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"To Ride the Wild Condor" allows the reader to take a journey along the condor and the little girl. With the beautiful illustrations, the reader associates American Liberty with its landmarks. This book introduces children to appreciate what this country stands for: Freedom. As the condor shows the girl to embark into her own journey of national discovery, the reader is invited to embark on his or her own adventure. I highly recommend this well-written book. I have mailed copies to my nieces and nephews -- I know they won't be disappointed.

This book exemplifies the absolute best in children's books. It is both educational and remarkable without being boring and pretentious. If you want something your child will love and that will last throughout the ages, then this is the book for you. Anyone who purchases this book won't be disappointed and it will peak your interest for more.

My children adores "To Ride the Wild Condor" -- the illustrations are vivid and beautiful. But, more importantly the story and the rhythm of the book captures a child's imagination. By flying through the many wonders of the US, a child can see how beautiful these places are. The story behind the Condor also suggests how freedom, while not appreciated enough, is truly a gift. This book is a great introduction to the young just learning about the wonders of the world and it is a great reminder to the old, that every now and then a book comes along to remind us the importance of reading.

My kids just loved this book. I enjoyed the fact that it was also educational and left them wanting to know more about the sites depicted. A real winner!

Great pictures, wonderful rhymes and an excellent learning tool for children who loves animals and traveling. My son loves to read this book every night before he goes to bed and enjoys pointing out the animals especially the one of the bears in Alaska. A MUST READ!

This book was a God-send. I recommended it to my sister who is a Federal Judge. Growing up in Kannapolis, NC (only 8 miles from Concord) I felt an immediate bond with the author. This book is a must for every woman. You will laugh, you may cry, you will sing, you will shout hallelujah but most of all, you will never be the same.

Too Blessed to Be Stressed found me on the first pages of the book and ministered to my spirit throughout. Often we get so caught up in the drama that we lose sight of the choices we make that create our scenarios. I found myself humming me back to a centered wholeness and peace that I don't want to let go. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, thank you for this wonderful work. It has certainly blessed my life and the lives of my Sisterfriends!

Dr. Sujay has done it again! This dynamic, blessed & assured Woman of God has given a self-less, priceless gift of "spiritual homeopathy" to all women in ministry through this great writing, "Too Blessed to be Stressed". I saw all those books at Hampton Ministers' Conference Bookstore in June 1998 and took it for granted to get one the following day, and guess what, I came back 5 hours later after changing my mind and not a one was left! Sold ouutttt!!!! OOOOuuuchhh! Well a member of my Church had gotten a hold of one and blessed me with it as a gift. I was estatic! I couldn't put it down, I read it and read it & finished. I used it to teach my group meeting for the Connecticut State Missionary Baptist Convention's "Commission On Women In Ministry" where I am the Chairperson (1996-1999). How inspiring was the prayer for God's will to be done in our lives. Dr. Cook answered the inevitable -- how do I know when it's time to make a move? No more wondering, just assured guidelines to follow, thanks to Dr. Cook. Women, if you do not have this book in your lap, then your library, you are definitely "lacking" a blessing from God! Dr. Cook, keep up the wonderful blessings that God has so richly endowed you with, God bless your husband and children as well.

This book is on the mark for anyone not just women who are moving at a very fast pace and need to find peace and comfort in their daily lives. The Prayer of page 12, I call "The Stress Reliever's Prayer" is very powerful and has been of great comfort to everyone I have shared it with.

Dr. Cook's approach to women of the Bible brought them in to the "sisterhood" of my life like I have never understood before. I highly recommend this book at a training I do on stress management called "Are you too stressed to be blessed?"

For me personally, the book has been a great source of peace and comfort and a guide to seek and trust in God. Once reading it and not all at one time, I recommed her other book, SisterStrength as a companion to TBTBS. She indeed takes you on a personal journey to find less stress and more peace in your life. If you are seeking to manage the stress in your life this is a good investment to start with. TDBS

I took this book with me to the hair salon. A stylist sitting a little distance away asked if what the title listed was possible. Answering her was easy...the blessed state of mind from reading the book caused my lips to open to a resounding YES!!!! We as women are indeed "too blessed to be stressed". Thank you Dr. Cook for bringing life into such a dynamic perspective!!!!

This morning I picked up this commentary to see what he has to say, and it is good stuff. Dennis Johnson has written an excellent commentary on Revelation. I have also written one as well, and I have over 40 commentaries on this book. He gets to the heart of the matter. For any biblically literate person this is highly recommended. Great stuff.

This is a wonderful exposition of Revelation.
Many people seem surprised by Johnson's excellent detailing of Revelation's truths.
Yet this kind of teaching is NOT NEW to the church or the world. It is what had been believed all down through the history of the church. WILLIAM HENDRIKSEN (1940), WILLIAM MILLIGAN (1800's), and many many others have taught for AGES that the Old Testament is THE key to unlocking this book.

The general population has a problem with their understanding of The Book of Revelation only because a couple of highly popular authors have been teaching their own unscriptural fantasies about the Book of Revelation for the past 30 years.

I don't have to name names because these two sensationalists are so popular that everyone knows who I'm talking about.

The false church, along with the world, latches onto the utterances of these people because they do not understand the Book of Revelation either, allowing these two, along with a few others, and also another very odd man and his scary wife to get away with saying all manner of foolish speculations about the Book......though no one can refute what they say because so few have read the first 65 books required in order to break the code of the Book's symbology.

For many, many years, great theologians and teachers have taught the correct translation of The Book of Revelation, yet their voices have been drowned out by the popular worldly speculators whose theology is just plain wrong.

Dennis E. Johnson is not wrong, and I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone who has the love of the truth, and whose greatest desire is merely to know the TRUTH, regardless of what it is.

I also want to communicate to everyone reading this that there are many other great authors and teachers who know and love the truth, and lay it out nicely for everyone to understand. It's time we stood up and put an end to these money grubbing so-called teachers, who are nothing more than wolves in sheeps clothing.

I recommend the Revelation and prophecy-related books of These other wonderful and highly competent teachers of Truth:

William Hendriksen, G. K. Beale, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Louis A. Brighton, John Stott, Craig Koester, Leon Morris, Everett I. Carver, Richard Brooks, John Wick Bowman, Jay E. Adams, Earl Wesley Morey, Simon Kistemaker, Eugene Boring, Paul Butler, Vern Poythress, Philip E. Hughes, G.B. Caird, R.C.H. Lenski, Philip Mauro, Louis Berkhof, William Milligan, Herman Hoeksema, Stephen S. Smalley, William E. Cox, O.T. Allis, Michael Wilcock, Albertus Pieters, Geoffrey B. Wilson, Archibald Hughes, Ray Summers, & Malcolm Smith. There are also many others whom I haven't the time and space to name.
These good people lovingly teach truth and are not given to wild, ridiculous speculations about a future which the bible speaks nothing about. They don't try to make scripture fit their own silly pre-conceived notions, but instead exegete scripture by what it actually says and means, regardless of their own beliefs.

I apologize for saying little about Dennis's book, but I'll let the other reviewers speak for that. I agree that it his is a fine tome indeed. It's an easy read as well, so you don't have to keep a dictionary by your side the whole time, and I consider that to be a major issue with Revelation related books. Many great theologians are very lacking when it comes to being able to relate their great knowledge to others, especially the student and layman. Dennis has the great gift of relating his truths in an easy and understandable way.

I merely needed to get this off my chest after reading some reviews here where people seem very surprised to see a Revelation commentary which espouses that which most of the underground church has ALWAYS believed. This is only what has been taught for century upon century by many respected teachers and theologians (Though overshadowed by the popular masses).

Yes, Left Behind and The Late Great Planet Earth sell alot of books. Thats about all they have done, unfortunately...That is, make money. Sadly though, the one thing they haven't done is taught truth.

I just finished teaching an adult Sunday School series on Revelation. My brother-in-law, who is a professor at the same seminary where Dennis Johnson teaches, suggested this book as a resource. I relied heavily on this tome throughout the 11 weeks of the course, especially since I did not like the curricula I had found and ended up creating my own curriculum. The writing is clear and easy to follow. The concepts are organized and well thought out. The theological concepts and explanations are sound, scholarly work. Dennis did a great job tying in themes and references to the Gospels and Hebrew Scriptures. Bravo!

Johnson's commentary is amillenial, exegetically sound, and detailed without becoming verbose. I have read numerous commentaries on Revelation, and I consider this one of the very best. It ranks alongside William Hendriksen's More Than Conquerors and Vern Poythress' The Returning King, but is much more in-depth than either of those. Also highly recommended is Kistemaker's commentary.

