Big Books

If you love baseball and appreciate it's personality and if you love kid's baseball, playing catch with your kid and like to cry - this is your book. Just a great read.

I love this book, but someone ought to tell Bill Goldberg (The Whistle Story)that the Bucky Dent playoff game was 1978 not 1977. What true NYY fan - from the Bronx, no less - not only doesn't know that, but let's it get to print??????????? Pretty shameful if you ask me.

Chicken Soup For The Baseball Fan's Soul is one great book. The stories are about personal experiences, humor, sportsmanship, life lessons, and the fun that baseball provides.

Some of the stories are actually written by the athletes themselves with others by journalists who have covered the games with their views on the game and the players, and other stories by the everyday sports fan just like you and me. Some of the stories are very humorous while others touching. Before each chapter are very inspiring quotations. Added between some of the stories are baseball comics that will make you laugh.

Every story in this book is well worth-reading from the humorous to the serious stories. This book made tears swell in my eyes and laugh out loud in some stories as a baseball player. This book will inspire the true baseball player or fan. This book is easy to get into it and want to keep reading for a long time, but is also a great book to read one story at a time.

This book really shows how hard you have to work to get better at baseball or any sport and how it can pay off. This is a must-read book for any baseball fan who wants to enjoy a great book about a great sport.

this book was very inspiring. The stories are all well written and ammussing. I haven't read any of the other books in the series and I don't plan on reading them either but I really enjoyed this one though and I recomend this book to all baseball fans

As a baseball fan, I thought it was wonderful to read about the many sides of baseball. There are stories from both fans and people actually involved in the baseball world. With baseball having such a depressing last couple of years, and not having the results as we have come to expect, it was wonderful to know that there are people in the world that still love this sport! I am one of them. :o)
(I would have said still the American sport, but since I am Canadian I don't think that always applies...)

I sent this book to my niece and she just loved it. She's old enough to read it to herself, and when I asked her about it she took great pains to let me know why the step-sisters were mean and what was really important in the story (and in life). A fun read with a wonderful message woven into it.

My granddaughters LOVE this book. It is interactive, funny and a has a wonderful message at the end.

Cindy Big Hair is a fairy tale about a little girl who wants to win the trophy for Biggest Hair at the Big Hair Ball. Her stepsisters always win the trophy year after year, but this year, Cindy's Hairy Godmother arrives to give her the biggest hair. However, in the end, it's Cindy's big heart that wins her the trophy. This is an awesome children's book - very funny, with colorful illustrations. Highly recommended!

We received this book as a gift and it has turned out to be one of my daughter's favorites to read before bedtime...definitely a great childrens' book to read

Some friends of mine have a young daughter who absolutely loves this book. I've probably read it to her a half-dozen times already. She loves princesses, and since this is based on Cinderella, it qualifies. It's a good story with fun, colorful art, and the Hairy Godmother is fun to read. Definitely recommended.

My grandson enjoys pointing to the leters and having you name then.As I have said before he is a special needs child He will also point to the letters when you ask him to identiy them

This is an excellent first ABC book. I know because it's really helped my almost three-year-old son with his letters, both upper and lower case. Clifford the red dog is there on each Letter Page with a whole passel of pictures that start with the appropriate letter. For example on A our red dog hero is looking down on an accordion player an armadillo, an alligator, an anvil, an axe and more and so on through this terrific beginner's book. Mr. Bridwell's illustrations have kept my son captivated long enough to learn his ABCs and that is just what a book like this is supposed to do.

Jack Priest, Dad in Training

This was a favorite when my little girl was a 1 yr old. I was so tired of the A/apple stuff like
in other books and this was refreshing and fun to add new words to my child's vocabulary.

We wore our first copy out!

Now that my son is just over 1 and loving books I decided to buy another copy. Highly recommend.

My 4 yr old still loves clifford, and I don't mind reading it (20 times a night sometimes).

Both my 2 yr old and my 4 yr old love Clifford. He is so lovable! Once again this is a good book to go over with your child to help ABC recognition. Clifford is a good tool for learning both on TV and in books! Your children cannot help but LOVE HIM!

Dogs and kids go together like peanut butter and jelly. Thisbook is a fun way of introducing the alphabet to your child in a funformat!

