Aunt Dimity Goes West (Aunt Dimity)

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Everyone's favorite sleuth heads to the Rocky Mountains in the twelfth installment of Nancy Atherton's cozy mystery series

Lori Sheppard barely survived her last adventure in Scotland before she's off on her next. This time in the mountain town of Bluebird, Colorado. No sooner than she's arrived do things start to go amiss. Someone has mysteriously disappeared, a charming and charismatic man seems to know more than he's letting on, and the whole town is hiding a dark secret. With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori sets out to solve a hundred-year-old mystery and discovers in the process that sometimes the strangest places can seem the most like home.

Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity series has charmed its way into the hearts of mystery fans through eleven installments. In Aunt Dimity Goes West, Atherton's vivid storytelling and knack for bringing a setting to life will have fans lassoed to their chairs and guessing to the very end.

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Great Cozy Mystery.......2007-05-14

This is a perfect addition to the Aunt Dimity series. Like always the reader is left with a great feeling

another winner !.......2007-05-07

Atherton's series about Lorri & Aunt Dimity are always fun, intertwined with mystery and an almost believable story. Here she & the twins & their nanny head for Colorado to aid in Lori's medical & psychological recovery (from the last book). Almost immediately she discovers a mystery and curse involving the 'cabin' where they are staying. How can one woman always find herself in these situations?!?! But you know it will be a happy ending! Enjoy a fast, fun read!

Lori Shepherd in the West.......2007-04-15

This book is interesting because it has mystery, humor, history, interwoven. Lori goes for healing of fears and finds herself in town who fears a home which has a ghost. The caretaker has disappeared. Is he part of a sinister plot or a victim? Within the mystery is the humor that many people are much like the people of Lori's hometown. Do small towns have similar types of people? There is a great deal of histroy of the old mining town with its struggles and hardships. There is compassion. Aunt Dimity remains level headed, but there is an interesting and unexpected new twist in this story. This is an enjoyable book to read.

A fun read.......2007-04-01

As always the Aunt Dimity series is fun, light reading. Always entertaining

Aunt Dimity Goes West.......2007-03-30

These books are always a light and fast read, but I always find them rather charming, if you can accept the concept. This takes the heroine out of the U.K. into the western US but, as always, she runs into the usual bad guys and paranormal persons. When I read these books I always know what I am getting and enjoy them for what they are.

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Red Flower Goes West

Red Flower Goes West
Ann Turner
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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ASIN: 0786822538

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Red Flower Goes West.......2002-09-10

In muted tones and spare text illustrator Dennis Nolan and author Ann Turner together create a story of one family's westward journey. "There's gold in California and free land, A man can't let that go by... Once Pa had an idea, no one could stop him", "Ma tightened her lips, dug a red flower... 'where I go, this flower goes too.' Pa had nothing to say to that". And so begins a journey of peril where Red Flower becomes more than a geranium, it becomes a symbol of survival. The soft sepia tones are punctuated by the bright red geranium flowers emphasizing the importance of Red Flower. This book leaves with you a clearer idea of how scary it would have been to be a pioneer.

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What happened to the illustrations?
If McDuff can learn to understand French, then maybe your young reader can too
Great if you speak French - disappointment otherwise
Perfection
Scottie & Westie Tales

McDuff Goes to School (Mcduff)
Rosemary Wells
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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ASIN: 0786856769

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What happened to the illustrations?.......2005-11-22

The five stars are for the book, not the illustrations in this current edition. I love all the McDuff books. I used to have a Westie and so they really captured my attention. I started buying them before my granddaughter was born and started reading them to her very early in her life. She absolutely loves them and asks me to read them to her over and over again. However, I am disappointed in the illustrations in the latest editions of the books (like this one). They are not the same as in the earlier editions yet the illustrator is the same. Why is that? The earlier editions had wonderful illustrations that looked exactly like the Westies, but the newer editions are different. They look very cartoonish. Please bring back the "old look" and please ask Rosemary Wells to write more books to be illustrated as they used to be. Thanks.

