Anderson Books

My three year old daughter and I went to the library and happened upon this book. We brought it home and she has fallen in love with it. It is such a sweet story, and my daughter loves how much Sophie loves her doll. It's a great book!

This book quickly became a favorite in our house, my four girls love to have it read over and over, and they love to read it themselves and look at the pictures. They story is so sweet, and the illustrations are beautiful. I recommend this book for everyone, but especially for adults who have had that one special doll in their past, and for children who have that special doll now.

Wendy Anderson Halperin brings this simple story to life through her drawings! The "all-around-the-page" drawings will be recognizable as Halperin's trademark style. The intimacy and detail in which she traces the everyday relationship between a girl and her doll gives depth and warmth to an otherwise simple story. This book reinforces that imagination and simple pleasures are still part of the life of modern girls. It is a beautiful book! (And WHO is the mysterious lamb puppet??!!

My seven year old and I sat down to read this book. It brought back memories of the little dolls that I had loved. The wear and tear on the little doll did not matter to Sophie. No matter what happen to Rose, Sophie loved her. The illustrations were wonderful. My little girl loved to follow the boxes around the edge. Everytime we read it, she discovers something new. I bought this book for her to keep and share with her children someday.

A truly touching story, brought to life with delightful illustrations from Wendy Anderson Halperin, about the special bond between a child and a treasured toy. As a collector of children's books, this one is a winner and will be treasured for years to come.

This is a great version of the story of The Steadfast Tin Soldier -- always one of my favorite stories as a kid. My son, age 7, loves this book and we read it over and over. The illustrations are excellent and I recommend it. My son found it in his school library but when we went to buy our own copy, it was out of print. So we had to buy it used but it was well worth the effort to have our own copy.

This book tells the classic tale of the one-legged tin soldier who falls in love with a paper ballerina. The soldier suffers a series of misadventures, including being placed at the helm of a doomed paper boat, being chased by a rat, and swallowed by a fish. It's a wonderful tale that will hold older children spellbound. The illustrations are delightful. All told, the book has about 2000 words.

I taught 1st grade for 4 years and all of the teachers in my grade passed this book around at Christmas to read to our class. I cried everytime I read it. It has a wonderful message and my kids in my classroom always loved it! I have now (finally) purchased my own copy of this book to read to my little girl. It is a classic and I know she will love it as much as I do. Every home should have this book to read at Christmastime.

This is a really good book. It has all the characteristic's that made the original a cherished and remembered fairy tale. It is a great gift for any young child, and can be enjoyed by adults too. It maintains the feel of the original tale, but is more like a poem. The art work on each page is beautiful, and the pictures are totally devine. I would recomend buying this for a different and fully enjoyable version of the original.

A little boy had a set of tin soldiers that were made from a melted spoon. One soldier was missing a leg because there was not enough metal left over from the melted spoon.

Tossed aside by the boy, the one-legged soldier sees a paper cut out figure of a ballerina. She is poised on one leg and he feels an instant bond. He has found another one-legged toy and believes this to be love.

The steadfast tin soldier has a series of mishaps. He falls off the window sill into a stream. From there, he is transported to a rat infested sewer. He is swallowed by a fish and through an unlikely stroke of luck, winds up back in the boy's playroom with the other toys and the ballerina.

The ending is what gets to me every single time. A gust of wind lifts the paper ballerina up and she flutters into the fire place, winding up a charred heap of ashes. Devastated, the tin soldier joins her. The remaining metal that was once the tin soldier is a charred piece of heart shaped metal.

I still think this is a very sad story. The photographs really emphasize the feeling this story evokes.

Excellent. Kenneth Anderson known as the "Jim Corbet" of South (India) outdoes himself this time. Wish he gets the much deserved recognition that eluded him during his life time.

Must read for anyone interested in Indian Wildlife. Some parts are scary though. Wish his books were more easily available.

KENNETH ANDERSON 'S TALES ARE MASTERPIECES OF STORYTELLING! HE BRINGS TO LIFE THE INDIAN JUNGLE,VIVIDLY AND WITH HIS SIMPLE WAYS OF STORY TELLING ,HE TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY WITH HIM.YOU FEEL HE IS WITH YOU...HIS BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE FAUNA AND FLAURA ,ESPECIALLY THE TIGERS AND PANTHERS,WHICH ABOUNDED IN THOSE DAYS,BRING TO YOU , A DEEP SENSE OF RESPECT NOT ONLY FOR THE HUNTER ,BUT THE HUNTED!
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ERA HAS LONG DISAPPEARED, BUT THANKS TO ANDERSON, WE CAN STILL IMMERSE OURSELVES IN THE BOOKS , AND ENTER THE ERA , ONE MORE TIME...........

