This is a wonderfully off-kilter kids' book that's not just for the diaper set. I gave it to my best friend as a gift, but it gets an airing whenever he substitute teaches at an elementary school. He's read it to his "kids" so often that they call him the "Sitting Ducks Man" now. Definitely a cute comment on friendship at any age.

While studying to become a teacher my professor had a pre-release copy of this book that he read to us adults. It felt like I was back in primary school in London (except for the snotty nose and need to use the bathroom) because I was enthralled with a picture book again. I got hold of a copy recently and my three year old asks for it every night. I of course throw a Kipper book at him, throw myself into bed, and look at the excellent pictures until I fall asleep.

I fell in love with the art work immediately. The animals in this book do not fall in the "cartoon" range, but take on lives of their own. The story is a little long for a young child, but anyone would treasure this unique story with it's humor and charm.

The most beautifully illustrated children's book I have yet to experience. My daughter is enthralled. Also, a delightful story. I highly recommend it.

The book I read was "Redwork" written by Michael Bedard. It was about a haunted house that Old Man Ficher created. No one dared to enter that creepy house at the outskirts of the town Gresy Village. It was a lonely by Bob's pumpkin orchard. A lot of creepy noises and creatures come out of the house. Read and find out what happens.
I rate it four stars and definitely recommend it.

Redwork tells the tale of Cass, and his friend Maddy, the story is confusing at times, the author often telling of one thing, but never refering back to it, but if you forget about that and just read the book it is worth it, because other then the flaws it is an extremly good book, that is well worth the read.

Redwork is a great book. The story just draws you in. Sometimes, it is as you are part of the story. The story of 2 kids,and an old man, plus some alchemy, turns this book into a never to be forgotten tale!

In this story this little girl is curious about her neighbor and this letter her mother recieved. He say footprints coming from her neighbors house to her door. This neighbor hasn't left her house in 20 years. This lady is Emily. Later in the story they decide to go visit her. They went to play music for her. Emily just wanted spring that is why she asked them to play her music n the letter. The little girl keeps thinking about the mystery of Emily when spring has come. This Emily is Emily Dickinson and she is shut in the house for so long because she is writing poetry. She has the little girls mother come to play music becase it inspires her. This is a very good story and might even be true story. I enjoyed it.

The book "Emily" was an ok book for me because I'm just not into mystery books but you other kids may like it. Its about a myth that a person is living in a yellow house and has never came out for 20 years. This little girl, Emily, has always wanted to go there and give the person some bulbs that grow into lillies in the spring. Will she do it? Who knows? You need to read the book to find out what happens next.

"There is a woman on our street they call the Myth. She lives with her sister in the yellow house across the road. Her room is the one up on the left at the front. If you stand on tiptoe, you can see it peeping over the high hedge as you pass. She hasn't left her house in nearly twenty years. If strangers come to call, she runs and hides herself away. Some people say she's crazy. But to me she's Emily..." When our young narrator's mother is invited to cross the street and play the piano for the elusive Emily, the little girl can't wait to accompany her. Emily is nowhere to be seen, but Mother sits and nervously begins to play. "When Mother stopped she turned to me. A sound of clapping rippled down the stairs, and then a small voice like a little girl's. "Dear friend, you put the robin's song to shame. Play more. Already I can feel the spring." As her mother continues, the little girl creeps up the winding stairs to investigate, and at the bend at the top, finds a small woman dressed in white, sitting and listening to the beautiful music from below. From her pocket, our narrator takes out two lily bulbs. "I brought you some spring...If you plant them they will turn to lilies." Quickly Emily dashed off some words on a scrap of paper and handed it to her guest. "Hide this away, as I will hide your gift to me. Perhaps in time they both will bloom." And so as spring arrived, so did the lilies, and a young girl's special poem from Emily Dickinson..... Michael Bedard has captured the quiet and intriguing reclusive nature of Emily Dickinson in his well researched historical story. "In writing this book, I went to Amherst to visit the house where she lived. I sat in the parlor with the piano, visited the room where she wrote. I stood beneath her window and she lowered this story to me." His simple, eloquent, and engaging text transports the reader back in time to nineteenth century Amherst, Massachusetts, to spend an afternoon with Emily Dickinson. You can almost hear the piano drifting up the stairs, and the scratches of her pen as Emily dashes off a poem. Barbara Cooney's beautifully evocative oil paintings are rich in period detail, and complement the text with their quiet settings. With an Afterword to complete and enhance the story, Emily is truly a masterpiece of word and art, and a fascinating story that shouldn't be missed.

The emperor of China Has every thing, and his palace are so beatiful. But one day he hears of a little Nightingale that sings so beatiful. And he really want to have it... Read what happens with him in this book. You can't help it being touched of this sweet storie, I can say that I was it... Like I have said before I will say again, H C Andersen can really write good childrens books!

What you expect isn't always what you get. After hearing a book talk about Stained Glass I was very excited to pick it up and read it. I soon realized that though the book was well written, it may be a better read for someone who is a bit younger than a junior in high school. The middle of the book tended to drag on a little more than what was necessary to compelete the novel. But I sitll managed to get caught up in the story of Charles and Ambriel. Charles goes to St. Bartholomew's church to skip his paino lessons. One day he hears a crash and finds that the church caretaker has accidentally broken a stained glass window. The broken window falls on a homeless girl and causes her to lose her memory. Charles cannot seem to shake this girl from his mind and ends up on a sojourn through his hometown of Caledon looking for clues to the homeless girl's past....

I'm not finding fault with this book per se, but I thought I was getting the Brontes' original Glasstown stories. Instead it's a children's book describing what the Brontes' life must have been like when they were writing them. A big disappointment!

As I expected, the style and structure of the novel were exemplars of Bedard's masterful neo-romantic prose. However, the plot was less than appropriate for a novel whose purpose it is to freighten. As a result of a poor plot and a somewhat diminished creative ability on Bedard's part, the story had much less suspense than what was necessary. On a whole, the book was good, but for Bedard, it was bad.