Little Blue and Little Yellow

Book Description

Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can't find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. But where did little blue and little yellow go? Are they lost?

Customer Reviews:

good book.......2007-05-20

Great book for teaching primary/seconday color and mixing colors. Hints of diversity and tolerance.

Yay Thank you!.......2007-01-10

It took me forever to remember the title of this childhood favorite. I was SUPER excited to finally find it and be able to buy it as a shower gift for my cousin's first child.
Received with little delay. Good work. Thank you!!

Charming as always.......2006-03-06

I have been a Fredrick fan since childhood and still read it today when I get stressed, so always looking to have my kids find the same connection with the Lionni works. Got this and 2 of them were bored, but my 4 year old was different. She listened intently and has for months been making diffent associations on how things mix or work together for an end "just like little blue and little yellow". Perhaps she is the most like me, poor thing! It is in the same vein as the others but less obvious, which is not neccessarily a bad thing. Encouraging thought and imagination requires careful writing and too many modern stories spoonfeed the moral. I accept and encourage my 4 yr olds interpretations!

What a great book!.......2005-11-21

To an adult, this book doesn't seem like anything all that special. It's about colored dots. The story is sweet, though, and easy for young children to appreciate. My multi-age 3-5 year old classroom loved it (I used it with our science unit on colors). It's great for talking about color (blue and yellow make green) and about appreciating differences (race).
I heard a horror story from a fellow teacher about this book that other teachers should be aware of: a kindergarten teacher read this book to her students and was repremanded by her principal. He said that when little blue and little yellow hug, and make green, it is sexual. He also said that it is racist that little blue's parents are blue and little yellow's parents are yellow and this does not reflect a multi-cultural view. Both of these seem silly to me. Just be aware.
Personally, I love it and so did my students!

My most memorable book.......2004-09-02

Ask me what my favorite book was when I was growing up and that answer is going to be Little Blue and Little Yellow. Sure, there were other books that I'd read over and over again, or sit in the library with a stack of em on a Friday afternoon after school, but none was like Little Blue and Little Yellow.

I can't describe why or how, but the book just connected with me. Fast-forward over 25 years later and here I am, a graphic designer, and I still am inspired by this book. I'm also a teacher and usually mention this book during my class, as it pertains to graphic design and the mixture of colors. Every time I tell the story, the class enjoys it immensely. And I teach adults mind you :)

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Great Book
Perfect for little car fans!
we love the taxi book
I'm playing here! I'm playing here!

My Little Yellow Taxi
Stephen T. Johnson
Manufacturer: Red Wagon Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152164650

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Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson puts kids in the driver's seat with this irresistible companion to the bestselling My Little Red Toolbox. With sixteen interactive features at their fingertips, eager young drivers will learn just what it takes to get their taxi ready to roll: The mirror needs to be adjusted, the oil needs to be checked, the engine needs to be started . . . and there's lots more to do! As an added bonus, a clock on each page counts down the minutes, introducing the concept of telling time. And with its sturdy construction, this taxi is built to be "driven" again and again. Fasten your seat belt and get ready for fun!

Customer Reviews:

Great Book.......2007-05-25

I ordered this book since I am going to a Children's Book workshop this Summer and the author is speaking. Very cleaver book with lots of moving parts and good language use. Great fun to share with a grandson.

Perfect for little car fans!.......2007-01-10

My boys loved the little red toolbox--My Little Yellow Taxi did not disappoint! The pieces are pretty stiff initially, but are so much fun for them to play pretend with. Like the toolbox, the book is cardboard, so it does wear. But that does not deter them from filling the taxi up with gas, or using the key to start the engine. A great book for car trips!

we love the taxi book.......2007-01-10

My 4 year old loves, loves this book. I also got it for a playmate who is 4 years old, and reported back he also loves this book. It is SUCH fun it is hard for the children to be gentle with it, and it is only cardboard. My kudos for making "just a book" so strong, but even so, it can handle only so much abuse. I do have to put it away when younger children come over, because it has suffered mishaps and I've had to repair it. I would definately wait until your child can "care" properly for a book before getting this one.