Cliffords Halloween is about what Clifford wants to be for Halloween. The problem is, he is to big to fit into any costumes, so he decides to be a giant ghost. Emily Elizabeth finds a big sheet and cuts out holes in it for clifford to be able to see out of. This is a very cute book and its recommended for all ages and for both boys and girls.

this is a very good book for the younger readers. it is straight forward and gives good halloween costume ideas for little kids

I thought this book was so adorable how on every holiday Clifford does something special like for Christmas he dresses like Santa and gives out gifts, on Easter he plays the Easter bunny, and on Halloween he always dresses up, in the book he dressed up as many different things such as the devil, a clown, a witch, and even a ghost! Hes the most adorable dog in the world!! At Emily's party he was a ghost and everyone loved him. How can't you love Clifford? I know I love him! This book is suitable from the ages 0-6. Everyone will love this book. This book teaches people to help other people and still have fun, like most Clifford books he always shows people how to love, share, and get along.

This book is a great read to prepare your child for the fun and excitement of Halloween. It displays different American holidays and rates Halloween as Emily Elizabeth's and Clifford's favorites. They show Clifford in different costumes and let's your child interact by asking which would "you" suggest. My 3 years old really enjoys this one.

Clifford feels like he never gets to enjoy the holidays and celebrate with the other children. Halloween allows Clifford to have fun with the holiday and dress up like the other kids in the neighborhood. Clifford joins in the fun with his ghost costume. Although things don't go exactly as planned, Clifford has a good time celebrating the holiday. It is funny and cute as Clifford performs his antics during Halloween so he can be part of the crowd.

It's the big red dog. what can I say? My 6 year old loves them all.

A great Clifford story from 1984. My 4 and 6 year old boys enjoy the story about the antics of the kitten and Clifford. A nice addition to the home library.

My four and five year old daughters enjoyed this story about Clifford's new kitten. They laughed at all the silly things Clifford did to gain attention, when suddenly all the attention was shared between Clifford and the kitty. I highly recommend this book... Clifford is always a favorite at our house... as it was when I was a child as well!

The book I read is Clifford's Kitten.
Clifford was so bad and he smashes the car. I liked this book.

Our younger daughter found Clifford, the Big Red Dog, to be one of her favorite characters in picture books. The many humorous plays on his enormous size left her giggling and laughing. The illustrations took the simple ideas in the book and made them unforgettable. This book can help you explain to your children about not being jealous of other children in your family.

"I'm Emily Elizabeth. This is my dog, Clifford. He's the only pet I ever had . . . except for one time last year."

"A kitten came to our house. I think he was lost."

"Mom said we could keep him until he found his owner."

Emily Elizabeth puts the kitten to bed in Clifford's old basket, and puts it close to her bed. Clifford becomes jealous, and sleeps so close outside her window that he knocks the house atilt from its foundation on that side. The next day, Mom says the kitten has to sleep with Clifford.

Whatever the kitten does, Clifford wants to do . . . often with hilarious consequences. The kitten's butterfly chasing leads Clifford to swallow a kite which he has mistaken for a giant butterfly. Dad pays the boy so he can get a new one. The kitten scratches his claws on a tree, and Clifford sharpens his nails on a light pole which is uprooted in the process. The kitten rides in a doll's carriage, and Clifford hops on a real dump truck. The kitten plays with a spool of thread and Clifford knocks a huge spool of fiber optic cable through two walls of a neighbor's garage! But Clifford is not fussy about eating while the kitten is.

The kitten makes a mistake and goes in front of a moving car. Clifford pounces on the car, and stops it before the kitten is injured. The car, however, will need some work.

Eventually, a boy claims the kitten and rides off with him in the basket on the handlebars of his bicycle. Emily Elizabeth sighs, "Oh well, I still have a pretty good dog. The last illustration shows Clifford's enormous pink tongue licking her.

After you have enjoyed this story, I suggest that you talk with your children about how different children in a family can become jealous of one another. You can use this book as an example, and also mention your own feelings towards your siblings when you were young. You want to be sure that older children realize that they got the same tender treatment that the new baby is getting. Pulling out their photos or videos can help.

Focus on companionable pleasure in one another over rivalry at home!

This is probably the best book I own on Mac programming. It goes into the lower level, hard-core topics that other books are afraid to touch. As I read it straight through, cover to cover, I see how I've been doing things wrong, and I constantly refer back to concepts I just read when I write new code. It makes me the envy of all my peers.

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I bought some months ago "Cocoa programming for Mac OS X" written by the same author A. Hillegass. It was the key book for me to understand the Cocoa. Now I write my own applications and I am sure the next book from The Big Nerd Ranch will help me to discover next areas of the Mac OS X Programming.

However it is a pity that Amazon.com tells us it is a bargain (nearly 30% off the catalog price $97.95). On the Big Nerd Ranch there is a link to a company which sells this book for $65.

