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Grim Tuesday was a good read for me. In the beginning, it starts off on Earth, and Grim's Grotesques are affecting the world around Arthur. Houses were sold, including Arthur's own home. His family was in financial trouble, as well.

Eventually, it becomes darker with Arthur being in the pit, and then when he begins on a journey on a ship that looks like a turtle, his journey isn't so dark. I found the second half of the book was a better read, more interesting. I like the fact there wasn't really a drawn out fighting scene between Grim and Arthur, but more of a competition of creativity. It is quite different, and I wasn't expecting it.

I wanted to add that I was glad to see a difference in personality with the second part of the Will from the first part of the Will. I also like the difference in Grim's Tuesday Noon, Dawn, and Dusk from Mister Monday's Noon, Dawn, and Dusk. All the new characters made the book worth reading, more interesting.

Also, I want to add that I completely enjoyed Suzie. I felt she kind of stole the show with her quick wit and her stubornness. I even laughed at a few things she said and did.

I am very glad to have read this book. I felt like it was a wonderful look into Garth Nix's imagination, and I look forward to reading Drowned Wednesday.

Thanks.

Garth Nix's Keys to the kingdom series is an excellent read. easy to comprehend and follow. I highly reccomend this series. the books are short and you can get them cheap right here on amazon.com

the books are in order
Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1)
Grim Tuesday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2)
Drowned Wednesday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3)
Sir Thursday (The Keys To The Kingdom, Book 4)
Lady Friday (The Keys To The Kingdom, Book 5)
and two more on the way!

This book was very good to read. This one along with the others that go along with it should be made into movies.

Possibly my favorite book of the Keys to the Kingdom series Grim Tuesday has a lot of twists and suspense. My heart raced from page 2 (not saying page 1 wasn't interesting, it just reminds you of Mister Monday and introduces Grim Tuesday. I couldn't even guess what was going to happen by the end of the story but once I got there I was still in shock. It seemed short to me but nevertheless still a great read

This is the second book in Garth Nix's engaging fantasy series Keys to the Kingdom, although it is billed as children's literature, it contains many sophistocated allusions that most kids probably wouldn't get (and some adults might not get either), and is extremely well written and highly recommended for anybody who likes fantasy, be warned however that it is not typical fantasy, it is sometimes very dark (this book is particularly dark and dreary).

After Arthur defeated Mister Monday and cured the Sleepy Plague which threatened to ravage his town and possibly his whole world, he thought he'd get 6 years off to grow up and relax before having to deal with the fantastical realm of the House again, unfortunately the greedy and corrupt Trustee of the Architect, Grim Tuesday has other ideas, he has sent two of his twisted warped Grotestques to Arthur's world where they have proceeded to commence the ruining of Arthur's family's finances and the finances of a good portion of the rest of the world, in order to stop them, Arthur must find a way back into the House, and once there survive Grim Tuesday's horrible Pit, which he has dug in his greed to mine Nothing, which can be made into everything. Along the way he teams up with various characters, new and old, including the irrepressible and irreverent Suzy Blue, and one of Grim Tuesday's many indentured Denizens, a former Theasureus named Japeth, who has a bad habit of talking, well like a theasureus which provides a certain amount of comic relief in the despair of the Pit. He also must convince the sullen stubborn Second Part of the Will to co-operate with him and beat Grim Tuesday in a contest of artistry in order to obtain the Second Key to the Kingdom of Reality and, most importantly as far as Arthur is concerned, save his family and his world from a new Great Depression and get back home.

All and all this is a great book, although not quite as interesting as the first one, perhaps because the first one had more mystery in it, in this one Arthur knows what is going on.

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I came across this book in the 8th grade when I had to do a book report on something in the science-fiction genre. It was the cover art that caught my eye. The book was truly fantastic. Nobody writes like Ray Bradbury; his ability to command the written word is truly incredible and he exhibits this skill superbly in this book. Young and old can appreciate this tale, of a group of young boys soaring through times and cultures examining the truth behind Halloween. You can read this book over and over again and glean new things from it each time. Truly one of Bradbury's best.

On a race through history, 8 boys must learn the secrets and origins of Halloween night in order that they might save the life of their friend, who has been stricken ill on Halloween. Ray Bradbury weaves an imaginative story that creates a rather simplified but no less interesting history of Halloween night. With his usual imagery, Bradbury really creates a story with eerie and sometimes scary nature that is Halloween night.