I'm playing here! I'm playing here!.......2006-12-18

To succeed in the world of children's book publishing, an author/artist needs to exhibit a certain level of flexibility. If your first book for kids is a rousing success you may certainly coast on that for a while, but eventually you'll want to expand your horizons. The best artists out there, be they Paul O. Zelinsky, Maurice Sendak, or Faith Ringgold, know how to switch gears and try entirely new things. I mention all this because I cannot wrap my head around the books of Stephen T. Johnson. If flexibility is a talent then this man's a veritable contortionist. Look at his past for a moment. He puts out "Alphabet City" and "City By Numbers" which were realistic and industrial and clever. Then at the same time there's "My Little Blue Robot" and "My Little Red Toolbox", which made the idea of an interactive book more tangible than ever before. Turn around again and he's putting out "Hoops", "Love As Strong As Ginger" and "The Tie Man's Miracle", with yet another different look. Finally we come to 2006. On the one hand Mr. Johnson paired with Diane Siebert to put out the magnificently reviewed, "Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art". Then you turn around again and in the same year is "My Little Yellow Taxi". "Taxi", truth be told, will encounter far more fans than "Tour America" if only be deint of its amusing premise. As long as you are able to break-in the book before your kid gets ahold of it AND you find a way to keep all the pieces together, this may well be the best loved title your entling ever receives.

The book puts the child reader in the driver's seat of a taxi cab. Literally. Kids are given the chance to operate their very own car. They can check their tire pressure with a removable gauge. They can look in the glove compartment, adjust the shiny shiny mirror, and even place the key in the ignition. This being a taxi and all, kids can also set the fare box so that the taxi is available for rides. Then, as you reach the back of the book, there is a little removable taxi just waiting to be driven over, under, around, and about for the car-loving child's pleasure. Part book, part interactive toy, what "My Little Taxi" achieves is the ability to make books fun for book-phobic little ones.

The nice thing about the title is that aside from the fare box, kids that read this book needn't be familiar with what a taxi cab is. Just as long as they've seen a car, they'll be happy. And trust me, cars are a continual fascination for some little ones. Often I'll find myself directing children under the age of three to the car section of the library so that they can stare in wonder at the pictures of shiny automobiles. Put this book in their hands and their interest immediately skyrockets. Of course, in watching kids play with this book I've determined that left to their own devices, these future drivers of America haven't the clearest of ideas on what to do with each page. For example, one kid removed the tire gauge and proceeded to move it about the carpet, making little "vroom vroom" sounds as he did so. Another took the car key and did his darndest to start the tires. With adults at their side, however, this book is a perfect learning tool. Not only is it accurate (albeit with a slightly outdated yellow cab as its guide) but you haven't lived until you've sat in a room of ten librarians all playing "car" and waiting their turn to have a go at it.

The objection to Johnson's "My Little" books in the past is the quality of the construction. "My Little Taxi", unfortunately, is no different. The book is simultaneously too well put together in some parts, and too poorly constructed in others. Take, for example, the driver's side door. In one book the door broke clean off of the book itself on a first read, leaving at least one library patron more than a little perturbed. On the opposite side of the spectrum, my co-workers and I were convinced for a very long time that not all the doors in this book actually opened. The glove compartment, for example, seemed welded in place. After some extraordinary tugging and pulling and swearing and crying, however, we were finally able to wrest that little door open. So my advice to you is this: Find the strongest person you know and prior to handing this book to a child make them open every door, window, and tab allowed. Once an item is removed from the book it slides in and out with relative ease. Otherwise I doubt very much that the strength in your four-year-old's arm is going to make much of a dent here.