If McDuff can learn to understand French, then maybe your young reader can too.......2005-08-18

For some reason I am having problems finding a list that puts the McDuff books in order. I know that "McDuff Moves In" was the first book in the series, written by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers. I thougth that "McDuff Goes to School" might be the second book in the series because once Fred and Lucy (not Ricky and Ethel) let this cute little white-haired dog into their lives I figured that sending him to obedience school was the logical next step. But "McDuff Goes to School" was published in 2001 and that puts it after "McDuff Comes Home," "McDuff and the Baby," and "McDuff's New Friend." That involved a bit of on-line research, but the fact that there was a baby in the house was a big clue that this adventure took place after "McDuff and the Baby" at least. Where "McDuff Saves teh Day" and "McDuff's Wild Romp" fit into the chronology is not yet clear to me, but I will work on it.

"McDuff Goes to School" tells what happens when a new family, the De Gaulles, moves from Barkedelphia into the house next door to McDuff at number nine Elm Road. McDuff discovers a new dog, a black Scottish Terrier named Marie-Antoinette has moved in as well, and Lucy and Fred learn that Celeste and Pierre de Gaulle speak French. So when Lucy says, "Hello," Celeste responds with "Bonjour." Inside the De Gaulle's new home when Marie sits on the sofa Celeste orders her to jump down, lay down, and stay, but she does it all in French. When Lucy and Fred discover that McDuff does not obey command (in English; they do not try French), they decide he has to go to obedience school. Celeste and Marie decide to go to the school too.

What is interesting is that because Lucy is too busy with the baby and Fred is too tired from working all day, that neither of them has time to practice with McDuff. So it is Celeste who practices every day with Marie, learning how to heel, sit, stay, and come. On the other side of the fence McDuff is watching the lessons and when he starts obeying the commands, given in French, he gets a liver truffle, just like Marie. Meanwhile, Lucy and Fred are aware that McDuff is not doing well in school and when graduation day comes he does not obey their commands.

I really like this illustrated children's story for two reasons. The first is that young readers will see where the story is going and anticipate the ending, which is a good thing because they will be happy they were smart enough to figure it out. The second is that Celeste speaks French throughout the book and although there is a Glossary in the back that explains that "assieds-toi" means "sit" and "viens" means "come," there are no direct translations in the main story. However, the meaning of each phrase is clear from what is being said so that kids can make the connections. Beyond that, you have the benefit that if young readers, ages 2-5, can learn the French commands to give a dog to heel, jump and lie down, then they might be interested in learning other foreign words and phrases, whether they are French or something else. The earlier you get kids interested in speaking a foreign language the easier it is for them to pick it up. It is too late for me to do so, but hopefully you can get this book to your beginning reader when it can help them on that particular path.

Great if you speak French - disappointment otherwise.......2005-02-26

We have three of the books in this series and love them, but were very disappointed with this book. Yes the illustration are beautiful as with the other books, but about half the text is in French. I'm sure that's great if you speak French but its miserable for those of us who don't. German or Italian would have been fine but I couldn't even stumble through the French and the story was mostly lost as a result.

Perfection.......2002-02-27

I have all the previous books in this series and would recommend them to everyone. I also have both scotties and westies, and Wells and Jeffers capture the spirit, expressions and body language of these dogs perfectly. The stories are very cute and have been very popular with the children I have tested them on. McDuff is an adorable character and I hope to have new volumes soon!

Scottie & Westie Tales.......2001-10-21

Being the owner of a Scottie, a Westie and a Cairn as well as an avid art collector of breed-related items, I am so impressed with the capturing of the expressions of the Scottie (Marie) and the Westie (McDuff) in this book. The artist really knows the breeds and the author as well. They both capture the wonderful spirit and essence of the beloved dogs. A great story that children of all ages will love - even this 39 year old kid. Bravo!