I own this DVD and watch it at least 3-4 times a year. I will have to watch it again soon, because I was sure there were three boys and a girl that were going out trick-or-treating.

I loved the book and now love the movie, and Leonard Nimoy makes the movie even more special. There is more here than meets the eye as friends look into themselves to see their relations with the mystical Pip. We see what makes a leader great with empathy and forgiveness and a special warmth that encourages others to be empathetic and giving too.

When it comes to using words to evoke bizarre and stimulating imagery, there is no one better than Ray Bradbury. This book is an adventure conducted by young male trick-or-treaters on a spooky Halloween night. They walk up to the door of the local haunted house and somehow one of them, a boy named Pip, is whisked away to a bizarre place. The mysterious Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud agrees to help the boys rescue Pip and they too are taken off on a journey through space and time.
During their travels, they are taken back to the days when the Egyptians mummified their dead, which is the first step in providing some historical background to the creatures commonly seen on Halloween night. All through the journeys, they come close to Pip, but whatever force that is controlling him always manages to take him out of their grasp at the last moment. At the end, all the boys are returned to their starting point and their most exciting Halloween ever is at an end.
Bradbury describes all this in his own unique and expressive style. For example, when the boys are in medieval Europe, there is the following paragraph:

"Which is to say that all the old beasts, all the old tales, all the old nightmares, all the old unused demons-put-by, and witches left in the lurch, quaked at the call, reared at the whistle, trembled at the summons, and in dustdevils of propulsion skimmed down the roads, flitted skies, buckshot through shaken trees, forded streams, swam rivers, pierced clouds, and arrived, arrived, arrived."

This is one of the best horror stories ever written for children. Furthermore, it also teaches them a bit of the folklore of Western civilization.

This story is very well written. It has a lot of twists in it, which I like to read about. It is a little fantasy and a lot of adventure. The book is very good but there are parts that I do not like. There are parts that are letters to Andie( a girl that Jack likes). There are also health reports on Jack because he goes to war and his own friend injures him and knocks him out until doctors find him and bring him to the hospital. The reports are on him for how well he has got in the time of the treatments. I don't like this part because it doesn't really have anything to do about the story.
It is still fun to read about how he has gotten better and what weird things that they make him do in the hospital. But when the real adventure starts is when he is in his real time and his grandpa dies when trying to kill him. So he dies and they have to go find his house and sell it but when Jack Lund is looking around the house he finds a door, which leads to the third floor, but it is locked. So he picks the lock and sees what is inside and he finds a closest that he dreamed about and goes in it and finds a door but doesn't know where he goes.
The author Pete Hautman is very smart and knows what he is writing. He got this story from himself because he lived in a big house and dreamed about doors like Jack does. There is a lot of very good twists in the story so I would definitely suggest you to read this b

I am an avid reader of all kinds of time travel books and found this one to be one of the better ones of the genre. The story unfolds well and the plot keeps you reading on. However, I found the characters a bit shallow, you never really get into their depth, but the plot makes up for this deficiency. Some ideas were interesting, like not being able to see yourself when traveling in time and having an encounter with yourself. Overall a good read.

I picked this and some other young adult books up at my library for the class I am taking...to be a young adult librarian. I just kept reading and reading...until the book was over. It was probably the best YA book I have read in the last 5 years. AMAZING. All of Hautman's novels are great, but this one just grabs you and will not let go.

I First read MR WAS in while I was in high school. I was surprised by the story line taking twist and turns in directions you couldn't even imagine. Unlike most stories with a theme of time travel MR. WAS connects the end to the beginning so everything adds up in an absolutely fabulous way. I actually enjoyed the book so much I took it upon my self to liberate it from the school library after which I loaned it to several of my friends the last friend I recommended it to lifted it from me.

mr was was about a boy that was scent back in time wen hes grandfather and mather died. wen he hard hes mather yelling at his father he grabd a bat and ran down sters wen his father saw hem and ran after hem he dropd the bat and ran. his mather trid to stop hes father from harting hem and wen she did his fother pikd up the bat and swog it at her hade.wen he saw hes mather lieing of the floower did he ran out of the corner he was in and ran into a room that he had never been in wer he found his self in the pass.

Smart, clever, witty, intresting; these are just a few words describing Suze's exciting mystery known as the RLS Angels, four successful teenagers who were murdered although the killer set it up to look accidental. Then theres Micheal. The one who crashed into the car the sent the RLS Angels plummeting off a mountian side to the untimley death. His sister in is a coma from falling into a pool drunk at one of the RLS Angel's parties. Everyone gave up hope on her ever awakining. There is Micheals motive but did he really kill four people. And is he the one who attempted to kill Suze's family? A real thrill, a must read series for all teens!