This book is a bit on the pricey side, but it delivers the goods more than many other expensive book in my bookshelf. I own hundreds of programming books (as well as have written several of them). Of them all there is only a handful that I consider trully excellent. This is one of them.

This book covers every possible topic (both OS X specific and UNIX) that you could possibly think of, but the coverage is not lightweight. It is heavy duty information delivered at its best. Fine code examples, and fine discussion, well worth the price.

If Amazon had a ten star rating, this book would get it. - GET IT!

If you're a programmer and you want to learn more about Mac OS X and its Unix underpinnings, you must have this book. The information in here is not available anywhere else, including in Apple's documentation. The authors have done a remarkable job in ferreting out cool stuff, such as how the memory model works, programming with sockets, using GDB, multithreading, and a zillion more nifty topics. This is a remarkable book.

Good book. It's one of the older George stories and drawings, not one of the newer George stories and drawings.

I love all the curious George books. Who Doesn't?

author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

Illustrated by Martha Weston in the style of Curious George creator H.A. Rey, Curious George Goes to a Costume Party follows George and the man with the yellow hat as they attend a Halloween party at Mrs. Gray's house.

What Mrs. Gray forgot to tell them, though, is that it was a COSTUME party! Mrs. Gray takes George upstairs to look through a trunk to find a costume, and George tries on many of them!

Will he be a ballerina? Nah, too silly. What about Frankenstein? Nah, too scary! What about a firefighter or a rabbit? No...one was too big and the other too small.

Which costume does Curious George ultimately select? And what happens when a white ghost goes sliding down the bannister to the surprise of the guests waiting below?

You'll have to read Curious George Goes to a Costume Party to find out!

If your child is a fan of the Rey books, as well as the PBS series, they'll no doubt enjoy this delightful book celebrating Halloween.

At first I was a little suspicious about this book, "illustrated in the style of H.A.Rey by Martha Weston." I didn't want anybody messing with my dearly loved friend, Curious George! I am glad to say that I was pleasantly surprised. This book tells the Halloween adventures of our curious little pal, as he and the man with the yellow hat go to a costume party. At first, George finds it a bit scary because he doesn't understand about make-believe dress-up, but then he gets into the fun of it. They need to borrow costumes from the hostess of the party and George has lots and lots of choices. Due to George's typical curiosity, the party becomes much more lively than the hostess intended! The story and the illustrations are true to the style we know and love from the original Curious George books by Margret and H.A. Rey. The pictures are brimming with action and excitement and colorful fun. This story has the added benefit of introducing some Halloween characters that little ones may be frightened of and showing that they are really just pretend and taking the scariness out of them. It also shows fun Halloween customs like jack-o-lanterns, bobbing for apples and other party activities. This is a real treat for Curious George fans and for fans of Halloween. Don't miss it.

This Curious George book is a nice alternative to other Halloween books, because it explores Halloween traditions other than trick-or-treating.

Curious George and the man with the yellow hat go to a friends house for a Halloween party, and it is a costume party. George and his friend have to borrow costumes from the hostess, and of course George's curiosity gets him in trouble. The guests play games like bobbing for apples.

This book is funny, like most curious george books. Children aged three and four who are just becoming familiar with Halloween will appreciate George's antics, and learn about halloween and costume parties at the same time.

There is nothing in this book that scared my son, aged 3. I don't think there is anything in here that would scare the average child of 3 or 4 years old. It's wholesome Halloween fun.

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one lesson I learned from this book that I kept in mind throughout my teenage life: don't EVER change yourself to impress a guy, just be yourself! Enough said!

In dawn's Big date, Dawn tries to change her hairstyle, her clothes and her makeup for a date with Lewis, Logan's cousin. But Dawn is worried, will Lewis and the Baby Sitters like the New Dawn"?. when they had the date, Everything seems to get wrong. Will Dawn's date with Lewis be a total disaster? Anyway, Lewis is only visiting in Stoneybrook like what Mary Anne said in Dawn and the older Boy. And Lewis is only fourteen and guess how old travis was? sixteen!

Dawn and Mary Anne double date.Logan is with Mary Anne, and Dawn is with Logan's cousin Lewis from Logan's old town in Kentucky. But when Mary Anne and Dawn are at the movies with them Mary Anne starts pinching Dawn and interupting her and doesn't let her talk because she doesn't want Dawn to make a fool of herself. So they start fighting after that. What will happen? Read and and find out.

Dawn is about to meet her pen pal who is also logan's cute cousin! She feels like she's not good enough so she gets herself a bizzare makeover and tries to be someone she's not. But at the end of the book, she starts being herself again and gets along fine with him. Mary Anne was being a bit superficial in the book and not acting like her sweet self at all, but it's still a good read.