Now, we have a circulating copy of "My Little Taxi" in my library. This may or may not be a mistake. Many of the parts in this book are small. There's a section that shows kids three different street signs, all of which are removable and all of which are small enough to lose. The problem with "My Little Robot" (aside from the fact that if you placed a heavy object on top of it you'd hear it squeal) was the missing components. I like to think that this will be less of a problem with "My Little Taxi", but keep a sharp eye out at all times just in case.

No, it's not perfect. No toy with removable parts is perfect. I can't imagine why a book should be any different. However, I will tell you that exactly one hour after I placed a copy of this book in my library's display window, a patron walked up to me demanding the title immediately. When I told her that our circulating copies were all checked out she almost begged me to remove the display copy so that her daughter could see it. The book's a hit with everyone and it pretty much constitutes a sure-fire 100% hit with any and all children under the age of 6 (some would say 8) you hand it to. Worth the clean-up.

A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)

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Potent, original, capable, sexually puerile
just like the other guy said..."too convoluted and unlikely."
Too Convoluted & Unlikely
A woman, a murder, a dog
But why is he... I had to keep asking

A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rowlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
Manufacturer: Audio Renaissance
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ASIN: 1559273747

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The saga of Easy Rawlins that began in 1990 with Devil in a Blue Dress, continues in A Little Yellow Dog. Working as a janitor at Sojourner Truth Junior High School, Easy is asked to care for a small dog owned by the attractive Idabell Holland, a teacher at the school. When Idabell's husband is murdered, Easy finds himself mixed up with a gang of criminals engaged in looting Los Angeles schools and smuggling heroin from France. Idabell and Easy fall into a sexual liaison, but in the wake of it, Idabell is found stabbed to death in the passenger seat of Easy's car. While at first Easy thinks the murders are a "simple falling out of thieves," a surprising twist on the level of "The Maltese Falcon" reveals the truth.

Book Description

It's 1963. Easy Rawlins has given up the street life and is now the supervising custodian of Sojourner Truth High School in Watts. He gets up early and goes off to work. He wears nice clothes and puts all his energy and love into his job and his adopted children. He likes his new life.

But his life changes when Easy comes in early one morning to find one of the teachers already in her classroom. She has her dog with her, and a story about a husband gone mad. Before Easy knows what's happening, the teacher is in his arms. Before the day is over the teacher is gone, leaving Easy with her dog - and a corpse in the school garden.

Easy may have left the streets, but he hasn't been forgotten. The police believe that Easy is involved in the murders. Old enemies are waiting to get even. The principal of the school wants to fire him. His old friends aren't the same, and his new friends might mean his death. A murderer is running loose somewhere. And a little yellow dog plots revenge.

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Potent, original, capable, sexually puerile .......2006-02-05

Having been knocked a bit sideways by RL's Dream I thought I'd give something else of his a go.

This guy can write. Particularly in the final third as the story builds the intensity is gripping. He capably paints a cast of gritty urban characters, and hurls his protagonist `Easy' through Marlowesque investigation, dangerous engagement with cops and crims, beating and final climactic bloody resolution (in LA, no less). Easy is a good balance of resource and vulnerability and has his virtues. In many ways this is a better than average read. Moreover there are distinctively African-American insights.

Where I hesitated to rate this any higher than a B came from the odd sexual morality. This review in a sense overstates it because it's only a minor aspect of an otherwise solid and occasionally striking book. And I'm really unsure (as an Australian Caucasian) just how to relate this to the significance of the Afro-American context. Is `Easy' meant to be a troubled individual, or is he in some ways meant to be racially emblematic? It feels like Mosley deliberately underpins the book with Negro values that, perhaps, he's happy to have at odds with my own. Or perhaps he wasn't even vaguely trying to write for an audience like me.