Such an awsome book the whole series is great everyone who loves romance action all in one should read!

I really enjoyed reading this book. It has lots of great details. When Susannah found out about this murder, she just had to investigate it. With the help of Father Dom and Jesse she finally got the killer but was put into hospital. It would help if you read the first two books or else you will get really confused with all the names and places. This book has lots of twists and turns and will keep you reading. You won't want to put it down!

whoa!! this book is SO amazing! it's about this girl, suze, and her supposed boyfriend, michael meducci, and he could be a possible killer of the RLS angels! he has had a grudge against them and only for one reason that he could be able to kill them; jealousy! jesse and father dominic have helped out quite a bit but not enough that suze ends up in the hospital! i HIGHLY recommend this book! and i cannot wait to read the next one!!!!

The Mediator 3: Reunion is about Suze Simon, a fifteen-year-old girl with a very special gift, she can speak to those beyond the grave. Awesome, right? Wrong. Ghosts aren't always the most cooperative people. So, when Suze tries to help four teenage ghosts that were in a car accident, they aren't very thankful, unless you'd say that trying to kill her is a proper "thank you". However, Suze will find out some secrets about someone she never thought would keep them from her and that this car accident might not have been an accident at all.
This book teaches readers always to be happy with who they are. Suze has to try to accept that she is a mediator and has to adapt to being haunted every day of her life. She's spunky and her attitude is as unpredictable as the weather but she's also very generous and always willing to help. It really shows people how we take everyday things for granted.
Meg Cabot does an extraordinary job with this book with a perfect balance of mystery, teen troubles, and family issues. It takes you deep into Suze's life and feelings. I couldn't pry my fingers off of it. The Mediator is an amazing series and I've read most of them, but this one was by far my favorite. So, if you like suspense and surprises, you'll love The Mediator 3: Reunion.

This is a wonderful book. I also highly recommend Emery Stewart's two previous books, "Actualizations..." and "The Owners Manual for Your Life.....".

These books are based on the realities of life, not an unattainable fantasy.

Do yourself a favor and get these books!

"If I see something I don't like, I try to change it, and if I can't change it, I change my position of looking at it, and then by seeing it from a different angle, I might be able to change it; or I might find some good in it that I can use, which might make it change itself." - Maya Angelou

Imagine discovering what successful people have in common, distilling it into a set of simple practices and using them to transform your company, your career and your life. This is what this book is all about. The authors draw on conversations with over 200 hundred remarkable people from around the world, including billionaires, CEOs, presidents of nations, Nobel laureates and celebrities.

Enduringly successful people tell us that when success just means wealth, fame and power, it doesn't last and it isn't satisfying. Successful people insist that success may never come without a compelling personal commitment to something you care about and would be willing to do without counting on wealth, fame, power or public acceptance as an outcome. They become lovers of an idea they are passionate about, creating something that continually seduces them into obsessing over every detail and losing track of the passage of time. In a real sense, it's something that they'd be willing to do for free, for its own sake. They do it because it matters to them, brings personal fulfillment, lasting relationships, and makes a difference in the world in which we live. To achieve this, all you have is your personal capital, and that's not your money: it's your talents, skills, relationships and enthusiasm.

The authors say that it's dangerous not to do what you love. The harsh truth is that if you don't love what you're doing, you'll lose to someone who does. You must choose a path that you love because only then will you have the goodhearted stubbornness to stretch for your full potential and survive the inevitable slings and arrows that await you on your journey.

Be warned: The relentless irritation of not loving what you do makes you a pain to be around and has been clinically proven to chip away at your health. "We spend our health building our wealth," said author and financial adviser Robert T. Kiyosaki. "Then we desperately spend our wealth to hang onto our remaining health."

The authors say that cultural norms pressure you to have a "balanced" life split into neat little slices. Enduringly successful people, many of whom live a life that's a gift to the world, don't raise balance as a major issue because they were all busy doing what mattered to them. It's a struggle for everyone at some point. If you're feeling a twinge of guilt about balance, there is a probability that you don't want more balance, but need more of something that you can't admit you want. What you hunger for is a place for all of your passions.

