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Baby Dance (Harper Growing Tree)

Published in Board book by HarperFestival (1999-01-31)

Author: Ann Taylor

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you'll read it again and again

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-15

Cute book about a father dancing with his baby girl. The text rhymes, which makes it easy to read --- almost like a song.

Very cute book.

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-14

I love the artwork and I love that the dad is the main character along with his daughter. Wonderful read for your newbor and infant!

This book is just beautiful!

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-13

This book is so lovely and my 5 month old daughter beamed the first time she saw it. The poem is simple and the pictures are so sweet. The daddy swings the baby girl all around as her tears turn into laughter. It reminds me of how my daughter and my husband play together....maybe it reminds my daughter of her daddy too! Love it!

Lovely to sing to your baby

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-07

My daughter loved this book as a baby. We had it out of the library so many times, I bought it when she was 10 months old. Her 3 year old brother and I both learnt it by heart from singing it to her every night. She still really likes it at 21 months old, though now we don't read it every night. I love the illustrations that show the real movement of the baby up and down, round and round, and of course that one can sing the whole book.

Not just for babies

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-09

My daughter, nearly three, picked Baby Dance out of the library on her own. She has insisted on having it sung to her every night for the past three weeks. She's at the "why" stage of life -- so rather than just enjoy the pictures, she's also questioning the plot: why is the baby sad (at the beginning)? and observing "look, the mama's awake! (at the end). The book is a really sweet take on something all too familiar -- a baby's distress that mama's not always available -- but with a lovely message that dada can make baby smile, too!

The Crab Man

Published in Hardcover by Turtle Books (1998-05-01)

Author: Patricia E. Van West

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A Sensitive Environmental Tale

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2001-09-01

The Crab Man is a wonderful children's' book about a young Jamaican boy's dilemma and how he resolves it. Neville has been selling hermit crabs to the crab man to earn money for a new dress for his mother. One day he learns what the crab man does with the crabs and about the consequences of people's actions and feelings.
Ms. Van West skillfully weaves many themes into this tale-familial love, the fragile web of life, economic survival, and societal contrasts. The Crab Man is an excellent choice for the bookshelf, a tale that a child can relate to.

Wonderful Book

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-07

This is a wonderful story of how Neville gives up his dream of giving his mother a gift of a new dress to save the life of the helpless crabs that are being exploited to the death by ruthless tourists. The book contains the beautifully drawn illustrations of the wonderful artist Cedric Lucus.

Great Book

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-06

Van West deftly weaves a young boy's struggle to make a difficult decision with vivid descriptions of Jamaican life in this heartwarming tale. The Crab Man is the perfect book for any child who has struggled to do the right thing and helps children understand that all life is precious, no matter how small.

A Little Boy Saves the Day

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2001-10-11

Even though he stands to lose precious income, a young Jamaican boy trusts his feelings of empathy for the helpless crabs who are forced to race at a big resort and takes action. No heavy-handed preaching, just a gentle morality tale where the child is the hero. A lovely book.

Inspiring story

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-08

If you've every seen the brightly-painted crabs for sale in the pet stores, this heartfelt story will give you a whole new perspective. Neville faces a difficult decision when he learns what becomes of the hermit crabs he has been collecting for the Crab Man. The boy forgoes his goal of buying his mother a new dress with his earnings, and instead decides to rescue his crab friends from inhumane treatment. The story is beautifully told by Van West, who depicts Neville and his island home with rich detail.

Happy Horsemanship

Published in Hardcover by Van Nost. Reinhold (1967-03)

Author: Dorothy Henderson Pinch

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Wonderful book

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-30

I received this book when I was 7 (I'm now 23) years old before starting lessons for the first time. It has remained one of my most beloved childhood memories and favorite book. A MUST have for all young riders and those who are young at heart!

great for adults and kids

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-14

I am a beginning adult rider and I absolutely loved this book, it is funny and helpful on all levels for beginners. I think all new riders should read it!

Helpful no matter how old you are!

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-10

My husband and I were referred to this book by our riding instructor. We are both grown adults, but have no real horse experience. Even though this book seems to be geared toward children, it is very helpful for the adults who may not want to admit how little they know!!! This book answere all those questions you think may be too silly to ask your teacher! It's great for all ages!

