "It's cute how stupid you are." This book makes a great gift for pre-teens on up. Long live Happy Bunny!

I happened to run across this book, and loved it. On the one hand, you can read it for the cute graphics and hilarious summary for each astrology sign. Or, you can enjoy it for the underlying message of how you should take control of your life rather than relying on a bunch of planets and gimicks to tell you what to do. The book shows a picture of Happy Bunny as each astrology sign, a few of each signs likes and dislikes, what random gimick that sign uses to forsee the future, and my favorite-how each sign sees the world. I think the book hits it on the head the way in which my sign Cancer sees the world: "I love everybody. Except you pinheads." The other signs have similar self-centered views of the world. The authors also added the Happy Bunny Sign to the Astrology chart. I will be on the look out for more Happy Bunny books. Its a cute gift, or you can do like I did and read it in the store. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a laugh.

My sister and stepdaughter hipped me to Happy Bunny and he is the most hillarious thing I have come across in a long time. These books are complete crack ups, not to mention the other Happy Bunny merchandise. This book actually gives a pretty accurate representation of my astrological sign (Aries). I would recommend this and the other Happy Bunny books to anyone who just needs to laugh at life.

worth every penny. recommend to anyone intersted in learnign signing

Ordered this book, and the service and delivery was super. Glad that I am able to leave good feedback, I am very satisfied.

I bought this to share with my signing class as well as worksheets to be shared with my son's teachers and aides. Also, teachers can use this as a learning tool.

This wonderful sign language puzzle book helps to assist people who are working at expanding their knowledge of sign language. It has many fun puzzles, word finds and vocabulary building exercises that helps students to practice signs they already may know or to learn new signs. I have used this book as a way to reinforce material taught in my adult education classroom. I recommend this book for anyone who has a need to practice sign language, yet, does not always have an opportunity to sign with another person.

Thanks Ms. Riekehoff for another wonderful sign language book!

I am a Sign Language instructor and this book comes in handy all the time as a fun way for students to practice fingerspelling and understanding signs. I bought this book for myself at first, but it has definately come in handy in other situations. The puzzles are fun and not too challenging to my students and they absolutely love it.

For anyone that is studying to be an Interpreter, Teacher of the Deaf, etc., or has a Deaf family member, this book is a necessity. All areas pertaining to American Sign Language and the Deaf community were thoroughly explored and thoughtfully portrayed. There was so much infomation, personal interviews and stories about all aspects. Arden Neisser went everywhere and talked to everyone. This book was very rich in text and left little to be discovered. Nothing was missing! An invaluable source that will leave a tremendous impact on its readers.

For anyone that is studying to be an Interpreter, Teacher of the Deaf, etc., or has a Deaf family member, this book is a necessity. Every single issue ever pertaninng to the Deaf community was thoroughly explored and thoughtfully portrayed. There was so much infomation, personal interviews and stories about every aspect of Deaf Life. Arden Neisser went everywhere and talked to everyone. This book was very rich in text and left little to be discovered. Nothing was missing! An invaluable source that will leave a tremendous impact on its readers.

This book gave a good insight into many of the issues of the Deaf Community. I enjoyed the many interviews with famous Deaf and hearing members of the Community. The book was not light or airy in content, but gave a good portion of facts in an easily understood manner. I recomend this book.

The other side of silence is a well written and researched book. It seems that now-a-days books about the Deaf and the Deaf community fall into either the oralist or manualist camp, with very little falling in the center. As a sign language interpreter I am biased (of course) towards the manualist view, and generally dismiss oralist themed books out of hand. However, I was pleased and fascinated to read a thoughtful and unbiased exploration of both sides of the age old argument.

Though no easy read, this book lets you peek into the world that Deaf individuals (such as I) encounter. It shows you first hand the discrimination that deaf and hard of hearing people experience on a daily basis. It tells of such issues as oralism and making American Sign Language known as the foreign language that it is (and not simply "English on the hands").

If you want to know more about the Deaf world, this book is full of interesting information, but be warned that you may have moments where you must return to the previous page to fully understand what you just read. Not for the light-hearted reader, this book is highly recommended by this Deafie. :v)

A raisin in the sun is a greaat book, that is about a man named Walter that wanted the best for his family and son. his father have always tought him how to stay strong in a very wild life, but Wlater was weak, he never learned that he must do stuff the hard way if he wanted to succed in life. he has always wanted to get money the easy way, but he never makes it to the end because its not easy to make money. even thought Walter wanted to be really rich and be like white men at the time, he stile didnt try hard to be rich like what his dad told him before he passed out.
Also in the play Beneatha was Walter's sister that also had dreams of being a doctor. she wanted all people to like her and love her but she didn't learn how to do that and which way to get them to like her. Ruth was a woman who had seen many battles in life. She expected to live the good life with Walter and when that did not happen, she stood by his side anyway. They had one son that they could hardly take care of and when she found herself pregnant she became desperate looking for a solution. How were they going to take care of a child, they could hardly feed and clothe the one they had.
The mother of this family was Ruth, she was a great mama that have always cared about her family and she always try to pull them together to form a great strong family.
This story showed how much problems African American families had at that time and how much they strugled.