For the past 15 or so years I have avoided Revelation, in part because I assumed the book would be too difficult for a normal guy like me to understand. Recently I decided it was time to stop neglecting this portion of God's Word.

Thanks to Dennis Johnson for producing such a well reasoned commentary without the sensationalism so common in modern Christian writings. I never dreamed that Revelation would make sense to me or, as it has, become my favorite book of the Bible. It pretty much summarizes the entire Bible.

I would encourage any who have, like me, been scared of Revelation to simply read it for what it says and compare Scripture with Scripture (rather than the evening news). Triumph of The Lamb will help you through this study. It certainly has helped me tremendously.

We live in a time when fourth graders are suspended from school for "sexually harassing" little girls on the playground and the names of 10-year-old boys names are published as registered sex offenders Texas. Some publicly proclaim, "sex before 8 or it's too late." And the American Psychological Association was forced by a nationally known a radio advice show hostess to explain itself for publishing perfectly good, peer reviewed literature about the lasting effects of child sexual abuse, because it suggested the some politically unpopular (though scientifically supportable) conclusions. A sense of balance and fairness is badly needed and Dr. Toni Cavanagh Johnson provides a good dose of it in this book.

Children are sexual people and she isn't afraid to say so. But she also describes how their sexuality is different from adult sexuality and how the two don't mix without risking dire consequences for the child.

Dr. Cavangh Johnson describes normal childhood sexuality as one end of a continuum. Most children fit that description. A few are on the other end - sexually aggressive children who assault others. In between are sexually reactive and sexually pre-occupied children, also carefully described. Concerned adults are given guidelines for assessing their child's sexual behavior, putting it in context and acting without over-reacting, when action is indicated.

As a practicing psychotherapist and Continuing Education Instructor for Child Welfare social workers, I'm whole-heartedly recommending this thorough, yet short and easy-to-understand book to parents, foster parents, teachers, social workers and anyone interested in sexual development and sexual behavior of children.

We live in a time when fourth graders are suspended from school for "sexually harassing" little girls on the playground and the names of 10 year old boys names are published as registered sex offenders in the state of Texas. Some publicly proclaim, "sex before 8 or it's too late." And the American Psychological Association was forced by nationally known a radio advice show hostess to explain itself for publishing perfectly good, peer reviewed literature about the lasting effects of child sexual abuse, because it suggested the some politically unpopular (though scientifically supportable) conclusions. A sense of balance and fairness is badly needed and Dr. Toni Cavanagh Johnson provides a good does of it in this book.

Children are sexual people and she isn't afraid to say so. But she also describes how their sexuality is different from adult sexuality and how the two don't mix without risking dire consequences for the child.

Dr. Cavangh Johnson describes normal childhood sexuality as one end of a continuum. Most children fit that description. A few are on the other end - sexually aggressive children who assault others. In between are sexually reactive and sexually pre-occupied children, also carefully described. Concerned adults are given guidelines for assessing their child's sexual behavior, putting it in context and acting without over-reacting, when action is indicated.

As a practicing psychotherapist and Continuing Education Instructor for Child Welfare social workers, I'm whole-heartedly recommending this thorough, yet short and easy-to-understand book to parents, foster parents, teachers, social workers and anyone interested in sexual development and sexual behavior of children.

While this is not an introductory text, it does cover many topics that are areas of concern for parents. Since there are so many children who have been exposed to adult sexuality, abused, or just experimenting with growing up, it is important for parents and clinicians to be able to access accurate and uncomplicated information. Dr. Cavanagh-Johnson has articulated this well in this book. A very good read.

This book is an excellent reference for educators and parents of a child who has been abused, but it may not be what the average parent is looking for. If you are simply looking for ways to help your child develop a normal sexuality, a different book would be better. If you have a child with a persistent sexual behavior which disturbs you, then this is your book. It can help you decide what is normal, what is not, and what to do next. Some of the statistical information is confusing and poorly explained, but the practical information could be invaluable.

This is a wonderful book explaining in simple language various levels of sexual behvior and development. Helpful to parents and professionals, you will be able to identify and recognize differences between normal, inappropriate and troublesome sexual behavior. Also helps parents understand how to talk to their children about sex at the child's developmental level.

