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Scrap Quilts
Published in Paperback by Moon over the Mountain Pub Co (March, 1997)
Authors: Judy Martin, Price Stern Sloan Publishing, and Carolyn Chinn Lewis
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My favorite scrap quilts book
I love scrap quilts and this is my favorite book about them. In fact my copy is very well read and I love to look at the color photos.

Judy Martin covers a wide variety of patterns (traditional to contemporary) and color schemes. There are quilts with just two colors as well as some that use every color on the color wheel. Some quilts are shown in different combinations or sizes.

There is an introduction to scrap quilts and sections about fabric collecting and storing, color choices and the appropriate use of scraps as well as some hints on sewing and cutting efficently. The instructions are well illustrated and easy to view. At the end there is a section of more block patterns that could be made with scraps including some ideas on how to place scraps with each block and the necessary templates for these blocks.

One of the best basic quilt books for intermediate quilters
Judy Martin's "Scrap Quilts" is a great book with superb pictures and extremely well-written directions for a number of beautiful quilts. The quilts include some traditional ones as well as new and innovative ones.


Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books: An Anthology
Published in Paperback by University Press of Kentucky (September, 1997)
Authors: Carolyn Sigler and Lewis Carroll
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FROM THE GARDENS WHERE WE FEEL SECURE
Virginia Astley.Cult singer songwriter from the early 80s whose family lived in Moulsford Oxfordshire.The village close to Alice Country which inspired her first album,the perfect soundtrack to Alice in Wonderland.An instrumental album with added SFX such as birdsong and church bells. Titles like A Summer Long Since Past and Summer Of Their Dreams.
Virginia Astley is,in fact,a reincarnation of Alice and not just because that's her middle name.
Her late father was born in Warrington and moved to Grappenhall in the late 40s which is the next village to Daresbury.
Since that first album Virginia was to become known as a singer and many of her songs have uncanny similarities with Wonderland and even the real life Alice. In "Tree Top Club" comes the line "I bought you sweets and comics from the grocery shop" which is paralleled in the early life of Alice Liddell.
So many others:I Live In Dreams,Nothing Is What It Seems,Over The Edge Of The World.
And another parallel in the fact that Virginia Astley was morally sound,and a reminder that "Alice was the most sensible person in a land of freaks" against a description of Virginia Astley as "unaffected by operating in a business not known for many normal people".
Virginia long ago found her own turf and stayed in it
So this is another Alternate Alice


Favorite Stories for the Children's Hour
Published in Hardcover by Grosset & Dunlap (January, 1991)
Authors: Carolyn and Lewis, C.M. Bailey and Joanne Barkan
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This book is a favorite from my childhood
This is a great book, filled with lots of stories. We used to read a different story out of it every night. I'm sorry to see that it's out of print, but luckily I still have a copy of it to read to my children.


For the Children's Hour
Published in Hardcover by Gale Group (December, 1974)
Authors: Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara M. Lewis, and G. William Breck
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Highly recommended read aloud for parents and teachers.
A wonderful collection of enchanting, old fashioned stories to read aloud for the pre-school to about second grade age range. Excellent resource for teachers. I use this in my Waldorf classroom.


Housing Decisions
Published in Hardcover by Goodheart-Willcox Co (January, 2000)
Authors: Evelyn L. Lewis and Carolyn S. Turner
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Read this book before you build or buy a house!
This is an excellent book! It covers every aspect of the options available, the latest in innovative designs & techniques, & a whole lot more. It gives you hints on the best time of the year to buy, how to choose economical appliances, how to be earth-friendly, it's all here. It a textbook, but is very easy to read for anyone.


One Minute Bible Stories
Published in Paperback by Yearling Books (May, 1993)
Authors: Shari Lewis, Florence Henderson, and Carolyn S. Ewing
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Fabulous!
I loved the wonderfully concise stories in this book (one minute may be all the time your little one will sit still!) The illustrations were also beautiful.


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (My Big Beanstalk Books)
Published in Hardcover by Inchworm Pr (November, 1900)
Authors: Wofford Williams, Lewis Carroll, and Carolyn Ewing
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The Adventures of Alice Could Be Any Dream
I very much enjoyed this book because it was full of pure fun reading. Some books drag from the very beginning, but this children's story didn't. There were surprises from the start. This book is an all original example of using your imagination. Lewis Carrol was gifted enough to let his imagination go wild, and to write it down on paper. This book inspires me to write any sort of crazy thing that is worth writing. This book is about Alices adventures from the time she saw the peculiar White Rabbit with a waistcoat and watch. She meets thrilling but very arguementive creatures and charectors such as the caterpiller who smokes, the Duchess and her baby which turns into a pig, a Mock Turtle, a gryphon, and the most famous the Chesire cat and the Queen of Hearts. This book is a bit different than the Disney movie. There are other charecters in the book that are not mentioned in the animated movie. and I think the book is more bizarre.