Happy Horsemanship

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-20

The name of the book is Happy Horsemanship by Dorothy Henderson Pinch. The book is about how horses behave, how to control a horse, how to trot, stop, canter, gallop, jump, the tools used for taking care of a horse, the materials, you need to ride a horse, the different kinds of reins, what not to do, and how to take care of a horse.

I think this book is great. I think this book would be great for a child that is learning how to ride.-Kristine

Fantastic book for any age

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2003-05-31

Having instructed students and trained horses for over 35 years, it's still tough to find books good enough to recommend to people trying to learn about them. THIS book does it with flying colors.

Everything is in here: safety, compassion, how-to handle a horse and ride, along with why things are done the way they are. Presented in a fun & light-hearted way from the horse's point of view. Very understandable.

Even though the book was written in '66 it is superior to and far more practical than the tomes being written today that confuse an experienced horseperson, let alone a novice. Whether riding English (as illustrated) or Western this book tells what needs to be known.

I bought it for my 13 yo niece just starting with horses & have recommended it to adults who have spent years with horses.

Helen Van Wyk's Favorite Color Recipes

Published in Hardcover by Writer's Digest Books (1996-05)

Author: Helen Van Wyk

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Color Recipes

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-06

I find this book very helpfull in learning how to mix colors. She talks about the color tones, hues, complimentery colors. Why she uses what color where. It gets you thinking about color and how to use it in your painting.

A great help for beginners!!!!

Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-22

My wife and I lived in Rockport when Miss Van Wyk was still painting. We have the first version of her color recipes book in its original three ring binder form. Her book offers the beginning painter great suggestions and solutions on many typical color mixing problems. Thanks Helen.

excellent resource

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-12

I love this book. It's been very helpful for times when I just can't seem to mix the color I'm looking for. I look in this book and it always has good information.

Even though I have a BFA many things that would have been helpful in the real world, just weren't taught. This book fills in a lot of blanks.

great book

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-16

Helen is a great teacher. I have taken art classes and learned 1/10th of what I learned by reading her book. I am colorblind and people argue with me about it because of my ability to use the right colors. I only wish she was still here so she could produce even more information etc.

Helen Van Wyk's Favorite Color Recipes

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-02

An excellent book that covered many subjects of painting, and how to use particular colours successfully for that area, I found this very helpful and informative.

Jingle Dancer

Published in Hardcover by HarperCollins (2000-04)

Authors: Cynthia Leitich Smith and Ying-Hwa Hu

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Native children's literature by a Native author--at last!

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-10

Until very recently, there were no large press picture books about contemporary Native children written by Indian authors. For this reason, Jingle Dancer is particularly notable. The story of Jenna, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation living with her family in Oklahoma, is written by a Native author. Rather than focusing exclusively on Jenna's Indian identity, however, the book presents Jenna as an average American kid, living in suburbia, who calls on her Native sensibilities and her broad community of supportive females to overcome a problem as she tries to put together her regalia for the Jingle Dance. Readers who are not familiar with the customs presented here will learn much, but above all, they will learn that Indian children are alive, well, and living rich lives amongst them, a lesson infrequently taught, and rarely so pleasantly. Rich, bright, cheerful watercolor illustrations by husband-and-wife team Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu enhance the presentation and bring Jenna to life. A significantly informative Author's Note and Glossary make the book even more effective.

Excellent story for all -

Helpful Votes: 17 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-17

What? No teepees or war paint? Bravo! Cynthia Leitich Smith's JINGLE DANCER is a refreshing story about a Muscogee-Ojibway girl wanting to participate in a powwow by performing a traditional dance. This contemporary picture book story is free of the stereotypes sometimes associated with Native American tales, and instead shows Jenna watching her grandma dance on a video tape, visiting a friend in a new duplex in the community, and talking with her lawyer aunt. The reader is also introduced to information about a traditional story, game, foods, and dance. Smith's lyrical narrative and captivating story makes this a perfect read-a-loud -- as my five-year-old daughter will attest to. As an Asian-American, I'm always thrilled to see contemporary stories with multicultural characters shown in real and positive ways.

Beautiful illustrations by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu!

Jingle Dancer

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-28

Cynthia Leitich Smith's, JINGLE DANCER, is a delightful book. Ms. Smith weaves a lovely story of the strong female ties in Native Ameicans matriarchal societies. Smith celebrates the loving, sharing spirit of friends and families. The passages of Jenna dancing through her day from dawn to moonlight are pure poetry. Cornelius Van Wright's and Ying-Hwa Hu's bright lively illustration are a perfect match. Cynthia Leitich Smith's writing is to be applauded as a great addition to the world of children's books.

