I bought this book for my 3 & 4 year olds. The pictures are fun and imaginative. Best of all, the face paints are like crayons and wash off very easily. They are able to face paint themselves with very little mess or help from me.

We got "Percy's Fancy Face Paint Party" at my child's nursery school book fair about ten years ago. It is still our most-consulted resource for faces for costume parties and Hallowe'en.

The face paints are very high-quality and they do not stain skin or clothes. I intend to order it again just for the paints, and so that both our daughters can have a copy for their kids.

Book was in perfect condition - arrived within 5 days - could not ask for better service

This book is a must for English majors, Comp. Lit. majors, graduate students in literature (those who aren't too busy grinding away, wasting their time on trendy but sterile literary theory). For those who wish to be truly literate, this book is a great help.

It has been a favorite pastime of academic biographers of both Shelley and Byron to deride Trelawny. This should suprise nobody. To begin with, with few exceptions, one of the primary qualifications of being a full-fledged academic is delight in derision, especially in derision of those who have firsthand knowledge of the subjects they have spent hours in the stacks on University libraries to gain, perhaps, one mote of additional information.-The common criticism of Trelawny is that he was "naive"-By this they mean that his gives a simple, straightforward account of the time he spent with the two great poets without any ponderous theories to bog him down.-Trelawny first admired Byron, but quickly became disillusioned with his cynicism and became a lifelong admirer of Shelley, so much so that he remarked thus, "As a general rule,threfore, it is wise to avoid writers whose works amuse or delight you, for when you see them they will delight you no more. Shelley was a grand exception to this rule. To form a just idea of his poetry, you should have witnessed his daily life; his words and actions best illustrated his writings." After Shelley's death, he continues to follow Byron on his misadventures until his death. The book is a treat in that it is a delight to read, with page-turning accounts of his roistering times with two great men who shaped our literary world.-Not one footnote! He was there!

If you're interested in the life of Edward John Trelawny, you'll have to look elsewhere. Suffice it to say that Tre' (as his friends knew him) was a privateer, a scoundrel, a lover of poetry, a freedom-fighter and a loyal friend of the most prolific literary talents of the romantic period. 'The Last Days of Shelley and Byron' is an account, not of Trelawny's extraordinary life & adventures, but of the two men that helped make that life so extraordinary. In his own words, he tells of the secret lives of Byron, Claire Clairmont and the Shelley's, their romp through sunny Italy and the tragic death of Percy off the coast of Spezzia. The tale continues as Tre' follows Byron to the civil wars of Greece, where Byron too dies. To his credit, though, it is never "Trlawny's tale", but "Byron and Shelley's tale" as told by Trelawny. It is a deep, insightful book that shows the poets as only a close friend could. Yet throughout, one can not help but love Trelawny himself: the man who supported the impoverished Mary Shelley to her dying day... the man who bought a slave for $10,000 only to set him free... the man who reached into the embers of Shelly's pyre, withdrawing his heart. If you love the poetry of Byron and Shelley & have even a passing interest in the men behind the legends, then Trelawny's memoirs are a must-read.

Mystery,Supense,Romance all wrapped up in one fantasic book. Gary and Pam meeting while ordering the same ice cream. A rocky road is what they maybe on when suddenly Pam disappers without a trace, but of coarse Gary won't give up on Pam. It's a book with alot of surprises.

The Rocky Road Affair is a real page turner that makes you root for the protagonist, Gary Shuley while trying to tell him what to do. The only problem is he's only a character in a book and I found myself talking to the pages! It's a cool read and I like how the author slowly gives you a piece by piece unraveling of what is going on. It's romance, mystery, and suspense all rolled up into one. Once you start reading this book you simply can not put it down and it reads better with a bowl of rocky road ice cream too. It was cool, a must read.

The only drawback to this delightful pop-up party in a book is that some of the tabs are difficult for young fingers to pull.

For the parents who loved "The Wheels on The Bus.." pop up book, this is a must. Get two, before they run out. My 14 month old won't go to sleep without at least three encores.

Percy Walcott offers us a personal, episodic meditation, moving us from his childhood through adulthood and more. As a meditation, Seeka's Journey is intensely refreshing in its candor, inviting us all to take stock of our internal process. For those who have read not seminal New Age books like Redfield's Ninth Insight, Rodegast's Emmanuel's Book, Walsch's Conversation with God, Percy's Seeka's Journey can serve as an absolutely practical, easily accessible, and essential primer to readings that can be at once wonderfully illuminating and bewilderingly abstract. As a primer, Percy's Seeka's Journey is specifically personal and is unquestionably grounded in his lived experiences. Percy's nonjudgmental voice comes from a loving place, and we are invited thus to join him. In this sense, Percy's Seeka's Journey ably combines concrete personal insights with abstract spiritual perspectives. By combining the concrete and the abstract, Seeka's Journey moves in the order of Hicks' Abraham Speaks. Seeka's Journey is thus absolutely useful, immediately helpful. It lovingly aids us, giving us the practical, day-to-day tools that allow us to heal ourselves. I highly recommend this meditative read.