I found "Unfinished Dreams" by Pamela Johnson impossible to put down. Her plot is perfectly paced, her characters are sympathetic and leap off the page, and the twists and turns she takes us through can't help holding the reader's attention. I highly recommend this book.

This book is well deserving of all the awards it has garnered. P. Johnson will set the romance industry on fire with her soothing settings, real life characters, and skillfully designed plots. You can't help but fall in love with the characters, and that's what it's all about.

I thought this was a well written story with good dialog.
I especially liked the fact that it was written both from her point of view and from his point of view, Of course, it was nice to see things in print that I had personal knowledge about, things like Davenport & other places around the area. It seemed like it had alot of "everyman's" thoughts from rural Iowa. I thought the book moved along at a good clip and didn't get bogged down in too many details. The characters had alot of Midwestern values I appreciated. Once I got started with it, I couldn't put it down!

This is a very heart warming story that was very hard to put down. I enjoyed reading it and didn't want it to end!

Medical bills and caring for his dying father left Gabe Russell facing foreclosure despite his promise to his father to save the family farm. Now he makes a living at repair, side stepping randy widows and dreaming of regaining his birthright with his work on a graduate degree in agricultural science little more than a memory.

After two years of struggle and heartache, Tess Graham is ready to start over when she receives a promotion at work and an in for the perfect home. The farmhouse needs repair, however, and she requests help from the local handyman. She does not realize that Gabe suffers from mixed emotions as he works on the place that was his home. Despite the obstacles between them, things begin to heat up until secrets erupt.

In a powerful mix of romance, dreams and hope, UNFINISHED DREAMS will capture readers' hearts. Both Tess and Gabe are strong characters, determined to overcome the past and set their own course for the future. Unfortunately, they find themselves at cross-purposes over their respective dreams. Author Pamela Johnson demonstrates a mesmerizing ability to weave a story with fluid grace even as her characters confront difficult choices and circumstances. UNFINISHED DREAMS comes very highly recommended.

Fresh insights into the marketing game! That is what this book offers. These are things you don't learn in school - you learn by doing and experience. Lots of sound and practical advice that any sales or marketeer can benefit from. If you don't think so, read the chapter on Trade Shows and then go to any trade show in your area and see what Paul is talking about. It will open your eyes! I highly recommend this book to any and all marketeers, junior and senior alike.

Paul DiModica's newest masterpiece identifies in a comprehensive step by step approach the key elements essential to distance your business from the competition. The principles and tools found in "Value Forward Marketing" communicate in simple terms how to develop and deliver strong buyer content and value up front, educate buyers, and capture more qualified leads. No matter which business you are in, "Value Forward Marketing" will instill the importance of connecting marketing methods and sales processes with the strategic pulse of your organization.

Business can be a complicated game and business advisors with an academic bent can make it even seem more complicated. That is why business advisors like Paul DiModica are so refreshing. Just as he had done for the areas of sales and sales management, Mr. DiModica has distilled the essence of business-to-business marketing into a book that is simple and readable for a broad audience. Most importantly, he has clearly identified the business purpose of marketing: to generate qualified leads for sales! There is no "fluff" in this book, just straightforward business wisdom. Highly recommended for senior executives who want to grow their business in any economy.

Finally, a marketing book packed with actionable steps that I can start today to improve business performance. Mr. DiModica has created a book that should be a must read by all CEO's, business owners and marketing professionals. The Value Forward Marketing book walks you through, step by step, how to develop a powerful marketing strategy and program that will make you stand-out from your competitors and drive new business.

Everyone in business should read this book.

Many businesses are still using 20 year old marketing techniques that don't work in the 21st century. Mr. DiModica's Value Forward Marketing is an excellent resource for any company that wants to create more inbound leads, which is his definition of what an effective marketing program should accomplish. This is a book full of practical ideas that can be implemented today, not just theory and hype. This book is a must read for anyone that owns or runs a business and wants to grow their business to the next level

Like Mr. Klein, I too grew up in Southern California and am familiar with the many locations, in their present incarnation, in which this wonderful story takes place. The book raised a curtain on the past and allowed me to step into the Southern California where my grandparents stepped off the train from Boston, full of excitement and anxious to make a new life in this promising paradise at the edge of America.

