The Problem With Chickens (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

Review The Problem With Chickens (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) Books

The Problem With Chickens (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) Overview

The ladies of Iceland have a problem: the birds lay their eggs in nooks on the sides of steep cliffs, so the ladies have a very difficult time getting any of the eggs for baking. They go to town to buy chickens to lay eggs for them instead. For a while, everyone is happy: there are plenty of eggs to bake plenty of yummy things. But the ladies' problems are far from solved, for the more time the chickens spend with the ladies, the more they begin to act like them too, until eventually they stop laying eggs all together. Now this is a problem indeed, but you can be sure, the clever ladies will find a solution. Full of fun and silliness, this lighthearted tale and vibrant illustrations are a delight.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Dec 14, 2011 00:00:16

Recommendations Biographies & Memoirs Books Blu ray Player Recommendations Comics & Graphic NovelsBooks

Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated Edition]

Review Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated Edition] Books

Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated Edition] Overview

2011 Reprint of 1915 edition. Illustrated full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This volume contains a collection of fairy tales from a wide array of classical works, which we have grown up throughout time. These tales are immortal and include the following: Enchanted Stag; Twelve Brothers; Puss in Boots; Jack and the Beanstalk; Princess on the Pea; Ugly Duckling; Light Princess; Beauty and the Beast; Hansel and Gretel; Jack the Giant Killer; Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor; Story of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp. Illustrated with 8 engravings by Mary Hamilton Frye. Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Dec 02, 2011 19:42:04

Biographies and Memoirs Books

Illustrated Book of Myths

Review Illustrated Book of Myths Books

Illustrated Book of Myths Overview

This who's who of the world's gods and goddesses tells tales and legends of ancient times and gives a unique insight into the cultural backgrounds of each mythology

Illustrated Book of Myths Specifications

Every culture in history has had its own myths to help explain the world through the power of story. This engaging book offers a delightful, sweeping view of world mythology--not just the famous stories of the Greeks and Romans, but also the stories of Native Americans and legends from South America, Africa, Scandinavia, Asia, and Australia. Young readers will learn about Zeus and Pandora from Greece, King Arthur from England, Maui-of-a-Thousand-Tricks from Polynesia, the Rainbow Serpent from West Africa, and dozens of other colorful, larger-than-life characters from around the world.

Myth-master Neil Philip has taken a thematic approach, organizing the legends around themes such as creation myths, fertility and cultivation, gods and animals, and visions of the end. Within each theme, eight to twelve myths from different cultures are retold, enhanced by abundant full-color illustrations and photographs of related sites or artifacts. At the side of each page are further explanations of characters or situations in the stories. The appendix includes a section called "Who's Who in Mythology," with the pronunciation for each name and charts of both the Greek and Norse Pantheons. Philip's retellings are clear and powerful, retaining the flavor and message of each story. This fascinating book of myths belongs on every young scholar's bookshelf. (Ages 9 to 13)

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Oct 19, 2011 00:15:12

Video Projectors CANON DSLR LENS

The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths. Illustrated (With Linked TOC) (Kindle Edition)

Review The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths. Illustrated (With Linked TOC) (Kindle Edition) Books

The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths. Illustrated (With Linked TOC) (Kindle Edition) Overview

The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths (Kindle Edition).
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history.Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom;

The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths. Illustrated (With Linked TOC) (Kindle Edition) Specifications

The Children Of Odin. The Book of Northern Myths (Kindle Edition).
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history.Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom;

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Oct 17, 2011 02:00:09

sony htct 150 sound bar

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated]

Review Folk Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated] Books

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated] Overview

Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations.

CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION


CHAPTER


I. HANS IN LUCK From Grimm's Fairy Tales.


II. WHY THE SEA IS SALT From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


III. THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


IV. THE LAD AND THE DEIL From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


V. ANANZI AND THE LION From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


VI. THE GRATEFUL FOXES From "Tales of Old Japan," by A.B. Mitford.


VII. THE BADGER'S MONEY From "Tales of Old Japan," by A.B. Mitford.


VIII. WHY BROTHER BEAR HAS NO TAIL From "Nights with Uncle Remus," by Joel Chandler Harris.


IX. THE ORIGIN OF RUBIES From "Folk Tales of Bengal," by Rev. Lal Behari Day.


X. LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XI. INTELLIGENCE AND LUCK Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XII. GEORGE WITH THE GOAT Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XIII. THE WONDERFUL HAIR Translated from the Serbian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XIV. THE DRAGON AND THE PRINCE Translated from the Serbian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XV. THE GOOD CHILDREN A Little Russian story of Galicia. Translated by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XVI. THE DUN HORSE From "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales," by George Bird Grinnell.


XVII. THE GREEDY YOUNGSTER From the Norwegian tale of Peter Christen Asbjrnsen.


XVIII. HANS, WHO MADE THE PRINCESS LAUGH From the Norwegian tale of Peter Christen Asbjrnsen.


XIX. THE STORY OF TOM TIT TOT An old Suffolk Tale, given in the dialect of East Anglia. From "Tom Tit Tot. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk Tale," by Edward Clodd.


