THis is not the best book ever, need I say more.

A must have for all Buckeye fans out there!! Concise, clear, written ideas, and bright energetic pictures. Kids and adults alike will enjoy reading about the qualities that make up a TRUE BUCKEYE!!:) Go Bucks!

The transcendentally goofy charm of James Marshall is the only thing that holds this "novel" together, but that's plenty. At the raw end of winter, Emily the pig and Eugene the turtle are trying to cheer up their sick and grumpy friend Carruthers the bear. Finally Eugene succeeds with a story about the three of them taking an imaginary summer boat ride down the river. The encounters Eugene describes are funny and vivid. Although his tale doesn't add up to a real story, Carruthers and Emily don't appear to mind. My kids (7 and 3) didn't mind, either; the three of us loved the book. Still, I couldn't help thinking it was all an elaborate inside joke. The incidental characters are drawn with remarkable sharpness, and their behavior has a kind of real-life untidiness. They sound like caricatures of people we don't know -- but would recognize on sight. In one chapter we meet two mole sisters who have somehow gotten stranded on a rock in the middle of the river, and the three friends help them to shore. "'We never found out how they got to be on that rock in the first place,' said Emily, when they were once again on their way." (page 53) If you figure it out, please let me know.

This was a great guide to the Arizona scenic highways. there were alot of choices and depending on which part of Arizona you were traveling, this book gives you a less "touristic" option. I myself did the Apache trail. This book gave an accurate description on how "hazardous" this trip would be. I wish I would've paid more attention to the recommended time for travel. As usual, I assumed I could travel "faster" and missed some sights by minutes. Anyway, I highly recommend this book. Wish they would come up with others. Arizona is a beautiful state and has plenty to offer in rgs to scenic highways.

Fly your imagination and feed your spirit with Emily Pig, Eugene turtle and the other cool animals.

Three up a Tree by James Marshall is a good story I think kids would enjoy this story if they just sat down and read this story aloud even if you don't read it aloud it is a good story too just sit around the television and read it. This story has Three main characters by the names of Sam, Spider, and Lolly they build a tree house in their tree and go up in their to tell stories to each other and Lolly tells her story first and it goes like this. A doll and Chicken went for a walk and they got lost and then they were going down a spooky street they ran into a monster and they decided to run away from the monster and the monster followed them the doll and chicken ran as fast as they could they ran so fast that they got tired and climbed up a tree and the monster did the same as the monster approached he opened his mouth and asked the doll to tie his shoe. A classic story Spiders story is about a chicken who caught the wrong bus and went into Fox town and then a blind fox sat next to her and asked if her if he could go to dinner with her and she said she already had 10 people and then the fox stole her grocery bags and ran off with what in the bag '' worms. That was also a good one. And then Sam's story goes like this A monster woke up hungry and he had the urge for ice cream so he went around the town asking people if they know were he could get ice cream and a doll and chicken said yes and they went to the bank and robbed it they hurried up and the monsters realized that they were bank robbers and he returned the money to the bank and he got all the ice cream he wanted. And then they couldn't decide which story is the best so they tell them the stories again. The illustrations a good too. But don't take my word for it go to your local library and check out 'Three up a Tree' you won't regret it. And remember read 20 minutes a day. Thank You.

We thought this book was funny and good because it made us laugh

Okay, okay, so I thought it was a little lame at first but my three year old loves it! I read it again and again and she is starting to pick out the stories and the words. Now, she wants to tell me a "story" which she always starts with "Chandler's Story". I love the way she gets excited about this "storytelling" and it's all because I picked this book up as I was leaving the library. Cute illustrations, cute stories that build on each other, cute, cute, cute.

James Boswell wrote what is considered by many to be the greatest biography ever written. He does do an excellent job of describing to the reader what kind of person Samuel Johnson was, as he makes an artfully vivid portrait of his subject. However, it is unfortunately better art than history. It is factually inaccurate, painfully repetitive, and leaves the reader with little understanding of why Samuel Johnson was an important man at all.

The only review for this book ('a reader from Kansas City') is somewhat misguided and perhaps refers to the Life of Johnson in general.

Professor Waingrow's volume (1 of a projected 4) of the Original Manuscript of James Boswell's Life of Johnson is an invaluable work of scholarship which should stimulate Boswellian and Johnsonian studies for generations to come.

The reader is able to trace, though Waingrow's thorough and careful annotations, changes made to the text by Boswell throughout all stages of composition. Much is explained through detailed footnotes and there is a full introduction which explains Prof. Waingrow's own method of annotation and includes some speculation concerning the interest of the manuscript edition for scholars.

The work is designed as a companion to the Hill-Powell edition of the Life of Johnson; each page is provided with the corresponding number in their edition.

It thus holds much for those interested in the study of Boswell's methodology, but all Johnsonian scholars and those interested in the tradition of biographical writing will benefit from this work.