OK, what I'm talking about is the way that Easy - in so many ways an in control, mature, far-sighted, sharp, cool guy - seems to be consciously presented as a dumb animal in the opening scene - setting the book up more as soft-porn than a sophisticated crime novel. Easy himself is aware of the incongruity:

I'd been on good behavior for more than two years. I was out of the streets and had my job with the Los Angeles Board of Education. I took care of my kids, cashed my paychecks, stayed away from liquor.
I steered clear of the wrong women too.
Maybe I'd been a little too good. I felt an urge in that classroom, but I wasn't going to make the move.
That's when Idabell Turner kissed me.
Two years of up early and off to work dissolved like a sugar cube under the tap.

It's not merely titillation - but it is, make no mistake, titillation - and even if there's more going on, starting like that is very much a cynical use of voyeurism to get people in early. It just seems such an immature (or different?) view of sex.

Is it just stepping up the flirtations of a Chandler novel: in Farewell, My Lovely Marlowe fairly happily allows himself to play around in the seductive charms of a dangerous woman - is this simply Mosley kicking it up to 90s flirtation (i.e. from a little `foolin' around' to all the romance of instant rutting on a desk)? But I wonder if there's more - if it's simply that teenage thing of presenting a hero who has to show, "Hey, I'm in control, but I'm no prude." He's not writing James Bond farce here, so it's not excusable as daydream absurdity.

I'm skating on very thin ice here - I've got nothing to go on but the pap of the media's presentation of black America (we get plenty of US TV over here) - but is Mosley celebrating this sexual beast as part and parcel of the dormant avatar of the semi-mythical powers of the `streets' - presented here much as a dangerous magical power that can be drawn on but will exact a price. Is he deliberately suggesting that his Negro hero, as a Negro, has latent and at times uncontrollable urges for sex, risk and violence? For a white writer to hint at such animal tendencies would be, I suspect rightly, condemned as libellous racial stereotyping. Again, is this, rather, just something in `Easy', and never meant to be generalised? Sure it's the theme of a million `street' style T & A rap bluster music videos, but I thought Mosley would be somewhere beyond their openly stupid misogyny.

I suspect that Mosley would simply realise that whatever he was saying, I just didn't `get it'.

Whatever, this is one of those well written books that I just can't recommend as highly because I find something too offensive. I mean, it's not as offensive as, say, Fry's The Hippopotamus or Golsdworthy's Wish (again, both gifted writers), but I can't really just ignore the trivialisation of sex; I would have been able to thoroughly enjoy this aspect of the book if instead of sex he had have had Easy merely kiss Idabell (or, later, Bonnie). Moreover, handled well this would have been at least as powerful (and a world less gratuitous). If Easy had have, for example, found himself out of the blue passionately kissing a woman he'd hardly spoken to, when he'd had no other intimate relationship for years and was unsure about commitment, it would be just as valid to continue immediately afterwards:

When I leaned over to kiss her forehead I experienced a feeling that I'd known many times in my life. It was that feeling of elation before I embarked on some kind of risky venture. In the old days it was about the police and criminals and the streets of Watts and South Central LA.
But not this time. Not again. I swallowed hard and gritted my teeth with enough force to crack stone. I'd slipped but I would not fall.

A kiss can mean a lot. It can open up a whole new potentiality in a relationship - and be a risk that a cautious mind might regret having taken. It can also maintain an attractive innocence. I will probably be dismissed by some as being too childish in response to an adult novel. But for Mosley to treat sex like this feels juvenile to me: isn't he old enough to have worked out that commitment and relationship and sex have a bit more going on than this puerile opening daydream?

