What can I add? The reviews above give you the proper feeling for the story. Best of all are the female heroes, and the good deeds performed. Just in case you happen to obtain a magic pan of your own, the secret words to stop it are the translation of "Nes Gadol Haya Sham"

We have a very small religious school. Only 9 children from kindergarten through 6th grade. Wanted to do something with them for Chanukah. Found Latkes, Latkes. Read it to them. They loved it! I rewrote it as a play and they performed it. The parents and other members of the congregation loved it! The latkes luncheon after the play was the sour cream and applesauce for the day! I was extremely pleased with this book!

This Chanukah is an excellent story for the season. Sadie and her four younger brothers are poor and always hungry, but Sadie is given a frying pan that cooks up latkes on demand. When her brothers become involved in the find, trouble ensues.

This was one of my favorite books growing up -- although back then it was published as a BIG Golden Book, not a "Little" one... I've ordered one for my son to enjoy, because all these many years later, my mother still won't let me have possession of the copy I grew up with. The illustrations on the original were by Leonard Weisgard, and were stunning -- I only hope that the new version does the original justice

This is one of my all time favorite books. I loved it when I was a little girl. I read it even today, when I need a little lift. It's such a cute story. My copy of the book isn't exactly like this one, it's an older version, and falling apart from repeated use. This is one of the greatest children's stories of all times, and your kids are sure to love it.

This is one of the dearest children's books I have ever read to my children! It has such a poetic quality and such a sweet story. I have read it so many times to my children that our copy is falling apart. The one that I have is illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, and the pictures are darling.

It is a very original and interesting play. With all the characters being quite complex. I enjoyed this, and it will be a pleasure, and experience and certaitnly a challenge to play the character of Naomi for my freshman drama class.

There's something in this collection for everyone. The title play is a terrific satire of the post-modern family unit. The rest of the plays are funny as well. A worth-while one-act collection for any would-be actor/director to own, especially those who appreciate thearte of the absurd with a biting touch of realism.

I watched this play performed by the graduating students of a local college. The actress who did Naomi was OTT brilliant. If directed well, this short play has tremendous potential.

I heard Naomi and her father on NPR discussing the book, and I bought it out of curiousity. It is delightful. You see the original letter that Naomi wrote, as well as the response. Definitely a great way for parent and child to bond, as well as a great lesson in how to do research and how to find the answers to your questions.

I think that this book is a great way for kids to get awnsers to their questions and without their parents help! I personally loved it to the last drop and I know alot of kids who also loved it. I would recomend it to anyone who likes asking questions.

This book is a great tool for kids and parents alike to write with their children. Both parents and kids will like the humor and frankness Naomi uses to write her letters. She is a very talented author for such a little girl!

Naomi Zikmund Fisher's book was a wonderful read. You want to know how the story ends. Ms. Zikmund-Fisher gives you the human face of a caregiver and the energy it takes to be one--not a white-washed version of the transplant process. You share her and her families fears and uncertainties. You also experience her joys and successes along the way.

It contains practical information for caregivers and the friends who love and want to suppport those involved.

For those interested in a truly honest account of the transplant experience, as seen through the eyes of a devoted wife, this is a real page-turner. It describes the challenges and frustration they endure, her determination to make her husband a survivor so that he can see their baby grow up, and is sprinkled with a sense of humor that will make you laugh.

It doesn't sugar-coat the experience, but does help the reader to understand a lot of what people can expect to go through, hopefully preparing them to better deal with it themselves, if they need to.

after having meet mrs james at a chicago lunch i was moved to read her book about her single handed trip around the world. her strugles and fight againist the sea as well as her own mind were delightful to read and a real insight to such a long hard isolation at sea

I read this when it first came out & have never forgotten it. I was just learning to sail & it really stuck with me. I am in the process of trying to find the book. I have told so many people about I want to loan it to friends.

Need something that touches on a little of everything you need to know to plan a wedding? Try this book. It gives you a timeline of how far ahead you should plan, a very useful template for planning your budget, planning what style wedding to have, and even what styles of wedding gowns are best for different body types. While this book doesn't have ALL the information you need, it certainly is a great planning book, including crafts for those who want to make items for their (or someone elses!) wedding.

For the price, I think it's a great book to help you keep track of what things you need to get done, without pulling out your hair

I found this book in the library and checked it out continuously. Here are instructions for making all those high-priced accesories, like the frilly stuff for toasting glasses and cake knife sets. I got all that for a lot less than buying a set and it looked so much better. You can buy the toasting glasses and cake knife and server individually (and cheaper) and then decorate them yourself. Ring pillows, purses, garter, whatever you like. It's all here in this book.

