I have gone through the directory and it is well organised. The content is quite comprehensive. However I would prefer a CD version of this directory for reasons of convenience. I couldn't find any mention about the availability or otherwise of a CD version. If it is available I would like to know the rate.

This is a good, short read. I would recommend it to readers of all ages and stages of life.

This book is a great book for all. It covers issues such as coping with the death of a loved one, sibling rivalry, and pressure put on children to do beyond their very best at any cost. Even though it's written at a lower reading level, I think adults can still learn a thing or two from it. It reminds us all that God loves us and that He's there watching over us, and that we don't always have to work so hard to try to deserve it. I recommend this book to anyone who loves the show Touched by an Angel, and anyone who doesn't!

As I've stated in several other reviews, I used to read this series of books to my much-younger adopted sisters back when they were first in print in the 80s and early 90s. Now that I have a child of my own I have been re-collecting these books to read to him.

The artwork in this book is not nearly as strong as one sees from the usual Sesame Series artists, Chartier and Matheiu, but you can certainly recognize all the characters in Grover's classroom from previous books in this series. The basis of the storyline for this book centers on Barry, a new kid starting school in Grover's class. Grover goes out of his way repeatedly to help Barry, and even overlooks some of his rude behavior (ie pushing Molly out of the way and cutting in line on the slide at lunch) to be his friend. After Barry draws a fire truck on Grover's post-lunch masterpiece painting, Grover has had the last straw and confronts Barry, who then apologizes, saying he 'forgot how to be nice today', and then Barry has a complete turnaround and is helpful and friendly to all the other children and Grover. While it is understandable to the adults reading this book why Barry is acting the way he is (nervous about being new and not acting like himself), this is never really clarified enough for a young child to really understand. (My sisters used to always wonder why Barry was so mean and that it didn't make any sense for him to act so mean to the other kids when he didn't know them). The author also does not seem to keep the previous classmates used in other books in character -- I admit to laughing out loud at Truman's criticism of Barry's rude behavior when he was himself the rude antagonist in the Grover Goes to School book, the first of the Grover books in this series.

This is a good choice if your child is as crazy about Grover as mine is, or you like to read the Grover books to your children, but it you are looking for the best of this series, this is not one of them.