Shepard Books

It started out as a quiet day on the farm with all of the animals eating and relaxing until a plumb Hen stumbled upon a large rain puddle and when she glanced into the puddle she saw her reflection and thought a plumb Hen had fallen in the rain puddle and couldn't get out. She was so excited she ran and got help...a Turkey came to her rescue and went to the exact same rain puddle and peered in...what did he see...not a Hen, but a Turkey who was trapped in the puddle. He ran away and got a PIG to help...well when the Pig looked into the puddle what do you think he saw...you got it...then a sheep and a cow and then the rest of the barnyard were looking into the rain puddle all seeing their reflections and thinking there were animals trapped in the puddle and couldn't get out. To their amazement, the puddle dried up and all were rescued. The animals went on their daily business and up in the tree the Wise 'ole Owl had watched the whole event and just chuckled to himself.

I think this book was very interesting. The way Sam Shepard had the characters set up and there atitiudes about the whole situation was brilliant. I thik it was delightful

from a former Drama Momma who loves to read, September 27, 2008


I had the pleasure of meeting Kathy personnally. She has a wonderful, engaging personality and even though she is a former drama queen, she still has a spunky aliveness that makes you want to around her.
I am in the process of recovery myself and am rereading this book. It is a good first book, with a subject a lot of us can relate too.
I am looking forward to more from her.

This has been one of my daughter's favorite books for almost five years. The illustrations are magnificent and portray empathy for Rollonde. The young prince learns his lesson and grows to love this one toy unconditionally. A must read, despite editorial review.

Anthology of classic sci-fi short stories. Sci-Fi giants such as Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, Heinlein, etc. Makes a nice addition to your sci-fi anthology library.

Stories included: Of Missing Persons - Jack Finney, And He Built a crooked house - Robert Heinlein, A Sound of Thunder - Ray Bradbury, And It Will Serve Us Right - Asimov, Litterbug - Tony Morphett, Electronic Concert - Babette Deutsch, Hemeac - E.G. Von Wald, The Winner - Donald Westlake, Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut jr., The Yellow Pill - Rog Phillips, Victory Parade - Henry Slesar, Chief - Henry Slesar, By the Waters of Babylon - Stephen Vincent Benet, The Sentinel - Arthur C. Clarke, Summertime on Icarus - Clarke, Space Man - Babette Deutsch, I Am A- Lenore Marshall, Off Course - Edwin Morgan, Orbiter 5..- May Swenson, The Flight of Apollo - Stanley Kunitz, Voyage to the Moon - William Dickey, Afterwards - Edward Lucie-Smith, A Projection - Reed Wittemore, We'll all be Spacemen before we die - Mike Evans, Moonshot Sonnett - Mary Ellen Solt, The Enchanted Villiage - A.E. Van Vogt, Prisoners of Paradise - David Redd, A.D.2267 - John Nims, Ghost Crabs -Ted Hughes, Zero Hour - Ray Bradbury, Green Patches -Asimov, Mushrooms - Sylvia Plath, Mushrooms - Mike Evans, Some beings out there just may be listening - John Noble Wilford, A Close Encounter with Arthur C. Clarke - Mark Davidson

As the "killer storms" lash California, those in search of some perspective would do well to check out this book. The authors conclude that most of the development in San Diego county took place during a relatively dry period in recent history (1940-73). The authors believe that this bodes poorly for houses built on the sea shore.

As with all books that prognosticate horrific implications for the near (or far) future, one must take such theses with a grain of salt... human ingenuity (or high property values) can adapt to changed circumstances, whatever they may be.

"As I was walking by the sea, I found a shell, which sang to me; it sang the story of the sea." This is how the journey begins. From the ocean's depths to exotic lands, from fishermen and sailors and mermaids to polar bears and ships, this short prose poem explores all the regions of the sea.

As with many children's books, however, the real value is in the exquisite pictures. Reminiscent of vintage book illustrations and the art of the likes of Jessie Wilcox Smith, Claire Fletcher has beautifully created unusual images in calm but colorful paintings that spark the imagination.

Although the language of The Seashell Song is a bit advanced (words like "brilliance," "swarthy," "minarets," and "bewitched" are not usually found in books recommended for baby to preschool aged) it is a wonderful book to share with a child to engender a love of beauty both in sound and vision. Any adult who appreciates the beauty of the art of children's books will also find this book to be an extra-special treat.

Do you feel like reading a mystery? Then you will want to read The Secret of Sanctuary Island. This book is about two boys who buy a new canoe. They decide to go out one night and test the new canoe. At about eight o' clock they decide to start heading home. They see two men in a canoe and the men were carrying things. Then Kevin yells out to the men. The men get into their canoe and they start chasing the boys. They catch the boys and they flip the boat. The boys get home. The cops were there and they told them the story of the two men. About a week later the two kids decide to go back out in the lake. When they were heading back again they see the two men. They try to stop them but the men get away. The boys decide to tell the cops again and the cops don't do anything. The boys go and see if they stolen from and they discover that the men had left a big clue for the boys. The boys and the two men meet up for the third time, and you will have to read the end.

I liked this book because it kept me on the edge of my seat. I couldn't put the book down until I finished the book. It had clues that would just jump out at you and you had to get them or you didn't know what was going on in the story. I also liked this book because the two boys didn't give up on trying to solve the mystery. I give them credit because they kept on going out on their canoe. They didn't stop going on the lake even though the men were out there and trying to scare them away.

There's something about Lucius Shepard's stories that twists your arm behind your back and makes you forgive him (or at least say 'uncle' through clenched teeth) for the excessive humidity of his prose. There's a thing I do, maybe you do it too, where you find yourself (probably with a few too many drinks in you) projecting out from your current circumstance into a gut-wrenching worst-case scenario, scrabbling your dignity and determination together in that moment trying to figure out how you'll handle the situation. It's kind of a defense mechanism, just in case something really bad were to happen, you'd feel like you've already been through it once. If you do it right, I mean really throw yourself into imagining just how awful you can feel at being betrayed, or cruelly abused by fate, so it empties you out and leaves you sweating into your sheets but you still see yourself coming out the other side, maybe even having said something darkly witty to put an imaginary enemy in his place -- then you'll feel right at home with "The 'Velt".

Mr. Shepard explains that "The 'Velt" is from an unfinished novel and it has the definite feeling of a being a fragment. Despite not being a truly complete story, it's still worth reading and left me hoping the novel will eventually see the light of day.

For explaining the discussion about sign and symbols the writer use easier words and sentences. That is most important for us, foreigners. Signs snd symbols themselves are interesting. So we can continue reading. And the easy sentenced help us. Many high-school students who do not speak english may read this book without dictionary. I think this is useful for english reading text.