Jingle Dancer - An Enjoyable Story of a Native American Girl

Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2000-05-23

Watching her own grandmother dance the traditional jingledance,Jenna hopes to carry on the proud tradition.

In order to makeher own dress "sing," however, Jenna will need four rows of jingles. There isn't enough time before the next powwow to mail- order the tin beads, but Jenna doesn't loose faith. A Muskogee Creek story about a bat that she is told by her Great Aunt Sis shows that no one is too little to make a difference.

Rising sunlight reached through a window pane and flashed against... what was it, hanging in Aunt Sis's bedroom? Jingles on a dress too long quiet. "May I borrow enough jingles to make a row? Jenna asked, not wanting to take so many that Aunt Sis's dress would lose its voice. "You may," Aunt Sis answered, rubbing her calves. "My legs don't work so good anymore. Will you dance for me?" "I will," said Jenna with a kiss on Aunt Sis's cheek. Now Jenna's dress needed three more rows.

With the assistance of those in her community who cannot dance at the powwow, Jenna finds enough spare jingles to make her dress sing. With patience and practice, her hope is fulfilled.

In JINGLE DANCER, Cynthia Leitich Smith honors the tradition of jingle dancing, a ritual of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, which has been celebrated for generations. Jenna is a delightful, ambitious child with great pride---a wonderful heroine for this picture book story. Not only does the author capture the feel of Native American heritage through the exposition and resolution of the story, but she adds to the mood by using the position of the sun in the sky to describe the passing of time within it. The author's note at the end of this picture book provides the fascinating background to this custom.

Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu's brilliant watercolor illustrations are the perfect medium in which to bring this endearing Native American story to life.

A reading of JINGLE DANCER is sure to inspire a jingle in the reader's heart.

Writers Moon reViews (WritersMoon@aol.com) P.O. Box 182, Nesconset, NY 11767-0182 Copyright (c) 2000 Lynne Remick LynnRemick@aol.com) Reprinted with permission from Lynne Remick and Fantasy, Folklore & Fairytales

A beautiful story for any child
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-27

Cynthia Leitich Smith has penned a graceful, lyrical story in JINGLE DANCER. My son enjoys hearing about Jenna's quest to find jingles for her dress, and loves looking at the beautiful illustrations. It's one of the books we read frequently.
We've also purchased several copies of the book as baby shower gifts, and everyone has loved it. The high-quality writing and exceptional artwork make it a rare find. We can't wait for Ms. Smith's next book.

Men, Money and Chocolate

Published in Paperback by Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd (2008-06-20)

Author: Menna van Praag

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Like Chocolate Cake for the Soul
Helpful Votes: 20 out of 20 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-01

Written with so much heart, this book follows young woman on her path to self-discovery. There are so many beautiful passages that capture such a range of human emotions and experiences to which everyone can relate. At times, reading this book feels like being part of an intimate friendship with the main character, Maya, and at other times, it feels like stepping into an allegorical tale, rich with charming and intriguing characters. I came away with a new sense of respect and compassion for what it takes to be human and for what it takes to simply be yourself. The brilliance of this author, as well as the insights and pure reading pleasure in this book, are a true gift.

A Delicious Book!
Helpful Votes: 21 out of 21 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-30

Men, Money & Chocolate is the heart-warming tale of a lonely and dispirited young woman who, in the course of the story, breaks free from a mechanical life and finds the courage to live the life of her dreams. The book has the quality of a fairy tale. Maya, the heroine, looses her way several times before she finally finds what she is looking for, but, supported by some good "fairies" along the way, she triumphs and discovers courage, love and a lifestyle of awareness.

This book is a powerful reminder of what it takes to create magic in your life and to discover the keys to well-being and satisfaction. "To Thine Own Self be True" could be the subtitle of this "delicious" book, which so whimsically combines story telling and enlightenment.

And if you like that combination, I also strongly recommend that you purchase Ariel and Shya Kane Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment. This is another treasure which will open your eyes to the beauty and power of the moment.