People become fascinated by the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It may be tempting to believe you can find success by studying their stories and assuming that whatever she or he did is a road map you can follow. But according to the authors, that's a dead end. That's not what billionaires or the best CEOs do. If there is one value they all share in common, it is integrity to what matters to them, and that makes a difference in their lives and work. Whenever they are faced with a decision, they look to find meaning in that opportunity that is very personal to them. They do not waste their time if it doesn't matter. What helps successful people stay successful is their stubbornness about sticking with their own journey based on their own values, not a magic path followed precisely by everyone else. The lesson here is that you shouldn't hijack someone else's value system. To do so would be a violation of integrity to what matters in your life. If you find it impossibly tedious to become an expert about what you think matters to you, then you're not chasing a dream, you're just daydreaming. You can't claim the buried treasure if you aren't willing to dig for it.

The authors say that your personality is not what determines enduring success. It's what you do with your personality that counts.

Most highly accomplished people described themselves as so proficient at making mistakes that, if you didn't know better, you might think they were losers. If there were just one thing that every enduringly successful person had in common, it is that they are all really great at failure.

Enduringly successful people go to work dealing with a problem directly instead of struggling to put a smile on their face. They don't pretend to be happy when things go wrong and they refuse to completely surrender to the current disappointment. They just harvest what they can from the setback and keep taking action. The defeat you've had matters less than what you ultimately want to create.

The ideas in this book are some of the best I've read in a while. This is a highly motivational book that will pave the way to your enduring success in a life that matters!

The success of "Built To Last" must have attracted many business/management book readers who seldom read self improvement books to "Success Built To Last". Otherwise, the percentage of 5 star reviews should have been lower. The key findings (backed by a 750 sample survey) is very similar to the preachings commonly found in most self help books of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "Awaken the Giant Within" genre. Not really remarkable nor well organized, despite the abundance of opinion of successful and renowned people of our time. Nevertheless, still worth the time and the price.

p.s. I would like to share with you my most favorite passage in the book.

"If I see something I dont like, I try to change it, and if I cant change it, I change my position of looking at it, and then by seeing it from a different angle, I might be able to change it; or I might find some good in it that I can use, which might make it change itself." - Maya Angelou

The good: a. sound advice, time proven principles - and inspiring. Many of you who read success type books probably know most of this stuff...but for it to work you have to feel it - and in hearing the personal stories and the data collected here has inspired me to actually do the right thing rather than think about doing the right thing.
b. how they got their information -not just from surveys -but from interviews - from people who don't normally grant this sort of access. that's a lot more believable than information garnered from a survey.

the bad: despite advising readers to 'not be a politically correct' (they misuse the phrase) the authors are just that - hand-picking this or that gender or minority to illustrate their points that would probably have been illustrated better by someone else. It didn't seem authentic to me and it really undermines the book.

Passion is the new differentiator. To quote the authors, "if you don't love what you're doing, you'll lose to someone who does." Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, Inc. and AlliedSignal and author (et. al.) of Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done and Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right calls love "a competitive imperative." According to (retired) Brigadier General Clara Adams-Ender, "you can survive without loving it, but you will be second-rate...not knowing why you're there will take your power away."

Success Built to Last's underlying premise is that an individual's meaningful engagement is a necessary condition for a healthy, sustainable society. Indeed, their position is that "great organizations and societies can only be built by human beings who can grow and create meaningful success." Thus, passion is both a personal and leadership imperative. Building on the findings of Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, the authors' research indicates that a core ideology - values and purpose - generally trumps the big idea as an indicator of success at the organizational, career and personal levels.

This premise is fleshed out in conversations with a diverse group of leaders and influencers around questions of success, leadership and balance. Key out-takes:

On Success: "Until you `figure out what success means' to you personally and to your organization, leadership is an almost `pointless conversation.'" - Peter Drucker

On Leadership: "The job of leadership today is not just to make money, it's to make meaning." - John Seely Brown, USC Visiting Scholar and former Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation

On Balance: "Balance is bull%$#&." - Keith Ferrazzi, author of Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

Distilling extensive interview material and survey data, the authors derive three essential elements for Success Built to Last: (1) Meaning, (2) "ThoughtStyle" or the head game, and (3) "ActionStyles" or ability to execute. Net net: by aligning your thoughts and actions with your definition of meaning, you will be best positioned to achieve enduring success.

The power and possibility of this book isn't the meaning + mindset + action formula per se, but the "success is just a little past splat" perspective. Creating a life that matters isn't easy, but neither is living a life of quiet desperation. From knights and CEOs to poets, pundits, former presidents and former prostitutes, the interviewees all overcame significant challenges to achieve success on their own terms. If you dare to believe you can change a life or, perhaps, the world - this is your playbook.