Great Children's Classic - For Adults Too
'Alice in Wonderland', by Lewis Carroll, is an excellent book for both adults and children. It details a little girl's wild adventure through a make believe world. The writing was clever. And so were the characters and situations created by Carroll. Everyone is familiar with the principal idea of the book, but reading the book forces you to remember all the particulars. It it clear why children love this book, which it's fantastic situations.

Being a software developer and a computer science major, it was also interesting to pick up on concepts such as reasoning and logic skattered within the book (Carroll was a mathematician). Of course these concepts are skewed in Wonderland.

If you've never read this book before, put it on your "must read" list. It's a short book and a fast read. If you you're read it already, why not read it again?

Alice and Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most clever and entertaining books yet written. The author's use of language is extremely appealing to the younger readers. These young readers are attracted to this book because of the author's use of many songs. For instance the lullaby sung by the duchess to her child. The Mock Turtle also sang to Alice and the Gryphon a song about the Lobster Quadrille. The author also uses poems that are entertaining and fun to listen to. "You are Old Father William" is one of the many poems. Not only does the author use poems but she also uses commonly known poems and changes the words to fit the character saying them. For instance the Mad-Hatter sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in different words saying "Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky." If this isn't a unique way of writing I dont know what is. Another style of her writingthat is appealing is when she creates a picture, using words in a poem, about the poem. Yhis is used on page 37. The words in the book are nbot hard so the book can be enjoyable when it is being read, not stressful. The author brings animals to life which is an interesting style of writing. This is Lewis Carroll's style of writing. The main character in this book is a little girl with blonde hair named Alice. This child is full of fantasies and dreams, which is what the book is about. Alice is very curious and likes to know every little detail. She thinks she is very smart. For example, when Alice is listening to the Dormouse's story she asks questions like "What did they live on," and makes smart comments such as "They could'nt have done that you know, they'd have been ill." She is also a little bit bratty, especially to the Dormouse when she says: "Nobody asked your opinion." These characteristics pull together to make an interesting main character and to create a fabulous story. The theme of the story is sometimes you need to take a break out of every day life and dream of fantasize. This makes your life more interesting even if you dream about things that will never come true. Alice does this when she dreams about changing sizes and listening to talking animals. Dreaming doesn't hurt anyone except the people who don't do it. If nobody ever had dreams life would be extremely stressful and boring. The plot of the story is all about Alice trying to find the white rabbit, which of course is in her dream. Following the white rabbit takes ALice to interesting places, such as the Courtroom filled with animals, and the Duchess' house, along with meeting interestingpeople such as the Cheshire-Cat and the Queen. This amazing cat hes the ability to disappear whenever it wants to and it always smiles. In the end Alice finds the white rabbit and then wakes up from her dream. This is the plot of the story. The story is effective to the reader. This is so because after listening to such acreative dream and fantasy, it inspires people to take a little time out of the day and be creative and dream once in a while. All the parts of this five star story; the writer's style, the main character, the theme, and the plot; come together to create the overall effectiveness of the story. This is why I rated this book five stars.


C.S. Lewis: Speaker and Teacher
Published in Paperback by Zondervan (June, 1974)
Author: Carolyn Keefe
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Contents
The Foreword for this book was written by Thomas Howard. Clyde Kilby wrote chapter one, "The Creative Logician Speaking" (which includes his personal memories of Lewis), Walter Hooper wrote "To the Martlets" (including some of his memories of Lewis and discussing a literary society to which Lewis belonged during his early years at Oxford), Stuart Barton Babbage writes of Lewis's wartime speeches in "To the Royal Air Force", George Bailey shares many Lewis recollections with his "In the University", long time friend Owen Barfield tells what Lewis was like "In Conversation", and Carolyn Keefe writes two chapters about Lewis's broadcasts, "On the Air" and "Notes on Lewis's Voice". This collection is enjoyable reading for Lewis enthusiasts.

Good reading for Lewis fans
The contributors to this book of essays - most of whom knew Lewis - have put together a nice volume of thoughtful comments about the man and his work. Good reading for Lewis fans.


The Lamplighters : 25 years of Gilbert and Sullivan in San Francisco
Published in Unknown Binding by Opera West Foundation ()
Authors: Alison S. Lewis, Carolyn McGovern, and Beverly Sykes
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Not great, an arrogant, small-time view of community theatre
This book is okay if you're into community theatre, but I found that it consists mostly of cutsie little stories about their most cherished performers, who have long since left the stage. This group would do better to publish a book that summarizes their G&S style rather than focus on their "accomplishments" and nothing else.

Interesting Look
A very interesting look at a musical theater company. Would that more cities had groups like the Lamplighters.


Advances in Infancy Research, Volume 10: (Advances in Infancy Research)
Published in Hardcover by Ablex Publishing (01 April, 1996)
Authors: Carolyn Rovee-Collier, Lewis P. Lipsitt, and Harlene Hayne
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