Like I said, I don't suppose I was the audience he was aiming at with that.

just like the other guy said..."too convoluted and unlikely.".......2005-06-29

"call me fool."

that's what easy rawlins says to us when idabell makes things very informal between them. that is the answer to all the questions you might have about this muddled and somewhat confusingly stupid story about a woman who could have made everything right if not for her love for a little yellow dog. when you read the book and wonder why easy did this and why he did that and how come he didn't do this smart thing or that smart thing, just remember what he tells us early on in the beginning. "call me fool."

two shady twins are dead, one of them found on the grounds of the school easy works for. through some rather unbelievable circumstances, other than because easy is black and the cops are mostly white, easy is a suspect for at least one of the killings. instead of telling the police the truth, which isn't always smart when you're black in the 60's, he lies to them. over and over again. instead of playing dumb, he lies. that's not the smartest move either. so let's just keep going with this story, calling him "fool." this "easy" fable of double homicide turns into something frighteningly worse as the gangsters get meaner, the whites get more evil and the blacks tell worse lies. when idabell asks easy to temporarily care for her "little yellow dog," everything falls to pieces and his nice little model citizen charade goes to crap, literally. before long, easy is about to get killed, about to lose his job, about to go to jail and about to clean up dog feces.

the dog, however, is very funny. he hates easy so much it's crazy. when easy is being beaten up by a bad guy, he sees the dog in the distance and waits for the dog to help out so that he could get a breather. but when the dog attacks him instead, a scene about sheer brutality becomes pretty funny.

with some backstory about several, and i do mean several, key characters, we're off and running with this yellow dog tale that doesn't disappoint nor does it relieve. it's just there. there for the moment, there for the heck of it, but there. in classic mosley fashion, we get a whirlwind of characters that we've mostly forgotten about by page one-hundred, but they return by page two-hundred as important links in this whodunnit chain. you really have to be a fan of these rawlins mysteries to keep up with mainstays like mofass, jewelle, jesus, feather, mouse and jackson. for the most part, these characters never really go away, so as long as you are familiar with the books, the introductions of new characters who are mostly just along for this single story shouldn't be much of a problem. well, usually it's not, but the convoluted plot kept spinning me into a weird place where i didn't know my right from my left, let alone my ups from my downs. not one of walter's better books.

i miss easy the drunk from earlier novels. easy the womanizer, the street runner. now, his words are pretty well-written to compensate for his life changes, but i miss the old easy. he was much more exciting. fool or no, he was right about one thing from the very first page - it was the dog's fault.

Too Convoluted & Unlikely.......2004-11-05

The fifth book in Mosley's Easy Rawlins series finds Easy in 1963, working as a maintenance supervisor for a public school in the Watts area of Los Angeles. For two years he's been living clean, having given up the "street life" and heavy drinking to work a straight job, while taking care of the two children he's taken in. Much is made of his desire to live a low-key, normal life, and yet... when a corpse turns up on the grounds of his school, he instinctively lies to the police, when telling the truth would likely have kept him out of the whole mess. Granted, it's well established in the series that the police are rarely (if ever) to be trusted, and there's always been a tension in the series about the allure of the "street life", however, when balanced against the moaning and groaning about wanting to lead a quiet life and raise his kids, it just doesn't make sense.

Instead, Easy lies--not to protect himself--but on behalf of a beautiful teacher he has a ten minute hookup with and who happens to be the corpse's wife, and even then, there's no clear reason for the lie. Soon, a second corpse shows up, and the lead investigator intuits that Easy's hiding something. Given several chances to come clean, Easy instead opts to plunge back into the streets to try and solve the multiple murders himself, which of course only puts him in a more compromising situation. Yes, it's made abundantly clear why a black man would not want to get involved with the police no matter what in 1963 (and not much has changed in 40 years), but wouldn't the savvy Easy of the previous four books would surely recognize that in this instance, simply being truthful is more likely to placate the police than his surly evasiveness?

From the start, the plot is wildly convoluted, and it grows ever more improbable. Almost as improbable as the transformation of his hell-raising, crazy friend Mouse, who at this point has also settled down with a wife and kid. Yes, one expects characters to transform over the course of a series, but in Mouse's case, the transformation is so utterly at odds with his stated nature that it seems entirely unreasonable. In any event, Easy runs back and forth all over LA, trying to solve the murders for the police he's trying to stay one step ahead of. The pieces of the puzzle are very complicated, and include a series of thefts from the school district, a herion smuggling operation, and of course, a few lovely ladies. The one thing that really keeps the book interesting is Mosley's vivid supporting characters, from low-lifes to bureaucrats, white, Hispanic, Asian, they all come alive on the page. Ultimately, though, one of the weaker books in the series.