I read this book after my first year of college, where i had taken two religion courses, and i thought this book was marvelous. it looks at idolatry from the judaic perspective, and gives what i thought was a good discussion of the phenomenon from many different points of view - the torah, the prophets, Maimonides, Nachmanides - wow. It also includes some discussion of relevant but more general aspects of judaism, like the sefirot. i felt like this book helped my understanding not only of idolatry but of judaism as a whole. in short - interesting ideas, very well said.

This is a book that is deep in thought and that allows a person to do critical thinking about personal values and scripture. It isnt biased, but allows for more meaning to be found in the scripture than what is the norm. If you are looking for a book that is scholarly and that you will learn from, then this is the book to buy. One reading alone will not suffice, and each time you reread you get more out of it. It is good for people wanting to look at spirituality inside and outside of religion.

This is absolutly one of the bibles for anyone into strange cinema. Whilst the book has its faults (hence not a full 5 star rating) it does provide a major survey of a little regarded (even in Japan)aspect of world cinema. It contains details of so many mouthwatering films, that one feels compelled to foregive the numerous mistakes in the film synopsise. However the main difficulty with this book is that films are listed under the literal translation of their Japanese titles, so be prepared to examine your video cases to try and work out what title the film is listed under (a cross index of titles in English/ International release titles would be v. welcome). Having said that it is an utterly invaluable volume, which sets a benchmark for the rest of the Weissers' series. Recommended for anyone into World Cinema not just exploitation anoraks!

This book, by Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser of Asian Cult Cinema fame, takes on the "Pink Film" era with an unprecedented scope. The era of the "Pink Films," one of cultural and artistic daring and experimentation in Japan, has hardly been chronicled in the English language, but this book solves that problem! The book is a giant volume, filled with reviews and articles. The Weissers made it their intent to catalog every "Pink Film" that had a theatrical release, and they come as close to doing that as possible! Add to that the intelligent, thought-provoking articles on the history of the medium and an introduction by "Pink Film" star of stars, Naomi Tani, and the result is an absolutely stunning achievement in film history and criticism! A must-have work for any Japanese film completist.

In production, Naomi Wallace's play can be a seductively haunting and beautiful depiction of plague-stricken London. Her poetic prowess is such that the tone of the piece hangs in the back of one's mind for days, with turns of phrase re-entering the consciousness without warning. Furthermore, the script is laced with sufficient humor to keep the darker tone from becoming caricatured or overly monotonous.

Unfortunately, the piece fails on a more essential level. For all of Ms. Wallace's ability as a poet and wordsmith, her instincts as a dramatist are somewhat weak. The motivations of the individual characters, and their resulting interactions with one another, are often difficult, and sometimes impossible, to make sense of as parts of a significant whole. Though its external beauty may be deceiving, one is left with an unshakeable feeling that "One Flea Spare" is essentially hollow beneath the surface, and this is a charge of which the piece cannot acquit itself.

Wallace's One Flea Spare is nearly unbearably beautiful in its precise language and poetic images, such as a woman who has not been touched by her husband in years speaking of a horse burning in a stable fire. The characters are all stuck in both a real and a metaphorical prison (people did get locked into their houses in plague ridden England)and can not escape each other. The class system is suddenly kicked aside when all the characters find they must depend on one another for their very survival. It speaks politically but the voice is never pedantic, as the honesty of the narrator, a witty and relentlessly observant young girl strips the pretenses and defences of the the adults around her in ways that are startingly funny.
The drama and suspense is fired up by the situation and by the building sexual tensions and confronations. Politics, voyeurism, poetry. It's all here. A brilliant work.

This startling and fresh drama actually takes place in 1665, and concerns two upper class Londoners who get locked into a house with a sailor and a mysterious little girl. Because a servant died of plague in the house, the house has been boarded up for thirty days. Therefore, the four occupants must spend this time together in confines too close for comfort. What transpires in this at times hilarious black comedy is a disturbing clash of classes, and an exploration of gender roles and the body.

What is especially striking in the play is the erotic and strange love story between the sailor, Bunce, and the much older Darcy. Darcy's body has been badly burned from a childhood accident. In one scene of searing erotic intensity, Bunce touches her body in different places to see where she has feeling left. In another scene, Darcy puts her finger into a wound in Bunce's side. These are the sort of disturbing and erotic gender-bending scenes for which Wallace is known. This play will not disappoint!