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A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come.
Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best!
Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!!
Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!!
A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite.
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Briar Rose
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
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Owl Moon
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*Best price found from Amazon Marketplace seller
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*Amazon: £6.34
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
Magical Encounters with Nature for Father and Daughter!, 27 Jul 2004
Let me clear up one mystery. The dust jacket of this book clearly indicates that this is a story about a girl and her father (Pa). The illustrations also clearly show a little girl. The story's appeal relates to this because the experience described is one that crosses nicely between what many think of as the feminine worlds of beauty and the moon and the masculine worlds of tracking animals and rambling around at night in the snow during winter. I do think that boys will like the story too. Owling would be a great adventure for any child. The experience is a magical one. The daughter is going owling for the first time. This is a type of bird watching that must occur at night, because owls are nocturnal. You have to have a full moon (or close to one) so that you can see the owls. The silvery moonshine creates great contrasts of light patches on the snow against a backdrop of treed shadows. To go owling, "you have to be brave." There are other requirements. "If you go owling, you have to be quiet . . . ." And you do need hope! The book also evokes primitive sound. Her father calls out: "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo . . . ." to simulate the call of the Great Horned Owl. That's how you find an owl. You hope one will be attracted by the call. Then, the magical moment occurs, and an owl comes. You are face to face. Can such a moment be forgotten? The owl leaves. The relief is palpable. She knows she can talk . . . or even laugh. As you can see, the story is a wonderful metaphor for going out to find opportunities in the wide world and creates an optimistic expectation of the sort that will serve your child well. It is thrilling to read the story because the excitement and suspense are so strongly captured by the words and images. This book will be a favorite among those that you read to your child. As you do, you will be creating a similar bonding experience. This book has won the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. You will enjoy its subtle watercolors and minimal inking of line. The illustrations create the perfect mood for this magical tale of nature and bonding. After you read this book, I suggest that you take your child bird watching even if owling isn't available to you. But if you can get to a forest (or an area where there are barn owls), an owling trip could be an enormous joy. You may want to read up on how to find owls first. Seek out what you want, and do it with people you love.
The Magical Experience of a Child Going Owling with Dad, 05 Aug 1999
Jane Yoolen's descriptions and wonder far surpass those of the usual children's stories. She brings the excitment and magic of a child walking through the woods alone at night with dad and allows us to see how children can take something so simple and turn it into a night of quiet excitment and joy. I recomend this book to anyone who is a kid or wants to remember being a kid and the magic of it all.
A wonderful, thoughtful book., 26 Jun 1999
I was really taken with this book. It provides the child with content seldom seen - adventure, nature, mastery of fear, parental love and support and respect for the animal world and the environment. The illustrations, especially the opening view of the farm and the valley, are beautifully done. The writing is perfect for a parent to read to the child and isn't condescending in tone. I recommend it highly.
A memorable walk in the woods., 02 Jun 1999
This beautiful children's book, about a young child, actually the daughter of the author, who goes on a night walk through the snow in the woods with her father to look for owls, was illustrated by John Schoenherr and it won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations in a book for children. It is a gorgeous story and children will enjoy hearing it time and time again. They will also be more aware of the animal life that surrounds them.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 20 May 1999
This book is about a father who takes his child owling for the first time and how special the child feels about being old enough to do such an outing with Dad. Jane Yolen captures the wonder of a night walk in the woods.
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
Magical Encounters with Nature for Father and Daughter!, 27 Jul 2004
Let me clear up one mystery. The dust jacket of this book clearly indicates that this is a story about a girl and her father (Pa). The illustrations also clearly show a little girl. The story's appeal relates to this because the experience described is one that crosses nicely between what many think of as the feminine worlds of beauty and the moon and the masculine worlds of tracking animals and rambling around at night in the snow during winter. I do think that boys will like the story too. Owling would be a great adventure for any child. The experience is a magical one. The daughter is going owling for the first time. This is a type of bird watching that must occur at night, because owls are nocturnal. You have to have a full moon (or close to one) so that you can see the owls. The silvery moonshine creates great contrasts of light patches on the snow against a backdrop of treed shadows. To go owling, "you have to be brave." There are other requirements. "If you go owling, you have to be quiet . . . ." And you do need hope! The book also evokes primitive sound. Her father calls out: "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo . . . ." to simulate the call of the Great Horned Owl. That's how you find an owl. You hope one will be attracted by the call. Then, the magical moment occurs, and an owl comes. You are face to face. Can such a moment be forgotten? The owl leaves. The relief is palpable. She knows she can talk . . . or even laugh. As you can see, the story is a wonderful metaphor for going out to find opportunities in the wide world and creates an optimistic expectation of the sort that will serve your child well. It is thrilling to read the story because the excitement and suspense are so strongly captured by the words and images. This book will be a favorite among those that you read to your child. As you do, you will be creating a similar bonding experience. This book has won the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. You will enjoy its subtle watercolors and minimal inking of line. The illustrations create the perfect mood for this magical tale of nature and bonding. After you read this book, I suggest that you take your child bird watching even if owling isn't available to you. But if you can get to a forest (or an area where there are barn owls), an owling trip could be an enormous joy. You may want to read up on how to find owls first. Seek out what you want, and do it with people you love.