Kenneth Anderson has an enviable knack of transporting the reader into the Indian jungle with him. For those of us who have been fortunate enough to experience the special magic in a dense forest with wild animals - this is a treasure.
After a long time, his books are available again. This is a book to be read and re-read, as these jungles are fast dwindling and the magic will soon only be left in books like these.

Kenneth Anderson shares an intimate relationship with the denizens of the Indian Jungle...the tiger, the elephant..His compassion for the creatures is evident throughout the pages, even for the man-eater, whom he has to kill, before it kills others..Interspersed are tales of the supernatural, which he records and which recreates the Still air, and the crackling fire of the campfire on a still, dark, silent jungle night... Indeed, a great personal view of Dark India..

This Book was all that.Staxx is as Important as Motown.It's a Incredible Story.especially when A Black Label Blows up Down South in the 60's.you only ever here about Sun Records &Sam Phillips and his discovery of Elvis Presley.so this is Very Important on a Social Front.The Many Great Artists on Staxx.this Book is strong from start to Finish.

This book is simply amazing. I was only marginally interested in Stax before reading the book, but you will be moved by this story.

The passion shows through and I was unable to put it down.

Out of the hundreds of books I've read, this is one of the finest.

Bowman's love for the music and personnel of the Stax label is plainly clear as he weaves its exciting, sometimes turbulent, history into a story that is as entertaining as it is informative. The interviews with the involved parties is what makes the book what it is, elevating the history from what could be a dry textbook, to a feel of a story told over dinner. The demise of Stax is truly a heartbreaking story that reflects America's, and specifically the South's, experience of the time. Fantastic work!

This book is as raw and soulful as the greatest country and rockabilly music gets. Great essays on contemporay stars Dwight Yoakum and Marty Stuart (two of the few "real" artists in today's Garth-in-the-park, yuppiefied, mall rat Urban Country scene). Also, a look at Pat Boone (how could such a soulless singer come from Tennessee!), the great, but sadly forgotten Johnny Horton and an ex-country wannabe who became a segragationist candidate for Govenor of Mississippi.

Biographical essays of well-known as well as fairly obscure musicians and industry types. Escott has made a career out of telling outrageous, sometimes salacious, tales -- he gets to the rawer, visceral side of the story pretty quickly, which is relatively easy when you're talking to folks who worked in the scraggly, scruffy early years of country, rock and blues. He's an engaging, consersational writer, and this latest collection is a delight. Includes essays on artists such as Dale Hawkins, Don Everly, Johnny Horton, Tim Hardin and a particularly cruel skewering of Pat Boone. In one of the most fascinating sections, Escott profiles the founders of record labels such as Decca, King, Starday and Hi -- a fascinating and very illuminating appoach to presenting the history of popular music. Beautifully laid out, well written and highly recommended.

This book is a great addition to the original Blooms Taxonomy. I found it very informative and the explanations were very clear and helpful.