A very entertaining rhyming story--cleaver and catchy.The illustrations are imaginative and fit right in. However, the paperback is somewhat small and flimsy. I'd opt for a bigger edition.

Get the movie or sound track and sing along with Carol King. This is great stuff, my whole extended family knows these songs by heart. Quality kids storytelling and music.

I grew up reading these Sendak books, and watching the Really Rosie movie that incorporates them, and love them. My son loves them too. I do however, miss the hard cover version. The paperbacks seem kind of flimsy and it takes two hands to keep the pages open.

This is a fun way for children to learn their months of the year! We will learn all of the poems throughout the school year. they like the handmotions which I invent for each poem.

This is a wonderful little book. I loved it 40 years ago and my twins love it now. They enjoy helping me finish each month by singing "... chicken soup with rice!"

The cute drawings add to the fun -- but be warned, one of them is very un-PC! We're not in 1962 any more, Toto.

Everything was as promised. Got it VERY fast. Good service. Will do business with again.

Tony Hillerman paints a real picture. This book is a very good one.

The plot had interesting twists and turns. It was a little hard to follow. I liked learning about Navajo culture and the local conditions. The characters were very human.

'A Thief of Time' was Hillerman's 'breakout' book and led to numerous awards, although by the time the book was first printed in 1988 Hillerman had been writing his Leaphorn and Chee Navajo adventure mystery novels for some 18 years.

This tale takes Leaphorn and Chee into the field work of anthropology and archaeology, as well as the shadowy world of 'pot' collectors. The desire to make a breakthrough and the wide availability of off-limits ruins can be too much for some experts to resist.

Hillerman's stories are just a very comfortable read. An interesting mix of history and Indian culture with a good msytery and a bit of adventure. Some of Hillerman's other award-winning books are 'Skinwalkers'(1986) winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, 'Dance Hall of the Dead' (1973) winner of the Edgar Award for the Best Mystery Novel of the West, and 'The Blessing Way' (1970)a finalist for the Best First Novel Edgar Award.

Highly recommended for fans of mystery, adventure, and Westerns.

In "A Thief of Time", Tony Hillerman describes the Desert Southwest, especially the landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, marvelously. His two Navajo detectives are defined very well; Hillerman makes sure that the two men are not stereotypes of each other, but have separate ambitions, challenges, beliefs, and experience. They are not drawn to each other because they happen to be Navajo, but because the cases they are each working on just happen to coincide. And just because they are Navajo, they don't automatically take up each other's cause, but are drawn into the mystery for different reasons. I found this to be very authentic and very refreshing, as I also found the way Hillerman describes their processes for solving crimes, with a lot of shoe leather and inductive reasoning.

But these two strong characters could not compensate for the weakness in the rest of the characters, for a crime that is underdeveloped, and for an ending that is anticlimactic. Hillerman explores many issues that are pertinent to the Desert Southwest and to Native culture, but he doesn't set these issues into context well enough to fully educate the reader or provide an emotional conclusion.

I almost didn't get through this book, because the not-very-exciting quest for the crystal sword in the middle of the book was so incredibly tedious. It was nice to bring all of the major characters together for the finale, but "Silver on the Tree" lacks any real feeling of suspense or even urgency. And the contrived nature of the way that the Dark will finally be defeated: whoever cuts the mystical mistletoe at precisely the right instant wins? So the Light has been getting ready for this for a thousand years, and it all comes down to a random moment's action? Everything happens exactly as you'd expect it to, the Drew children have almost nothing to do except show up, and there's way too much gratuitous Welsh. It feels a lot like Cooper was phoning this one in.

If you've made it this far in the series, you might as well finish this last book so you can say you've read them all.

For the last time, the Dark will attempt to rise once again. But Will and his friends of the Light will be there to stop it. This book is the ending to an ancient rivalry between the Light and the Dark. For centuries the Old Ones, a group of magical beings, have been preventing the Dark from rising since the beginning of time. I suggest this to people who like books with mystery and magic and magic because this book is full of it. Susan Cooper's series are suspenseful and exciting; you'll always be back for more. When you read this book you'll find out how badly Will and the Light need to defeat the Dark and stop it from rising this one last time.