Even if you are not a native Californian, you'll enjoy this book which, in addition to the well researched historical insight, is a great yarn.

Well done Mr. Klein and thank you!

Think of Fitzgerald's economy of language combined with the folk wit of Twain and you have a hint of the fresh, clear writing of RE Klein. This well-researched novel is about the Los Angeles area from 1892 to 1959--specifically the birth and death of two of the most famous family recreation spots: Mt. Lowe and the Venice Canals. But, it's the characters that make our hearts ache for the musical grace of those times. Lyman Bright ages from ten to seventy-seven with an enthusiasm for adventure, providing a narrative filled with images so tight and lyrical they make each page spin. Through him we meet his family, friends and locals. From the mystical Luana and bossy Emmaline to the comic boogey man, Dratch, terrorizing Lyman with tall tales of villainous deeds-along with Tung Fisher, who always holds both ends of the conversation in a Bronx dialect--everyone is grand company. For this reason, I keep Mt. Lowe on my bedside reading table to visit again and again.

The Way to Mount Lowe was a wonderful and intriguing read -- I literally could not put it down. And, I was so disappointed when I turned the last page. I yearned for more. This epic tale of a young boy's journey through adulthood, and the adventures he encounters while growning up in the beginnings of the southern Californian metropolis really intrigued my whole being as an adventurer and southern California native. I learned so much about the places I grew up near and around, and never knew that much about. Some of this is pure fiction -- and I loved every minute of it! Not to spoil the tale, but the whole imagery created by Klein with the mere thought of someone coming up with a "tar suit," which would enable one to permeate the depths of this gooey wonderland at La Brea is fantastic (one of my favorite sections.) And the Venice Canals -- ahhhh, the Venice Canals - again, wonderful fictional/historical imagery. Thank you for this tantalizing creation. A must read for all southern Californias and those who would like to grasp a more through understanding of the place we call home. Bravo!!!

Having read and enjoyed THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD BEYOND THE WAVE, I decided to look into R. E. Klein's other novel, THE WAY TO MT. LOWE. What I found was a charming history of Southern California from the 1890s through the 1950s seen from the point of view of one Lyman Bright.

A native of Indiana, Bright moves to Los Angeles with his family in 1892. As a 10-year-old, he was astounded by a new trolley line ascending thousands of feet to Mount Lowe, where there were hotels, restaurants, and other tourist amenities -- not to mention a phenomenal view in those pre-smog days extending south and west toward the Pacific and offshore to Santa Catalina Island.

Bright, his family, and friends exemplify the boom days and bust days of L.A. After the Mt. Lowe project ended in bankruptcy, Bright's attention was drawn by the canals of Venice, a community developed by Abbot Kinney, after whom a street in present-day Venice has been named.

Although I have not climbed Mt. Lowe myself -- though I could tell that Mr. Klein has -- I have frequently walked along what remains of those same Venice canals, now being re-gentrified after decades of neglect. As a native of Southern California, Klein saw it all, registers all the joys and disappointments, only to come to this summary of the whole experience in the last chapter: "A flawless record of stupendous achievements ending in extinction."

As Lyman ages and the chapters toward the end of the book get shorter and shorter, he takes to the famous Red Cars that once connected the outlying towns of the Los Angeles area, only to be killed off by the automobile. He aimlessly travels from place to place, soaking in what's left of what he loved.

If you do not know or care much about Los Angeles, this book will probably not do much for you. You will lack the frame of reference required to see where everything takes place. (There is, however, a handy map on the back of the paperback edition.)

But if you know and love Los Angeles as I do, having lived here for over 40 years myself, it is easy to be swept away by author's enthusiasm. His characters are lightly sketched in, but then the main character is Los Angeles itself, especially in its moments of glory represented by Mt. Lowe, Venice, and the Red cars. Lyman and his friends represent the city in its spectacular growth and, at times, disappointing deterioration.

