My younger sister got Bears Bears Everywhere for her birthday. Now my sister makes me read it to her everynight-sometimes even twice. I can even meomorise it by now but I still have to show her the cute bears. She cant go to sleep without it being read and she totally loves it. It is great.

We just love this book! I'd recommend this book in a heartbeat! Its a little long for my 22 month old daughter, but my 3 and 1/2 year old son just loves it. Its a great story with lots of warm fuzzies that teaches a deeper, more important meaning of Easter without any religious overtones. Grade: A+

This is a lovely childrens book, one of a series including "Woof Woof Wednesday", "Trumpety Trump Tuesday", and "Sssssssssssss Saturday". Beautifully illustrated, this would grace any child's bookshelf. Warmly recommended.

This late 11th-early 12th c. Japanese text is, like another of William and Helen McCullough's fine translations, A Tale of Flowering Fortunes, a memoir of the life and career of the great Fujiwara Michinaga, who also figures prominently in Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book.

Okagimi is written in an unusual style, which, one might say, anticipates Truman Capote's In Cold Blood by nearly a millennium. Written as a purported record of of a series of reminiscences set down by an impossibly old man, it is told by a fictional character yet claims to be true history, and, indeed, in general Okagimi generally conforms to the known facts. The text consists of a series of vignettes taken from the lives of people whose lives impinged on Michinaga's, both contemporaries and predecessors, as well as a history of Michinaga himself. It very successfully gives a picture of political and social life in Heian Japan. Lively, informative, beautifully written (and translated) and very amusing.

My daughter Rosy loves this book! Not only does the main character have a very nice name, but the story of finding a house and having a party is so sweet. The drawings are beautiful, colorful, and aimed at a child audience. (Sometimes other lavishly illustrated books seem to be too sophisticated for young children.) We may have to buy another copy, as we are wearing this one out.

Along with the more famous works, such as the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, the Tales of Ise is another book which is on the to-know list of classical Japanese literature. This is a collection of short narratives about Ariwara no Narihira, one of the most famous poets in Japanese history. The stories are short, almost anecdotal, lending to easy reading. Probably more for the serious student or avid fan than the casual browser.

I teach preschoolers and they ask for this book over and over again. The catchy rhyming rythmn seems to be pleasing to them. The pictures are adorable and the story takes them along on the adventure with "The Bear".

When Bonnie Bumble eats plum turnovers for breadfast one morning, her whole wold turns upside down. This is a good humorous book, in color, for students K-2 grade.

"The Road to Balinor," by Mary Stanton, is number 1 in the Unicorns of Balinor series. This is a fantasy tale about a race of intelligent unicorns who live in a realm apart from, but connected to, Earth. As the story opens we discover that one of the unicorns and his human companion have both been injured and are in a precarious situation in the human world.

Overall I enjoyed the story. Stanton is especially effective in her presentation of interspecies relationships in a fantasy setting. There is also an intriguing villain.

At times I found the language a little too corny and New Age-y for my tastes. I also didn't like the fact that the book really doesn't hold up as a stand-alone story; the cliffhanger ending seems to lead directly into volume 2. But the imaginative story, together with some clever touches along the way, make it a solid fantasy effort.

In balinor land of the unicorns Sunchaser the great unicorn and Princess Arianna of Balinor leave Balinor to earth becase the Shifter is in Balinor trying to get the princess . But when they get there Ari has broken legs and Retrograde amnesia , Chase is a horse and has lost his horn, Ann and frank are foster parents to Ari and one day a dog named Lincoln comes to see her he has around his neck a ruby-colored jewel and Ari takes it then Ann and frank take both girl and dog home to Glacier River Farm where Aris dear horse chase is, for over a month she is taken care of by Dr. Bohnes and her days are filled with docter vists, and X rays, and casts. Soon Ari and chase ride and Ari loves to be on chase , but her foster parents lease chase to Lori Carmichael a spoiled girl who wants chase to herself , she even wants chase to leave the farm . Ari is upset that chase is Loris now Frank makes her a farm hand and Ari helps him but she wants chase more then anything also they wont let Ari off the farm not to the mall or even the movies , then Ari runs off with her horse and both girl and horse leave the farm to a cave , Ari had explored the trails before when she had broken legs, now both girl and horse must find there way back to Balinor. This is a story of a brave unicorn and a 13 teen year girl who risk there lifes to find who they are and Ari must get back to being a royal princess Arianna of Balinor .

This book explains a lot about how the whole series began, and has a great plot with loads of suspense, happiness, and suspicion! There are so many parts in each book of this series where I go, "Oh, NO, that person should not be trusted, they're going to take the JEWEL! Stay away from them!", etc, as it's all very suspenseful with so many twists, and I love it! Sure, some parts can be quite scary, while others can be really cool and make you wish you could have a unicorn or that the Balinor land really does exist, but this book is awesome! I, individually, am very sensative to scary things, yet the frightening scenes in here are good, not the kind of scary where I can't sleep at night, the kind of good scary where I am fearful only at the moment the scene is occuring, then I switch back to being my normal self.

This is one GREAT book any horse or unicorn lover would have a fabulous time reading!

Katharine Holabird's "Angelina Ballerina" is fun for any aspiring ballerina. Angelina Mouseling--a wee white mouse--loves to dance, to the exclusion of all other activities. She won't clean her room, she won't help clear the table, she listens to neither her mother or her father because she is dancing, dancing, dancing at every waking moment. Everything changes when her parents recognize that her interest needs to be taken seriously. Mr. and Mrs. Mouseling do just that when they go shopping and come home with--ooooh!--a ballerina's tutu for Angelina to wear.

Shortly thereafter, Angelina begins ballet lessons. Her perseverence pays off and she becomes a famous ballerina. In the interim, however, the attention her parents have paid to her love of ballet pays off in the form of her willingness to do all the things she didn't want to do before, because now she can dance all she likes in ballet class and in recitals.

I agree with the comments that have been made about the subdued sexism here. Angelina is presented as someone who is too fast and too nimble for the boys on the playground, but later in the book--once she has gotten what she wants--she is described as letting the boys catch her after all. It's a jarring note in an otherwise perfectly charming book.

Special mention must be made of Helen Craig's detailed, charming drawings. She doesn't completely anthropomorphize the mouse characters--they are clearly little animals, with anatomically correct limbs and quivering whiskers, but Craig somehow manages to humanize them and make them utterly winsome and dear. All around a very nice book for the aspiring ballerina!

Angelina Ballerina is a little mouse, whom loves to dance. She dances all over the schoolyard, and through the house. Finally her parents enroll her in a ballet class, where she becomes one of the best students.

Angelina Ballerina is enjoyable for little ballerinas of all ages. Not only will it encourage your little ones to read, but to also have faith in themselves when trying something new. The illustrations will also make you and your little ones smile in excitement. A must have book for all ballerinas.

My daughter has fallen in love with this book and the character of Angelina so quickly. It is a wonderful book with beautiful illustrations and we enjoy reading it so much. My daughter was already interested in ballet but this book has brought her imagination to a new level. I highly recommend this book to anyone with a young girl.