The Magical Experience of a Child Going Owling with Dad, 05 Aug 1999
Jane Yoolen's descriptions and wonder far surpass those of the usual children's stories. She brings the excitment and magic of a child walking through the woods alone at night with dad and allows us to see how children can take something so simple and turn it into a night of quiet excitment and joy. I recomend this book to anyone who is a kid or wants to remember being a kid and the magic of it all.
A wonderful, thoughtful book., 26 Jun 1999
I was really taken with this book. It provides the child with content seldom seen - adventure, nature, mastery of fear, parental love and support and respect for the animal world and the environment. The illustrations, especially the opening view of the farm and the valley, are beautifully done. The writing is perfect for a parent to read to the child and isn't condescending in tone. I recommend it highly.
A memorable walk in the woods., 02 Jun 1999
This beautiful children's book, about a young child, actually the daughter of the author, who goes on a night walk through the snow in the woods with her father to look for owls, was illustrated by John Schoenherr and it won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations in a book for children. It is a gorgeous story and children will enjoy hearing it time and time again. They will also be more aware of the animal life that surrounds them.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 20 May 1999
This book is about a father who takes his child owling for the first time and how special the child feels about being old enough to do such an outing with Dad. Jane Yolen captures the wonder of a night walk in the woods.
Great for Your Own Poorly Little Dinos', 24 Nov 2006
My son and myself love these books. We got him this when he had to go into hospital for a day and he was so delighted to get another 'Dinosaur' Book and we have read it countless times since then. The illustrations are great and the text simple but very effective, prompting laughs and questions! A ridiculous notion but it works brilliantly!
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A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
Magical Encounters with Nature for Father and Daughter!, 27 Jul 2004
Let me clear up one mystery. The dust jacket of this book clearly indicates that this is a story about a girl and her father (Pa). The illustrations also clearly show a little girl. The story's appeal relates to this because the experience described is one that crosses nicely between what many think of as the feminine worlds of beauty and the moon and the masculine worlds of tracking animals and rambling around at night in the snow during winter. I do think that boys will like the story too. Owling would be a great adventure for any child. The experience is a magical one. The daughter is going owling for the first time. This is a type of bird watching that must occur at night, because owls are nocturnal. You have to have a full moon (or close to one) so that you can see the owls. The silvery moonshine creates great contrasts of light patches on the snow against a backdrop of treed shadows. To go owling, "you have to be brave." There are other requirements. "If you go owling, you have to be quiet . . . ." And you do need hope! The book also evokes primitive sound. Her father calls out: "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo . . . ." to simulate the call of the Great Horned Owl. That's how you find an owl. You hope one will be attracted by the call. Then, the magical moment occurs, and an owl comes. You are face to face. Can such a moment be forgotten? The owl leaves. The relief is palpable. She knows she can talk . . . or even laugh. As you can see, the story is a wonderful metaphor for going out to find opportunities in the wide world and creates an optimistic expectation of the sort that will serve your child well. It is thrilling to read the story because the excitement and suspense are so strongly captured by the words and images. This book will be a favorite among those that you read to your child. As you do, you will be creating a similar bonding experience. This book has won the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. You will enjoy its subtle watercolors and minimal inking of line. The illustrations create the perfect mood for this magical tale of nature and bonding. After you read this book, I suggest that you take your child bird watching even if owling isn't available to you. But if you can get to a forest (or an area where there are barn owls), an owling trip could be an enormous joy. You may want to read up on how to find owls first. Seek out what you want, and do it with people you love.
The Magical Experience of a Child Going Owling with Dad, 05 Aug 1999
Jane Yoolen's descriptions and wonder far surpass those of the usual children's stories. She brings the excitment and magic of a child walking through the woods alone at night with dad and allows us to see how children can take something so simple and turn it into a night of quiet excitment and joy. I recomend this book to anyone who is a kid or wants to remember being a kid and the magic of it all.