Mister Klein presents us with a strange book. It is a book to read twice straight away: once for entertainment and the the second time to indulge in thought.
It is more than an autobiography of our narrator, Lyman Bright, who takes us on a tour of southern California, and in particular, Los Angeles from 1892 to 1959, it is a description of how a community can eat itself and the people within it and still come shining through.
This book - a most readable volume in short chapters - comprises so many facets: California history, and for those readers who have never been there it is a superb introduction; mini-biographies of the famous - not least Professor Lowe; the supernatural and fantasy are here as well as religion (mainstream and otherwise); love, relationships, life and death compound the story while friendships are important to Lyman; this is the story of a community growing perhaps too quickly - even the movie industry seems to outpace itself!
But throughout, the magnetism of Mount Lowe draws Lyman Bright to its heights - even in his old age.
There are fascinating insights into Los Angeleno life: why, for instance, fifty years ago was the public transport system so good and no so poor?
One thing that non-Californians wil be surprised about is Lyman's descriptions of the weather thereabout - doesn't the sun always shine in California???!!!
And running throughout the book is the malevolent seam of anthracite that is DRATCH.
Read! Enjoy!

See my review for The Woman Who Found Grace - the first book finished and I immediately wanted to read the next two. Now all we need is the fourth and it's a box set I know lots of people would enjoy. Maybe Christmas next year!

A note I sent to the Authoress:

Bett,
I meant to tell you a few weeks ago that I had completed "Woman Who Knew Too Much." I have "Moon" on order now.

I'm not qualified to write a book review but just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed this book. One of the few I've read from cover to cover. I am familiar with the Pecos river down here in our part of the country and your description fit so perfectly. I could see, hear and smell it vividly in my mind as I read. I really enjoyed the charactors. Loved Kit, and naturally, Cord. Sheriff Juan (Sam Elliott) was great, as well as, Metz and Marguerite. I could just visualize how sorry Jaz was and why no one could really miss him. The cats flying in all directions when startled brought a verbal laugh. My wife just looked over at me and wondered "what in the world........". I felt like I was on the back of the horse with you when we went to Jaz's shack. I saw and smelled all that stuff too. I was sad about Jones. (Old Yeller?)

My norm is getting up between 3:30 and 4 am each morning, pouring a cup of coffee and go to the computer to tend to emails. Well when I got the book, I would have the coffee, read about an hour or so, then go to the computer. Toward the end, I couldn't wait to get the computer stuff done and go back to the book. It would make a great movie.

Looking forward to "Moon".

Kenn

The author has a real talent for creating place--you feel the storms, sweat in the heat, and choke on the dust of the southwest. Plus she has created some unique characters with original motivations and insights and her plot, though complicated, is entirely believable. Whoever said the heroine doesn't appear until well into the book obviously didn't read it very carefully--and the revelation of who the heroine is is part of the fun of the book--a thinking person's mystery novel--

I read The Woman Who Rode to the Moon last week, and am about 1/2-way through the sequel. I'm enjoying the characters, but the writing and story are a bit uneven. The author keeps shifting voices, detailing the story as observed from different points of view. This works better at some points than at others.

I'm not averse to the style. In fact, one of my all-time favorite books, Patience and Sarah (Isabel Miller) does the same thing. But I don't feel it's especially well handled here. The voice shifts are abrupt and the story, when told from Cord's point of view, often becomes confusing.

It also seems like the book can't decide if it wants to be a heterosexual feminist story or a lesbian story. There are allusions to lesbian attraction, but all of the overt sexuality in the book is straight. It seems like it's trying to attract a lesbian audience, but afraid of offending the heterosexual buying public.

Mixed feelings from me. I enjoyed it very much in parts, and was put off a bit in others. Overall, a positive 4 star review, and I felt it was worth reading the sequel. But it never quite felt like it delivered on the promise I initially felt.

Great Mystery! Lots of fun. One step beyond the traditional woman sleuth; mystery novel. A new great character and a unique storyline. I enjoyed the mystery of the woman working behind the scene; lurking in the shadowds. And a woman who knows and enjoys all her electronic toys and gadgets. Do not miss"THE WOMAN WHO RODE TO THE MOON" A thinking woman book. Enjoy

Witty yet useful, the book reads like a novel which is probably a good thing, especially when reading about the dark ages. In fact, this book probably focuses more on the losing years of 1903-1920 and 1965-1975 more then any other writer so this probably the most comprehensive book to date on the Yankees.

This book has lots of text -- that is a good thing! This is not a picture book, but more of a detailed history with some good photos. I enjoyed all the details and seeing some pictures that I had not seen before. Probably one of the "keepers" of the Yankees 100th craze.

