I consider myself a pretty well-educated man but I have to admit something. All my life I've been completely unaware that there was anything else, in terms of Mythology, besides the Classic Greek/Roman "sagas."

The Eygptians are in a class by themselves. It is so hard to believe that one Egyptian King could only utter 675 words. And I think how fortunate we are and how we absolutely "demolish" the English language.

I am glad that this book was written for young adults (I'm very far from that age) maybe they would become aware of how far language has come and begin to have some regard for our own language.

I am so impressed!!

"The Cat Dancer"

I loved this book and thought the use of the dialect gave a real feel for the time and place that the book was written about. For a few days I was Minner and living in the Smoky Mountains. It is great look into a life different from today. I sure hope there are more stories to come from Mrs. McCracken.

This was an execellent learning tool to introduce my 9th grade homeschooler to great works in literature. After reading this book he started reading more of the classic novels.

Specifically written for children ages 5 to 12, A Handful Of Lightning: Full Participation Science Experiments For Young Scientists showcases a series of fun, safe, and informative hands-on experiments designed to teach children about basic principles of the physical sciences. The "kid friendly" experiments are organized into sections on Air and Water (pressure, Bernoulli's Principle, and more); Earthy Sciences Weather (recycling, pollution, gardening); and Physical Science (light and sound, chemistry, magnetism, and more). All of the experiments meet the Colorado State Science Standards and National Science Content Standards and are ideal supplements to any classroom or home schooling curriculum. A Handful Of Lightning is highly recommended for parents, teachers, science fair coordinators, and anyone else charged with the responsibility for teaching elementary school aged children about the wonders and uses of science and experimentation.

Here There Be Dragonnes is an omnibus editon of three novels: The Unlikely One, Pigs Don't Fly, and Master of Many Treasures. These three novels are prequels to Dragonne's Eg.

The Unlikely Ones tells of a quest by the girl Thing, the crow Corby, the toad Puddy, the kitten Moglet and the fish Pisky. They meet a hornless unicorn and a cursed knight on the road. All have been hexed by an evil witch and are seeking aid from the Dragon of Black Mountain.

Pigs Don't Fly is the story of Summer, who is orphaned at the age of seventeen. She leaves home with only a few coins, a ring said to be made from an unicorn's horn, and a sledge full of supplies. When she places the ring on her finger, it tingles, but she notices nothing else unusual until her dog starts talking to her. She soon acquires an entourage of a blind knight with amnesia, a winged pig, and other animals. Her journey then starts to become very strange.

Master of Many Treasures is the continuation of Summer's story. She is determined to find her dragon. She forges papers declaring her as an apprentice of Master Spicer sent to Venice to learn the trade. She is pretending to be Master Summer, a boy, for girls aren't allow to become apprentices. Only her dog, Growch, knows who and what she really is, or so she believes.

These tales consists of one independent story and a duology. All three share a common ambiance; all are quest tales, all involve dragons, all concern young heroines who have a certain pragmatic approach to life, and all feature animals of various kinds. The first two also include disabled knights. All have the author's deft touch with characterization.

The heroines of these stories remind me of Kilisha, the young wizard's apprentice, in Watt-Evans' Ithanalin's Restoration. They don't just stand around and worry about the hugeness of the task; these younglings start working on each segment, one after another, until the job is completed.

Some reviewers have criticized one or more of these tales as being either too full of minute details or of being too empty of minute details. Obviously, neither party would be satisfied with the other's recommendations, but the author's more moderate course does not seems to please either party. As for me, I thoroughly enjoyed the author's choices in this matter.

A related criticism has to do with the swiftness of the narrative and thus is related to the previous criticism. The author initally lays a solid foundation for character development and then speeds up the action, but never to a breakneck pace. Once again, I concur with the author. If you don't like her choices, don't read her books. Please don't try to change her, for she can and does produce readable stories. Critics can rarely say the same.

Recommended to Brown fans and anyone else who enjoys spunky heroines who accept responsibilities and thrive on them.

Now seventeen, Kipton is on another case of murder on the planet Mars in the 8th novel of the Kipton Chronicles.
Fontenay, a master storyteller, has once again combined the best elements of science fiction with those of the mystery genre in a very fascination story that is filled with interesting characters like gruff, who helps her solve the puzzling tale. Fontenay has also included the Asimov Laws of Robotics for the Android character who has confessed to the murder that sets
up the rest of the novel.

Land of Grass and Sky is like your first drink of morning when you shake sleep from your limbs and stand at the window, breathing deep and stretching. It is fresh and clean and wakes you to a new vision of what may have seemed a stale landscape.

Mary Taylor Young's song of the prairie alternates classic images of big sky and waving fields with practical tips and throat-gripping stories of survival. When I tried to read the dust-storm passage aloud to my husband, I could barely finish, my voice shook so much and my chest felt so tight. It is a terrifying passage, perhaps too close to home as we face the worst drought in recent memory.

In the end, I reluctantly closed the cover of the book, feeling as if I was just returning from a lovely and soul-nourishing morning walk on the Great Plains.

Mr. Young has written a beautiful example of the grandeur and life that is ours in Christ. It's a living, breathing life, not boring, stuffy or stagnant as some may picture when thinking of being a Christian. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and hope to share it with many people.

My mother bought this book for me when I was very young and I have enjoyed it ever since. It gives a great view of inner-city life; and for its main character, Fran, all the dynamism that comes along with just being an adolescent in working-class New York City and just trying to be a "normal girl". This story also has great historical value as it documents the changes a community experiences as a neighborhood becomes home for a new wave of immigrants (in this case, people from Puerto Rico). This a great book for anyone, male or female.

I originally thought that the main focus of this book would be about veterinarians, in fact, it covers the whole range of animal related careers, from working in a pet store to becoming a vet, and all the places you could go after you've become a vet. It has a very helpful chapter on the process of getting in to vet school. The financial aid and acceptance policies are different from those of other schools, and all fall under a single overseeing board for all the schools. All the schools are listed here along with contact info for each. All very detailed.