XX. THE PEASANT STORY OF NAPOLEON From "The Country Doctor," by Honor de Balzac. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.


INTRODUCTION


When the traveller looks at Rome for the first time he does not realize that there have been several cities on the same piece of ground, and that the churches and palaces and other great buildings he sees to-day rest on an earlier and invisible city buried in dust beneath the foundations of the Rome of the Twentieth Century. In like manner, and because all visible things on the surface of the earth have grown out of older things which have ceased to be, the world of habits, the ideas, customs, fancies, and arts, in which we live is a survival of a younger world which long ago disappeared. When we speak of Friday as an unlucky day, or touch wood after saying that we have had good luck for a long time, or take the trouble to look at the new moon over the right shoulder, or avoid crossing the street while a funeral is passing, we are recalling old superstitions or beliefs, a vanished world in which our remote forefathers lived.

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know [Illustrated] Specifications

Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations.

CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION


CHAPTER


I. HANS IN LUCK From Grimm's Fairy Tales.


II. WHY THE SEA IS SALT From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


III. THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


IV. THE LAD AND THE DEIL From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


V. ANANZI AND THE LION From "Popular Tales from the Norse," by Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.


VI. THE GRATEFUL FOXES From "Tales of Old Japan," by A.B. Mitford.


VII. THE BADGER'S MONEY From "Tales of Old Japan," by A.B. Mitford.


VIII. WHY BROTHER BEAR HAS NO TAIL From "Nights with Uncle Remus," by Joel Chandler Harris.


IX. THE ORIGIN OF RUBIES From "Folk Tales of Bengal," by Rev. Lal Behari Day.


X. LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XI. INTELLIGENCE AND LUCK Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XII. GEORGE WITH THE GOAT Translated from the Bohemian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XIII. THE WONDERFUL HAIR Translated from the Serbian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XIV. THE DRAGON AND THE PRINCE Translated from the Serbian by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XV. THE GOOD CHILDREN A Little Russian story of Galicia. Translated by A.H. Wratislaw, M.A., in "Sixty Folk Tales, from Exclusively Slavonic Sources."


XVI. THE DUN HORSE From "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales," by George Bird Grinnell.


XVII. THE GREEDY YOUNGSTER From the Norwegian tale of Peter Christen Asbjrnsen.


XVIII. HANS, WHO MADE THE PRINCESS LAUGH From the Norwegian tale of Peter Christen Asbjrnsen.


XIX. THE STORY OF TOM TIT TOT An old Suffolk Tale, given in the dialect of East Anglia. From "Tom Tit Tot. An Essay on Savage Philosophy in Folk Tale," by Edward Clodd.


XX. THE PEASANT STORY OF NAPOLEON From "The Country Doctor," by Honor de Balzac. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.


INTRODUCTION


When the traveller looks at Rome for the first time he does not realize that there have been several cities on the same piece of ground, and that the churches and palaces and other great buildings he sees to-day rest on an earlier and invisible city buried in dust beneath the foundations of the Rome of the Twentieth Century. In like manner, and because all visible things on the surface of the earth have grown out of older things which have ceased to be, the world of habits, the ideas, customs, fancies, and arts, in which we live is a survival of a younger world which long ago disappeared. When we speak of Friday as an unlucky day, or touch wood after saying that we have had good luck for a long time, or take the trouble to look at the new moon over the right shoulder, or avoid crossing the street while a funeral is passing, we are recalling old superstitions or beliefs, a vanished world in which our remote forefathers lived.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Oct 14, 2011 14:42:34

Recommendations Entertainment Books

A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition

Review A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition Books

A Little History of the World: Illustrated Edition Overview

E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages.

Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work.

For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index.

Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Sep 27, 2011 09:54:11

noise hp

Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Chinese (Mandarin) Dictionary: English-Chinese/Chinese-English (Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Foreign Language Dictionaries)

Review Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Chinese (Mandarin) Dictionary: English-Chinese/Chinese-English (Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Foreign Language Dictionaries) Books

Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Chinese (Mandarin) Dictionary: English-Chinese/Chinese-English (Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Foreign Language Dictionaries) Overview

Designed to be a child's very first foreign language dictionary (5-10 years). 500 entries, each accompanied by a large illustration.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Sep 14, 2011 05:15:15

All in one Home Theater System 3D Glasses Rechargeable

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Illustrated Junior Library)

Review The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Illustrated Junior Library) Books

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Illustrated Junior Library) Overview

The adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Illustrated Junior Library) Specifications

Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.

Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production in Chapter 21 leaps instantly to mind), this book's humor is found mostly in Huck's unique worldview and his way of expressing himself. Describing his brief sojourn with the Widow Douglas after she adopts him, Huck says: "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people." Underlying Twain's good humor is a dark subcurrent of Antebellum cruelty and injustice that makes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a frequently funny book with a serious message.

Available at Amazon

CHECK PRICES & LEARNMORE CLICK HERE!!!

*** Product Information and Review : Aug 26, 2011 22:48:05

UPS 2200VA Reviews Laptop 2011