Dawn's Big Date is one of those books you can read over and over again, and still be entertained. Dawn is finally going to meet her penpal, Louis, who is also Logan's cousin from Kentucky. Before he comes to Stoneybrooke, Mary Anne gives a FEW hints and suggestions to Dawn about how she should look when Louis sees her, what make-up she should wear, stuff like that. Dawn bends over backwards before Louis arrives, picking out new outrageous clothes, tons of make-up, and fancy new hairstyles, just so she will give Louis a good impression. But when he finally arrives, he doesn't seem to like the new Dawn. Uh-oh... The side plot of this book is very good as well. Norman Hill is an overweight kid, who is being constantly teased by his sister and friends, and hounded by his parents. The baby-sitters want to help Norman out, but how? Then Stacey suggests that Norman tears one of his sister's mean drawings, and he begans to feel some self-respect, which is a tremendous help. Overall, this book was excellent. One of my favorite BSC books ever. Read it!

Delta & Dawn: Mother & Baby Whales' Journey is a children's picturebook based on the inspirational true tale of a mother and baby humpback whale. During their migration through the Pacific Ocean, the whales became trapped for more than two weeks in the Sacramento River and the San Francisco Bay area. Their presence charmed and fascinated humans; marine biologists tried everything they could think of to help the whales return to their saltwater home, and the baby whale always stayed close to its mother. At last the two of them were finally able to find the way to freedom. A gentle and kindly storybook, illustrated with captivating artwork and photography, especially recommended for young whale lovers.

An awesome book - absolutely perfect for kids who love animals! Bright, colorful illustrations that keep their interest, informative text that teaches them about whales and their habitat, and it's all based on a very touching true story of a mother and her calf and their journey home to the Pacific Ocean. A definite must-have in every child's book collection.

We followed this story very closely as we live very near the area where the journey takes place. Stefanie Cruz is a newscaster in our area and we were delighted to see her write this book. It is a sweet story told very well about a mother's love for her baby. We highly recommend it! Plus, it has a happy ending...one we all hoped to see.

We were given this book as a gift. It was a beautiful story and very tenderly written. The illustrations were awesome as well, as they were very detailed and pertained exactly to the text. My 6 year old son was intrigued from the first page and completely related to the whales all along their journey. It will definately be read again and again! Thanks for sharing your experience Stefanie Cruz!

This is a very touching story about the two whales that traveled up the delta to Sacramento several months ago. It is written by TV News Anchorwoman Stefanie Cruz who covered the events firsthand. She read the book aloud at our public library and it was a big hit with the children. Because there is a lot of text, it is most suitable for kids with long attention spans. My four-year old had no trouble listening, and was very moved by the story. My friends' children will be receiving this for Christmas since I enjoyed it so much.

Awesome book. Makes sense. enjoyable read.
This is test: 'does it sound true?' I think it does. Great food for thought.
You need a copy for your metaphysical library. refer to it often, and mark it up, and tag the pages. It is just one of those kind of books.

Dialogues: Conversations with my Higher Self is a compilation of the author's reflections about a number of metaphysical and scientific matters. Each section takes the form of a question and answer session between the author and a group of individuals that he describes as his Higher Self. These Higher Self individuals reflect various personality traits that the author possesses ranging from the gentle feminine Sweet to the overbearing Dragon. In these sessions, the author learns about topics ranging from the truth about science and the power of thought through the cyclical nature of living and the ultimate beginning of awareness to an understanding about life purpose and the a little about the Higher Self.

Dialogues: Conversations with my Higher Self gives the reader a good deal of food for thought. It is not the author's intention to reveal ultimate truth. The purpose of this book is not to wholeheartedly agree or stubbornly disagree with the reflections presented in this compilation. Instead, the author directs readers to think about their own questions. He also urges readers to create their own reality and be aware of their own thoughts.

Ken MacLean is a freelance writer and researcher with two degrees in science, so this author is no lightweight with muddled ideas. The book he has produced is a collection of question and answer sessions he conducted in front of his computer. The answers to his searching questions came as 'packets of complete understanding'; initially the author believed that these astounding answers came from his 'higher self' (hence the book title), but he was later told that the answers were actually coming directly from 'a group of beings who are not, at present,in physical form.'
Mr MacLean wanted to know about life, the universe and everything, and spent many hours patiently asking some very searching questions. What is the nature of consciousness? Can a good person attract bad things? How was the earth really made? How does Uri Gellar bend spoons? Why do we have to have sex?
Some of the questions are complex and profound, some are pretty simple and straightforward ('How can I feel better when I'm feeling blue?'), but the answers to each and every one of them are truly astonishing and full of wisdom.
More than anything, this is such a positive book with such an uplifting message: we are here to have fun and experience life in all its amazing variety. Reading this book left me feeling energised, excited and optimistic.
Mr MacLean is no sycophant: on more than one occasion he objects strongly to the answers he is given, and even has to terminate the session once to allow him to calm down!
This is a true conversation between a group and their questioner; it's as 'human' as it's possible to be, but the thing that struck me over and over again was the love and gentle patience that the group displayed when Mr MacLean occasionally struggled with difficult ideas.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough: it will fascinate, uplift and intrigue, but most of all, as you read it -you'll know without any doubt that THIS is how the world works.