Until the 1950's the educational system within the United States had no consensus or continuity in its approach to learning. "Knowledge" by interpretation meant different things to different people and professional educators had no basis by which to tie together the cornucopia of theories. By definition, taxonomy is in its widest sense, the classification of any group of likened things to include principles and ideas. Benjamin Bloom designed a hierarchical taxonomy of cognitive skills for the educator who is designing curriculum and formatting educational standards and objectives. This cognitive domain is laid out in six areas now quite familiar to teachers: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Knowledge is memorization, the ability of the student to recall information. The concept can be found in lesson plans that require the student to define, recall, or label. Examples of knowledge as a cognitive skill include learning the alphabet or memorizing important dates in history. Once the ability to gather information at the knowledge stage is mastered the student proceeds to comprehension. At this stage the student begins to see word clues such as "estimate", "explain", and "summarize". The student is not generating anything new but is putting learned knowledge into his / her own words. At the application stage the student learns to use the knowledge. Key words appear such as "apply", "compute", or "demonstrate". At the analysis stage the student begins to generalize information to new or different situations. The student has yet to create anything wholly new, however, the cognitive process has sequenced from basic recognition and memory skills to those tools needed for abstract thought and creation. In the next stage, synthesis, the student begins to see key words such as "compose", "create", and "modify". The pre-schooler has gone from recognizing a Lego toy to using the toys to create something new. In the final cognitive stage, evaluation, the student gains the ability to judge or critique. He / she can now compare the creations of others and validly support, explain, or defend the work.
The educator could now function in agreement with his / her fellows in designing curriculum in an environment of consensus. Why then did Drs. Anderson and Krathlwohl feel the need to revise Blooms work? The authors answered this question in the book's Preface by stating that there were two primary reasons: first, to refocus the attention of educators on the original Bloom's Taxonomy as a document not only historical in nature but valid in context of today's standards, and, secondly, to incorporate new knowledge and thought into Bloom's framework. Though it is not so stated in the Preface, much of this new knowledge and thought is in dealing with an ever-growing populace of divergent learners and likewise with an eye toward the population of children in low socio economic situations.
The revised Bloom's Taxonomy incorporates a framework that is no longer simply linear but a grid. In Anderson & Krathwohl's revision the original six components are renamed so that they still relate directly to the original taxonomy but in terms that are both more relevant to today and simplified. "Knowledge" becomes "remember", "comprehension" becomes "understand", "application" is simplified to "apply", "analysis" to "analyze", and "synthesis" becomes somewhat confusingly "evaluate" as "evaluation" changes to the more descriptive "create". This revision allows for the discrimination of higher order thinking even within the lower cognitive levels of Bloom's. For the teacher of special needs or struggling learners, this is especially useful. Simply put, you can go more places on a grid than you can on a straight line.
Anderson and Krathwohl subdivide the x-axis consisting of the renamed Bloom cognitive dimensions into a y-axis of four knowledge dimensions. These four dimensions are, like the cognitive dimensions, hierarchical. At the base is found factual knowledge; knowledge of terms, details, symbols, etc. Conceptual knowledge; classification, categorization, structures, etc follow this. From there the hierarchy advances to application with the dimension of procedural knowledge. At this level the student applies the facts and concepts. Here, for example, the student learns not only to recognize math symbols but also to apply them to an equation. The peak of this hierarchy is meta-cognitive knowledge. At this level the student applies strategies and self-awareness of his or her skills to the lesson.
This revision ranges then from remembering factual knowledge as the lowest cognitive function to creating something new with the application of meta-cognition to truly understand what has been created. The teacher can put this taxonomy to its fullest advantage by dissecting his / her exams and lesson plans to fully realize the potential of the student. It is the opinion of this reviewer that the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy is of particular use when dealing with the two extremes of the learning spectrum, the mentally disabled or struggling student and the student who excels academically. In the case of the student with cognitive deficits, the instructor who recognizes that his / her students may never pass beyond the lower processes of "remember" and "understand" in Bloom may still challenge and properly assess those students in both academic and adaptive areas by progressing from the factual knowledge dimension to procedural and meta-cognitive knowledge. With the latter, the student who is excelling and most likely placed in the school's gifted and talented program, the instructor may use Anderson and Krathwohl's revised taxonomy to insure that the student is not evaluating and creating based on memorization of facts and concepts but on using appropriate procedures and meta-cognitive skills to create something that is unique to that student's abilities.
This text is complete with examples of the taxonomy in practical application with the standards and objectives the teacher is familiar with. I am confident that once the basics of this revision are understood by the educational professional, the book will become a well-used tool in the real world of teaching today's students.

I found it is very easy to understand the two dimensions of revised taxonomy. Basically, this book is a pratical reference while conducting research and seeting instrutional objectives.

In an era of state-mandated standards, this book is an essential tool for teachers. Anderson et. al. show how to cut through the jargon and get down to what your students really need to learn. Finally someone has created a book that connects theory and practice, expectations and reality! This book is definitely worth reading.

Anderson and Kratwohl (eds.) describe a taxonomy of learning and therefore teaching and assessing. Based on the original work of Bloom (1956) they develop further his ideas. Whereas Bloom described a taxonomy of the cognitive process, the new book introduces a 2nd dimension, and classifies the knowledge as such. The concepts are well described, in correct terms. Anyone teaching may easily follow the argumentation. It is shown why and how the two-dimensional taxonomy will be useful in planning, preparing and assessing curricula and lectures or "teaching events". Practical examples illustrate the well presented theory. The clear structure allows one to read the book as a whole as well as to pick out issues of special interest. It was useful for me as a Prof. at a University of Applied Sciences as a framework in order to better and quicker plan and organize a new curriculum. The book is recommended for both, new teachers at any level, as well as for experienced profs revising their lectures.

