History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Carnival of the Animals: Classical Music for Kids

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Two Two Year Old Thumbs Up!
Lovely Book to Share with Children
Very good
Good but the CD keeps falling out....
GREAT FOR KIDS!

Carnival of the Animals: Classical Music for Kids
Camille Saint-Saens , and Barrie C. Turner
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0805061800

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The animals are having a carnival, and the guests are arriving. There's the majestic lion, the braying mules, the dancing elephant, and the bouncy kangaroos. Even the fossils join in with a fast and rattly dance. Everyone is invited!Nearly 150 years ago, the composer Camille Saint-Saeuml;ns was asked by his pupils to write a musical joke for them. He wrote the Carnival of the Animals, a piece people enjoyed so much that it has now become one of Saint-Saeuml;ns's most famous works.This accessible commentary, in a picture-book format, helps children follow each section of Saint-Saeuml;ns's classic piece while they listen to the CD. Whimsical illustrations, a simple text, and evocative melodies create an ideal introduction for young children to the world of classical music.

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Two Two Year Old Thumbs Up!.......2007-10-17

I purchased this for my son right before his 2nd birthday. He loved it. It kept his attention during in 10 hour flight to France. The pictures and music are a great combonation.

Lovely Book to Share with Children.......2007-05-29

My 2.5 year old boy-girl twins really like this book and the music. I gave them the book/cd one week and they have listened to it about 2-3 times each day since I gave it to them. They like the pictures and point out things going on in the pictures. I like the descriptions in the book about what each animal is doing. The description is right on target with what is going on in the music and it is short enoguh to read aloud during the music and still enjoy listening to it.

We bought this book/cd because our kids really like "Peter and the Wolf" and grasped the idea that the instruments were telling the story of a person or animal.

Very good.......2007-04-11

Nice music, very good text in a book, explaining what you hear and also gives you some details about the author and music instruments. I just do not like very much the illustrations style, but this is very personal.

Good but the CD keeps falling out...........2006-06-30

I am a preschool teacher and purchased this for use in the classroom. One of the things I did not like about it was that the CD does not stay in the book and keeps falling out, so I am worried about it getting scratched. The children enjoy acting out the animals to the music so I am glad that I did get it for the planned body movement in the classroom. I am a big fan of classical music and the book that goes with the CD is well drawn and written.

GREAT FOR KIDS!.......2006-06-27

I use this book and CD collection in my preschool music classes. Sometimes I just do one song a week. Sometimes I save it until the end of the year and spend the whole session reading and dancing to the music pretending to be the various animals . They love it. The funny thing to me is that my grade school class (6-10 years old) saw it in my bag and asked about it and so I read them a bit and played a few selections at the end of class they loved it and insisted that I bring it back so that I could finish it. They love the music and the movement too!

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Wonderful narration and eye popping illustrations
So sad john....
Great except for one word
Carnival of the Animals
what a combination!

Carnival of the Animals
John Lithgow
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0689867212

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But oh! what a fabulous night he had had,
When his world was turned into a zoo!

After wandering off from a school field trip, a young boy falls asleep in the Natural History Museum. There he sees his classmates, teachers, and family transformed into a menagerie of animals, from wild hyenas to stately peacocks.

John Lithgow's exhilarating word play, inspired by Camille Saint-SaÃ«ns's 1886 composition, provides a narrative arc to the piece for the first time. Lithgow created the text for the New York City Ballet, where the Carnival of the Animals ballet, with his narration, debuted in 2003. Boris Kulikov's witty artistic interpretation of the story adds to the fun.

A new recording of Saint-Saëns's suite, performed by Chamber Music Los Angeles under the direction of Bill Elliott, complete with John Lithgow's recitation of the text, is included on an enclosed CD.