Mr. Walcott's eloquent yet succinct recollection of his personal experience through the eyes of Seeka's Journey is inspiring to us all. Having read untold spiritual and motivational books ranging from the Dalai Lama's greatest works to Gary Zukav's terrific Soul Stories, Seeka's Journey is now a gem in my spiritual library. This book comes across with courage and integrity as the author shares his personal experience. Some things you might disagree with but one thing's for sure... this book will certainly change your life! By sharing his private journey, Mr. Walcott has given us a shortcut to the path that we all seek. Seeka's Journey is a delightful voyage!

Thong Nguyen- President Dansenow Studio

Shelley is one of the greatest English-language poets the world has ever known. Contained in this Dover edition are some of the finest examples of his work: Ozymandias; his two poetic elegies, Lines Written among the Euganean Hills and Adonais; and his depiction of his relationship with Byron, Julian and Maddalo. These poems, and the others in this edition, offer an excellent introduction to Percy Shelley, and thus to Romanticism as a whole. This is the best dollar that you will ever spend.

This is a wonderful collection of Shelley's greatest poems. I checked it out of the library and was tempted never to return it.

Even though it is breif (it is a reprinting of the chapter "Sewanee" from Percy's book "Lanterns on the Levee"), this book gives a perfect picture of the University of the South. Any alumnus looking for a Sewanee fix will surely enjoy this book.

SEWANEE, by a wide margin, is the most unusual book of the year and perhaps of the decade. It is once a publishing oddity, a showcase for some outstanding writing and a hymn of praise for Sewanee, a school in Tennessee that must be as unusual as the book."

Shelley is the wild child of English poetry and his determined opposition to tyranny produced a huge variety of poetry, ranging from the rending lament of Keats in Adonais, to the defiant and taut sonnet Ozymandias. His single greatest work, however, is Prometheus Unbound, which a vast gothic ruin of neat poetry. One shot of it and you'll wonder why a) all the nice, obvious prosy bits seem to have been left out and b) why exactly you love it, and him, so much. Like a cross between a vision of God and a lobotomy.

It's strange, but he means it and the grand sweep of the poem and its rebirth of humanity (I did say this isn't kitchen sink drama) is as distinctive an experience as reading Milton for the first time or the first time you read a love letter in the bath. Holding an electric fire.

There are many other poems which should be headline news, such as Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Mont Blanc, Mutability and Ode to the West Wind, but this edition also has the advantage of including the Defence of Poetry which is the most rhapsodic and emotive arguments you'll ever have the pleasure to be swept away by. For a second you want to believe the beautiful nonsense that 'poets are the unackowledged legislators of the world'. Shelley pulls no punches in prose because he hasn't pulled any in poetry. He believes in the prophetic importance of his role and is electric enough to almost make us belive him.

This is the best student edition of Shelley's works in print. Not according to me, but to a Professor in Romantic Poetry at Oxford University. Not a bad recommendation!

The essays in this volume are generally helpful and explain the structures of the poems where useful. They are also refreshingly short. Shelley is a poet who has run close to obscurity due to reams of bad criticism (by figures as famous as Matthew Arnold and FR Leavis) who have mistaken his extraordinary originality for weakness. An easy mistake, I'm sure. Shelley's poetry is all in the mind, and the lack of concreteness can be frustrating. A bit like flying can be so much more tiresome than walking.

If you only buy one book of Shelley's works -- make it this one.

This edition contains all Shelley's major poetry, as well as three essays (see table of contents on this page).

The bonus is that, as this is a critical edition, it also contains 15 brief critical essays, which are among the best explications you'll find of Shelley's work. (Since it's a critical edition, the poems are also heavily footnoted, something you'll either love or hate.)

The only downside is that a number of Shelley's shorter and lighter poems are absent (e.g., "Love's Philosophy"), and only a small portion of "Laon and Cyntha" appears here -- but overall the selection is solid. And, like all the Norton critical editions, this is printed on decent paper, eye-straining, tissue-thin stock found in some other volumes.

Perfect for those new to Shelley as well as long-time devotees.

36 Strange Little Animals Waiting to Eat is my favorite kid cook book with the sweetest-looking creatures yet! Plus deliceous little snacks you can make for breakfast,lunch,dinner or anytime you like.It's snack-time with a twist!