Clap Your Hands (Puppet Book)

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Children can act out these special lyrics to the song “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands” with the Elmo puppet. Clap your hands, rub your tummy, and scratch your nose along with Elmo and friends. Wonderful, whimsical illustrations add to the charm of this unique book.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Elmo.......2007-01-31

What a wonderful concept! Elmo, the puppet, is placed at the center of this book so that the reader can control Elmo's mouth and hands while having Elmo sing, "If You're Happy and You Know It." This well known song has a couple of different lyrics such as, "If you're itchy and you know it scratch your nose." Elmo is able to act out all of the lyrics and it becomes great fun for your child. My toddler adores this book. Highly recommended.

Really Cute, Don't pass it up.......2004-11-06

This book was so cute at the local *Mart! I was in the children's book aisle and my eyes zoomed right in. My two year old DD (Dear Daughter) loves Elmo. And she is really into songs now. I thought this would be perfect for Christmas! I had to write a review. Some things you just don't notice online. Sometimes you just have to look around at the store, but hopefully this review will convince you!

The review below mine is a A++++ description of the book.

Adorable and holds my baby's attention.......2003-11-25

This is a hard-cover book with an Elmo hand-puppet sticking up through of the middle of it. You put your fingers into Elmo's arms and head to make him come to life standing in the middle of the book. Each page has a verse of When You're Happy and You Know It. As you page through the book, you help Elmo clap his hands, scratch his nose and rub his tummy while you sing along. Elmo is furry and red and so cute. My 6-month-old baby loves this book. Her 3-yr-old brother can even read it to her using the hand puppet and following along with the pictures. Adorable entertainment!

Classic Starts: Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series)

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I was really sad to see this. Can't we do better?
The all-time horse story for horselovers to have of their own best like the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean
The all-time horse story for horselovers to have of their own best

Classic Starts: Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series)
Anna Sewell , and Lisa Church
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1402711441

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Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.

Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows Beauty's life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.

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I was really sad to see this. Can't we do better?.......2007-06-24

Being a typical horse-loving 10 year old girl (way, way back in the day..), it almost goes without saying that of course I read Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. The story of the gentle black horse in Victorian England is simple and perfect. It's a true classic for kids, proven over several generations that have grown up reading it just as I did. With this in mind, I went looking to buy a copy at a bookstore yesterday as a birthday present for a 10 year old young lady.

Now as far as I know, kids today are no less intelligent, and they do still teach them to read starting in Kindergarten. So imagine my horror at discovering that the attractively bound, hardback of Black Beauty that I picked up was, uh, *paraphrased* (actually there are more accurate terms for it, but for the sake of the Amazon censors I'd better stick to the less graphic ones). Comparing selections of this version side by side with the original, the so-called "Classic Starts" Black Beauty plot is stripped down; worse, the lovely language of the original has been replaced with, ahem, simplified text and dialog that could have been written by the author of the Judy Moody books. This left little sense of the turn of the century England setting, and completely obliterated the spirit and style of Anna Sewell. Is this the publisher's idea of a quality introduction to children's lit?

What I really want to know is, why change it at all? As I said, kids today aren't less smart, they should be able to read the real Black Beauty well enough by the time they are in the 9-12 suggested age range. The reason it's a classic is because IT WORKED JUST AS IT WAS. Sorry, I had to put that in large type for the publishers, who evidently believe that the rest of the population matches their literary fluency.

I hope other parents who are planning on purchasing this and other classics for their kids will catch the difference between the CS paraphrased/heavily edited/oh what the heck, dumbed down versions and the real books. Apparently the School Library Journal agrees with me on this, if you care to read their review above the customer reviews on the product page.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

The all-time horse story for horselovers to have of their own best like the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean.......2006-09-29

I like horses and the colour black and Black Beauty is my favourite book and one of the best novels by Anna Sewell. He is a beautiful black animal with a white star on his forehead and one white foot and in the novel of Black Beauty, Black Beauty's white foot was usually always on the back in the left and another second best of Black Beauty's white foot was on the front in the right and that's where I like to see Black Beauty's white foot and it's perfect for the best on the front in the right and the left, and the one hind leg on the left and that's how you like Black Beauty and the best choices.