A raisin in the sun is a greaat book, that is about a man named Walter that wanted the best for his family and son. his father have always tought him how to stay strong in a very wild life, but Wlater was weak, he never learned that he must do stuff the hard way if he wanted to succed in life. he has always wanted to get money the easy way, but he never makes it to the end because its not easy to make money. even thought Walter wanted to be really rich and be like white men at the time, he stile didnt try hard to be rich like what his dad told him before he passed out.
Also in the play Beneatha was Walter's sister that also had dreams of being a doctor. she wanted all people to like her and love her but she didn't learn how to do that and which way to get them to like her. Ruth was a woman who had seen many battles in life. She expected to live the good life with Walter and when that did not happen, she stood by his side anyway. They had one son that they could hardly take care of and when she found herself pregnant she became desperate looking for a solution. How were they going to take care of a child, they could hardly feed and clothe the one they had.
The mother of this family was Ruth, she was a great mama that have always cared about her family and she always try to pull them together to form a great strong family.
This story showed how much problems African American families had at that time and how much they strugled.

Good plot line but a little too much detail for mt liking. Quality piece of writing though.

For those wanting to understand the influence of this great American author, I strongly recommend this edition of Raisin and Sign. The commentaries and introductions are priceless. Not to mention that the plays themselves are fascinating. Speaking as a white, Irish female, one would wonder why I'd have such a high opinion, well, doing Ms. Hansberry as a research subject for my entire junior year, I didn't have much interest at first. But reading these plays made me realize that Hansberry holds a great power for writing about universal concepts and ideas, whether the reader is black or not. Especially The Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window.

A Raisin in the sun was written to reflect one man's struggle to pull himself up from the slums to make a better life for his son and family. Walter was a weak man and had always had his father's coat-tails to ride on. When his father was alive he had a role model, someone who knew how to be a man and Walter never learned that it meant doing things the hard way. He and his friends were out looking for fast fortune and it never worked out. Walter had big dreams of owning big cars and living up where the rich white folks live.
Beneatha had dreams of being a doctor and she was head strong and determined not to let anything or anyone stand in her way. Least of all her pathetic brother, Walter. She wanted to be loved and appreciated for all of her struggles but she did not know how to earn that love and appreciation. Ruth was a woman who had seen many battles in life. She expected to live the good life with Walter and when that did not happen, she stood by his side anyway. They had one son that they could hardly take care of and when she found herself pregnant she became desperate looking for a solution. How were they going to take care of a child, they could hardly feed and clothe the one they had.
Ruth was strong and she was the backbone for her husband.
The matriarch in the Family though was Mama. She was the string that held all of her family together. An example of this was when she tied the sticks around the flower to hold it together for moving. This represented her pulling the family together to prepare for the hardships that would probably come their way in moving out to Clyborne Park. They knew that they would not be wanted in that area, but the family had seen and been through more than enough in their time. This story represents the struggle to be a family, to take care of what you love and do what you have to do to see that your family is taken care of. It also represents the struggle that many people go through in life to be someone within themselves.

The paintings look so real because of the light and dark shadows. I think this book is one of a kind. I recommend this book, not only because of what the story is about but the illustrations (they're awesome)!!!!

"Wow" I said in my head as I had just finished the book A SIGN. When I closed the book I thought it was amazing and awesome. Chris Soentpiet used a lot of double spread pictures and was very creative. Also Chris Soentpiet's pictures came to life. The story A SIGN is about a little girl who wants to be all these different things and dresses up as them. You might laugh at some things that the little girl dresses up as. I can't tell you what she dresses up as because I want it to be a mystery for you. You will be surprised to find out what she really will be at the end.It is not any of the things she dresses up as,I can tell you that. Chris Soentpiet did a good job on this book. I give this book 5 stars!

I give this book 3 stars because it talks about a person's life style. It's about a little girl and she sees electronic signs. Then she goes to the circus and when she gets home she acted like she was a tight rope walker. I liked the illustrations because they look real. My favorite part is when she looks in the mirrow in her bathing suit. I think you would like this book if you like to experience things.

I like your book A Sign because I think it's incredible how you do the shadows on the front cover. I also like the way the sun on the girl on the front cover. I like the illustrations because they look so realistic. I think your books are amazing. I give this book five stars!

Mr. Soentpiet brought the illustrations to life. They remind me that my favorite color is yellow. I like that Mrs. Soentpiet modeled for the girl on the cover of the book. In the book, The Sign, the mother took the girl to the circus and she wanted to do tightrope walking. Chris did incredible drawings and they look like photographs.