Kind of expensive, but probably worth it!

I, too, used to read this book over and over! Wish it were still in print, can't even find it in the library. Amazon, please see if you can get this published again! Thank you!

I used to read this book over and over in elementary school! I just couldn't get enough of it! A story about a poor family that moves to San Francisco and the girl's mother makes extra money by jarring pickles, which she has to help with and she always smells like pickles, so the neighborhood kids start calling her "Pickle". She eventually finds a friend in the "witch" who lives across the street. Classic story about trying to fit in and wanting to be with the "in" crowd.

FIRE IS FAVORABLE TO THE DREAMER is a lively and interesting book of poems.  These are not poems so obscure that the reader has no idea what the poet is saying but poems about love and loss.  There are personal poems of love and loss, but much of the book is narrative poems about real people such as Mary Todd Lincoln, Picasso, or the sailors of the Russian submarine the Kursk.  In contrast to these poems, some of the work is surreal and has the aura of myth or fairy tale.  This is a collection of immense breadth and depth.  I meant to open it and read a few poems but found myself reading on and on. I can't recommend it highly enough!

If you buy one poetry book in the year 2003, make it Fire Is Favorable to the Dreamer, by Susan Terris. Sorrows of everyday life discover their niches, then move beyond the mundane into a world where grief itself teaches us to harbor the light within. Among my favorite poems were "Breaking Away From the Family" in which the author remembers her father's death: "Mother's pork sausage fingers" and the "stiff portrait" of five faces left behind.

Terris is a poet with the gift of understatement and grace. Stark, emotional realities are made into art and laced with a hint of mystery. Her readers will meet death, cancer, the roles of men and women, and growing up -- all in compelling new ways. Section three (entitled Blue Roses) is reminiscent of Tennessee Williams' famous play The Glass Menagerie, where light affords studious appraisal of one's life and mortal limits. Terris is one of the most profound and eloquent new voices in Amercian poetry today.

Janet I. Buck, author of Calamity's Quilt

This delightful cookbook is part of the American Girls Pastimes series, and focuses on the sort of recipes that would have been used during the time of Kirsten Larson, 1854. The book begins with some historical notes on pioneer kitchens and eating, and includes a short prayer in Swedish (which my eleven-year-old daughter is trying to memorize). Then the book launches into the recipes. First comes breakfast with homemade sausage patties, hard-boiled eggs (and how to serve), Swedish rice porridge, round rye bread (all hand made), homemade butter, and ginger cookies. Next comes dinner with baked ham slice, Swedish potatoes (better than scalloped potatoes!), cabbage and apple salad, fruit soup, and Swedish almond rusks. Then comes favorite foods, which includes potato soup, Swedish meatballs, fresh applesause, Swedish pancakes, St. Lucia buns, and Pepparkakor cookies (ginger cookies, a traditional Christmas treat, but good anytime). The final chapter is on planning a pioneer party.

This is a very good recipe book. The recipes in here are all easily within the ability of a youngster who is guided by an adult with even moderate experience in the kitchen; no special tools are need. My daughter already made the Swedish pancakes (yum!), and is planning a Swedish meal (at which she'll recite the prayer). I can't wait.

This is a very nice book, an excellent recipe book, and an excellent addition to your Kirsten library.

The recipes are wonderful, and the history is easy to take in. I learned quite a bit from this book without any suffering. There are lots of pictures, including photos. This is my kind of cookbook! I intend to buy the other cookbooks in this series.

Baby-Snatcher, by Susan Terris, is a great book of mystery, excitement and love. I enjoyed reading the book. I finished it in one day; it was so good. I recommend this book to everyone. I give Susan Terris a very big compliment on this wonderful book!

Susan Terris's "Curved Space"is a stunning achievement. She is a remarkably connected poet, with freshness of vision, skill and intelligence Her poems not only reflect , her conviction and integrity but the ability to transform all of these superlative qualities into poetry thatn enchant her readers. "Curved Space" is overflowing with rigorously crafted, strongly felt poetry that is also earthy, celebratory and full of wisdom. Her immense knowledge and imagination lend authenticity to her work. There are so many layers, so many levels to explore and a fearlessness that makes white rafting, shooting rapids and mountain climbing seem like child's play. "Curved Space" is a work of immense courage, sensitivity and God-given talent that make every page of this book an adventure, a pleasure and a discovery. Ruth Daigon (editor of Poets On:) author of "Between One Future And the Next" (Papier-Mache Press).

Collaboratively compiled and edited by C.B. Follett and Susan Terris, Runes: A Review Of Poetry is an eclectic collection of original free-verse by a very wide assortment of quiet talented poets. From reverence for the seasons, to practical difficulties of daily life, to solemn homages to the dead, Runes presents a series of vivid, inspirational, and memorable readings. Jesus in America: He stands on the corner/of Market Street/with hands agape at his sides./Each Tear from his eye reflects/the city's starvation./He opens his doors, the robes/of his church,/to reveal the neon heart/blinking through its thorns;/he looks up the huge golden arcs/of fast food reaching for heaven/from across the street./He is the bun of God, the cola of deliverance. Dancing Bear

"Samantha's Cookbook" is a great book for young cooks. It brings girls back to the early 1900's. They have great recipes! If you ever have a project to do on the 1900's, this book would definetley help you! This is an awesome book and I highly recommend it!

This book touched my heart. Knowing that people actually lived a hard life by having Polio was heart breaking. Some people cared and others didn't. "Wings and Roots" taught me how to care about others. Knowing a book can teach people how to act tells you something. People need our help everyday, Jennie helped Kit and gave him courage, while he gave her strength. While I was reading the book I realized that people can all teach eachother. I mow look forward to meeting people and helping others. The auther did a great job writing this book and bringing out different types of feelings.

I first read this book when I was about ten years old. Its sense of longing for love and belonging not just in Zucchini, but in the boy Billy as well makes this book a perfect companion for all of us who have at one time or another been a lonely, scared child in a big scary world. The bond between the ferret and the boy is quite touching, and will warm even the coldest heart.

The only problem with this book is Ms. Dana's misinformation about ferret diet (try feeding a ferret a carrot!), but that by no means takes away from the quality of this story. This is one of those rare children's books that will find its way into your heart as well.

While Barbara Dana gets a large number of ferret facts wrong in this book, Zucchini is still a delightful tale of two soul mates: Zucchini the ferret and Billy, a boy. Both Billy and Zucchini are searching for something in their lives, but neither knew it was each other. The sequel, Zucchini Out West, is a better book both from the ferret fact and character development standpoints.

I thought this was a great book and it was a very creative and
imaginative book.I think the author did a wonderful job on this book and had some really great ideas for this book.I hope everybody will read this story.This book was about a girl who didn't like her life at all and one day she starts to scratch her arm and when she gets home sha finds out she has the chickenpox.So she cuts off all her hair.

I found this book very dark and questionable. I was not sure what the message of the author was. I know there was one, but it was depressing.

I think this is a great book.. I read it the first time when I was 14, and again at 18 and have been looking to buy it ever since! I beleive this book touches on a lot of things, yes anorexia being one of them (although it is never really fouced on, then again in the 1800s I don't think it was as widely known as know), as well as oppression of women, etc. I think anyone, young or old, should read this book!

i love this book i'm 14 and i had to read this book for a school project and i do not regret choosing this book. i loved it. highly recommended.