The characters in this book of Black Beauty where Black Beauty's white foot is perfect in the back left for the best novel is just perfect for the one of this one of the my favourite four characters out of this book just to tell you of what the best new clothes only for the one illustrated by Lucy Corvino is what they would wear and they are John Manly the coachman in a brown derby hat, black tie (sometimes), blue and white stripped shirt with white collar and white cuffs, brown vest, long brown jacket, grey pants and tall brown leather riding boots, James Howard the stableboy in a plaid green cap, yellow shirt with blue stripes, plaid vest of green and black, light green scarf, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Joe Green the stableboy after James leaves in a brown cap, white shirt, blue scarf, brown vest, brown riding jacket, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots with brown tops, and then in My Last Home when Joe Green becomes a man, Joe would be in a green cap, blue necktie, pink shirt, brown vest, blue blazer, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots and when Joe is in the low park cab with Miss Ellen, Joe is in a different outfit of a green cap, white shirt, black tie, black vest, brown riding jacket, grey pants, and short black leather boots, Mr. York the headgroom in a black top hat, white ascot, brown vest with blue in the back, blue shirt, red jacket with a black collar and cuffs, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots with brown tops, then Jerry Barker in a black derby hat, white shirt, black tie, black vest, black blazer, black pants, black shoes and in the winter Jerry is in a black derby hat, red scarf, white shirt, black vest, black blazer, long brown jacket, black leather gloves, black pants and black shoes, then Farmer Thoroughgood in a brown hat, white shirt, blue and gold stripped tie, light brown vest, brown jacket, grey pants and short brown leather boots, then Willie in a light brown cap, light green shirt, brown vest, light brown jacket, brown pants, white socks and short black leather boots and that's the only way very perfect for some of the few favourite characters out of this book of Black Beauty so you'd know what their clothing would have been like to match up the 1994 movie of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean and that's the only way It'll match up this movie now.

This book of Black Beauty - adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino reminds me of the simularity to the 1951 book of Black Beauty illustrated by Robert Doremus published by Whitman and a book on Horses Cube book by Valeria Manferto De Fabianis and DVD movies on Yours, Mine & Ours starring Dennis Quaid, Disney's Where the Red Fern Grows, Black Beauty (1994) starring Sean Bean, The Last Cowboy (2003) starring Lance Henriksen and The Great American Western with episode 2 Jesse James' Women starring Don Barry and Mike Carr and that's what this means to me, a lot. I loved and enjoyed this book of Black Beauty.

For this book of Black Beauty adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino (where Beauty's white foot should actually really have suppossed to be on the back in the left) to make this go good and great and I'm pretty sure his white foot should actually really be on the back in the left because that would only be the best novel for that. At the end of the book that should take part of with the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean, Black Beauty would come into the care of Joe Green because Joe Green & Black Beauty are home again together at Farmer Thoroughgood's place and Joe Green is proud to be home with him again.

The best 17 black and white illustrations that you might love to look at in you head and love the best are:

I Lived in a Large Pleasant Meadow
My Master Took Me to the Smith
Ginger Was Hit With a Whip
I Knew That the Bridge Was Not Safe
"Come, Beauty! It is time for us to be off. Come along!"
John rang the bell twice and then a window was opened
Mr. York Came into Look at Us
Lizzie Dashed off
"But I'm afraid I Must Sell the Black One."
Poor Rory Was Speared With The Gig Shaft!
The Horse Fair was the Best Place
The First Time I Pulled a Cab
"I'll Do All That Can Be Done, Sir."
Dolly Brought Jerry's "First Course"
"I'll Drive You safe to the Hospital."
"Get going, Lazy Fellow, or I Will Make You!"
Then The Farmer Looked at My Mouth

Those would be the best seventeen black and white illustrations to look at in the Black Beauty book and they would be your favourites for the slow years to slowly and slow come.

From now on, my new favorite seven Black Beauty books to live easier with the one of Classic Starts: Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series) adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino are Illustrated by Neil Reid: published and copyright in 2001 by Prospero books, Illustrated in colour by G. P. Micklewright, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson, Illustrated by John Beer and colour illustrations by Cecil Aldin, Lucy Kemp-Welch and G. P. Micklewright, and Illustrated by Ian Andrew and only from now on, that's my best promised new only seven favourite from now collection on only just the seven books of Black Beauty to live and read with but, they are now the best real ones I would be in for the ones I like are the best and that's how I'll make my living that way forever and now only just to live with and no more, just my only best now-on favourites to live in somehow and carefully to live in and the only ones I'd take part in are Illustrated in colour by G. P. Micklewright, Illustrated by John Beer with colour illustrations by Cecil Aldin (part of in with John Beer), Lucy Kemp-Welch and G. P. Micklewright and Illustrated by Ian Andrew and those are the only best three books of Black Beauty I want to follow in, live with and be part of and the only ones that follow the movies are Classic Starts: Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series) adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino and Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson (the only best two that follow the 1994 movie of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean) and Illustrated by Scott McKowen (the only best one that follows the 1978 cartoon animated version of Black Beauty with David Gregory), and those are the only seven except I only live in four of the books and the other three books just only follow the movies, and the one by Neil Reid can be by itself for sure sometimes.

Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left in the different books of Neil Reed: Prospero books 2001, Adapted by June Brigman & Roy Richardson and Adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left for sure and for real in the only three.

Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right in the different book of Illustrated by Scott McKowen. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right for sure and for real in the only one.

Black Beauty with three white feet of two on the front in the right and left and the one in the hind left in the ones Illustrated by Ian Andrew and Illustrated in colour by G. P. Micklewright for the real only two to live in.

I loved, liked and enjoyed this book and it's the greatest novel of all times of the greatest horse story ever told. Best book ever:)!

The all-time horse story for horselovers to have of their own best.......2006-07-05

I like horses and the color black and Black Beauty is my favorite book and one of the best novels by Anna Sewell. He is a beautiful black animal with a white star on his forehead and one white foot and in the novel of Black Beauty, Black Beauty's white foot was usually always on the back in the left and another second best of Black Beauty's white foot was on the front in the right and that's where I like to see Black Beauty's white foot and it's perfect for the best on the front in the right and the left, and the hind leg on the left and that's how you like Black Beauty and the best choices.

My favorite character in this book is Joe Green, because at the end of Black Beauty, Joe becomes a man and one lucky day, he finds that horse he used to care for and gets excited when he said he had almost killed him so many nearly ten years ago at Squire Gordon's farm after coming back from the Doctor's. This is the best one adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino because this book is the another best favorite and must to have for your collection to own and that's what I mean.

The characters in this book of Black Beauty where Black Beauty's white foot is on the back in the left of the one of for this one of the few seven charcters out of this book just to tell you of what clothes they would wear and they are John Manly the coachman in a plaid green cap, white shirt, plaid vest of green and black, green riding jacket with yellow lining, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, except in A Stormy Day, when John Manly would be in a different outfit when he would be in a black derby hat, white shirt, red tie, brown vest, black blazer, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots, then James Howard the stableboy in a plaid green cap, yellow shirt with blue stripes, plaid vest of green and black, light green scarf, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Joe Green the stableboy after James leaves in a brown cap, white shirt, brown vest, grey riding jacket, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Reuben Smith in black top hat, white shirt, black vest, blue riding jacket, black leather gloves, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots with brown tops, Alfred Smirk in a brown cap, light blue shirt, red tie, black vest, brown pants and short black leather boots, then Jerry Barker in a black derby hat, white shirt, black tie, black vest, black blazer, black pants, black shoes and in the winter Jerry is in a black derby hat, red scarf, white shirt, black vest, black blazer, long brown jacket, black leather gloves, black pants and black shoes and then Nicholas Skinner in a black top hat, black bowtie, white shirt, green vest, blue jacket, grey pants and short black leather boots and then in My Last Home when Joe Green becomes a man, Joe would be in a green cap, blue necktie, pink shirt, brown vest, blue blazer, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots and when Joe is in the low park cab with Miss Ellen, Joe is in a different outfit of a green cap, white shirt, black tie, black vest, brown riding jacket, grey pants, and short black leather boots and that's very perfect for some of the few favorite characters out of this book of Black Beauty so you'd know what their clothing would have been like.

This book of Black Beauty - adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino reminds me of a book on The Lion King: A Read-Aloud Storybook (Read-Aloud Storybook) (Hardcover) and the DVD movies of Bonanza, Vol. 8: The Spitfire/The Stranger/The Mission, The Silver Stallion, Painted Hero, Fly Away Home starring Jeff Daniels, Jeopardy!: An Inside Look At America's Favorite Quiz Show starring Alex Trebek because of episode 4. Ultimate II: Brad Takes Control in Ultimate Finals, the 1988 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, some episodes of Lonesome Dove and the 2006 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (Wrangler NFR), for this year in Las Vegas, Nevada and that's what this means to me, a lot. I loved and enjoyed this book of Black Beauty.

For this book of Black Beauty adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino (where Beauty's white foot should actually really have suppossed to be on the back in the left) to make this go good and great and I'm pretty sure his white foot should actually really be on the back in the left because that would only be the best novel for that. At the end of the book, Black Beauty comes into the care of Joe Green with three kind ladies and Joe Green is proud to be home with him again.

My other new favorite Black Beauty books with the one of adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino is the other best eight are Illustrated by Neil Reed: Published by Prospero books in 2001, Illustrated by Ian Andrew, Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Illustrated by William Geldart, Illustrated by G. P. Micklewright, Adapted by Mary Sebag-montefiore and Illustrated by Alan Marks and Illustrated by Mike Grimsdale and that's my best new favorite eight books of Black Beauty to live and read with but, the real ones I would be in for the ones I like are Illustrated by Neil Reid published in 2001 by Prospero books, Illustrated by Scott McKowen (which is the easiest one to live with, because of the five black and white illustrations which are great and good and much easier), Illustrated by Ian Andrew, Adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson, Retold by Lisa Church and Illustrated by Lucy Corvino, Illustrated by William Geldart and G. P. Micklewright and that's the best seven books to be in of Black Beauty.

The best three Black Beauty books I like are the real best nine ones I should live with and must try real hard to be in the ones that would be in for the ones I like are illustrated by Neil Reid published by Prospero books in 2001, Illustrated by Scott McKowen (which is the easiest one to live with, because of the five black and white illustrations which are great and good and much easier), Adapted by Mary Sebag-montefiore and Illustrated by Alan Marks, illustrated by William Geldart, Adapted by June Brigman & Roy Richardson, Adapted by Lisa Church and Illustrated by Lucy Corvino, Illustrated by G. P. Micklewright and Illustrated by Mike Grimsdale and that's the best nine books to be in of Black Beauty and that's how I'll make my living that way.

Another two favorites of Black Beauty I like are his white foot on the back in the left and three white feet of two on the front in the right and the left and the one in the hind left and that's three different favorites I like of Black Beauty and where his white foot will be.

Examples of my favorite horse of Black Beauty in different ten books of his white foot are:

Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left in the different books of Adapted by Laura F. Marsh, Neil Reed: Prospero books 2001, Adapted by June Brigman & Roy Richardson, Adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino, Illustrated by Illustrated by Mike Grimsdale, Illustrated by Kate Aldous, Illustrated by Robert Doremus and Illustrated by James Needham. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the back in the left for sure and for real.

Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right in the different book of Illustrated by Scott McKowen. So that's where I would like to see Black Beauty's white foot on the front in the right.

Black Beauty with three white feet of two on the front in the right and left and the one in the hind left in the ones Illustrated by Ian Andrew, Illustrated by William Geldart, Illustrated in colour by G. P. Micklewright, Adapted by Mary Sebag-montefiore and Illustrated by Alan Marks and Illustrated by Maurice Wilson. So that's where I would see Black Beauty with three white feet so his you would want it on the front in the right and the left, back in the left and if you see one white foot because of the three, you would say the one on the front in the left and that's the all time best horse ever to have.

Black Beauty is my favorite horse and he would be a great horse for roping and bulldogging as if he could be a perfect rodeo horse.

If you wanted to live your own life and had two different horses of Black Beauty, the ones you would have are the first one with the white star on the forehead and the three white feet of one on the front in the right and the left and the back hind in the left and that's how you love that horse because of the white feet of one on the back in the left and two on the front in the left and right which is the best one to have and another living to make of a second Black Beauty to own is his white foot on the back in the right and that's how you might want to make your living to read three books of Black Beauty of Illustrated by William Geldart, 24 plates in colour illustrated by Lionel Edwards published in 1954 and Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg - Illustrated Junior Library copyright in 1995 and that's how another person makes their living for those three books for the years of 1948, 1956, 1960, 1977, 1987, 1989 and 1990 and that's how Jerry Wood (a friend of ours in Calgary, Alberta) would make his living to own three Black Beauty books illustrated by William Geldart, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg and 24 plates in colour illustrated by Lionel Edwards and that's how the world would mean for Jerry Wood for the abebooks.com

Black Beauty (1994) starring Sean Bean DVD is like the novel with the three of the books on three different Black Beauty books of Adapted by Laura F. Marsh, and Illustrated by James Needham and because those three different books of Black Beauty would go great with the movie as the three matched up and go. The one illustrated by James Needham for sure goes great with the movie because of his white foot on the back in the left.

Black Beauty with actor David Gregory in the animated DVD is like the novel with the books on Black Beauty Illustrated by Scott McKowen would go great with the animated DVD version as the two matched up and go. The one illustrated by Scott McKowen for sure goes great with the animated movie because of his white foot on the front in the right and that's how it would be for the animated version.

Well, I gotta say, now that I love the best nine real Black Beauty books, instead of ten which was way too much, I wanted to find a way just to live with nine and that was a better well mount and that's how I could make my living by some of the Cortese and Prittie and Spence for the Scott McKowen book by imagination and that was the best book I ever read which showed me how to treat horses with respect and kindness.

This book should be perfect and great for the 1988 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2006 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada to show how cowboys in the NFR should treat their horses with respect to train roping horses how to rope and wrestle calves or steers.

I have a couple of Historical Results from 1988 in the tie-down roping to go great with this book.

Historical results from 1988 Tie-Down Roping

1988

Tie-down Roping
1. Joe Beaver, Victoria, Texas $91,213
2. Cliff Willliamson, Madden, Alberta 83,431
3. Ricky Canton, Houston, Texas 69,345
4. Dave Smith, College Place, Wash. 68,213
5. Herbert Theriot, Wiggins, Miss. 66,981
6. Joe Lucas, Sundre, Alberta 57,781
7. James Zant, Harper, Texas 40,168

That's the way it'll go for the book of Black Beauty adapted by Lisa Church and Illustrated by Lucy Corvino and I've watched some of the 1988 NFR calf roping clips of the seven contestants from the 15 contestants and the seven contestants were Joe Beaver, Cliff Williamson, Ricky Canton, Dave P. Smith, Herbert Theriot, Joe Lucas and the left handed calf roper James Zant and that's who they only showed from the 15 contestants to show you that seven did the greatest job ever in the calf roping at the 1988 NFR and 1988 should be part of to join for the 2006 year.

This Black Beauty book might match up the book illustrated by Libby Turner published in 1985 by Brimax and some of it simular to illustrated by Kate Aldous but, I have lots of time to think about the one by Libby Turner for the 1985 book published by Brimax.

I loved, liked and enjoyed this book.

It is a GEM, I loved it and it's the greatest novel of all times of the greatest horse story ever told.

What a great book I ever read if some of the few cowboy art of paintings and pencil drawings but there should be of "Lost and found Herefords" by Susan Brooke, "Ridin' High: John Wayne" by Rick Timmons, "Say What" by Alexandra, Goldstein, "Calf roper" by Larry Riley, "Bare Back (2)" by Virgil C. Stephens, "Bull Fighting (8)" by Virgil C. Stephens, "With Fringe A Flyin'" by John Austin Hanna, "Team Roping (4)" by Virgil C. Stephens, "Steer Wrestling (5)" by Virgil C. Stephens, A commissioned portrait of a cowboy roper painting by Sue Fletcher, "Fourteen Bun Salute" by Linda Loeschen, "PRCA Bareback Rider" by Colette Pitcher, "Calf Roper" by Colette Pitcher, "Sweet Cheeks" by Lorna Dillon, "The Roper" by Lorna Dillon, "Peppertree Rodeo" by Julio Pro, "Rodeo Rider" by Beth McLure, "Woodrow" by Rick Timmons, "Rodeo" by John Austin Hanna, "240" by Don Greytak, "239" by Don Greytak, "Another Maverick" by Lorna Dillon, "Gabilan Heritage" by Lorna Dillon, "Gabilan Heritage" by Lorna Dillon, "Going Home" by Lorna Dillon, "Sunbreak" by Lorna Dillon, "182" by Don Greytak, "Teamwork at the Bluestem Ranch" by Bill Owen, "Jingling Horses" by Bill Owen, "Let's Go" by Christine Picavet, "Can't get rid of it" by Bill Owen, "Quarter Horse Print - Cutting Horse" by Rhonda Watson, "Working Cow Horse" by Karen Baker Thumm, "Swift loop & fast horses" by Jerry France, "He Ain't No Saint" by Jerry France, "Almost Home" by Christine Picavet, "Leaving Camp" by Christine Picavet, "Dusty Dancing" by Christine Picavet, "By Dawn's Light" by B.R. Garvin, "Best seat in the house" by John Austin Hanna (that painting would sure be perfect and great for the front cover of an art book as well too), "Down and Dirty" by John Austin Hanna, "County Rodeo" by Carrie Lee Allbritton and "Portrait of a Cowboy" by Sue Fletcher and that's how those cowboys art go good with this Black Beauty book adapted by Lisa Church and illustrated by Lucy Corvino of rodeo and ranch work and that's how cowboys must learn to rope by treating horses right by reading the book of Black Beauty.

Again cowboys and cowgirls, I loved, liked and enjoyed this book.

But, the real best ten paintings and pencil drawings for this book are:

"Best seat in the house" by John Austin Hanna on the front cover

"Calf roper" by Larry Riley
"Steer Wrestling (5)" by Virgil C. Stephens
"Peppertree Rodeo" by Julio Pro
"239" by Don Greytak
"Another Maverick" by Lorna Dillon
"182" by Don Greytak
"He Ain't No Saint" by Jerry France
"Almost Home" by Christine Picavet
"Best seat in the house" by John Austin Hanna
"Portrait of a Cowboy" by Sue Fletcher

Again cowboys and cowgirls, I loved, liked and enjoyed this book for the best years to come and the far gone days and it is a GEM, I loved it and it's the greatest novel of all times of the greatest horse story ever told. Best book ever:)!

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The Worst Band in the Universe
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A Mind You'll Want to Meld With by garrie keyman
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Worst Band in the Universe
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Australian author and illustrator Graeme Base's books are all musical, but The Worst Band in the Universe (with its accompanying 25-minute CD) clearly trumpets the loudest... in a Blippian sort of way. Like The Eleventh Hour, The Sign of the Seahorse, and Animalia, Worst Band takes place in a nonhuman context, this time in a dystopian planetary system far from Earth.

The premise is this: Sprocc, expert at the guitarlike splingtwanger, has the creative itch to write songs. But alas, his planet, Blipp, has strict creative rules about music. All songs must come directly from tradition, so Sprocc's desire to "call the tune... or else forsake the stage" leads to his exile from Blipp and a variety of galactic run-ins with authority. This includes the "Worst Band in the Universe" contest which, of course, is actually a best band contest that takes him deeper into dismal realms. Sprocc sharpens his musical delivery, hooks up with another long-time Blipp exile, and eventually the planet is freed from the rigorous creative restrictions with a mix of innovation and tradition.

In the tangle of rhyming couplets and fantastical illustrations is plenty of food for thought. On a purely musical level, The Worst Band in the Universe is an instructive volume, complete with a CD of Blippian music. It's a profound creation, conjured so that its ingredients will reward scrutiny. (Ages 7 and older) --Andrew Bartlett

Book Description

On Planet Blipp, beyond the stars,
beyond the sun and moon,
The world was ruled by music --
but tradition called the tune.
The Ancient Songs of ages past were all that could be heard,
And no one was allowed to change a single note or word ...

So begins the cosmic tale of Sprocc, a young Splingtwanger-player who leaves his home planet, Blipp, in search of musical freedom. Sprocc enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition -- and is launched skyward on an adventure of truly intergalactic proportions.

Graeme Base, creator of the best-selling picture books Animalia, The Eleventh Hour, The Sign of the Seahorse, and The Discovery of Dragons, has now created an out-of-this-world fantasy complete with his own music, which he has performed on the enclosed music CD.

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The Worst Band in the Universe.......2006-01-04

Great - loved it as did my Art Club where I did a paper on Grame Base. Thanks to Mr. John Endries of Milwaukee WI from whom I purchased the book and CD. Thank you Mr. Endries, sorry my response is a year late.

Inventive, Surprising.......2004-09-11

I'll admit, I expected a biography of the Dave Matthews Band but was pleasantly surprised--this is a clever book with some wacky characters (and an even wackier sci-fi premise) with weird names and a bizarre (albeit short) cd (evidence) included. Great fun for old and young alike. And no mention of that "band" from Charlottesville.

A Mind You'll Want to Meld With by garrie keyman.......2004-02-14

Every age has its idiosyncratic vernacular. If I spoke of multi-tasking, for instance, you'll know what I mean. Allow me to introduce you to the Master Multi-tasker, Graeme Base: author, poet, artist, cartoonist, social commentator, musician and all-around madcap hyper-dimensional entity (his term). This, folks, is a mind you'll want to meld with: a veritable Dr. Seuss in hyperspace.

Billed on its eye-catching jacket as a "totally cosmic musical adventure," The Worst Band in the Universe is all that, and more. In a pithy sure-footed poetry, Base introduces us to Sprocc, a thirteen(standard)-year-old member of the Blippian Tribe who, along with his instrument of choice - the Splingtwanger - dares to defy the mandates of the Musical Inquisitor. Sprocc's crime is innovation, for which he is banished to Wastedump B19 after his band is named winner of the bogus Annual Worst Band in the Universe Contest advertising as first prize an all-expense-paid trip to Alpha 10.

On B19 Sprocc meets, among others, Skat, self-proclaimed overseer of the Wastedump and former recipient of the Worst Band in the Universe one-way-ticket to paradise lost. Skat rules since he alone can hold the indigenous flesh-devouring creepers, called Gulpers, at bay -- by hammering ear-splitting chords on his PowerAxe. But all is not lost. Fellow exile, ButtonPusher, a member of the Midimoog Tribe (proficient on all bU.Mff compatible keydevices and associated NrD electro-sonicware) holds a B.S. in SonicEngineering from the University of GalSec14. ButtonPusher turns out to be a bit of an innovator, himself, having drawn up schematics for a ship that sails on song.

Of this notion Base proclaims:

The task was huge, the concept vague, the physics somewhat moot,
But once the seed of hope was sown it gradually took root.
They labored with the flame of freedom burning in their hearts,
A hammer, seven drill bits and an endless source of parts.

And slowly from the rubble grew a glorious creation:
A flimsy pile of rusted junk - the means of their salvation.
You'll never make it fly," said Skat. "And even if you do,
The Gulpers will devour the lot - and take you with it, too!"

Sprocc, disappointed when Skat refuses to join in the scheme to escape, lifts off on F sharp and returns to Blipp in time to witness the Musical Inquistor declare all Tuneful Worlds bereft of moral principles and declare himself Ruler of the Universe. Sprocc interrupts with a slap of the musical gauntlet: A triple-octave mega-riff with whammy bar and feeling. Called on by the Eldest One to reply, The Musical Inquisitor reveals himself devoid of talent and unable to play a chord. Revealed a fraud, this Hard Rock answer to Darth Vader declares war, unleashing the unthinkable: a universally-broadcast numbing flood of drivel Base calls Random-Access-Digi-Drone.

The mindless monotonous noise fells the crowd and incapacitates Sprocc as he tries to respond to the assault with his Splingtwanger before being overcome and slumping against the speaker stacks. Who will save the day? Does Artoo appear secretly housing plans that can be used to destroy the Death Star? No! It is Skat, inspired by and following on the heels of Sprocc, arriving in another ship that sails on sound. But even the mighty PowerAxe proves no match and annihilation looms till:

Then all at once a chord rang out, a clear and ringing tone,
That soared above the blandness of the awful DigiDrone.
All ears turned to the Eldest One: her Splingtwanger had spoken.
The darkness seemed to clear away. The evil spell was broken.

"Arise!" she cried. "The hour has come. Together we must fight.
Let Ancient Song and Innovation finally unite!"
The crowd took up their instruments and rallied to the call -
The Lost Musicians, Blippians, united one and all.

Yes, estrogenic influence is the agent that extinguishes the testosterone-fed fire of war. My sentiments, exactly.

As a homeschooling mom with a poetry-loving nine-year-old learning to play electric guitar, The Worst Band in the Universe struck gold. And talk about building vocabulary. It comes as no surprise that Base is the father of three. His picture on the inside flap calls to mind a sort of down-under Dave Berry-Dana Carvey contemporary. Other works by Base include Animalia, The Eleventh Hour, The Sign of the Seahorse and The Discovery of Dragons.

Base, who refers to his books as "paper/ink/glue composite products for small Earthlings," rounds out this keeper with a music CD of his own - selections from The 18th Annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition, including titles like, Let's Go Back to the Big Bang, by the Omnivores; Planetfall, by The Mesh; and W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (What You See Is What You Get) with howl-along lyrics like:

Good to see you here my love, I've missed your bulging eyes
Come a little closer now, I've got you a surprise
It's nothing much - a simple gift to show my love for you
A box of slimy squirtlegreebs in sticky yellow goo

I strongly suspect if Spock would have melded with this mind, his icy Vulcan exterior would have cracked. I know mine did. Now I'm froozled in the head.

Splingtwanger Innovation.......2001-04-24

An awesome book about being different and new! The illustrations are great, the story has an awesome message, the prose is perfect, and it comes with a cd too! Overcoming obstacles, doing what is right, good winning over evil, youth empowerment, hard work, and even multi-cultural! I love reading this book with kids I babysit for and then listening to the cd and talking about the story!

A Groob's Dream Come True.......2000-12-02

This book is awesome! Sprocc is an average 13-year old he wants to be a rock-and-roll star. Unfortunately it is illegal to play anything but traditional music on the splingtwanger (a guitar-like instrument), on his planet. He and some friends enter The Worst Band in the Universe contest, the prize is a ticket to a 'better' planet. When Sprocc and his pals win they find themselves on a junk planet, they are always at risk of plants that eat anything that makes noise. The illustrations are bright and amazing - everytime I read the book I notice something new in them. The other cool thing is the cd in the back of the book and the lyrics written on the backside of the last page. This book makes me wish I could play the splingtwanger too.

Skeletons Don't Play Tubas (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #11)

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Skeletons Don't Play Tubas
A REALLY GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skeleton's Don't Play Tubas or Do They?
Oom-pah, oom-pah!!
The book is very mysterious.

Skeletons Don't Play Tubas (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #11)
Debbie Dadey , and Marcia T. Jones
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Skeletons Don't Play Tubas.......2005-02-04

When the four kids meet their band class teacher. They think he is an evil skeleton. The kids must save the school before the evil skeleton attacks. You Know what Mr. Belgrave's skeleton is?. It's name is Claude. They are also surprised to see their band teacher carrying a big box over the cemetery. Liza got scared because Claude almost tapped her foot. Is this for real?

While Book 10[Witches Don't Do Backflips] was their new gym coach. Liza, Melody, Howie and Eddie were glad. But one thinks the new coach is a witch because she says weird languages and like a spell. I Also like Zombies Don't Play Soccer because the new coach is Coach Graves. Suddenly, An old lady appears and she says that if she[Coach Graves] will not go she will turn her into a zombie. But Coach Graves disagreed so she turned her a zombie. Now that the coach is a zombie she cannot help the Team of the four kids. But when the game started something surprising really happened. But you must find out.

A REALLY GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-03-25

I loved it,it's funny and scary and I like the drawing of the cover!!! My favorite character is Melody because she is smart and comes up with a lot of great ideas!!!!.I LOVE IT!!!!
My other favorites are "Hercules Does'nt Pull Teeth" and "Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots"!!!

Skeleton's Don't Play Tubas or Do They?.......2002-05-08

Skeletons Don't Play Tubas Debbie Daddy and Marcia Jones

Wouldn't it be scary to have a skeleton sitting behind you that you thought was alive? You will find out that there are a lot of scary items that will make you scream.

This book is about four kids that try and save their school from an evil skeleton, At least they think it's evil, read this book and find out what happens.

I really like this book because of the action and the musical sounds. My favorite character is Liza. She comes up with a lot of great ideas that Eddie doesn't like.

I think the author wrote this book to teach kids that caring about their school is the right thing to do especialy when there is a toy skeleton involved.

Oom-pah, oom-pah!!.......2001-03-17

Strange adults and odd happenings are becoming commonplace in and around Bailey Elementary. But could the new band teacher, Mr. Belgrave, REALLY be teaching his skeleton to play the tuba??

The Bailey Kids are back in this 11th installment of their adventures. After first glimpsing a very tall, extremely skinny bald man carrying a long box through the cemetery, the Bailey kids are a bit surprised to find out that he's their new band teacher! More surprised to learn that he's got a skeleton named Claude in his classroom! Is this isn't creepy enough, the low, howling sound of the tuba is heard now and then, but no one-including Mr. Belgrave-knows how to play it! Could it be his skeleton?? Other weird occurances happen as well, Liza is almost certain she saw Claude the skeleton tap his foot in time to the music! Is she seeing things, or is the skeleton ALIVE?

This series goes back and forth between the just plain fun to the downright creepy. While "Leprachauns Don't Play Basketball" was a fun holidayish romp, "Skeletons Don't..." was outright spooky. While it isn't necessary to begin with book #1 and work your way through all of the books, you may find that it's an addictive, fun series and an easy read.

The book is very mysterious........1999-05-25

I like Skeletons Don't Play Tubas because whenever Liza gets really scared her nose bleeds. The kids think that Mr.Belgrave teaches a skeleton how to play the tuba. My favorite character is Eddie because he always gets in trouble.I recommend this book for grades 1, 2, and 3 because it is a fun book to read and it is very funny.

Grateful Fred, The (Melvin Beederman, Superhero)

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Really good.

Grateful Fred, The (Melvin Beederman, Superhero)
Greg Trine
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks
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ASIN: 080507922X
Release Date: 2006-10-31

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Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!

From: grateful@fred.com
To: melvin@beederman.com

Dear Melvin,
We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don’t know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in case.
Sincerely,
Fred of The Grateful Fred

Someone is out to get the Grateful Fred, Melvin Beederman’s all-time favorite rock-and-roll band. Can he and his partner-in-uncrime, Candace, find out who it is before it’s too late? Or will Joe the Okay Guy turn into Joe the Bad Guy and put an end to the Grateful Fred once and for all?

In this third installment of the Melvin Beederman series, only the narrator knows for sure!

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Really good........2007-05-14

My son read this book cover-to-cover last month and said that he enjoyed it very much ("really good"). He enjoyed the first two books in the series and said this one was the best so far. His favorite parts are the characters (Melvin) and their adventures.

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An Excellent Book on Community and Relationships
Very Surprising
whales
This is almost too good a book for kids....

A Symphony of Whales
Steve Schuch
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152016708

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Glashka is the only one in her village who can hear the voice of Narna, the whale. That gift leads her to great responsibility one day, when she discovers thousands of whales trapped in an inlet. The narrow route to the sea is rapidly icing over, and every day ice covers more of the open water the whales need to breathe. There seems to be no way out. . . . This story, based on an actual event, tells of a dramatic rescue--a tale of bravery and faith and the power of music.

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An Excellent Book on Community and Relationships.......2006-03-19

I purchased this book (among many on here) for my unit on whales and the Inuit (Eskimo) people for my first grade class. This was a great book to share the relationship the people have with whales. It also shared a wonderful way the communities work together as well. What a great book! If you like whales, this is a great one to read to children!

Very Surprising.......2005-06-01

Although technically a children's book, "A Symphony of Whales" shook me up and blew me away with rich illustrations and an even more potent story. Sweet and simple, author Schuch tells the beautiful story of an Inuit girl and her whale spirit friend "Narna" -- and (not to give away the ending) the dramatic escape of three thousand whales trapped in an icy inlet of the Pacific ocean.

Not to be cute, but the book really is as much for adults as for children. Illustrator Peter Sylvada's pictures must literally be seen to be believed.

whales.......2001-06-14

I liked the girls kindness for the whales. She was cute and lovable. She was like a mother.

This is almost too good a book for kids...........2000-04-13

Heard about this book on NPR and bought it for nephew cos I liked the idea and the story. What wasn't clearly told was just how incredibly rich Peter Sylvada's illustrations are... all oil paintings... they capture the beauty and harsh environment of Alaska, as well as slices of life from a native Alaskan village. Even southern dwellers can see some of why those who love it do so. The story is clearly and simply told, with a very likeable heroine, and gave me shivers at the end... but it was really the illustrations that blew me away.

Music Around the World, Level 3: A Musical Adventure (Lithgow Palooza Readers)

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Music Around the World, Level 3: A Musical Adventure (Lithgow Palooza Readers)
John Lithgow , and Teresa Domnauer
Manufacturer: School Specialty Publishing
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ASIN: 0769642233

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From aboriginal hunting songs in Australia to gentle mariachi love songs in Mexico, discover how music is a part of people’s everyday lives all around the world! John Lithgow is dedicated to introducing developing readers to the wonderful worlds of arts and literacy. Turn the page and join his character, Farkle McBride, on a fascinating, fun reading adventure!

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We Sang On!

Imani's Music
Sheron Williams
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0689822545

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Every once in awhile, Grandfather would tell a story about the land of Used-to-Be.

This was how his story began: Used to be a time when there was no music on the planet. Only one tiny creature, a grass-hopper named Imani, was blessed with the gift of music.

Imani sang his beautiful songs alone, all the while praying, Please, Ancestors, give music to the world. Answering his prayer, they shook music out of the sky, pouring song on Africa's mountain ranges, on the grasslands, all the way to the shore.

But when Imani is swept onto a slave ship and taken across the ocean, he doesn't know where to turn, and music is his only guide.

Sheron William's rich story of a grass-hopper's special gift -- complemented by Jude Daly's stunning depictions of Africa and the New World, Heaven and Earth -- is a testament to the universal language of music.

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We Sang On!.......2002-03-07

This book is a powerful testament to the power of faith, hope , music and a people. As an African American woman it gave me an opportunity to discuss the hard subjects of the middle passage and slavery as it pertains to African Americans, with my children ,in a way that was not sad or confrontational. Just conversation opening. Using music as the thread that could hold a people and Imani the grasshopper together during the middle passage journey was a wonderful literary device easily picked up on even by my six year old. Because of this book she has vowed to me that she will sing everyday. This book has become her favorite book and when I hear her voice in the morning it becomes mine too.

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Long Live Music! (Creative Editions)
Massin , and Les Chats Peles
Manufacturer: Creative Editions
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Binding: Hardcover

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W.I.T.C.H. Adventures: Enchanted Music - Book #5 (Witch Adventures)

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W.I.T.C.H rocks!

W.I.T.C.H. Adventures: Enchanted Music - Book #5 (Witch Adventures)
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Manufacturer: Volo
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W.I.T.C.H rocks!.......2006-01-14

If your looking for a good fantasy book, then this is the exact thing your looking for! W.I.T.C.H combines action, adventure, magic, real life, and much more into one amazing series! Start reading today!

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