Beautiful book
Helpful Votes: 32 out of 32 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-14

I love this book, I could not put it down and read it in one seating.
Maya's story is a rich story about a woman discovering herself, it is a story about following your heart and letting the magic flow in life. After reading the book I felt as if I had reconnected with something very important and special. Though it is not a book about dating, it has had a very sweet impact in my dating experience and how I approach life in general. I also recommend How to Create a Magical Relationship and Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment by Ariel and Shya Kane to access that magic and to bring a sense of wonder and well-being to everyday life.

Inspiring Adventure!
Helpful Votes: 32 out of 32 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-01

Menna van Praag is a wonderful storyteller; her writing is so colorful and vivid. I magically felt transported into her book, as if I was an invisible character, following "Maya", on her journey of self-discovery. I was tasting the chocolate caramel flapjacks in her Cocoa Cafe, feeling the excitement of possibility in her London Flat, and experiencing the majesty of the moment, when Maya would make leaps of faith, trusting her heart. Within the pages of this sweet and touching story, I have found new inspiration to go for my dreams. This book is the perfect reminder that having a great life is our human birthright.

Authors Ariel & Shya Kane are also gifted storytellers who show the easy way
to enlightenment in their books, Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment
and How to Create a Magical Relationship. If you want to discover the
magic of living in the moment and the reality of living life with ease, I highly
suggest checking out books by the Kanes and Menna van Praag.

be bold
Helpful Votes: 33 out of 33 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-26

This story inspired me to go for my dreams again and with all doubts to be bold and still keep going. It doesn't have to be the same way like it happened to Maya, who knew from the beginning she wanted to be a writer, I have a profession I still love to do, but there are so much more of me, who wants to express and often I don't give it to me. This little book shows, you can have it all!

The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book

Published in Paperback by Applause Books (2000-10-01)

Author: Vince Waldron

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Groundbreaking Sitcom that Paved the Way for Others!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-17

A great book about the genesis and history of what I believe is the funniest sitcom ever. When you love something as much as I do like the Dick Van Dyke Show, the little nuances and details are fascinating! Vince Waldron goes into great detail without boring the reader in the meantime. It is too bad that this early sitcom has not gotten it's due as a groundbreaking show-- showing where the male lead works and his co-wokers, the reality of married life, a married couple in bed (albeit twin beds) and, of course, Mary Tyler Moore in Capri pants (scandalous)! All kidding aside, if you are a fan of the background scenes of TV or movies, this book is fun to read and reveals how the cast came together, the family atmosphere that resulted, the awards won, the demise of the series and the eventual post-series cast successes. You will find this book refreshing and hard to put down and won't be disappointed in purchasing it. The only thing I was disappointed in was that some of the episode descriptions were sparse. Buy the book, read it, enjoy....then, go buy the DVD series sets or set of all five seasons!

Toe in the Faucet and other stories...
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-21

The other reviewers have pretty well covered it. This show was as good as it gets, and it never seems to date with time.
This book is an invaluable guide to the greatest show/series of all time, and represents oustanding value. The pairing of Dick and Mary was a stroke of genius, and the chemistry between them lifted this brilliantly conceived and well-written series onto another level. Remember the 'Nuts' episode?
Even the cutesy touches, such as the way Dick randomly tripped over or side-stepped the ottoman just added to the seemingly endless magic that was the Dick Van Dyke Show.
I had been itching to get my paws on this guide ever since I read Mary's autobiography After All, in which she rightly sings the show's praises - they both won Emmys of course - and this Definitive History illustrates just why it was out there on its own.
A wonderful book, and absolutely essential for the serious fan of this unique and unforgettable series.

Awesome Book about An Awesome Classic TV Show!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2001-12-18

This book is super awesome, it's just the best episode guide book ever written and I'm kind of partial since The Dick Van Dyke Show is my favorite classic TV show, I especially like the episode guide part which explained in a wonderful well written detail about each different episode, when they were made when they were originally shown on TV what they were about, who the guest actors were etc. I very strongly recommend this amazing book to any major Dick Van Dyke Show fan!

A very good and well written book on the classic series!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2001-10-10

I really enjoyed this book, and would highly recommend it to any fan of "The Dick Van Dyke Show." It was very entertaining to read and informative as well. It was also very well written. I would give it more stars if I could.

