This book is one of the best put together, most fun, most practical craft books for anyone, children and adults. Profusely illustrated, it provides plays for marionettes, ideas on dressing them and even full sized patterns in the back pocket of the book. I am always checking it out of the library just to look and plan my own puppetry. I truly hope that a publishing company will see this books merit (along with Ms. Ackley's other work) and reprint it for a new generation to enjoy.

"Martha's House" is the first, "First Little Golden Book" that I recall from my childhood. I acctually still have it today, with its back cover missing. It sure was and still is a well loved book. "Martha's House" has its own story in my family. While cooking lunch recently with my six aunts, we were all discussing our favorite books. Of coarse, I said, "My favorite book would have to be "Martha's House." My aunts all turned around and looked at me as if I had exposed some deep dark secret of theirs. Then they all just bursted out laughing. While I was standing there in awe, my aunt Ellen explained this,... One day, her husband, Mike was babysitting my cousin Catherine. Catherine was around 2 or 3 at the time, and "Martha's House" was her favorite book too. Anyway, He made the mistake and told Catherine, "No!" Catherine was one of those children that had never heard the word "No" before, so naturally she threw a fit. She ended up hiding under his bed and refused to come out unless he would read "Martha's House." Poor Uncle Mike had to read her that book about 50 times that day. Ever since then, Uncle Mike looks sick if you even mention the book. "Martha's House" written by Edith Kunhardt, is a precious children's book. It has friendly illustations by Carolyn Bracken. If you have ever read it, you know it doesn't tell story, but it does invite you into Martha's house to eye all that she wants to show. I love this book even as a teenager today. I will always love it and hope to pass it to my children one day. I suggest that you buy it for any girl of any age, and they will love it and treasure it forever, because it allows us all to remember home.

Used to be published by Information Publications of Palo Alto,CA.I am delighted that Edith Horner, editor, has taken on the task of continuing this publication.The book contains one page for every city and town in Massachusetts. The pages are arranged alphabetically,by town name.The data for each town is organized into 9 categories: Demographic & Socio-Economic Characteristics, General Information, Voters & Government Officials, Public Safety,Housing & Construction, Taxation, Municipal Finance, Library,and School System. For quick and up-to-date information on the various towns in Massachusetts, I find this book to be the best source. Dora Federico, Reference Librarian

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...begin with the basics. The Grand Dame of usage among the ranks of the American Medical Writers Association, Edie Schwager has always demonstrated punctiliousness and precision as thoroughgoing as is her charm. A warmly-welcomed and well-beloved member of AMWA's Delaware Valley Chapter, Edie has always been the first person for whom I've looked whenever I've attended any of the Association's meetings. She educates without condescension and is patient beyond belief.

Most of us come to the field of medical writing from a technical background, usually having been trained as scientists, health care providers, or allied professionals. Our compositional experience is generally restricted to communications with peers, and the niceties of precise English usage are not well-appreciated by those of us who scraped through the liberal arts side of our education only narrowly (and that only with the utilization of Cliff's Notes and every other kind of cheat-sheet we could get our hands upon). Enter Edie Schwager's very nice little book of tips and tricks.

If you aspire to a career as a writer in the health care field, this book belongs alongside your copy of Stedman's, right next to your copies of Iles' *Guidebook to Better Medical Writing* and Bob Bonk's *Medical Writing in Drug Development*.

This book was recommended to us by the "Moore Foundation" and it is about the best book we have ever purchased. In fact we have bought the rest of the series which include Wisdom and the Millers and Prudence and the Millers among others. We read this to the Junior class and occasionally for Primary class for the mission story and this book is a hugh hit. Infact, whenever we read this book, folks are always wanting to know the name of the book and where they can purchase it. Now, most of the Junior class owns their own Missionary and the Millers book and I am here cruising Amazon for what I hope to be a similarly good mission book...that will be a very hard task as this one is so exceptional. If you want a really good missionary stories book, you've just found it!

Edith Pingal is my grandmother, and has always been an inspiration to me, feeding me in my youth on candied violets and wild mushrooms, and as I matured teaching me the secrets of her wonderful, nourishing, natural way of life. Living in the ancient backwoods of Windham, Connecticut, in the unspoiled woods was the ultimate place for an education. Reading this book is like living that life all over again!

I bought this book simply for nostalgia's sake, and because I like to recover remnants of my childhood, even if they're someone else's copy of the remnant. I think this book helped me discover/develop what I think is mild synesthesia and major photographic memory---I can still smell the scratch-n-sniff patches in my memory, and I instantly associate it with sitting in the doctor's office waiting room when I was a child. Even before I bought the book through Amazon, I remembered the smell of moss and engine grease in the back of my mind. It's a fun bonding tool for parents and kids, and a sensory delight when shared with a young one.

Not just a how-to book, but a wide-ranging and highly functional resource containing vast amounts of detailed information about program planning, assessment, and treatment. Its real strength lies in the fact that the practical suggestions for treatment are accompanied by strong theory and process-oriented examples for applying strategies and techniques.

If you are a music therapist or special education professional, we think you will find these clearly defined guidelines, case samples, and step-by-step instructions will enable you to bring about dramatic improvements in both adults and children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

I never thought that I could sympathize with a woman who threw furniture. Edith Piaf is so full of love in her honesty about her wretched start in life, that after a few chapters I was ready to forgive anything. Drug addiction, alchoholism, squandering money, desperate liasons, you name it, and this was the '50's. Is that Piaf singing on the old record in the subway scene in Amelie? Maybe that's why I bought the book but I liked it, anyway.

"My Night With Federico Garcia Lorca"/"Mi Noche con Federico Garcia Lorca" is a bilingual edition of poetry by Jaime Manrique, the versatile and talented author who was born in Colombia. Manrique's Spanish poems have been translated into an engaging free verse by Edith Grossman and Eugene Richie. Each two-page spread contains Manrique's Spanish originals on the even-numbered page, with the English version on the odd-numbered page.

Manrique writes about a number of subjects: family, childhood, nature, art, Latin American life, and gay love. His poetry is direct and passionate, and is marked by sensuous imagery. Many of the poems seem to be autobiographical in nature.

There are many standout poems in this excellent collection. One of my favorites is his beautiful "Ode to Hummingbird," which contains these memorable lines: "Others think I'm looking into infinite green; / a hummingbird is only visible to the eyes of love." The poem "Toadstools" has a wildly mystical flavor. Another poetic triumph is the title poem, a gentle narrative in which an elderly gay man remembers his night of passion with Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca.

Much of this book complements Manrique's excellent prose work "Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me." That volume is a blend of autobiography and literary biography, and readers who enjoy "My Night.../Mi Noche..." will probably like "Eminent Maricones" too.

I highly recommend "My Night.../Mi Noche...". If you are interested in Latino/Hispanic studies, gay literature, or contemporary poetry, spend your own night of passion with Jaime Manrique.