Walkabout is a dated novel. It contains many inaccurracies of animal and bird habitats. The Animals and birds referred to and written about in the novel could not possibly exist in the area in question. Further, references to appropriate "bush tucker" that the local people would take advantage of is not discussed.
It is extremely racist, the aboriginal protagonist does not get identified either by name or is he given the courtesy of being referred to with capital letters. The author continues to refer to the Aboriginal boy, as "bush boy" until his death. He refers to the Australian Aborigines as being "primitive", but does show how they have successfully lived in a hostile environment for 40,000 years or more. They had a very complex social organisation.
References to Afro Americans as negroes who only undertake menial tasks further highlights the author's insensitivity towards any group that is perceived as different to his ethnocentric nature.
References to the Aboriginal naming of topographical features in the Outback of Australia, further reinforces this point. The Dreamtime legends of the Australian Aborigines support the naming of water holes and mountains or rocky outcrops as being the result of mythical fights, or where the Dreamtime Serpent slept or made his toilet, a far more earthy approach than that proposed by the author, who waxes poetically about "the valley of waters under the earth."
Further diplays of the author's ignorance of the Aboriginal culture is shown with the whole idea of the Aboriginal people's battle with death. What an absurd idea! What culture lives continually in fear of death or dying? The idea of a medicine man pointing the bone has an element of truth, in which the author has taken advantage and used on a young boy. This boy has his life ahead of him and is undertaking his entry toward manhood with his walkabout, why should he even think about dying, what has he done to break a tribal taboo? We are not let into this secret, so we can only assume that the author is using his artistic licence.(Tribe is deemed by some people to be a politically incorrect word)
If this is the only view that some overseas students get of outback Australia and the beautiful Aboriginal people then I would have grave concerns about using this book as a class room text. My students research these details, find all the inaccuracies and come to their own conclusions.

Walkabout is a story of the unification of two cultures that are 10,000 years apart. Peter and Mary, two American kids from Charleston, South Carolina, end up in the ruthless Australian outback where not one person is found in miles, just true desolation, after their plane crashes on a flight to visit their uncle in civilized Adelaide. However they don't encounter what we call civilized. Almost on the point of dying they find an aborigine who saves them from hunger. The boy teaches them how to survive in his habitat from finding alkaloola (water) to how to kill fish in a fresh water pond. The aborigine performs his tribal dances, taking them hand in hand through the weird and mysterious world of one of the most primitive cultures ever seen on earth. One of the most important customs performed by the aboriginal people is the "walkabout" really the initiation to manhood, just like the bush boy is doing in the story, Mary and Peter however are not on a walkabout to manhood but a walk for survival. The author explains the wonderful surroundings with such detail that you feel you are there living every moment. From Koalas to baby Wombats, reading this book is like diving into an ecological realm. A story of insight and warmth straight from the heart. The book accomplishes what it's set out for to teach us more about the aboriginal people, as each chapter, which might seem long but very informative. If you are being assigned this book get ready to consider it a gift and if you are reading by choice you are guaranteed to consider it a very smart move.

This book challenged my intellect and it was very informative about the aboriganals that live in the Australian outback. It involved many aspects of life like, Racial issues and survival. It also has a very good moral, "If there's a will there's a way." It is also informative about some of the animals that live in the desert and how they survive. In my perspective it is just a good book and it kept me occupied. You should give this book a try, I think that you wil like it to.

We enjoyed our first Fox book, Fox on the Job, but Fox All Week is notably less enjoyable for two reasons: 1) it is much less funny and 2) one of the stories shows Fox and his friends smoking cigars. Marshall tries to treat the subject with intended humor, but it is lost on children ages 4-8. This age group is not able to understand such tongue-in-cheek humor until older and the result of the cigar smoking story is confusion about whether smoking is OK for kids.

I never saw my 6 year old nephew laugh so hard. He has several Fox books and has read them all over and over again. We both liked this one because Fox is so funny while he gets himself into some kind of trouble every day of the week! A word of caution: I only gave this book 4 stars because Fox and his friends smoke a cigar in this book. I didn't think the lesson they learned from it was strong enough.

This is a good book on teaching children how to behave. Most children follow their own rules until someone teaches them how to act. Thats the way it is in this book. The parents are glad that their kids have to go to school, becasue they do not know how to make their children behave at home. Even though their parents love them, they are sick of their behavior. Getting in trouble is always fun for them until they met their new principal. Then their behavior's change.

I like htis book because the teacher enforces the rules, and tries to make them behave properly. He is a weird teacher, yet he helps the two children learn the rules. He teaches them that pranks aren't good, especially at school. I also like the twist at the end of this book. You do not know what to expect until you are done reading the book.

My favorite character in this story is Joe. He has already met the new principal, and has learned that this principal hates kids. That will not stop oe and Spud. They are on a mission to make trouble and wreck everyones first day of school.