Lee Bennett Hopkins asked me several years ago to write a poem about Helen Keller. The result is included in this volume of poems for children. I insisted that Anne Sullivan be included in the poem because if you read Keller's autobiography you will see the way she sees Sullivan is part of herself. It affected me very much and the result is "Till". The rest of this unusual volume (see review by a teacher in Customer Reviews) is unusual in two ways. First, there is real poetry here. Lines with emotion arranged in a beautiful way by the poet. Second, poems aboutfamous Americans are rare in children's literature. Hopkins is the authority on children's poetry after the late Myra Cohn Livingston.

Hopkins selected these poems, arranged them, and the result is a true book. Books these days tend to be thrown together and not very interesting. You'll love poems about Martin Luther King with the lines, "Now ten-ton bells together swing: Remember / Martin /Luther/ King. The simple beauty of the rhyme "swing" and "King" with its heaviness and that optimistic preacher's name.

Lee Bennett Hopkins, who loves Hughes' poetry became a scholar on Hughes (See his book of Hughes' poetry "The Dream Keeper" and "Don't You Turn Back" if you can find it). He wrote "Dreamer"--it begins, "He let us kiss the the April rain." Later this wonderful rhyme: "He syncopated beats/ of Harlem blues. / O! /The might/ of / Langston Hughes." There are poems on Whitman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sacagawea, Rosa Parks and more.

Many of these Americans have never had a poem written of them. I looked at this book critically. After all, we are critics. It's worthwhile. As I see it, Lee Bennett Hopkins is an American treasure.

The librarians of this nation are his greatest fans. What better recommendation for any author. America, let's value what we should value--you can begin at these "Lives Poems About Famous Americans."

Never have I seen a poetry book like this one. This is a teacher's dream. Use this in the classroom to 'spark' an interest in Helen Keller, Buzz Aldrin, Langston Hughes, or Eleanor Roosevelt. Feed the fascination for John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Langston Hughes or Babe Ruth. Powerful and poetic 'moments in time' of some of our greatest Americans. This book is for everyone.

This book offers the most up-to-date and original policy recommendations on how to improve US reputation and effectiveness at the UN. Endorsed by a broad spectrum of foreign policy intellectuals, from left to right, it makes a strong case that without closer cooperation among the world's democracies, the UN will remain hostage to repressive governments who throw sand in the gears of the UN.

The basic approach of this book is help the believing spouse understand his/her unbelieving spouse for the purpose of having him/her convert. As a former believer that deconverted after getting married, I understand the difficulties of having a spouse that no longer believes the same way that you do. I also feel that this stress is intensified when a spouse closes themselves off to the possibility that perhaps their beliefs might be the ones that are in error.

I would suggest that both spouses should examine their beliefs closely, as well as the beliefs of their spouse. Openness, not agreement, should be the goal. Many believers have never critically examined both sides of the issue and may find that the cases for faith and Christ (Strobel's other books notwithstanding) aren't as solid as they were led to believe.

There is a wealth of information in this book. I want to run my highlighter through most of the pages because there is so much valuable insight! If you are a Christian and your wife is not or vice versa...GET THIS! Lee Strobel was an atheist. Leslie Strobel became a Christian. Two worlds collided. Find out what is going on in each of these two worlds and how you can bring them together. This is one book that I'll probably start reading all over again as soon as I finish with it this time around!

The first several chapters must have been written from my living room! Leslie's account of the emotions and struggles of a new Christian married to a non-christian, and Lee's own accounts of his confusion and struggles has helped me understand what is going on in my own situation.

I would recommend this book for either person in a spiritually mismatched relationship. This is also a good book for anyone who knows such a couple or is involved in ministry.

I bought "Intuitive Light" to learn more about techniques in pastel media. I thought the book is useful in this regard. The book could have been much better if other work was also displayed and discussed. The entire book shows nothing but Albert Handell's paintings. In my own opinion I like to see painting instruction show lots of different artist's work.

I have always wanted to attend a seminar given by Mr.Handell, however due to allergys, it has not been possible. I am so pleased that his book is available and it is all that I had hoped for and a treasure to review again and again.

Not a workshop-type paint-by-numbers book, the book is more a photo-gallery packed with colorful, clearly rendered paintings. The text illustrates how the artist "sees" light under different conditions, for "light" itself is the subject matter Mr. Handell's paintings. The artist/author is very cognizant of the emotional effect that light conditions create in a viewer, and extremely gifted at translating this response through pigment. The paintings in this book show the success of Mr. Handell's emotional approach. Gives insight into "seeing" and "frame of mind".