This book's conversational style drew me in from the first sentence. The author really "got" the stifling atmosphere of the 1950's and what it was like to be a teenager then. I found I really cared about Bunny as I accompanied her on her self-discovery journey. Along the way, I learned much I never knew about adoption, especially in reference to the Native American community, as I enjoyed a story well told by Mary Anderson Parks.

I was personally drawn to this story as an adoptee-and once I'd read the first chapter I tore thru the book.
Ms Anderson Parks goes deeply into the heart and mind of a young native american adoptee with such honestly and strength that you feel (or at least I did) that you are living this girls life-which the experience that I always want from a good book. To be sucked in to a new world and emotionally changed-which is what this book did for me.

This is an intriguing book about a young girl adopted in the early 1950s at a time when children from Native American backgrounds were adopted by white families.
It gives a fascinating window into a world that many of us have no knowledge of - how it might feel to not know one's lineage. It is Bunny's struggle to find her roots and also an identity that makes sense for her. I felt a strong connection with this story and the author is writing from a real understanding of these sort of situations. I enjoyed reading the book right through to the end and was not disappointed in the ending - It left me with a desire to know more about this new chapter of her life that comes into focus only in the last few pages. Highly recommended

This is a heartrending story about an adopted girl who tries to find her lost identity in an era when society withheld information about birth parents. Set in beat era San Francisco, it is also a sexual and intellectual coming of age novel that follows dark-skinned "Bunny"--the protagonist's name given her by her Caucasian adoptive parents--from childhood to young adulthood. Bunny's conventional parents have little empathy with their adopted daughter's quest to know her past. Mary Parks employs a voice perfectly suited to her characters and the times, which is often politically incorrect yet accurate. Bunny's close relationship with her artist girlfriend, Cork, portrays the social friction between upper and lower middle class milieus and contemporary issues of female sexuality and pregnancy, and their consequences for women. Parks creates great dramatic tension surrounding Bunny's struggles with the adoption agency that withholds the documents containing the secrets to Bunny's past, and also by the use of the protagonist's repressed memory that gradually surfaces. Where a less courageous character might have given up, and despite a deep-set insecurity, Bunny has the desire and tenacity to persist in her efforts to unlock her past.

This story will be a compelling ride not only for Native Americans who were adopted, but for all children and parents who have struggled with the complex emotions and problems of adoption.

I enjoyed this book immensely because it carved out a whole new world for me to see - the world of adoption and its effects on children,teenagers, and parents. The colorful setting of San Francisco in the 1950s and the social issues of the time are a wonderful backdrop to the relationship problems of regular, everyday families where one child of a different race has been adopted. The chararacters are genuine, well and deeply crafted, and the details of daily life make vivid and sensory pictures. It's a real page-turner with twists and turns to keep things interesting. I think everyone can relate to its issues of identity in a very personal and profound way. This story stays with you and gives you warm feelings inside...

a really easy way of learning tarot if you're a beginner. instead of memorizing cards, you learn to decipher the cards by color and what not. it's really great. you know how to read the cards by the end of the book!

Totally Tarot provides the reader with a comprehensive resource and easy-to-follow guide to the ancient symbolism of the Tarot. It is clear that Rev. Vikki has years of experience with and intimate knowledge of this system. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to stimulate his or her intuition toward greater insight and creativity.

I AM THE OWNER OF A METAPHYSICAL BOOKSTORE AND IT IS THE ONLY BOOK ON TAROT I WILL RECOMMEND.

This book is superb, I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring the tarot, your subconscious, intuition, and quartz crystals. Vikki Anderson's background is impressive, and her style is warm yet to the point.

Awesome. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the tarot. A true teacher, Ms. Anderson transforms a potentially confusing subject into an exciting journey, explaining WHY each card has a particular meaning, as opposed to other books which just TELL you without explanation. I will forever refer to this book for solid answers. She touches upon crystals, colors and astrology in an easy-to-understand way, and of course, explains the WHY behind everything she writes about. Very inspirational.

