Scouting Books

This book is full of excitement. All in the Pee Wee Scouts town people are running for Mayor and other stuff like that, so Mrs.Peters decides to create PeeWeeVille and everyone has run for Mayor, school supertendent, dog catcher, and police chief. Molly decides to run for Mayor and so does Tim and Roger. Moly is sure she'll win but roger gives away free candy for whoever votes for him. Molly and Mary-Beth have to think of another way besides signs to have Molly win. So Molly and Mary-Beth go down in Molly's basement and get washable paint, well atleats they think it's washable. They write Molly For Mayor on Mollys house. When Mlly's parents got home they were very mad. They had to repaint the whole house! SO the next day it's voting day. WHo wins. Read the book to find out. It's really exciteing and excellent.

The book gives a brief history of Norman Rockwell's connection with Scouting and is one of the few, if not only, complete book of all of his Boy Scout works. "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt does an excellent job of telling the story and how Norman Rockwell told the Scouting Story. A must for all Scouter's libraries.

The Pee Wee Scouts have several great projects planned to celebrate Thanksgiving. They are making baskets for the food drive, and they collected lots of food like canned goods, peanut butter, cereal, and pasta to go in the baskets, and then they will be delivered to poor people to make their Thanksgiving happy. But it isn't as easy as it looks. Molly's basket is too tight and skinny: it's a one-can size. Rachel's is too loose, and the cans would fall out of it. Starting over is the only option, and this time they will get them right.

Then there is a trip to a turkey farm. How exciting, but the kids all feel sorry for the turkeys, and after seeing and petting the turkeys, they really will not want to eat one. They all agree that they will probably eat peanut butter for Thanksgiving dinner.

Sonny has really fallen in love with a big turkey with two black tail feathers, and manages to talk his mother into buying the turkey for him to take home as a pet. At the next meeting of the Pee Wee Scouts, Sonny is leading his turkey on a red leash. He has named the big bird "Tiger." Sonny is going to build a bird house for Tiger and earn a scout badge for bird house building. Some of the other kids want to help with that project, because it will have to be a very large bird house for Tiger to fit it.

Their main project is the Thanksgiving play, but Molly is very nervous about that...she just is not an actor, and she is sure that she will forget her lines, and everyone will laugh and make fun of her. Nevertheless, Molly's part is going to be the pilgrim mother. She only has one line to remember, but she's just sure that she will forget it. She's especially worried when she finds out that the mayor will be there to see her ruin the play.

The late Judy Delton really knew kids, and had a real flair for writing a great story that keeps kids laughing and turning the pages. Alan Tiegreen's comical pen-and-ink drawings add visual impact to the story. PEANUT-BUTTER PILGRIMS is one of a fun-filled series about the Pee Wee Scouts that will have kids begging for more. This story will be especially good as a read-aloud family time story for younger kids, or independent reading for older children that is guaranteed to keep them entranced.

Reviewed by: Grandma Bev

This Pee Wee Scout book was funny. The Pee Wees are entering a contest to win a trip to Camp Blast Off, a really cool summer camp where kids learn what it's like to be an astronaut. Everyone wants to go, but only one scout from each troop across the country can go. Whoever creates the best project about about space travel and the solar system wins. Everyone's working their best. Molly and Mary Beth thinks they can go to space! LOL They built a rocket and tried to fly into space. They can't. At the meeting, when they try again, everyone starts laughing. Molly finds out from her dad her and Mary Beth can't go to space. Jody wins the prize and Molly and Mary Beth get awarded on their wild imaginations.

Mr. Anderson serves up an engaging, entertaining, and insightful peeks into the life and times of living the RV life. Some great laughs, a few serious moments, and lots of human being! Once begun, one is drawn to the next page and then the next.

Rick Barry wrote eight books covering eight NBA seasons, basically for general managers and coaches. They provide scouting reports by one of the games 50 greatest players. Written in B-Ball jargon Barry provides readers with a keen insight into athletic talent and its application or mis-application whichever the case.

After perusing all eight books, I looked up the first five players drafted in every year back into the late seventies. Lo, I found that unless your team had one of the first three players taken in the entire draft your team did not win the NBA title. Furthermore I concluded that, after 13 years of holding season tickets for the Bullets, the teams that won most often have 8-9 good players vs those that lose who have only 3-4 good players. But, the pivotal player who carries the team must be present for ultimate success to be realized.

To draw a comparison, I learned years ago that there were one million high school football players. These reduced to 70,000 college players and then condensed further to 1200 NFL players. These remaining players averaged 3-4 years in the league, but the top 100-125 played for 10-15 years. The team who had the most of these head-and-shoulders better players won the championship. I believe this model holds true in all sports at all levels. It fits with a basis tenet of chaos theory and also with Mike Hart's book "the 100: A Ranking of the 100 most influential people in history." Thus I maintain that it's a model for how free markets and their unfettered, spontaneous ordering arrange civilizations. This leads into why western civilization has succeeded in raising living standards more for the common man in contrast to command and control economies.

Too bad Rick B. and Jordan Cohn stopped after the '97 season. It was great stuff for contemplative fans.

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"The Scout" is definitely a five star winner!
Recovering from a very difficult ordeal in a hospital bed, Steven Plaut 'meets' another fellow-patient: A Bedouin. This representative of a remarkable breed of people-and his unmatched tracking abilities-,are the essence of this Plaut's latest hit. Blending fact and fiction in a very clever way, this highly talented historical novelist creates a real page-turner. Tough to put down.
David Chindler
Rio de Janeiro R.J. Brazil

This pocket-sized, illustrated hardback presents a state-of-the-art ground-eye view of effective foot soldiering in 1916. As an ad explains this book is designed for the enlisted and "citizen soldier" because it features "What to do and how to do it!" Besides expected coverage on wildnerness readiness, first aid, and map reading, Waldron details a lot of tactical ground. For example, "Chapter IV -- Concealment. Use of common sense. Use of crest lines. Exercise of caution when moving. Remaining motionless when halted. Selection of observation posts. Darkness." Or "Chapter VII -- Patrols. Duties. Strength. Composition. Commander. Equipment. Instructions. Preparations. Starting. Formation. Communication. Conduct of patrol. Encountering the enemy. Night operations. Returning."

This is a comprehensive book about Girl Scout dolls that even has sections on paper dolls, stuffed animals, figurines and pins, all relating to the Girl Scouts organization. Included are doll sections on Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds, International Girls Guides, as well as Girl Scout doll clothing. Even though I bought this book because I thought it was about looking ("scouting") for old dolls, and I don't really have a special interest in Girl Scout dolls, I found it interesting. It includes a history of the Girls Scouts and many beautiful photographs of different manufacturer's Girl Scout dedicated dolls and products from 1917 to 2002 with current values.

Burnham gives a first hand and personal account of the intricacies of the Boer and Apache Wars. Be sure to have a couple of free days; when you pick this book up you will not be able to put it down.