A wonderful, thoughtful book., 26 Jun 1999
I was really taken with this book. It provides the child with content seldom seen - adventure, nature, mastery of fear, parental love and support and respect for the animal world and the environment. The illustrations, especially the opening view of the farm and the valley, are beautifully done. The writing is perfect for a parent to read to the child and isn't condescending in tone. I recommend it highly.
A memorable walk in the woods., 02 Jun 1999
This beautiful children's book, about a young child, actually the daughter of the author, who goes on a night walk through the snow in the woods with her father to look for owls, was illustrated by John Schoenherr and it won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations in a book for children. It is a gorgeous story and children will enjoy hearing it time and time again. They will also be more aware of the animal life that surrounds them.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 20 May 1999
This book is about a father who takes his child owling for the first time and how special the child feels about being old enough to do such an outing with Dad. Jane Yolen captures the wonder of a night walk in the woods.
Great for Your Own Poorly Little Dinos', 24 Nov 2006
My son and myself love these books. We got him this when he had to go into hospital for a day and he was so delighted to get another 'Dinosaur' Book and we have read it countless times since then. The illustrations are great and the text simple but very effective, prompting laughs and questions! A ridiculous notion but it works brilliantly!
Something you'll read again and again!, 04 Nov 2007
This book was so good! This story follows an orphan called nicola who is living with her cruel uncle who owns a troupe which she is forced to perform in. then they are commanded to follow a passer by who takes them to perform for queen mary of france and her husband (later to become mary queen of scots). But Nicola makes a fool out of herself, and is punished by her uncle. but Queen Mary found her amusing, and buys her off her uncle, so she can be Mary's fool.
This story is sooooo good! I would recommed it highly!
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
Magical Encounters with Nature for Father and Daughter!, 27 Jul 2004
Let me clear up one mystery. The dust jacket of this book clearly indicates that this is a story about a girl and her father (Pa). The illustrations also clearly show a little girl. The story's appeal relates to this because the experience described is one that crosses nicely between what many think of as the feminine worlds of beauty and the moon and the masculine worlds of tracking animals and rambling around at night in the snow during winter. I do think that boys will like the story too. Owling would be a great adventure for any child. The experience is a magical one. The daughter is going owling for the first time. This is a type of bird watching that must occur at night, because owls are nocturnal. You have to have a full moon (or close to one) so that you can see the owls. The silvery moonshine creates great contrasts of light patches on the snow against a backdrop of treed shadows. To go owling, "you have to be brave." There are other requirements. "If you go owling, you have to be quiet . . . ." And you do need hope! The book also evokes primitive sound. Her father calls out: "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo . . . ." to simulate the call of the Great Horned Owl. That's how you find an owl. You hope one will be attracted by the call. Then, the magical moment occurs, and an owl comes. You are face to face. Can such a moment be forgotten? The owl leaves. The relief is palpable. She knows she can talk . . . or even laugh. As you can see, the story is a wonderful metaphor for going out to find opportunities in the wide world and creates an optimistic expectation of the sort that will serve your child well. It is thrilling to read the story because the excitement and suspense are so strongly captured by the words and images. This book will be a favorite among those that you read to your child. As you do, you will be creating a similar bonding experience. This book has won the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. You will enjoy its subtle watercolors and minimal inking of line. The illustrations create the perfect mood for this magical tale of nature and bonding. After you read this book, I suggest that you take your child bird watching even if owling isn't available to you. But if you can get to a forest (or an area where there are barn owls), an owling trip could be an enormous joy. You may want to read up on how to find owls first. Seek out what you want, and do it with people you love.
The Magical Experience of a Child Going Owling with Dad, 05 Aug 1999
Jane Yoolen's descriptions and wonder far surpass those of the usual children's stories. She brings the excitment and magic of a child walking through the woods alone at night with dad and allows us to see how children can take something so simple and turn it into a night of quiet excitment and joy. I recomend this book to anyone who is a kid or wants to remember being a kid and the magic of it all.
A wonderful, thoughtful book., 26 Jun 1999
I was really taken with this book. It provides the child with content seldom seen - adventure, nature, mastery of fear, parental love and support and respect for the animal world and the environment. The illustrations, especially the opening view of the farm and the valley, are beautifully done. The writing is perfect for a parent to read to the child and isn't condescending in tone. I recommend it highly.
A memorable walk in the woods., 02 Jun 1999
This beautiful children's book, about a young child, actually the daughter of the author, who goes on a night walk through the snow in the woods with her father to look for owls, was illustrated by John Schoenherr and it won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for best illustrations in a book for children. It is a gorgeous story and children will enjoy hearing it time and time again. They will also be more aware of the animal life that surrounds them.
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, 20 May 1999
This book is about a father who takes his child owling for the first time and how special the child feels about being old enough to do such an outing with Dad. Jane Yolen captures the wonder of a night walk in the woods.
Great for Your Own Poorly Little Dinos', 24 Nov 2006
My son and myself love these books. We got him this when he had to go into hospital for a day and he was so delighted to get another 'Dinosaur' Book and we have read it countless times since then. The illustrations are great and the text simple but very effective, prompting laughs and questions! A ridiculous notion but it works brilliantly!
Something you'll read again and again!, 04 Nov 2007
This book was so good! This story follows an orphan called nicola who is living with her cruel uncle who owns a troupe which she is forced to perform in. then they are commanded to follow a passer by who takes them to perform for queen mary of france and her husband (later to become mary queen of scots). But Nicola makes a fool out of herself, and is punished by her uncle. but Queen Mary found her amusing, and buys her off her uncle, so she can be Mary's fool.
This story is sooooo good! I would recommed it highly!
delightfully funny picture book for little dinosaurs and big, 27 Apr 2003
Told in rhyming couplets, Jane Yolen's picture book is a joy for tired parents and toddlers. It asks how dinosaurs respond to their father/mopther coming to put them to bed, and show them doing all kinds of things that will be all too familiar to humans - roaring, throwing a tantrum, demanding one more sotry etc. Then it springs the surprise that in fact, they turn the light out and snuggle down to sleep. Any small child will be hugely amused, reassured and soothed.
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Customer Reviews
A Classic, 01 Nov 2008
Beautifully detailed illustrations and a rolling cadence to the text make this one of our favourite bedtime books. Our 18mnth old loves this book. She points out the teddys, cars, mummy and daddy on each page and gives the dinosaur a kiss on te appropriate page. For me it was the 50's style illustrations. They are so perfectly pitched to both child and parent. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Its fun to look at and to read and will be around our house for years to come. Buy this book, 07 Oct 2007
This is a wonderful book. My son does all the actions and roars at the right place. I have read and read it to all my children and never got bored of it, so that must tell you something. The whole series is lovely but this one is the best! Super Dinosaur Story for Bedtime, 12 Sep 2007
My three year old (dinosaur mad!) son loves this book - it has a wonderful rhyming story line with humourous pictures and is not too long. We have read it nearly every night for the past two months - he can almost recite every word with me so it will come in handy when he is ready to start learning how to read, especially as the lettering on each page is fairly large.
I am now purchasing more books from this collection so that we don't get too bored with this one in the months ahead!!!! Fantastic, 05 Jul 2007
My 2 year old boy's first word was 'DI-SORE' because of these books.
They are wonderful. Just the right length for bedtime and so sweet. The pictures are beautifully painted.
There is a new one out which we just got from America about going to school and my son's face was a treat - 'New DI-SORE'.
I would recommend to everyone!!!! A lovely lovely book, 04 Feb 2007
This book has grown with our 20 month old son and still has a lot of mileage in it.
It was the first book that mesmerised him and both my husband and I know the story off by heart (not tired of it either!)
Our boy roars like a dinosaur and has learnt special sound effects for each page. Highly amusing.
The illustrations are quite different from those found in other children's books which is refreshing.
Have since bought all in the series but this one remains our firm favourite. Enjoy, 31 Mar 2003
Becca Berlin grew up listening to her grandma (Gemma) tell the tale of Sleeping Beauty, a story about castles and thorns and mists. For years, Becca and her family thought it was just a story, until Gemma starts insisting that the princess is her. On her deathbed, she extracts a promise from Becca that her past will be uncovered and the story will come true. Briar Rose moves through several layers of storytelling technique. The chapters alternate between episodes of Becca's search for Gemma's past and lyrical "memories" of Gemma telling the story of Briar Rose. Near the end of the novel, Becca's travels enfold an account of the lives of several partisans in the German forests. Yet it is because of this resonating current that Becca's pilgrimage engages us as readers. For a moment, we almost become Becca. Despite whatever connections we may or may not have to this dark period in history, there is a part of us that is only able to comprehend the true enormity of such stories when they are hidden in depths of older tales, for these old tales exist in the dualities of light and dark, pain and joy, life and death.
Jane Yolen's Briar Rose speaks with unflinching and brutal honesty. It tells the truth - as much as fiction can. Yet that truth reveals one much deeper - the ability of people and stories to overcome and endure.
A Wonderful fairytale/holocaust/self-discovery book, 06 Jul 1999
In this novel, Jane Yolen cleverly intertwines her grandmothers life during the holocaust with the beloved fairytale Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). It was a wonderful book that I heavily enjoyed and I have yet to find another book quite like it.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
This is the greatest book ever that should recieve 10 star., 09 Jun 1999
This is an incredible book. Once you pick this book up you will never ever put it down. This story haunts you at night and keeps you thinking about this story. It is nicely weaved into the story of the Holocaust. It is so interesting. You have to right it. TRUST ME. YOU WILL LOVE IT.
great book, 13 Apr 1999
Briar rose is a great book, it is a little hard to understand the beggining, but over all it is understandable! Gemma and Becca are very strong characters, Becca was my favorite because she never gave up on finding out about Gemma's true identity!!
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, 08 Oct 2007
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? blends a child's curiosity and interest in dinosaurs and the parental desire to teach table manners. The story starts out showing colourful illustrations of various types of dinosaurs as they are in the act of eating in ill-mannered ways. The caption below asks if the dinosaur ate this way. For instance, "does he bubble his milk?" At the end of the story, the child gets an answer that dinosaurs always ate with the best of manners.
Though definitely not realistic in it's depiction of how dinosaurs really ate, this book is fun. It also allows parents to reinforce table manners in a new less openly nagging way. This book also includes a cute little mini rendition of the same story for kids to carry in their pocket or to read along with.
One of my favorite picture book collections of ballet tales, 11 Nov 2004
When Jane Yolen and Barefoot Books work together, one can safely assume a high quality book will result. In this new collaboration between Yolen and her daughter, Heidi Stemple, seven classic ballet tales are retold and illustrated by Rebecca Guay. All seven tales--Coppelia, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Shim Chung, The Sleeping Beauty, and Daphnis and Cloe--are beautifully written, providing vivid details and rich language instead of the more cursory texts provided in similar collections. Short introductions to each ballet, including performance histories and story sources, enriches the collection. The authors also include a brief historical timeline of ballet and a bibliography that references books as well as websites for those who want to learn more about the ballets. Guay's colorful illustrations will appeal to the most romantic dreams of any balletomane, emphasizing the brilliant colors, elaborate costumes and choreography usually associated with the ballets in performance. Overall, a wonderful book for school age children and up either to read or have read to them.
Magical Encounters with Nature for Father and Daughter!, 27 Jul 2004
Let me clear up one mystery. The dust jacket of this book clearly indicates that this is a story about a girl and her father (Pa). The illustrations also clearly show a little girl. The story's appeal relates to this because the experience described is one that crosses nicely between what many think of as the feminine worlds of beauty and the moon and the masculine worlds of tracking animals and rambling around at night in the snow during winter. I do think that boys will like the story too. Owling would be a great adventure for any child. The experience is a magical one. The daughter is going owling for the first time. This is a type of bird watching that must occur at night, because owls are nocturnal. You have to have a full moon (or close to one) so that you can see the owls. The silvery moonshine creates great contrasts of light patches on the snow against a backdrop of treed shadows. To go owling, "you have to be brave." There are other requirements. "If you go owling, you have to be quiet . . . ." And you do need hope! The book also evokes primitive sound. Her father calls out: "Whoo-whoo-who-who-who-whooooooo . . . ." to simulate the call of the Great Horned Owl. That's how you find an owl. You hope one will be attracted by the call. Then, the magical moment occurs, and an owl comes. You are face to face. Can such a moment be forgotten? The owl leaves. The relief is palpable. She knows she can talk . . . or even laugh. As you can see, the story is a wonderful metaphor for going out to find opportunities in the wide world and creates an optimistic expectation of the sort that will serve your child well. It is thrilling to read the story because the excitement and suspense are so strongly captured by the words and images. This book will be a favorite among those that you read to your child. As you do, you will be creating a similar bonding experience. This book has won the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. You will enjoy its subtle watercolors and minimal inking of line. The illustrations create the perfect mood for this magical tale of nature and bonding. After you read this book, I suggest that you take your child bird watching even if owling isn't available to you. But if you can get to a forest (or an area where there are barn owls), an owling trip could be an enormous joy. You may want to read up on how to find owls first. Seek out what you want, and do it with people you love.
The Magical Experience of a Child Going Owling with Dad, 05 Aug 1999
Jane Yoolen's descriptions and wonder far surpass those of the usual children's stories. She brings the excitment and magic of a child walking through the woods alone at night with dad and allows us to see how children can take something so simple and turn it into a night of quiet excitment and joy. I recomend this book to anyone who is a kid or wants to remember being a kid and the magic of it all.
A wonderful, thoughtful book., 26 Jun 1999
I was really taken with this book. It provides the child with content seldom seen - adventure, nature, mastery of fear, parental love and support and respect for the animal world and the environment. The | | |