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Wonderful narration and eye popping illustrations.......2007-06-29

I used this with my kindergarten music class, and they were absolutely enthralled. Even kids who normally weren't on their best behavior were attentive and involved. We laughed hysterically together at the pictures, they were always finding something on the page to talk about. In addition, John Lithgow is a terrific storyteller who really makes the story come alive. During the musical passages woven through the story, I would stop and prompt the children to identify the instruments in the background and have them discuss ways each shows the character - eg. the how the elephant is shown with a slow, heavy tempo with low pitch; or how the wooden bars of the xylophone resonate to sound like the bones of the fossils. I highly recommend this book and cd.

So sad john...........2007-06-11

I have to say, I own ALL of john's books and I love them all, except this one. I teach 3-4 year olds and the tune of this book is very dry. kind of boring. I let my friend borrow it to present to her 5 year old children and still no interest from them. The pictures are wonderful, and the cd is ok to listen to while the children play, but they are not interested inrerading the book.

Great except for one word.......2007-04-07

I am an elementary music teacher and this book is excellent for a number of reasons. However my only problem, and it is a problem in elementary school when children in grade 1 or 2 want to read the book, is one word. It is another name for donkey and starts with jack. It appears three times and I have taped over the word and put the word donkey, which works well except for one sentence that is suppose to rhyme. The pictures, prose, and included CD are all great and work well in the classroom as well as the home.

Carnival of the Animals.......2005-01-19

I was a bit skeptical of this book when it was given to my 5-year old at Christmas, but I have to say it won me over. My son really loves it too, and we don't always have the same taste for books, so it's nice that we both enjoy this together. The rhymes are ingenious and the music is lovely. The vocabulary is advanced, but that's part of what makes this book so charming.

what a combination!.......2004-12-26

I've always loved this music, especially to help children appreciate classical music. But what a great idea to combine it with clever rhyme and whimsical art! My 6 year-old daughter received it for Christmas and enjoys listening to the CD and following along with the book at bedtime.

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My 1rst grader LOVES this book!

Creature Carnival
Marilyn Singer
Manufacturer: Hyperion
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786818778

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EE The Fly-he was once a guy! RIDE the Amazing Winged Horse, Pegasus! GUESS the Sphinx's Deadly Riddle! KISS the Frog Prince! LISTEN to the Carnivorous Chorus! TRY YOUR LUCK with Brer Rabbit's Games of Chance! This collection of twenty-six poems features some of the creepiest, funniest, most bizarre, and fascinating creatures from myth, legend, and popular culture.

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My 1rst grader LOVES this book!.......2005-03-12

We checked this book out from the library and now own it. My son LOVES it. Aside from loving the poems, it led to his exploration of Greek Mythology and a whole month spent on Greek history and art.

Highly recommended for any child, especially those who are homeschooling.

Carnival of the Animals with CD: Poems Inspired by Saint-Saëns' Music

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I thought this book was not so good
Animalia Musicale

Carnival of the Animals with CD: Poems Inspired by Saint-Saëns' Music

Manufacturer: Candlewick
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 076362960X
Release Date: 2006-03-14

Book Description

Ladies and gentlemen, take your seats for CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS! Tap your feet, clap your hands, let the words flow and the music swell, and allow these poems and pictures to transport you. Inspired by Saint-Saëns' famous "zoological fantasy," this magnificent book combines specially commissioned work by thirteen acclaimed modern poets with bold and glorious illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura.

The accompanying fifty-five-minute CD, performed by the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, features a reading of each of the fourteen poems followed by the appropriate musical passage, beautifully evoking for young listeners each of the animals in Saint-Saëns' famous 1886 fantasy for two pianos and orchestra.

Featuring specially commissioned poems by: * Gerard Benson * James Berry * Valerie Bloom * Charles Causley * Judith Chernaik * Gillian Clarke * Wendy Cope * Gavin Ewart * Cicely Herbert * X. J. Kennedy * Adrian Mitchell * Edwin Morgan * Kit Wright *

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I thought this book was not so good.......2006-09-19

I rate Carnival Animals two stars for fun illustrations and two pages of laughter. Thirty five percent of the poems that flow through the book are energizing. This book is like a taco: the good layer is the meat and cheese or illustrations; the bad layer is the lettuce and tomato or the rest of the poems.