A woman, a murder, a dog.......2004-06-25

In Mosley's fifth Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins mystery it's 1963 and streetwise, brooding Easy has established a "straight" life for himself and his two adopted street children. The supervising custodian of a school in Watts, Los Angeles, he arrives for work to find Mrs. Turner, a young, lovely teacher, distraught because her husband wants to kill her dog.

A couple hours later there's a dead man in the school yard, the teacher has disappeared and Easy's stuck with a yapping mutt while the police fit him - a black man with a shady past and an attitude - for murder.

Rawlins is a man of few words, keeping most of his dialogue interior. Mrs. Turner is beautiful, alluring, available.

"'Call me Idabell,' she said.
Call me fool."

Easy has his weaknesses but understands them. He's proud and as the bodies mount up, he evades the cops and pursues his own investigation - as much for the excitement as to save his own skin.

Mosley's style is all personality - strong, eloquent, streetwise, stubborn, vivid and determined. Easy tracks his quarry with savvy and cynicism - if he doesn't get the murderer, the cops will get him.

Mosley's latest is a tightly plotted, fast-paced and thoughtful read. Pure pleasure.

But why is he... I had to keep asking.......2004-05-23

Here's a guy who is just trying to keep his life clean, after having a questionable past. He is obviously not involved in this killing, yet he continuously puts himself in situations that will get him linked to the case.

All he had to do was tell the truth from the start. Someone who had such a sordid past, and had since managed to straighten out their life, would just keep their eyes down, and be as honest with the police as possible.

At the begining, he keeps repeating that he doesn't want the police to get too interested in him, since he didn't get his job by honest means, and he doesn't want them to find out.

Turns out, he got his job the same way 85% of Americans get their job; A friend put in a good word for him. How he got this new friend was a bit unscrupulous, but their is no amount of investigating that would have uncovered that.

Even so, if he didn't want the police getting too interested, why did he keep putting himself in places and with people that were linked with the crimes.

The whole plot was just way too ridiculous for me to let go and enjoy the story, which, by the way, I thought was written with too choppy a style of writting anyway.

BTW, has anyone else noticed, at least three of the five star ratings are identicle to the word?

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Manufacturer: Rigby
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Blessed Gardens LOVES Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes

What a wise girl for such a youngin.

Marvelous discovery

Beautifully illustrated. Wonderfully written.

A young girl who explores the circle of life & marvels at the collaboration & effort involved in cultivating fruits she loves

Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes [LARGE PRINT]
Demian Elaine Yumei
Manufacturer: Illumination Arts Publishing Company
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ASIN: 097401902X
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Product Description

This exquisite offering examines the universal circle of life through the innocent eyes of a young girl, who marvels at all the energy and collaboration it takes to grow her yellow pear tomatoes. She sees that everyone and everything brings something essential to the little fruits she loves so much.

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Blessed Gardens LOVES Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes .......2007-08-08

"Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes", by Demian Elaine Yumei, captures the early wonder children find in the the garden. The book follows a little girl as she discovers all the "not-a-tomato things" that are necessary to create her very special garden treat.

The learning angle of this charming book is in how children discover how everything is connected. We all make a contribution, and her lesson is in seeing that her parents, the sun, the rain, and even the ladybugs and earthworms are all a part of the tiny yellow pear tomatoes that she loves so much.

The wonder and discovery in this book brought back the first time I tasted a wild strawberry that my grandmother inisisted we stop and pick. This serves as a spiritual reminder that even the most simple tasks of our daily life are connected to a farmer's harvest a hundred miles away, and the importance of teaching our children this. Deliciously illustrated, "Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes" makes a great gift and encourages children to share in the vital connection between all living things.

