Park Books

As a child daycare provider, I am always looking for great kids books. This one has it all! The pictures are just the right amount of spooky, and the antics of "Loopy, Little Gee and me- all three" are sure to delight your little ones. A book my kids want to hear again and again.

I wasn't that take with this book at first, but my two girls (2 and 4) loved it from the start and frequently ask to have it read again. It is beautifully illustrated, and if you look at it you know exactly where the girls bedroom window is from what you can see outside it.

This is the story of three toys Loopy, little Gee and Me (me is the monkey who narrates the story), they go out at night to play in the park, but is scary "through the haunty hall, trying to look small' - but they get to the park and swing and play until somehting comes along and they run (it is a train) -

They make it back to the house and you see them all tucked up with the little girl.

It is anice story to talk about fears in the night, and how they are not anything but our imagination, and it is also night from an imagination point of view of what their toys do and play once they have gone to sleep for the night.

As I said before, these are lovey illustrations, they are on a par with the best I have seen. The story is told in loose rhyme with the EEE sound Loopy, litte Gee, Me, etc -

I also note that Waddell has written one of my other favourite children's books, Farmer Duck, that one illustrated by the wonderful Helen Oxenbury - also a nice slyly humourous book which parents will enjoy. I keep an eye out for his books now as they are generally excellent.

Just lovely and recommended for children aged 2 and up.

I bought this book because of its title. We lived on 102nd street about 6 houses down from the park. The author captures the neighborhood facing the park. Life seemed to be shaped by the park and the woods. It was wonderful but it could be dangerous. Thank you for bringing me back to a place I loved so much, more than fifty years ago.

Discovering this book was a real find! As an avid mystery reader, I am discriminating about giving 5 stars--but I had no hesitation with this well-crafted novel. Solving the murders is, of course, the glue that holds this book together...but it is the interplay between the three sisters who have returned home to share memories, lovers, children and parents that makes this a reading experience that is compelling and worthwhile, and far more than just entertainment. The book is well written, too: good description, nice characterization--an all around enjoyable mystery novel, and one of the freshest and appealing stories I've read in a long time.

As the other reviewer mentioned, this is a fantastic item to purchase.

As someone who likes to travel on a whim, I have found the NPS passport to be extremely helpful. If I'm unsure of where I want to go in whatever area I'm in, I just pull out my passport and head for the nearest stamping station. This gets me to new places that I otherwise may not have known about.

I have been collecting stamps off-and-on since 1994, but have recently gotten more into it. parkstamps.org and eparks.com are two really good companion sites once you've gotten started.

I bought one of these puppies at Mammoth Cave this spring. It is cool. I carried it in my pocket on a cross-country trip this summer and even bought my brother one for a birthday present while we were at Yellowstone.

To explain what these things are and why I am so enthusiastic about them:

These are little spiral books which look like passports that contain information on America's National Parks. The plastic inner flap contains a pull-out map showing America's entire National Park system. The rest of the book devides the parks into nine different color-coded regions. Each region is then given an overview and has places for stamps and stickers.

A new set of stickers comes out each year. There are ten stickers in each set--nine regional and one national. The stickers are beautiful pictures of various parks or sites that also have a printed lower half giving info on that place.

The stamps you can collect by visiting national parks. They are free. You just go up to the "cancellation station" (usually found in visitor's centers or ranger stations) and much like a passport, you can stamp you passport. The stamps (usually in color-coded ink matching the region) show the place and date of your visit.

An aside: I mentioned that the stamps are **usually color-coded.** The stamp at Badlands National Park wasn't (I still love the place despite this failing).

So far this year I have gotten stamps at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Pipestone National Monument, Mammoth Cave National Park, Lincoln's Birthplace National Historic Site, Badlands National Park, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Devil's Tower National Monument, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park (where I also got a stamp for the John D. Rockefeller Parkway--which is itself a part of the system)...

...and just wait till next year. I intend on getting a few more.

You can get more than one stamp from each park. For instance, Yellowstone had a ton of places to get stamps--including a very cool stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Old Faithful Inn.

Before I go, I must also make mention of the admirable durability of these little books. I am no idle tourist. This book spent good chunks of June and July either in my pack or in the pocket of my qwik dry pants--including one day spent climbing up a waterfall--and it came out in, if not pristine condition, then in a state I will call "well-preserved."

These books are great fun.

I give them my highest recommendation.

While Penelope Nuthatch imagines spending a wonderful day with her friend, his surprise initially disappoints her. Readers or listeners will cheer as she decides to have fun and not disappoint her friend. Gavril's wonderfully funny story and fine illustrations that tell the story as well will have children clamoring to have the story read again and again. For Hector and the Noisy Neighbor fans, look for Hector to appear in one of the scenes. Remember Hector love to read.

I purchased this book because I love the author's previous book, 'Hector and the Noisy Neighbor' which my 4 year old also loves. Penelope is a great character and the lesson of going with the flow after a disappointment is one even adults can learn from. My son wanted to read the book over and over when we first bought it. There are subtle jokes to keep parents entertained as well. Sometimes, I find myself reading the book when my son is not around! The illustrations are also very clever; my son loved Penelope's costume changes. If you look carefully you'll see some characters in the background from the 'Hector' book. I think anyone would enjoy it.

Trebor Healey's stories remind me of the men I'm always falling in love with: a little rough, an irritating edge here and there, outrageously sexy, seductive in a way that cannot be denied, and so healing that when it's over, I'm left feeling grateful, equally satisfied and heartbroken.

Randomly, this minute, I opened up "A Perfect Scar" and my eyes fell on the following passage:

'Underneath, just below his left nipple, was the biohazard symbol. What could I say? Nice? I love it? I just nodded to show I understood his meaning.'