This is the magical conclusion to an equally magical series of books. Susan Cooper's seamless mix of timeless legend, wonderful imagination and beautiful use of language, make it difficult to find many to equal her.
Silver On The Tree is a coming together of the prophecies that we've been hearing tantalising titbits from all through the series, and a culminating of the quest of Will Stanton, last of the old ones and his immortal master Meriman, Bran Davis, the welsh boy with an extraordinary destiny, and the three Drew Children, ordinary kids with a knack for being in the thick of things.
This story takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through time, space and other worlds, with a climax that has you quite literally on the edge of your seat.
There are some extremely moving scenes, and I for one was very sad at the end. What, I cry plaintively, will become of Will?
There now, I hope that wet your apatite.
Just to complete your satisfaction, I can confirm for fans of the audio books that Alex Jennings reads the last book in the series, as he did with nearly all the others, and his high quality narration makes for a delightful listening experience.

Reading the last sentence of this book 24 years ago changed my life. BOYCOTT the travesty that is the Dark Is Rising film. Keep the pure elements of Cooper alive. The amazing tale she spun, weaving in elements of Celtic/Welsh mythology into a modern narrative leaves me shaking today. This book made me who I am today. I will not stand by and watch it raped and pillaged. READ the BOOK and BOYCOTT the film.

Peace.

The conclusion to the fabulous Dark is Rising sequence brings it all together. The Drew children, Will, Merriman Lyon, Bran, and their human relatives and acquaintances, one of whom will prove crucial, and a traitor will be revealed.

Will and Bran must undergo the most perilous quest, to the find the sword of power.

Again, the clues are poetic :-

I am the womb of every holt,
I am the blaze on every hill,
I am the queen of every hive,
I am the shield for every head,
I am the tomb of every hope --
I am Eirias

At the end, a decision must be made by those who are not mortal, about those who are mortal.

The Fire Next Time is a wonderful collection of 2
spirited essays on Baldwin's evolution from a naive
church boy into a spirited man. His journey leads
him to question his relationship with Christ and
particularly Christianity. He truly believes that
one should not be drawn into a particular religion
out of fear but out of love for humanity.

His beliefs on the acceptance of others and racial
equality are provocative and yet sorely needed in
today's mixed-up world. However, I believe that
Baldwin is almost utopic to the point of being
naive in believing that racism will one day
completely evaporate, though I do believe that
things have gotten better. Still, it's truly sad
that this book and his work has been swept under
the rug but Baldwin always seems to amaze me with
his thought-provoking outlook on life. This book
is a gem of a novel, an easy read and his underlying
message of believing in humanity is sure to be praised
by open-minded readers for years to come.

I had to read this book, as many people told me if your a reader this is one you must not simply read but own. So I got it and started reading. It never really grabbed me, but I made it through. I plan to read it again within at a different time.

The man knew what he was talking about, when he said the U S would burn because of racial discord.

My sense is that Baldwin wrote The Fire Next Time for anyone who had ears to hear, regardless of color or faith or gender. The emotional intelligence with which he speaks is riveting.

Wonderful prose -- use of language.

What a great way for the kids to learn! These books are great reading for children 7- 10 the characters are a brother and sister ages 7 and 8 who travel through time in a magic tree house by picking up a book and wishing to go to the places in the book. The facts of each book are acurate so the children are learning without realizing it. The passport on line for the children to fill out helps the children retain the knowledge the attained while reading. These books are a great teaching tool for teachers and parents alike

My four year old son is in love with this chapter series! A friend suggested it to us since he seemed ready for a more advanced reading material at bedtime. My husband reads him a chapter every night...sometimes more because they don't want to stop. It's become a great tradition for them, and something they both look forward to. We love that there are so many in the collection! Start with number 1 and just continue. :)

My 1st grader hates to put it down, he would rather read Magic Tree House books, than play video games. He even reads them to his class and explains the story for show and tell. In his kindergarten class the teacher would also let him read the Magic Tree House books out loud, not to give her a break, but to promote reading out loud. Great books!

this book Its great because anyone liked cartoon this book would like him

When Jack and Annie found out that they were going to China, they went straight to the treehouse. They met Morgan there, and she told them that they had to save a library in China. The dragon king was going to burn all the books, because he didn't like them. Jack and Annie saw a huge map of the castle where the emporer lived and they used it to help them find the library. In the end, Jack and Annie saved the library and were heroes again.

I liked this book because of the Terra Cotta soldiers (we have one of these at home !), the Chinese hats that Jack and Annie wore, and the dragon kings clothes. And I think I'm a good judge of Chinese things, since I was born in China !