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What a wise girl for such a youngin........2007-01-21

Kids will get a lot out of this book. The text is excellent and the illustrations are great. They fit together very well. There were 13 scenes (2-pages each) included. I was able to get a good idea of the story just by turning the pages and looking at the pictures.

The story was about a little girl who lived on a farm where her father grew little yellow pear tomatoes for her. The little girl explained during the story how her little yellow tomatoes were able to grow on the farm. Very educational! I think little kids will enjoy having this book read to them over and over. The high quality of the text and illustrations should ensure that.

I would have liked the book better if I'd been told who the little girl was (what was her name?). Also, I did not see the need to include the concept of heaven. 5 stars!

Marvelous discovery.......2006-09-13

Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (8/06)

A young girl loves little yellow pear tomatoes. She delights in discovering what goes into growing them. "Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes" is a marvelous book for children.
The illustrations are beautifully done.

My grandchildren love to help us garden. They help us plant the seeds. They each have their own basket to collect the fruit and vegetables when it's time to harvest them. They have often asked "Why does this grow?" "Why does it take so long for the plant to bear fruit?" This wonderful book explains some of what goes into raising one of their favorite fruits. Daddy plants the seed and tills the soil. Mommy pulls the weeds. The bugs and worms do there part to keep the plant breathing. The clouds water the garden. The sun feeds the plants. All these things are part of the tomato. For if you take away one thing there would not be little yellow pear tomatoes.

I highly recommend this book for young children. It is beautifully written and illustrated.

Beautifully illustrated. Wonderfully written........2006-03-06

What a thought provoking book! As I read this story, I soon realized that my thinking about growing plants had been very wrong. I have always thought about seeds as containing everything needed to grow a plant - any plant. Isn't that what children everywhere are told? Some well meaning person holds up a tiny seed for a child's eyes to behold and patiently explains that the seed, no matter how diminutive it may seem, does indeed hold everything it needs to grow into its own type of vegetation. Of course, these are well meaning instructors who are simply trying to help children understand the miracle that is held inside even the tiniest seed, and what they say is true - but there is so much more!

Now, inside the pages of this beautifully illustrated book, we find a thoughtful child who not only looks at seeds as miraculous, but also understands that many other things are necessary for those seeds to produce fruit. That means there must be many things inside the little yellow pear tomatoes that helped them become the unique fruit that they are.

As we turn the pages of this book, we enter the mind of a little girl as she sits in her garden thinking about those little yellow pear tomatoes that she loves so well. She notes the difference between these tomatoes and other tomatoes - and there are many differences. Then she thinks about how her daddy and mommy help them to grow, how the sun and rain help them to grow, and even how the bugs and worms help them to grow. Are all these things now inside the little yellow pear tomatoes? Could the tomatoes grow without them?

***** As the story continues, children will learn to think about all the people, things, and situations that must be present in order for a little yellow pear tomato to mature. I enjoyed this story tremendously, and highly recommend it for all children. I think I can also guarantee that they will never again look at a seed (or a tomato) in the same way. *****

Reviewed by Ruth Wilson.

A young girl who explores the circle of life & marvels at the collaboration & effort involved in cultivating fruits she loves.......2005-10-04

Inspired by Zen teachings, Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes is a children's picturebook about a young girl who explores the circle of life and marvels at the collaboration and effort involved in cultivating fruits she loves so much. Written in singsong rhyming verse, and beautifully illustrated in full color, Little Yellow Pear Tomatoes explores the fundamental connections between all people, labors, and things big and small. "I am in these little yellow pear tomatoes, too, / because if I didn't love eating them / so much, my daddy wouldn't plant them! // Each little yellow pear tomato / has the entire earth and all of heaven / in it... just like me. // I love little yellow pear tomatoes!"