He is brilliant and deep and casual and he drives me crazy and makes me feel more human and sane all at once. Read his stories and feel your heart expand . . . connect . . . and mend.

Trebor Healey's short stories collected for the first time in A PERFECT SCAR AND OTHER STORIES have that classic, William Trevor sort of completeness, When you go into his world, you surrender yourself over to a master who has imagined everything about his characters from before they were born to the minutes of their death, and his knowledge of them is so utterly complete you don't have to struggle for interpretation, they are there among you acting out, their will Nietzschean and their carnal appetites just as big as yours. The Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has said, "In a story, character is alpha and beta is omega," and in Healey's world, the job of the character is to steal the game away from plot and conventional structure and to run for it.

In his novel THROUGH IT CAME BRIGHT COLORS, Healey demonstrated his affinity for creating strong, identifiable characters in telling the claustrophobic tale of a love affair between two men living together in a rundown Tenderloin hotel, one a boy from a local family who leaves his suburban family to find authenticity in urban squalor, the other a victim of sexual and emotional trauma, a boy ruined before his time. Here something of that book's purity and passion leaks through into the messy lives of Healey's denizens, irradiating even the worst imaginable events with a soft atomic glow, like Area 51. In the title tale, a fellow rather like Neill in BRIGHT COLORS encounters a Vietnamese-born American gangster called Tran and, sensationally enough, becomes his sex slave, entering the private world of organized street crime via the prostate gland. It's a tough, savvy, nonchalant look at technologies of addiction, and the lengths you'll stoop to when you just got to have it.

At the opposite pole, so to speak, is the magic fabulism of "Faun," in which a little boy, Gilberto, the pride and joy of his extended family, grows up and things get a little hairy shall we say, and the nubs of horns start appearing under his hairline, and his haunches glossy and soon enough, anyone encountering him starts feeling the sap of spring rush through their bloodstream. But it's not easy being a faun and eventually you realize you have to leave middle school behind and start looking for Walt Whitman and the forests of Arcady. Not all of Healey's experiments in this vein are as successful as Faun; I never wound up buying the rollicking Barbary Coast adventure of "Captain Jinx" nor the Moll Flandersesque voice of its narrator. "The human heart knows a thing or two," she tells us, "that the sorry mind can never comprehend." Wait--didn't JT Leroy say that? And yet one applauds Healey's experiments in form and genre as one would applaud the annual Fourth of July firework show. I hope he continues to light up the sky for generations to come!

This book was used but is in great condition. I saved a great deal of money bu purchasing it here. I will purchase furture books with no problem.

The book looks brand new and the cd was in a sealed package. I would highly recommend using Amazon for college books.

An excellent book for those who are visual learners in the field of Nursing or Medicine.

Lo mejor para un estudiante de medicina, es muy util, ya que es 100% REAL. Muy bueno para estudiar antes de un practico.

Erikson's photography captures the awe, serenity, and pure magnificence of the Yellowstone area. His extreme dedication to showcase this incredible wilderness and all the beauty that lies within is unquestionable. From a cow moose and her calf drinking from the river amidst the fall foliage, to the bald eagle soaring with wings spread wide, to the simplicity of a homestead cabin, to the sun's orange glow that vibrantly lights up the sky over the road to Yellowstone, Erikson displays over 120 glimpses of this very special place in the northwestern United States.
These breathtaking photos will help keep precious memories from fading for those who have visited Yellowstone and will inspire those who have not been to Yellowstone to go witness the true splendor firsthand as soon as they possibly can.

Full of bright, vivid images of the park, this book beautifully captures the essence of Yellowtone and is perfect souvenir for anyone who has been there and wants to recall it accurately. In addition to touching on the main features of the park, there are a great many images of what 99 percent of visitors don't see - the wild landscape that exists far from the paved roads and planked trails. It's clear that Erikson spent a lot of time lingering in these areas and became intimate with all the beautiful wildlife that exists; the shots make you feel like you're a part of it, too. Great addition to the coffee table ...

Este libro no solo es dificil de obtener, pero cuando lo tengas en tus manos, te vas a dar cuenta de la enorme riqueza de su contenido, ¡es lo mejor hasta el momento!, ¡es una belleza!, en su interior vas a encontrar:

Los Aperos o Equipo, el Taqueo y los diferentes golpes, la Equitacion de Polo, la Alimentacion del Pony, la Compra de un Pony, el Juego, la Posicion del los Jugadores, ¡y lo mas lindo..., el Entrenamiento del Pony de Polo!, ¡y mas, mucho mas!.

Su valor es incalculable, el precio..., vale lo que vas a invertir, no te vas a arrepentir.

Polo by Peter Grace is a comprehensive guide to the sport. It is full of photographs, anecdotes and helpful advice gleaned from the author's 25 years as one of the world's finest polo coaches. This hardback edition includes tips on everything to do with polo including match tactics and the basics of the swing, team selection and coaching, horse purchase and maintenence, establishing a club, and even instructions on how to build a wooden horse.

If you are a climber and enjoy humour, then get a copy of this book! It is definitely one of the funniest collection of short climbing-related stories I've ever read. While not all equally good and funny, the best easily rate up there with the best John Long stories. Be sure to catch the yarn on Cameron marking all his gear with orange paint, outrageous! Also, don't miss all the classic Warren Harding quotes!

A very funy enjoyable ecclectic group of stories taken from Cameron Burns' excellent writing career. Cam doesn't take himself or climbing too seriously; his spontinaety and wit are a funny and entertaining glimpse of what most climbers seek to obtain from their own experiences. A MUST READ!