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Scheherazade needs to get out more!
Can this really be the woman who wrote "Dreams of Trespass"?
Excellent book! A must read!!
The Feminist Romantic
Author needs to travel more, read more books

Scheherazade Goes West
Fatima Mernissi
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
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ASIN: 0743412435

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Fatima Mernissi's unclassifiable book, at turns scholarly, playful, watchful, and admonitory, perfectly juxtaposes the relations between men and women in Europe with those in the Muslim world. In Scheherazade Goes West: Different Cultures, Different Harems, there is a studied casualness in Mernissi's observations, which she presents as a series of discoveries reached through conversations with friends, through reading and travels, and through her own lived experience as a liberated Moroccan woman, a feminist professor of sociology at a Moroccan university. In 1994, Mernissi traveled to 10 Western cities to promote her bestselling book, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, a luxury not available to her illiterate grandmother Yasmina, to whom the harem was a prison, rather than the idealized sanctuary of Western myth.

The contrasts Mernissi discovered between East and West were not as simple as one might imagine. In Berlin, for example, she leafed through pornographic German photo books of "harem women," produced for an eager audience of Western men, and in Paris, she accompanied a male friend on a walking tour of his favorite odalisques, from Ingres to Matisse, while he explained how comforting an insecure man found these nude, silent women. While the medieval caliphs tended to prize intelligence and erudition among the women of their harems, Western writers have lauded beauty over every other quality; as Kant put it, a learned woman "might as well even have a beard." In deceptively light prose, Mernissi introduces the sexual politics of Islam to a Western audience, while pointing out the inconsistencies and illogic in the Western tradition. --Regina Marler

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Fatema Mernissi, the world-renowned Islamic feminist, has shed unprecedented light on the lives of women in the Middle East, in works hailed as "enchanting" (The New York Times Book Review), "exuberant" (Elle), and "remarkable" (The Washington Post Book World). Now, in Scheherazade Goes West, Mernissi reveals her unique experiences as a liberated, independent Moroccan woman faced with the peculiarities and unexpected encroachments of Western culture. Her often surprising discoveries about the conditions of and attitudes toward women around the world -- and the exquisitely embroidered amalgam of clear-eyed autobiography and dazzling

meta-fiction by which she relates those assorted discoveries -- add up to a deliciously wry, engagingly cosmopolitan, and deeply penetrating narrative.

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A vital fusion of memory and feminist thought finds the bestselling author of "Beyond the Veil" provocatively sifting through her experiences as a liberated Moroccan woman faced with the unexpected encroachments of Western culture.

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Scheherazade needs to get out more!.......2007-08-09

This book would have been much better if Mernissi had stuck with witty vignettes about her culture shock and humorous malentendus during her westward sojourn. After all, there are plenty of books by Yanks, Aussies, and Brits about "discovering" the orient. Instead, Mernissi takes it upon herself to try to solve mysteries that have plagued womankind for millennia and to rectify old wrongs.

According to Mernissi's epiphany, western men in order to build their self esteem need to portray women as stupid sexualized objects. Mernissi maintains that Arab men are really scared of women and that's why they felt a need to cloak and sequester them. In order to build her case she points out a few isolated incidents in history in which harem concubines rose up and killed their masters. The much more common scenario, not just in Arab countries, was for the concubine/courtesan to kill her rivals, and or her rivals' sons, not her benefactor. That was her only hope of advancing. Look up China's only empress, Wu Zetian. She made it to the top by ruthlessly killing her rivals and their children. My blood pressure began to rise as Mernissi continued to describe harem life as a glamorous slumber party, rather than imprisonment and sexual slavery.

Mernissi maintains that women in Muslim countries really have more rights than western women. To prove her case she cites some statistic that Saudi Arabia has a higher percentage of professional women than many western countries. Given Saudi Arabia's level of wealth and very rigid gender segregation it would be surprising if this were not the case. What she doesn't bother to mention is that in Saudi Arabia these women doctors, lawyers, and engineers are not allow to vote, drive, or leave the home without donning a tent and obtaining permission from a male relative.

Mernissi also plays apologist by splicing her book with some historical accounts of Christian treachery towards Muslims. It went both ways and at any rate it doesn't absolve all of the recent acts of terrorism.

Mernissi saves her bombshell for last: American culture itself is a hejib, a veil, for women. She bases this on a snooty experience she had in an upscale New York boutique in which a saleswoman informed her that she couldn't accommodate women over a size six. Ergo Mernissi infers that American women have been hobbled by misogynists in the fashion industry just the same as the women of Afghanistan who are forced to wear the burqua or Saudi women forced to wear the abbaya and hejib. I am an American borderline plus sizer and the only time I ever had a problem finding clothes big enough was in Southern China. I'm not denying that misogynists in the fashion industry and Hollywood have made inroads as far as conning women into feeling inadequate. The difference is that I can leave my home anytime I want wearing whatever I want and not have to worry about an acid attack from arrogant religious fanatics, as has happened in Pakistan and some other countries experiencing a surge in fundamentalism.

Can this really be the woman who wrote "Dreams of Trespass"?.......2006-04-19

If Mernissi is, as her publisher claims, the greatest living Moslem sociologist, there can not be much competition. She recounts going to a store in New York where the clerk told her that size 4 and 6 are the only normal sizes. Acute observor that she is, she fails to notice that the average American woman, such as the ones presumably walking down the sidewalk with her, is size 12 or 14. As a 3X, I am apparently considerably larger than Mernissi, and I can attest that while it was easier to shop when I was a size nine, I don't have any real trouble finding clothes. Since Mernissi tells us that she was teased as a young woman for being too thin, it's hard to buy her claim that the issue of physical beauty is a burden peculiar to American or Western women.

This is only the worst of her naive gaffs. She complains that Diaghlev's ballet reduces Scheherezade to a dancer; I dare say that if she had watched closely, she would have noticed that all the other characters were dancing also. She complains that a painting focuses on Scheherezade's looks rather than her intelligence. Well, it IS a painting, and the one on the cover of the book shows her telling her stories, so what's her point? She complains about Western paintings of odalisques, and then tells us that one of the common themes among Moslem painters is a certain heroine bathing in the wilderness. Not so different, then? It might have helped if she had talked to any women other than her French editor and the salesclerk, but she spends vastly more time with men. This isn't impressive for an intelligent adult, let alone a professional scholar and sociologist.

One can understand a certain dismay on Mernissi's part. She tells us that she was interviewed by a number of male reporters, none of whom had read "Dreams of Trespass." (If they had read her book, they would have known what a harem is.) Mernissi, guided by her editor Christiane and friends, embarks on a tendentious search for Western harems; she wanted harems, and by golly they found them for her. Reading, or not reading, Kant, Naomi Wolfe, Edgar Allen Poe, Mernissi is confident that she has grasped the whole of western thought.

The only reason that I gave this book two stars is that I did finish it and it had lots of interesting little tidbits about some Moslem cultures. Fascinating though Haroun al-Rashid was, I am skeptical that the lives of his harem slaves had much to say about the life of the typical Moslem woman even of his own day, let alone the far-flung and diverse cultures of Islam today. I was also appalled at Mernissi's brutal indifference to these slave girls. She describes most woman as feeling imprisoned and resentful of the harem, but makes Haroun's harem sound glamorous and fulfilling. One can just imagine little girls all over Africa, Asia and Europe praying that their villages would be sacked, their male kith and kin slaughtered, and that they would endure the horrors of the slave coffle for the chance to join it. She never considers how if might feel to be the discarded favorite, or the woman who was never a favorite.

According to Mernissi, Moslem men fear women, imprison them, but fantasize about active assertive women. Western men don't fear woman, give them much more freedom, but fantasize about passive women. She sometimes seems to be saying that Moslem women are therefore better off, but I'm not convinced. It seems to me that there is a pattern of wanting what one doesn't have, common not only to men but to people in general.

Not much insight about Western women, and I am very skeptical of her insights about Moslem women. Only for readers wanting to read exhaustively about woman and Islam.

Excellent book! A must read!!.......2006-03-08

Fatema Mernissi's "Scheherezade Goes West" is an incredible book. I could not put it down once I began reading it. I highly recommend it......I keep talking about it to everyone I know.

I think that her observations have quite a bit of truth behind them, even with regards to her ideas of the Western world. A few critics of the book mentioned how if Fatema had truly observed women in the U.S. she would see that we came in all sizes. That is true! But still, don't we all feel the pressure put on us to be a size 6? To wear makeup? To look like a supermodel? Why are eating disorders more prevalent? A friend of mine told me she was anorexic in high school, but that having an eating disorder was "normal", since it appeared almost every girl in her high school had some sort of eating disorder. How sad! In high school I took sanctuary in athletics---and most athletic women could never fit into the American standard ideals of beauty. So we pride ourselves in being fit and strong.

When are we going to learn to appreciate ourselves for what we are worth?

Mernissi's book is one that makes you think. I think it is magnificent. Read it with an open mind, and use her observations to challenge and question what you know. I also enjoyed having some sort of insight into the Islamic world. I feel we really misunderstand Islam. We base most of our views on the actions and beliefs of the extremists. I hope that because of the events in our world today, us westerners and non-muslims will try to educated ourselves and learn about Islam with an open mind and an un-biased heart.

The Feminist Romantic.......2005-02-28

I am neither American nor Arab but this book is a must-read for every woman in the twenty-first century. This is a true teaching text.

For all single women out there, gift yourself this book before next Valentine's Day. Read 'Scheherazade goes west' with an open mind and you will learn more about how to be a woman than a dozen dating manuals.

Don't pay any attention to the closed-minded reviewers here who claim Mernissi does not understand American culture. In fact by refusing to discuss her own life in reference to the men in her life, she shows the way to liberation. Mernissi has insights into this culture that are truly breathtaking and empowering.

Author needs to travel more, read more books.......2004-03-02

I enjoyed "Dreams of Trespass" the author tries to follow it up with a book written on her book tour. This ends up being a disaster, this is the writers first trip to the West, her history, and knowlegde of the West is zero. She spent her childhood school years just memorizing the Koran. Despite her degrees in history, her history of the West is very poor. When introduced to the writngs of Kant, she assumes that he is still a role model on the philosophy of women in the western world.
The saddest part is when she writes about her collegue Kemal, no matter how much he abuses her verbally, she always crawls back for his approval, while trying to tell us how liberated she is.
I feel sorry for all her fears, and she has many, having crossed roads, that thank god, I didn't have to cross.
So give this book a skip, hopefully the author made enough money on it to travel a bit more and read alot more before she writes another book about the West

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Amazing work of art
East goes West
Recently republished, East Goes West deserves rediscovery.

East Goes West
Younghill Kang
Manufacturer: Kaya/Muae
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ASIN: 1885030118
Release Date: 1997-02-02

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By Younghill Kang.

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Amazing work of art.......2001-06-29

That Younghill Kang's book, critically acclaimed during his own lifetime, has been rediscovered and reprinted decades later is a victory for American literature. I am a student at Northwestern University and I read this book for an Asian American literature class that I took on a whim. Though I rarely glance at class books during vacation (even the good ones) I have re-read this one twice. East Goes West is a beautifully written novel that manages to be both powerfully thought-evoking and humorous. Kang's commentary on the uniqueness of American culture, politics, business, and society remain as fresh and valid as they were sixty years ago. The genius of this book is that it makes you think while being amused. If you've always wanted to find hidden treasure, this book comes pretty close. Do yourself a favor and read this book!

East goes West.......1999-11-30

This is an excellent book for anyone who would like to know how Koreans in early 1900 had lived in America. It is a story of exiles living in the U. S. waiting to return to Korea someday knowing then that it was an impossible dream. In his book I met many people I had heard of or read about. Mr. Younghill Kang, who is a friend of my remote aunt, is indeed a true poet.

Recently republished, East Goes West deserves rediscovery........1997-07-31

One of the first works of fiction written by an Asian immigrant to the United States, Kang's novel describes his early adulthood with a poignant humor that touches not only on his most positive experiences in a new country--such as being befriended by other Korean Americans--but also on some of his worst: the time when college classmates convinced him to run a race in long underwear. Kang, however, never forces us to feel sorry for him; simply by relating his experiences to us in a uniquely crafted language that reflects both his extensive literary training and his own quirky sense of style, Kang manages to win our sympathy for an obviously gifted young man who faces discrimination and hardship during his first years away from home

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Excellent story!
WONDERFULLY HEARTWARMING, A TRUE KEEPER

The Princess Goes West
Nan Ryan
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
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ASIN: 0061085170

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Her tiny kingdom bankrupt, pampered Princess Marlena of Hartz-Coburg is forced to travel to the American West to solicit funds. When her sudden illness threatens her plan, the princess's ever-efficient factotum arranges for a temporary replacement, a saloon singer whose uncanny resemblance to the princess fools everyone--including tough-as-nails Texas Ranger Virgil Black, who apprehends the wrong woman on a charge of theft. Ignoring the princess's vigorous protests of innocence, Black sets off with her on horseback for the grueling ride to the El Paso jail. Virgil's strong, silent self-control is a perfect foil for Marlena's royal temper tantrums, and the heat they generate combusts into some wildly impulsive lovemaking. Funny without becoming silly, this skillful blend of fairy-tale fantasy and Western grit is a real treat. --Ellen Edwards

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Excellent story!.......2000-06-15

I truly enjoyed this story. My first Nan Ryan book but not my last. Widowed Princess Marlena goes to America to raise money for her country. She takes ill and is replaced by a woman who could be her twin that works in a saloon as an actress/singer. The actress is wanted for theft and that's where Virgil Black comes in. He's assigned to bring her to jail. He spots the redhead and takes her with him even though she tells him time and again that she is a Princess. Sparks fly as they travel by horse to the final destination. This book has to have one of the best endings I have ever read.

WONDERFULLY HEARTWARMING, A TRUE KEEPER.......1999-05-11

A wonderful story of mistaken identity and true love. The carachters in this book are so real you feel as if you are part of the story. A truly exceptional romance. I couldn't put it down. Read it in one day, taking it with me to catch a few pages whenever I could. A charming love story. Princess Marlena or "Red" as Virgil Black, Captian of the Texas Rangers calls her is out of her pampered lifestyle and loving and hating every minute of it. The sparks fly and sizzle with passion. A must read for devoted happy ending readers.

Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse

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This is a wonderful book!
Darling book about friendship!
A Special Tale of Love and Friendship.....
Fun life lessons
Loved it, Loved it, Loved it

Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse
Jean Ekman Adams
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This is a wonderful book!.......2006-01-11

Clarence really has it all. He's a "wee" pig with a nice apartment in the city. And he is fortunate enough to take a vacation. He's excitedly boarding a bus for a ranch out west. Clarence is even excited about the bus ride.

Things look pretty gloomy when Clarence arrives at the ranch. He's too late for dinner, he's forgotten his favorite pillow, and there isn't a familiar face in sight.

Life is brighter when the next morning Clarence meets Smoky, a large purple horse. They become fast friends and partake in simple adventures together. But when Smoky is no longer needed at the ranch, Clarence fears he'll never see his friend again. Clarence must figure out a way to keep his friend with him. Will he?

Clarence has pluck! And his sense of adventure is wonderfully refreshing. The delightful illustrations add so much to this lovely story of friendship and "going the extra mile" to stay together.

I found myself chuckling numerous times when I looked at the pictures of Clarence packing, having snacks on the bus and line dancing with Smoky. But my favorite is the last illustration in the book as it represents love and friendship.

Armchair Interviews says: Children will enjoy Clarence and Smoky's adventures and we suspect their parents and grandparents will also.

Darling book about friendship!.......2002-10-15

One of our teaching assistants came to me and begged for this title to be added to the library collection. After checking the book out online, I ordered it. To my delight, it arrived in my book order, and I immediately read it to my 2nd graders in library. We all fell in love with Clarence and Smoky. Both characters are well written and delighfully drawn. The simplistic storyline can easily be read by beginning readers. This is a must for every personal collection!

A Special Tale of Love and Friendship............2001-12-12

Clarence, a city dwelling little pig, sets out on his first big vacation to a dude ranch, out west. After a long and interesting bus ride, he arrives and meets Smoky, a very large and friendly purple horse who introduces him to all the pleasures of western ways. Smoky takes him on long rides through the mountains and canyons, teaches Clarence to play cards with the boys, line dance, and perform on the washtub in a cowboy band. They eat, nap, and even read stories together. It's a wonderful week. But as his vacation comes to an end, Smoky tells Clarence he's getting too old to work on the ranch anymore, and is going to be sold. Best friends are hard to come by, and Clarence can't stand the thought of never seeing his favorite horse again. So he uses all his bus money to buy Smoky, and together they begin the long ride back to the city. It may take years, but as long as they're together, they have all the time in the world..... Jean Ekman Adams has written a delightful story with a gentle message about loyalty, compassion, and friendship, that won't be lost on young readers. Her simple and engaging text, with its satisfying, happily ever after ending, is beautifully enhanced by her charming, bold, and vibrant illustrations, full of endearing ranch characters, and subtle, humorous detail. Perfect for youngsters 3-7, Clarence Goes Out West And Meets A Purple Horse, is a sweet and entertaining, feel good story, that is sure to put a smile on everyone's face. This soon-to-be classic, is a picture book youngsters will beg to read again and again.

Fun life lessons.......2001-05-08

Not only does my daughter thoroughly enjoy Clarence & Smoky & the colorful illustrations, but I like the idea that she's getting fun lessons on compassion, friendship & priorities. Having lived in the big city & now finding myself in "the West," I truly enjoy this book myself. (Or perhaps it's my similar tendencies to pack my favorite snacks & not enough clothes when I travel...)This is one of the few books I don't mind reading 4 times before bed!

Loved it, Loved it, Loved it.......2001-01-19

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed Gene Adams book. After working on dude ranches for 10 years and I can relate. I think children will will love Clarence and Smokey, and have fun going on adventures with them. I hope there will be more to come from Gene, Clarence and Smokey.

Software Goes to School: Teaching for Understanding with New Technology

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Thoughtful compilation of essays

Software Goes to School: Teaching for Understanding with New Technology

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ASIN: 0195115775

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As American students confront the multiple challenges of standardized tests, international comparisons, and drop-out pressures, educators and policy makers are seeking bold new teaching approaches with increasing urgency. One such approach--the introduction of innovative computer technologies into the classroom--has met with enthusiasm among students and instructors alike. Software Goes to School brings together leading experts to offer an in-depth examination of how computer technology can play an invaluable part in educational efforts through its unique capacities to support the development of students' understanding of difficult concepts. Focusing on three broad themes--the nature of understanding, the potential of technology in the classroom, and the transformation of educational theory into practice--the contributors discuss a wealth of subjects central to any efforts that intend to improve our schools. Topics range from the difficulties students encounter when learning new ideas (especially in science and mathematics), to how the right software allows for hands-on manipulation of abstract concepts, to the social realities of the educational environment. Lively and engaging, the book is must reading for students, researchers, and professionals in educational psychology, developmental psychology, software design, and for others who hope to see new technologies have a positive impact on our schools.

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Thoughtful compilation of essays.......1999-04-15

The book has a set of well-written essays that cover a range of topics. The essays also have good bibliographies. The book is dated 1995, but still seems completely relevant -- I just hope they do a year 2000 version. Highly recommended for people thinking about, or designing products, that are intended to increase student learning.

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Extraordinary
Utterly charming and delightful
For Fashionistas Who Like to Travel
A delightful book for Jackie fans
An adult picture book

Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad
Vibhuti Patel
Manufacturer: Artisan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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One Special Summer

ASIN: 1579651232

Book Description

"Jackie really loved these exquisite paintings. They bring back the magic, grace, and elegance of the famous travels abroad made by the µuncrowned queen of the world.'" --Letitia Baldrige

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis--American icon, archetype of style and grace, symbol of strength and beauty--captivated audiences, grand and common, around the world for decades. Her majestic elegance is captured in a special gift book, Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad, by French painter, illustrator, and friend of the First Lady, Jacqueline DuhOme.

When President and Mrs. Kennedy traveled to Paris in 1961, Mlle DuhOme painted scenes from their historic trip. She continued to paint as she accompanied the First Lady and her sister on a later tour of India, Pakistan, Rome, and London.

Now these whimsical and imaginative paintings make their first appearance together in this charming volume, along with line drawings, anecdotal recollections, and historic photographs from Mlle DuhOme's collection.

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Extraordinary.......2003-12-10

I interviewed Jacqueline Duheme when she was promoting this exquisite book, and one thing remains in my mind that she said about "The Grand Dame, Jacqueline" - that she could have been a painting woman!!!

Utterly charming and delightful.......2003-01-16

As an ardent admirer of Mrs. Kennedy for the past 40 years, I have read every book on her that I could get my hands on. "Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad" is a refreshing change from the repetitive narratives and recycled photos that are the mainstay of so many other books about her life. Ms. Duheme's illustrations are elegant and sumptuous but also embrace a childlike purity and simplicity which capture the essence of Mrs. Kennedy's persona and mystique. The commentary has the simple charm of a beautifully written children's book. It is obvious why Mrs. Kennedy chose Ms. Duheme to accompany her on her more memorable trips abroad as First Lady. A truly enchanting book.

For Fashionistas Who Like to Travel.......2001-11-16

Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad is an adorable little book filled with colorful Fauvist-like illustrations. Anyone who likes Laura Stoddart's simple-chic illustrations for Kate Spade will probably enjoy this book. Fans of the recent exhibition at the Met that highlighted Jackie's White House clothes may appreciate it too. The commentary is kept to a minimum and black and white photos from Mrs. Kennedy's travels are included, but the focus is on French artist Duheme's amusing miniature paintings that capture Jackie in all those great pink sleeveless dresses and crisp suits in Paris, India, London and Italy.

As a side note: Duheme and Jacqueline Kennedy became friends who shared similar painting styles, and Duheme was invited to Cape Cod to give the First Lady an art lesson.

A delightful book for Jackie fans.......2000-04-04

"Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad" is a beautiful book. The illustrations are lovely to look at, and the book is fun to read. A good choice for anyone to add to their library; especially recommended for those interested in the Kennedys and Jackie in particular. Evokes the fun mood of Jackie's scrapbook written with her sister Lee, "One Special Summer".

An adult picture book.......2000-03-14

This book has wonderful pictures that captures the "facts" from actual photographs and transforms them into scenes of "fantasy". I really enjoyed the background information that accompanies each picture. A real treat of Jackie fans.

Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow/The Moneychangers/The Massacre at Fall Creek/Collision (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 3: 1975)

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Mrs. 'arris Goes to Moscow/The Moneychangers/The Massacre at Fall Creek/Collision (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 3: 1975)
Paul Gallico , Arthur Hailey , Jessamyn West , and Spencer Dunmore
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000FS5E3U

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Contents: Our John Willie by Catherine Cookson; Centennial by James A. Michener; Harlequin, by Morris West; Eric by Doris Lund

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