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Dr. Toy's Holiday Gift Guide 2005

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1. Picture This: How Pictures Work Picture This: How Pictures Work

Customer Review:
This book is amazing...the illustrations are simple, clear and compelling and the narrative approach to understanding the art elements and principles makes this rather dry topic into a fascinating tale. I have purchased several copies of this book for friends and plan to use it in my middle school... more info

Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0


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2. When Sophie Gets Angry...really, Really Angry (Caldecott Honor Book) When Sophie Gets Angry...really, Really Angry (Caldecott Honor Book)
from Blue Sky Press
Price: $10.85

Customer Review:
This book is an excellent way to show and discuss anger with a child.

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Customer Rating:
3.5 / 5.0


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3. Ten, Nine, Eight (Caldecott Collection) Ten, Nine, Eight (Caldecott Collection)
from Greenwillow
Price: $6.99

Customer Review:
This book is on my entering-kindergartner's Summer Reading List and I can certainly understand its inclusion: good art and good story.

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Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


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4. The Paper Crane (Reading Rainbow Book) The Paper Crane (Reading Rainbow Book)
from HarperTrophy
Price: $6.99

Customer Review:
This story is how an man worked on a busy rode. One day a new highway was built

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


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5. The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
from Aladdin
Price: $6.99

Customer Review:
One of my absolute favorite childhood books. Imaginative story with wonderfully detailed illustrations that inspired me to go to art school.

Customer Rating:
4.0 / 5.0


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6. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs From Sea to Shining Sea: A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs
from Scholastic

Customer Review:
This book is a treasury of poems, songs, and stories, from the great country of the US :) The songs are traditional, and, if you have a little skill in piano, flute, recorder, or mallet percussion, you can play them with ease.

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Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


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7. In My Heart In My Heart
from Little, Brown Young Readers
Price: $11.67

Customer Review:
In My Heart is a beautiful explanation to children that no matter what, they are always with us. For children who go "back and forth" between parents, this can be a reminder that neither parent forgets them or loves them any less. Molly Bang outdid herself!

Customer Rating:
4.5 / 5.0


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8. Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share
from Blue Sky Press
Price: $11.66

Customer Review:
With increasing concern over the exploitation of resources and the fairness of the useage, it is important for every child (and adult) to understand that there is a limit to the natural resources. This book is an entertaining and easy reading experience as well as educational. I am using this book... more info

Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0


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9. Harley Harley

Customer Review:
For me young at heart and keeper of a small flock of sheep with some llamas and alpacas is this book a very great book in a small size. The story is true and I know the situations by own. Except that with the coyotes, they don't live here in the middle of Germany. But the little camels notice... more info

Customer Rating:
5.0 / 5.0


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10. My Light My Light
from Blue Sky Press
Price: $12.37

Customer Review:
If you ever want to freak a kid out (or, in more professional terms, cause a kid to think in a constructive manner) ask them to consider what life would be like without electricity. After some considerations of this awful possibility the child you speak to may have a newfound appreciation for... more info

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5.0 / 5.0


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