This is a wonderful book! MacLean channels a group of beings that are eventually identified as the same entities that are channeled through Esther Hicks as "Abraham." As in the Abraham-Hicks teachings, the focus here is on the Law of Attraction and the principles of co-creation. But MacLean puts his unique spin on the issues. He engages in a dialogue with the beings, and his questions and comments are sometimes critical and skeptical, provoking some interesting discussions. But above all, MacLean does a really good job of conveying the emotions that accompany the communications. He describes how he is filled with joy and excitement and a KNOWING that this is how things work. As I read this book, I felt for the first time that I truly understood what co-creation means. The dialogues provide lots of great information about many different topics, such as how the universe operates, what consciousness is, what biology is, what are the characteristics of the Earth, and much, much more. I really enjoyed MacLean's style. He's not pretentious, he's very down-to-earth, and he just brings his gut reactions to the discussions. If you like to read channeled books, don't miss this one.

Reviewed by Michelle Anne Cox-Lomas Ph.D. for Reader Views (4/06)

Everyone has the ability to sit down and try to have a conversation with our Higher Selves. The problem comes when we do all of the talking and don't have the patience to try to "listen" to what they are telling us. There are many non-physical energies that want us to know how to live our lives better and want to guide us in the right directions to do so, but, as humans, we often don't believe that they are there AND we are so stubborn that we allow our "intellectual/ego" self to think we are right in the directions that we choose to go. Ah, so be it. That is how we learn. We so often learn through adversity. When we finally know what we don't want...then we have the ability to stop, think, ponder, and finally listen to our Higher Selves who will direct us on a better path to what we do want.

How can we learn to listen to our Guides better? After all, they do have a very hard job in having to deal with us and our doubts all of the time. How can we make their jobs a bit easier and our lives a lot more fulfilling? Just reading this great new book will give you an opportunity to see how this Author as done just that. Hopefully, his conversation with his Higher Self will encourage you to do so too.

In the tradition of Authors like Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations with God series) and Jerry and Esther Hicks (who channel the energies known as Abraham), Kenneth James Michael MacLean wanted to know too. He had the courage and the patience to sit down at his computer and ask the questions that all of us want to know. He had the faith and understanding to ask the questions and really "channel, feel, and type out" the information that came so clearly through him.

I have personally read all of Neale Donald Walsch's great books and the full Abraham series recorded and written by Jerry and Esther Hicks, and I am fully satisfied with this new great book called Dialogues - Conversations with my Higher Self by Kenneth James Michael MacLean. What I have found is that this new book is a bit deeper and asks questions not previously asked by the other Authors. I could "feel" the positive energy through his writing and channeling of the Higher Non-physical Energies and know, without a doubt, that the answers he received are totally correct. (I have a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, Philosophy, and Counseling and have worked as a professional psychic astrologer/spiritual counselor for over 25 years. So you can believe me when I tell you that the energies he was channeling are the Highest Non-physical Energies and the answers he was receiving are as close to the truth as it gets!)

Ken starts out his dialogues by typing out a question and then sitting back and patiently waiting for the answer to start to arrive. Once it does, he admits, sometimes it's hard to keep up with the answers that just "flow" through him. I love the questions that he asks...such as: "How can we attract/manifest what we truly desire into our life? Why do we have a human body and what is the different between being here on Earth and being there in the non-physical dimension?" There are 84 dialogues (question and answer series/chapters) in this great book. Everything seems to be covered here, from "The Nature of Reality, Incarnation and Death, to How can thought create the Universe, the NOW moment, Mind Reading, and the Akashic Records." Even the topic of Crop Circles and their answers about that subject are recorded in this very interesting book. I had a hard time putting this book down and you will want to read it bit by bit, chapter by chapter and see how it all "feels" to you. I am sure you will come to the same conclusion that I have...This is one FANTASTIC BOOK and I have totally enjoyed reviewing it! A+++
Happy Reading!