"DEFINITIVE" Is Right! A Fascinatingly-Detailed Volume!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-21

This book features an amazing amount of insight into one of the very best television programs to ever grace the airwaves, "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
If you're an avid fan of this 1961-1966 CBS-TV program, trust me, you will NOT be able to stop turning pages until you've read the whole thing!
In each chapter, we learn new tidbits of behind-the-scenes information. There's info (including some brief biographical data) about every single member of the show's stellar cast.
For example: Did You Know .... that the audience laughter went on so long when Greg Morris & his on-screen spouse entered the Petrie home at the end of the episode "That's My Boy??" that the editor actually had to cut out some of the audience hysterics in order to fit the episode into the allowable timeframe? (Too bad, too. I'd love to have heard the WHOLE thing. A great episode indeed.)
The book also reveals the fact that Mary Tyler Moore stormed off the set in a huff one time, while doing the ultimately-classic episode, "Never Bathe On Saturday". She was upset because she was off-camera and talking through a door for most of the show. But, after seeing how funny the show worked as written, MTM felt bad about her tirade.
"Never Bathe On Saturday" features Dick's great line, after finding that the hotel bathroom door is locked: "Don't toy with me, you saucy wench." :) LOL!!!!
Plus there's a complete episode guide, with still more tidbits written within most of the episode descriptions.
I cannot imagine a more thorough and detailed Dick Van Dyke Show volume than this one. This book is a MUST for any fan of this highly-intelligent and magnificently-written TV program.

Professional Practice for Interior Designers

Published in Hardcover by Van Nostrand Reinhold/co Wiley (1994-10)

Author: Christine M. Piotrowski

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Bada Bing!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-19

It was fast
It was what I ordered
Im happy, they're happy
Win Win!

Good Source for NCIDQ Review
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-24

I used this book in my professional practice class and a co-worker of mine borrowed it to study for the NCIDQ - she said many of the ethical and business related questions that appeared on the test were covered in this book. It is really well written and easy to follow. The CD has good resources, like mock invoices and POs that you can open and edit.

a heave book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-02-16

thick book,man. I have to carry it to school for my class.
it has all need about Inerior Design profession

Definitely one of your better business books
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-30

The reviewer prior to myself I feel summed it up best when describing this book. The author has written the book as if she's always been your trusted friend. She writes in a way as if she is actually talking to you.

Other books I've read often come across a bit too technical and slightly over my head. This one is more down-to-earth, packed with good advice, and one can sense her sincere concern for the reader to understand.

I really love the entire book, especially the chapter dealing with ethics. Since there are many "seasoned" designers who seem to lack ethical conduct, this book is great for beginners and veterans alike.

Read before you practice
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-09-23

I have practiced interior design for over 20 years and still found this book to be invaluable. The information about legal ramifications and insurance coverage was enlightening but also sobering. It's a must read for any design firm principal or freelance designer.

Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation

Published in Hardcover by Wiley (2005-01-18)

Author: Kees van der Heijden

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Packed with Knowledge!
Helpful Votes: 15 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-14

Many business books provide just enough information to whet executives' appetites for more advice accompanied by high consulting fees. Author Kees van der Heijden has written an exception. His comprehensive volume puts scenario building in historical context, explains its relationship to forecasting and tells you how to introduce scenario planning to your organization. Once you understand your corporate identity and your fundamental "Business Idea," he says, you can establish and enact informative scenarios that will prepare your company for several different versions of what lies ahead. In that way, scenario planning generates better decision making. We strongly recommend this book to top managers, strategists and planners, especially those who sense they're making decisions on the fly without having a structure for thinking deeply about future implications.

Great content but writing style makes for hard reading
Helpful Votes: 17 out of 19 total.
Review Date: 2002-10-16

Frankly I'm surprised at all the glowing reports without someone mentioning that this isn't the easiest book to read. Not that the language is difficult. Rather the sentences are long and often unclear, and there are too many reference to past and future chapters.
I'd suggest reading a few paragraphs before purchasing the book. You might find that this book is not for you -- it didn't do anything for me. I gave up half way through the book, maybe there was more value in the second half.

Comprehensive and Practical
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-08

I have found this book a delightful and enlightening read. I've been a fan of Scenario Planning since reading Peter Swartz's "Art of the Long View." This if the first book on the subject that i've read that actually provides the level of detail i wanted to see such that i could begin to practice scenario planning and incorporate the tools and language into my work environment. Great stuff.

