Eye catching, interesting, imaginative, and inspiring. These are things that hold a young persons attention and give them the interest to pursue art. Colleen Carroll has collected a fine group of art pieces that does all of these, plus her writing of the art and the artists help young people see not only animals, but everything in a different way. She asks many questions to help a child think and imagine. I think this is a fantastic book that should be in every child's library,even if most of the artists in the book are dead..... oh...except for me! My painting is on page 32.

Colleen Carrol has written an inquiry-based art appreciation book for children that my daughter and I throughly enjoyed. The book embraces a multi -cultureal approach by selecting 16 men and women artists who define in their art work what family is for them. The selection of art work represented in the book is from art history ( Matisse, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt Kikugawa Eizan etc.) as well as from contemporary art ( Marisol, Faith Ringgold, and Carmen Lomas Garza ) giving the book a broad range of examples. Details of the given art work are furnished to provide an opportunity to make indept observations. With emphisis on family being the comon denominator, the author raises challenging question for the reader to examine the work of art at hand. The text not only sparks the childs imagination by making inquires but occasionally uses cross referencing of art works in the book to compare and challenge the thought process. The book concludes with a rich note to parents and teachers, artists biographies and age related suggested reading. I highly recommend this book !

It was a very informative book.

I loved this book! Dr. Carroll offers a refreshingly alternative point of view regarding careers in academia and provides the reader with clear-cut examples of successful employement strategies.
The thesis of the book is that being an adjunct lecturer need not be just a stepping stone on the way to a life of tenure, but rather, being an adjunct can be a successful and rewarding lifestyle in and of itself. Dr. Carroll views the adjunct lecturer as a free-lance consultant, like any other business consultant, and offers clear-cut advice on what to expect in academia and how to make it work. The examples in the book provide sample workloads and typical incomes and, especially helpful,candid discussions of the academic working environment and the types of attitudes which can be expected from others. The book also discusses the relative pros and cons of both adjunct and tenure track positions.
This book should be required reading for all graduate students pursuing advanced degrees as well as for anyone currently in the field of higher education. It lays out a simple yet effective strategy for crafting a successful lifestyle as an adjunct without the usual dire predictions for meager employement opportunities in higher education. Kudos to Dr. Carroll for thinking outside the Ivory Tower!

What would you think of an analysis of more than 400 datasets? John B. Carroll has given us an impressive review of the factorial analytic studies covered most of the human cognitive abilities. But, he has gone beyond the re-analysis level and has made up a new model of intelligence: "The three strata model" which will help us to avoid hopeless discussions about the nature of the most important cognitive abilities and to advance in the actually interested topics about such abilities. Specially, he finishes with the argument about the existence of the g factor but, he also recognizes the importance of the Thurstone's primary mental abilities and the Cattell and Horn's distinction between fluid and crystallized intelligence. I think everyone concerned in the cognitive abilities field should read this book and keep "The three strata model" in mind in the analysis of his/her research.

Fisher explicates the power and subtlety of narration as the basis for communication. This book should be of interest to those in the fields of communication, rhetoric, and journalism in particular, and those more broadly who have an interest in the workings of language.

This outstanding little book will be a breath of fresh air to anyone feeling that the current theories about the cause for the decline of the West are getting a bit stale. Carroll lays the blame directly at the feet of what is arguably the West's greatest achievment, humanism. He applauds the appreciation of the cheerful human grateful to be alive, but decries the hubris that assumes we can be whatever we choose. He also makes us wrestle with the fact that is not the "death of God" that is behind our cultural demise so much as our own inability to find a place to stand from which to face our own mortality. Carroll's tracing of the threads of humanism thoughout the history of the art and literature of the past 500 years is masterful. He explains how we got where we are and makes helpful suggestions as to a possible, if unlikely, route out of the present impasse.

Lewis Carroll has always been a mystery man. Raphael Shaberman has brought Sherlock Holmes onto the case and looks at aspects of Lewis Carroll which have not really been examined before. I don't agree with everything he says, but if the mysterious element of Carroll appeals to you, then this book will undoubtedly intrigue and interest you.

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! From offbeat illustrator Joel Stewart comes this utterly charming picture book adaptation of the celebrated nonsense rhyme "Jabberwocky" from Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel "Through the Looking Glass." In muted, sepia tones sparked with lime green, lemon yellow and apple red, Stewart paints the mysterious Jabberwocky as a creature part English dandy, part Beetlejuice and part hedge. "And, as in uffish thought he stood, the Jabberwock, with eyes of flame'" and -- according to Stewart's whimsical drawings -- teeth of checker boards, guts of a robot, and elongated claws of regular manicure appointments. A supporting cast of characters appear and disappear without explanation (though, of course, none is needed) as do the odd cameo appearances of different postage stamps on every spread. None of this lovely nonsense should be surprising, as we've seen Stewart's quirky style before, in the picture book "The Adventures of a Nose," the strange story of a nose's quest for belonging. What is surprising, however, is that there is currently only one competing "Jabberwocky" book on the market: the intricate 1989 interpretation by Graeme Base, the author/illustrator of the bestselling "Animalia." 'Tis a brillig effort, to say the least. The most vorpal picture book effort in mome raths.

"Jabberwocky and Other Poems," by Lewis Carroll, is an inspired collection by this remarkable writer. A brief note at the beginning of the book discusses the life and career of Carroll (1832-98), who was a mathematician as well as a poet. The selections in this book are taken from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," "Through the Looking Glass," and other sources.

This collection shows Carroll's quirky, mischievous playfulness as well as his technical prowess with rhyme, meter, and wordplay. He is consistently inventive and often satirical. The book is very funny, often quite absurd, and has an occasional dark, sinister edge.

Just a few of the highlights are as follows. "The Mouse's Tale": a visual poem shaped like a mouse's tale. "Brother and Sister": a hilarious tribute to sibling rivalry that uses an interesting rhyme scheme. "The Walrus and the Carpenter": a sort of narrative horror-comedy with rich touches of absurdism. "Poeta Fit, non Nascitur": a hilarious satire on the art of writing poetry. And of course, the brilliant title poem, with its memorable opening: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe."