Friday November 21, 2008
Children's Books: Reference & Nonfiction
Displayed below are the top selling items for today, Friday November 21, 2008 along with the review customers have voted "most useful".
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- The Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan
- My Book About Me by Dr. Seuss
- The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
- Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars : The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga by David West Reynolds
- Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff
- IlluStory : Write and illustrate your own book!
- The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book : Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series) by Tom Robinson
- A Smart Girls Guide to Friendship Troubles by Patti Kelley Criswell
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The Daring Book for Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan
(based on 145 customer reviews)
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(Hardcover)
Author: Andrea J. Buchanan
Publisher: Collins
Price: $17.79
You save: $9.16 (34%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
279 out of 286 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 11/9/07
A wonderful book for young girls (or boys) - you'll love it as much as your kid!
This is the perfect book to share with your daughter/ granddaughter/that special girl you know, whether she is 8 or 18 or somewhere in between. It has just the right mix of articles - informative, fun, and stimulating! When the "Dangerous Book for Boys" came out I wished for a version for girls and this book is as good as the one for boys if not better.
When you first flip through its pages it will remind you of the time you were her age. You probably read a book almost like this but not quite. I say not quite as this book does a perfect balancing act between skills and general knowledge, between techniques we learned from our grandmothers and the ones that became popular later. It tells you "how to press flowers" but also "five karate moves". "Make your own quill pen" is preceded by "how to change a tire". I remember reading a book almost like this in my childhood. I dearly treasured that book till its pages were yellow and stiff into my college days. I spent many afternoons after school experimenting with the projects. I remember the bitter candy apples I made from a recipe in that book, or the quill pen with which I wrote my "secret language" notes for my friends and this book brought back those memories. With more words than illustrations, the Daring book for Girls will encourage the girl who reads it to use her imagination.
This book will appeal to the "girly-girl" in every girl with the sections like "Palm reading", "Hopscotch", "Princesses today" or "Boys"; to her sense of adventure with articles like "Going to Africa" (short section on each country), "Hiking", "Reading tide charts"; and to the "builder" in her with sections like "Building a campfire", "Tree swings", "Every girl's toolbox". There is a ton of useful information and facts in this book too for those rainy or quiet days - "from French terms of endearment" to "Queens of Ancient world" to "Women Inventors". Sports are covered too - basketball, softball, netball, bowling, playing cards and more.
My daughter was thrilled to get this book. I wasn't sure she'd like it as much as I liked my childhood book. But she began her next project "how to tie a sari" in minutes and over dinner started telling me about the women inventors in the book. We have now designated this book the "mother-daughter time" book. Each weekend, we pick up the book and try something new! What a great antidote to the "Mom, I'm bored" refrain!
Some are activities she can attempt on her own and for others like building the ultimate scooter she will need help as it requires some sawing and drilling. It is a challenge for me too as I've not really attempted to build anything from scratch before. I'm ready with my saw and drill and as excited as her to begin that project!
This book gives just the right kind of stimulation for a younger girl's (or boy's) curious mind and their thirst for new knowledge and skills. This book will also grow with the reader as it gives practical advice and even contains chapters like "Stocks and shares" and "Negotiating salaries." This book is therefore highly recommended and will make a great gift for a 7-14 year old.
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My Book About Me
by Dr. Seuss (based on 60 customer reviews)
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(Hardcover)
Edition: 1st
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Price: $10.17
You save: $4.78 (32%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
11 out of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 11/9/00
Gotta get a second one!
My older son got this book as a gift several years ago, and my youngest son was reading it this morning and wants one of his own. I'm so glad I found it! It's sort of like a baby book the kids can fill out for themselves. Some of the things the kids fill in are "my hair is ________" and I live in a (city, suburb, town, etc.) And it's all in the wonderful prose of Dr. Seuss. Then they can draw pictures on some pages and color already-drawn pictures on others. I've enjoyed looking back at some of the things my now-eleven-year-old said when he was five! I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to give their young children the opportunity to create a memory book for themselves for their growing up years. It's great!
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The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay (based on 35 customer reviews)
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(Hardcover)
Edition: 1
Author: David Macaulay
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Price: $23.10
You save: $11.90 (34%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
88 out of 94 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 7/9/02
BUY THIS BOOK!
My god, this has to be one of my favorite books. When I was a kid, I was FASCINATED (well, I still am) by mechanical things. I must have checked this book out of the library twenty times, and it never got old. It is PACKED with info, the drawings are great, and it is very educational. Well, I was at the library today checking out books for a mechanical engineering class, and there it was on the shelf. I checked it out again for old times sake, and here I am at Amazon.com (to buy my very own copy of course), writing a reveiew. Nuff said. Anyway, if you have a child, boy or girl, old or young, smart or not, it doesn't matter- this book ROCKS!
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Good Night, Gorilla
by Peggy Rathmann (based on 172 customer reviews)
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(Board book)
Edition: Brdbk
Author: Peggy Rathmann
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Price: $7.99
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
47 out of 48 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 11/18/00
You'll Treasure this Book!
This book was read at a mixed-age party and I'm sure that the adults laughed as much as the children! It has quickly become a classic, featuring the cleverly pictured sneaky antics of a renegade gorilla.Our young hero steals the keys from a zookeeper and frees all the animals, who follow the keeper home at night. Hilarious "lights out" confusion ensues with a comical surprise ending!
34 pages, with only ten different words, the expressive, colorful pictures say it all. This playful book is appropriate for infants, toddlers, and the beginning reader as well. A delightful romp, and a surefire hit! One of those few treasured books that you'll keep for years to come.
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The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars
The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga
by David West Reynolds (based on 81 customer reviews)
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(Hardcover)
Author: David West Reynolds
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Price: $26.40
You save: $13.60 (34%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
65 out of 65 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 9/28/06
Wow!
What an amazing, thorough, comphrensive guide to everything Star Wars. NOTHING is left out. You get not only in depth profiles of every major character, but every OTHER character in the universe. It's so detailed that they break down each PART of each weapon, ship, etc. For someone like myself who isn't the biggest Star Wars geek (but wanting to learn more), this is a godsend. There are many, many, hardcore fans out there that can reference almost anything and anyone to do with Star Wars. Well, now you can too, and you don't have to see the films 3245 times to do it.
It's a great companion to the "Ultimate Visual Guide" as well. It is a combination of the Visual Dictionaries for the the other films, so all Episodes 1-6 are covered.
Buy it, NOW!
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Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
by Joy Masoff
(based on 54 customer reviews)
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(Paperback)
Author: Joy Masoff
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Price: $10.17
You save: $4.78 (32%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
49 out of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 12/5/01
I'm a grownup and I loved it!
I bought this for my kid, no I didn't, she's only 3, I b ought it for me and she can have it when she gets older. And I'm buying it for two of my friend's kids. I've always been fascinated with gross stuff like snot, pus, poop, gross foods, etc., and so are most kids. And by the way, my kid, and the two kids I'm buying this for, are girls. The facts are there, it's fun to read, and it might even get the kids to read more and practice good hygiene while they're at it (microscopic photos of worms and such may answer a few questions like "why do I have to wash my hands all the time?" Excellent.
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IlluStory
Write and illustrate your own book!
(based on 77 customer reviews)
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(Toy)
Publisher: Creations by You
Price: $19.94
You save: $2.01 ( 9%) off the list price!
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
344 out of 354 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 10/16/03
We love them!
Our son has written 2 books with Illustory already! He loves seeing the words that he writes typed onto the pages (by the company) and the drawings he does come out beautifully printed on the book. He is so excited and proud of himself when he shows his friends, family and teacher his publications! The book even comes with an About-the-Author page just like real published books! Everything that you need to write and draw is provided in the kit and the instructions are very easy to follow. In just a few weeks you get back a real hardcover book! The experience was so terrific, we plan on having him write a book each year so he can see how much his writing changes year after year. And just as soon as his new baby sister is old enough, we'll start her writing books with Illustory too. The books are a great family keepsake. We love them
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The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book
Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series)
by Tom Robinson (based on 21 customer reviews)
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(Paperback)
Author: Tom Robinson
Publisher: Adams Media
Price: $7.95
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
156 out of 156 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 3/9/02
Everything you need to have fun...(and learn, too)
This is a great book, chock-a-block w/ very accessible experiments. One of the best features is the way the experiments are grouped together: a 'theme' (say, Acids, in the Chemistry section) will have a group of experiments of varying degrees of complexity that together add up to a pretty good understanding of the concept. Also, most of the materials are readily at hand- for many of them we really did already have everything in the house. This is esp. gratifying for the kids, who of course want to do the experiment *right now*. I would imagine that home-schooling families would enjoy this, but our school-going kids enjoy doing these experiments after school & on weekends.p.s., one of the easiest experiments is also a real showstopper, though it takes a couple of days to complete: dissolving the eggshell of an egg, leaving the egg inside intact!
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A Smart Girls Guide to Friendship Troubles
by Patti Kelley Criswell (based on 19 customer reviews)
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(Paperback)
Author: Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
Price: $9.95
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Most useful review as voted by customers:
13 out of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Review Date: 5/16/07
Great Friendship Advice
I bought this for my 8 year-old when she was having friendship issues with a girl she had been close to since kindergarten. She would come home crying every day because she was feeling left out of the group. We read this book together and found it helpful in dealing with her problem. It gave her so much good advice that I could see her confidence building and her fear quickly diminishing. She found the courage to talk to her friend and they are "hanging out" again. Thank you to American Girl for truly understanding a girl's heart.
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