As a Giants fan I've never had much love for the Yankees, but I picked up this book for a friend after reading RED SOX CENTURY. I started flipping through it and was totally engrossed -- what Stout has done is give us the full story of this team, not just the same old stuff about their wins, the famous players, and George Steinbrenner, although that's all in here too. And the photos are just great. I'd recommend this one to any Yankees fan, as well as anyone interested in reading a good, multi-layered story about baseball.

I'll have to agree with Book Magazine on this one, which named this book one of the best sports books of 2002. Of all the Yankee books out this year (and there are many), this is clearly the best, combining hundreds of stunning photographs with what is easily the most detailed and comprehensive history of this team ever written. Quite simply, it makes all the other Yankee books out there seem as if they were written for children. That's not to say this is a tough read or anything, but it is a comprehensive book that you can spend days and weeks with, and is critical when it needs to be. I also think it's the only Yankee book in recent memory that contains anything NEW - there are literally dozens of stories in here that don't appear elsewhere, like the story about why Boston sold Ruth (it's no curse SOx fans). It is particularly good with early Yankee history and the last decade, both of which are rarely written about in other books at all. There are also essays by people like Ira Berkow and Paul O'Neill's sister, just enough stats and a huge index that makes it possible to look up just about anything. This book is certain to become the definitive history for the first hundred years of the Yankee dynasty and is a must-have for Yankee fans or anyone interested in baseball history.

I was led to this book by a recent review by Eric Neel on ESPN.com. He wrote, "It says here that 14 percent of Americans root for the Yankees and the other 86 percent root for their demise. No fence sitting ; you're in or you're out with the Yanks.

I'm sure the 14 percent have this book already and that they're reading it aloud to their kids every night before bed, wiping tears from the kids' faces, letting them know how deep and wide the Yankees history is.

If you're the other 86 percent, you ought to be reading it too. First, because there's something devilishly satisfying in reading about the early days, when the team was nearly shut out of Manhattan, playing on a sloppy, cobbled together frield with a sawamp in right. Second, because as you turn the pages you come to realize that from DiMaggio to Mantle, from Bucky Dent to Reggie to Paul O'Neill and El Duque, these guys and the things they've done (sometimes to you, sometimes in spite of you) are part of your history, part of how you remember and imagine your life. An third, because it's insanely thorough, full of details you've forgotten or never knew, and very good looking.

Stout started this series with Red Sox Century in 2000. Dodger Century is in the works. These are rich, dazzling books, standard-setters, fully-realized, complicated portraits of the ways a team and a game weave in and out of politics, history and popular culture.

O'Neill's sister contributes an essay that sums up the series appeal much better than I can: 'In our family we tell stories. We don't really Talk. We let baseball articulate the hopes and fears that we'd never consider telling each other.'"

In this case, I found the review was completely accurate. Of the spate of books out now that claim to tell the history of this team, this book, in almost 500 pages of words and photographs, is the only one up to its subject. If you don't believe me, or ESPN, I suggest you read the excerpt about the birth of the team - even hard core Yankee fans will learn something new.

I used this book for our hundred days of school party. I teach pre-k and they got a kick out if it. The pictures were great and the counting was fun and easy for them to do. I highly recommend this book!

Harris has put the concepts of counting into a truly delightful book for the young reader and teachers of young readers. Each section of the book invites the reader to fill in a conclusion which draws young readers into the book, its bright, attractive pictures, and the idea of being able to count all the way to 100!

Trudy has done something with her book "100 Days of School" that I haven't seen for a while. She has created a color book, a counting book, a math book, a rhyming book, and, of course, a fun book all in one. That takes talent, and a lot of it, to combine these four types of books without making the work so busy that the child loses interest. Also, the book is all about school and even teaches math etc., but guess what? The reader doesn't even become aware that he/she's being taught. That's the true art of children's writing.

Beth Griffis Johnson does wonderfully with the illustrations. She has given the book a zesty, almost celebration look. And there's plenty to look at after the text has been read. I think this book could be a favorite for your children. I bought it for my future grandchildren . . . whenever that's going to be...

A delightful book that combines rhyming, counting, color and fun. My 5 year old wanted to read it over and over and over. He learned the words quickly and enjoyed the playfulness of the book.

highly recommended.

This crazy, delightful book truly captures the fun of the 100 Days of School Celebration. My children and I both enjoyed all of the silly rhymes and wonderful illustrations.