This book is a wonderful introduction to the rain forest and poison dart frogs for children. The story takes you through the life of a strawberry poison dart frog (my daughter Jessie's favorite frog) from egg to adult. The story is excellent and the pictures are fantastic! I have been to La Selva twice so I can say that the story and pictures are realistic. A picture quiz at the end of the book will keep your eyes open for other rain forest wildlife living in the pictures of this wonderful book. I instruct environmental education programs and use this book often. Enjoy!

This book has been advertised as comic and touching. Well for Liverpool residebts its fine since the language used is too dialectical. The main story is good and absorbing but deliberately and excess camaraderie is shown among the servants the master. It seems artificial at times.

Not bad for a rainy afternoon but tends to drag at times. I had to skip over many pages to keep the interest going....

Rachita

Forgettable characters and slow plot. Too many references to music vocabulary (it's part of the plot and you can't avoid it).

Yes, this is a mystery for musicians to enjoy. I read it and gave it to two other friends who loved it. While the music of Mozart plays no part in the story whatsoever, all of the main charactors have cleverly been named after people in Mozart's life. See if you can figure it out!

I also enjoyed the description of the live concert. Anyone who has been on a stage trying to perform live will empathize with these musicians.