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Yellow Hippo (Little Giants)
Alan Rogers
Manufacturer: Two-Can Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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nYoung children will learn all about colors, shapes, weather, travel, and motion while they share the adventures of a cast of funny animal characters. nColorful pictures with only one sentence to a page. nOriginal artwork from leading animator Alan Rogers.

Volksy: The Little Yellow Car ( a Tip Top Elf Book )

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Volksy: The Little Yellow Car ( a Tip Top Elf Book )
Helen Wing
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Binding: Hardcover
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The Little Yellow Book Of Fevered Stories

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The Little Yellow Book Of Fevered Stories
Al Sarrantonio
Manufacturer: Borderlands Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1880325578

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A mini-collection of strange fiction by an well-known horror writer.

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Interesting...but think of this...
"Friends rub off on friends, and color knows no boundary."

Little Blue and Little Yellow
Leo Lionni
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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Interesting...but think of this..........2000-11-17

What about the fact that the parents don't recognize their own child and shun little blue and little yellow? I'm not sure how I feel about this book...some children might be upset to think that their mommy and daddy might not recognize them one day if they change their appearance...

"Friends rub off on friends, and color knows no boundary.".......2000-03-26

This book demonstrates an understanding of colors, changes of colors through blending, and friendship. A wonderful book for parents to own with children of all ages. Not only does this book cover colors and friendship, it touches on differences in families and people. Teaches that friends come in all colors, and they can affect each other's lives. A perfect book for the home or the classroom.

Every Little Thing About You (A Yellow Rose Trilogy #1)

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Every little thing about you
Wonderful
I love this book!!!!
Adorable funny book
Every Little Thing About you

Every Little Thing About You (A Yellow Rose Trilogy #1)
Lori Wick
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786228768

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Book 1 in The Yellow Rose Trilogy - a guaranteed series from Thorndike Press

The first meeting between Slater Rawlings and Liberty Drake could hardly be called ideal. As acting deputy of Shotgun, Texas, Liberty is simply enforcing the town laws. But Slater, a former Texas Ranger with a restless spirit, is surprised to find himself on the wrong side of the law - and it's a she who is arresting him. Despite his rocky start in Shotgun, Slater finds himself drawn to the close-knit town, with its strong church family and the fascinating Deputy Drake. As his affection grows, Slater longs to see Liberty turn in her gun and badge. But can she give up her position when so many people depend on her?

Book 2: A Texas Sky Book 3: City Girl

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Every little thing about you.......2006-12-13

The title sums this book up "Little Thing". After reading "Sophie's Choice" by Lori Wick I guess I had too high expectations, because this book was not only boring but had very little plot line. It was all I could do to finish it.

Wonderful.......2006-07-12

Lori Wicks books are always very well written. This one was very good and hard to put down. It is set in the late 1800s. I enjoyrd it very much, and I am looking forward to reading other books in this series!!

I love this book!!!!.......2006-04-19

This was the first lori wick book I read. I loved it and could not put it down!!! 2 of my friends told me to read it and the following ones, I loved slater and one my friends liked cash and other one liked dakota. i love all the books its just that slater's my favorite. I am a 14 year old girl and my friends are in their teens. some people might consider this book sexist but I don't believe so at all. I am a christian and I believe that this is how it was back then. but I do not believe its the way things should be now... sure men should be the head of the household but I also believe that God meant us to be partners not having women scurrying about bringing her husband this or that. Slater meant well he was not just tryng to dominate over her just becuz he was a man. he cared about her and thats wut wick was trying to show

Adorable funny book.......2006-01-10

This book is like all Lori Wicks items well written, but the situation isn't like the common romance novel. We have powerplays between men and women, we have unexpected love, and we have extended family issues. It was very sweet, and had me giggling through it. One of my faves.

Every Little Thing About you.......2005-10-21

It was a great book. I just love it and could not put it down.

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