This is such a great book. I could read it a hundred times and not get sick of it.It's got so many facts about racehorses that I never knew.I liked Dark Secret's story.Moiffaa stort was one i never heard of before.Troublemaker's story was so sad.So was Dark Secrets.I liked hearing about Fair Play.I couldn't find a book about him until I read this book.I love ManO'War,War Admiral,Dark Secret,Exterminator,Seabiscuit,Troublemaker,Tom Fool , and all the other ones.This is such a great book about history horses.You can learn alot from this book.I sure did.I love everything about horses .I even like ugly looking horses.Their all special.People shouldn't take horses for granted.After all horses did so many things .They pulled logs for houses , they helped build railroads,they dillivered amunition,and they helped in the wars.This is a special horse book. I've read a lot of horse books so I would know.Anyone who likes horses should read this book.

This is a wnderful children's book about some of the greatest horses of our time. All thoroughbred racehorses, they include the stories of the forgotten and unfortunet...Dark Secret, Troublemaker, the pet-racehorse and the one that the Black Stallion series was based on (the island stallion!).

The author really brings out the best in these 20 wonderful horses. He gives a short summary of each of the horses most famous traits and the pictures are just gorgeous. Seriosly every horse lover should own this. Its so realistic it makes me shiver.

This book has excellent illustrations and great accounts of each of the twenty famous horses mentioned in it. This is a wonderful gift for anyone who loves horses!

I loved C.W. Anderson's books as a child, but I bought this one as an adult. The stories, while simply written, are sometimes heart-wrenching and always captivating. Each narrative is accompanied by a beautiful full-page drawing in Anderson's distinctive style. Anderson's tendency to deliver educational lectures via a stereotypical "wise old horseman" (which even as a child I found annoying, however noble the intent) are refreshingly absent here. The target audience may have been children, but this book is a treasure for horse lovers of all ages. If you're fortunate enough to locate a copy, snap it up!

My other book, Over Water Construction Using Falsework, might sell better if shown with Underwater Construction Using Cofferdams.
Harold V. Anderson, Author of both.

This is subject matter not required or found everywhere. It is good that it so completely addresses such a narrow subject. It was an easy read for one involved with this type of work, and provides up to date methodology.

Harold Anderson, who received the prestigious Golden Beaver Award for Engineering, has done it again. This book contains technical data for design, as well as, practical suggestions,and wisdom, based on the real life experiences of one of the industry's leading engineers. This book should be required reading for all Civil Engineers, and contractors that design and build bridges, wharfs, and/or docks & piers. Of all the books and journals on cofferdam construction, this one is by far the best.

As an author of a cofferdam tutorial and long time designer and builder of cofferdams I am impressed with the research and obersations presented by Mr. Anderson. I learned a few new points. This book presents the details of design considerations and includes practical construction instructions. These procedures are then augmented with a discussion on problems and failures that have been encounterd and the solutions for avoiding or correcting the problems. This is by far the best work I have seen on this subject, comprehensive and to the point. It is a must have manual for anyone who designs and/or builds cofferdams.

I have had the pleasure to have worked with Harold Anderson throughout my professional career and am very please to see the transfer of his years of experience with marine cofferdams to fellow engineers by way of his book.

The reader will find the book to be a practical hands-on tool. Harold takes the reader through the history and failures, points out many of the pitfalls to be avoided, and has included numerical examples which can be used as design guides. I highly recommend this book to students, professionals, and marine contractors alike.

I truly enjoyed this book. It helped me to better understand myself and my faith in the Lord. Bravo!

THIS BOOK MAKES YOU STEP BACK AND REALLY LOOK AT YOURSELF. IT HELP ME TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ABOUT THE WAY I EXPRESS MYSELF IN EVERY DAY LIFE.

Excellent reading the book is truly encouraging, easy to understand and gives useful instruction on how to operate in faith. I was able to apply many of the principles immediately and highly reccommend this book it is wonderful!

THIS IS THE MOST INSPIRING BOOK I HAVE READ. IT HELPED ME TO TAKE A LOOK AT LIFE AS A WHOLE. READ THE BOOK.

This book is a must read book for any one who is seeking to have a closer walk with God. It's written in clear everyday language, so that you may understand what is being said. The Bible says that without faith, it's impossible to please God. So if pleasing God is what you are desiring to do, this book will help you to do just that. You will find many words of encouragement along with words of wisdom. And you will be able to get a better understanding of what faith is, and how to effectively walk in it. Utilizing Now Faith, shows us how to utilize the power that we have within, to live a more prosperous, easier, God ordained life.