Written in stone, not in sand
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2005-05-27

I agree with the other reviewers, it is not a business novel. Fifteen pages per hour is a good score. However it is worth every minute. I recognise the strategy meetings that indeed most often strand in tactics at the very best. The idea of the Business Idea and the huge importance Kees lays on the need for an original, differentiating business element was for me the most important lesson. I am working for a 50 year old company, active in a domain that is under severe pressure of a rapidly changing business model,
after years and years of 'innovation' around the same theme. This work was an eye opener.

More than just scenarios, a book on strategic thinking & mgt
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-02-18

Disclaimer: This review is one of the assignments in a graduate course on forecasting.

First, I should say that this is an amazing book, but not necessarily an easy read. However, it repays the effort needed. A previous reviewer commented on the difficulty of the writing. I find the same thing, but it can be marked down to the Dutch/German writing style, which is both compact and tends toward longish sentences. Essentially this means that some sentences have to be read twice before the idea is absorbed. Let me be clear, this activity is well worth it!

This book is more than just about scenarios, offering a convincing and comprehensive understanding of how scenarios can and should be used as a form of strategic management.

Along the way, the reader is treated to clear and helpful explanations of such things as "the business idea of an organization" (ch. 3), "articulation of the business idea" in scenarios (ch. 8), "option planning" (ch. 11), and "the management of change" (ch. 12), among others.

Overall, scenarios as practiced and understood by Van Der Heijden (who spent 35 years at Shell and 6 years as an academic before writing this book), are useful tools. They are foremost organizational tools which are best used by entire organizations, not the solitary planner at their workbench.

If you want to understand how the future can be more accurately perceived (though not predicted), and how organizational learning can actually happen, then this is a worthy addition to the library of any management strategist or student of the future.

Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger (Shredderman)

Published in Hardcover by Knopf Books for Young Readers (2004-08-10)

Author: Wendelin Van Draanen

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Dis book ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Review Date: 2007-06-26

I think that this is the best book that i have ever read and now that i have read this one and the 1st one i have bought the next 2 books of the series.

This is one of those books that once you start it I say there is no stopping yourself, and I'm NOT a reader and I give this book a 5 star rating... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Chicklet

Dis book ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Review Date: 2007-06-26

I think that this is the best book that i have ever read and now that i have read this one and the 1st one i have bought the next 2 books of the series.

This is one of those books that once you start it I say there is no stopping yourself, and I'm NOT a reader and I give this book a 5 star rating... WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Chicklet

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Review Date: 2007-04-16

THE ATTACK OF THE TAGGER is a great book . Wendelin Van Draanen.
It has great words in it . The book is for 10 year olds and up.
The best part of the book is when Nolan is on the mystery.
My favorite character is Nolen because sometimes he can be funny or weird.
One funny thing he does is when he hides in the trash can to find someone.
The weird thing he did is when he looked in the trash for a clue.
He is hiding a secret from his parents that he is shedder man,a school hero.
You will enjoy this book if you like MYSTERYS.

read it!
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Review Date: 2006-03-10

When I was at a friend's house I was bored so I picked it up and started reading. It was soooo cute. I really want to read the other books in the series but my library doesn't have them. Even thought I'm not in second grade I really enjoyed this book! You should definitely read it!

Shredderman Attack of the Tagger
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Review Date: 2006-05-11

People who like mysteries will find this book mysterious. Wendlin Van Draanen writes his second book, Attack of the Tagger! The main characters of this book are Nolan (A.K.A Shredderman), Nolan's parents,and Ryan Voss. The problems in Attack of the Tagger are when Nolan(A.K.A Shredderman)was trying to trap the tagger but the tagger was trying to pin the blame on Nolan(A.K.A Shredderman). The setting of this book takes place in Ceder Valley,California.

In the beginning of the story Nolan(A.K.A Shredderman) was spying in the bathroom at school and saw Carl Blanco, Manny Davis, A.J Penne, and Ryan Voss talking about the graffiti showing up on cars, and Nolan thought it was one of them doing it. Next,the police found more graffiti in the park at night and Nolan and his dad went to look. When Nolan got home he found out who the real person was, who was doing the graffiti. The closest person was Ryan Voss, the principal's son. To find out who really did the graffiti go to your nearest library or book store and get the book.

The theme in this book is don't damage other people's things. This book remindes me of graffiti writing on buildings or signs. Boys in 3rd-5th grade will love this book.

J.H. in Annapolis