Reviewed by Ben

Animalia Musicale.......2006-05-05

None of us get enough poetry in our lives. Our day-to-day interactions rarely cause us to stop and consider a work of Dickinson or even ponder a dollop of Frost. New Yorkers, however, have it easy. They get to see poetry every day. Thanks to the Poems on the Underground program that started in London and spread across the Atlantic, I get to read poems on the subway to and from work almost every day. So who should I thank for this chance to broaden my mind while crammed into someone's armpit? Thank Judith Chernaik, the founder of the same project. Now, however, Chernaik has expanded into the skittish world of children's literature. With Saint-Saens' light-hearted musical creation, "Carnival of the Animals" as her inspiration, she has culled poems from the brains of thirteen poets (including herself). In turn, Candlewick Press brought in well-established illustrator Satoshi Kitamura to whip up some pretty pictures for the equally pretty poems. The result is a wild concoction of image and sound. Poems leap off the page almost as beautifully as their visual counterparts. I have absolutely no idea who this book is supposed to be for in the end, but it's certainly nice enough to look at.

There are fourteen poems in all (no Table of Contents, sorry), with thirteen dedicated to the animals featured in Saint-Saens' music. Without so much as an Introduction, we immediately hit upon James Berry's faintly melancholy thoughts on the lion. From there we are whisked into a wild array of poems and animals. Gavin Ewart gives your average kangaroo a fairly metropolitan feel. Valerie Bloom tackles Saint-Saens', "The Aviary" and wins the book's Most Evocative Award. By the end we see the animals we've met now all on a stage with instruments in hand. The performance is done, and you are left remembering as wild an amalgamation of poetry, music, and visual art as you'll ever find again.

Kitamura's style of illustration has never done anything for me in the past. It's always struck me as cute but lacking. Now, as if to show me how wrong I've always been, Kitamura's pictures in this book burst from the pages with a kind of frenzied glee. He's gone haywire with "Carnival". Watercolors may be sepia toned one minute and then show an equallly dignified image of horses running across a green grass plain. The poem "Pianists" manages to be well-ordered around the text, and then explode into a sumptuous feast of colors and images comparable only to what happens when you close your eyes and press hard on your eyelids. His tortoises dance, his swan looks as if it should be accompanied by a haiku, and about the time you reach the dinosaur bones playing the clarinet you'll never want to leave the book again.

But who was this written for? Admittedly it's fairly easy to tell from the start that these were not children's poets Chernaik tapped. So perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised when Gerard Benson likens donkeys to theater critics or Gillian Clarke gives us elegant lines about the cuckoo like, "grows fat on murder, and in a stolen house / sings her two notes in an angel's voice". The poets are all excellent, of course. You won't find me maligning Edwin Morgan or Charles Causley. There's a lot of free verse, some variegated rhyme schemes, but that's about it. Don't expect anyone to get too creative. This is not the book to use if you want to show kids what a haiku or a senryu or even a sonnet is. The poetic forms found here are just what struck each poet as apropos at any given time. No more. No less. You want different kinds of poems? Go locate Paul Janeczko's, "A Kick In the Head", instead. Will kids be interested in animal poems that never get silly like Douglas Florian or include factual information like Joyce Sidman's, "Song of the Water Boatman"? If I were to harbor a guess, I'd have to say no. They won't instantly take to this book. And though I shudder to say it, I suspect that John Lithgow's version of "Carnival of the Animals" (which came out a mere 3 years before this book) is going to entertain kids far far more.

I searched in vain for the reason why Chernaik chose now to cull a picture book out of music that has already lent itself to picture books so often before. Why even limit it to children? It seems a little odd to be putting out yet another Carnival of the Animals picture book so soon after the Lithgow book that was tied into a 2003 New York City Ballet production. Certainly this book wins in the looks department. And the poems are very nice, yes yes. Maybe you could make a gift of this to a particularly musically gifted child. But Lithgow's book had one particular advantage over Chernaik's. In both cases, a CD accompanies the book. Which is to say, both books come with one. But while Lithgow's listed the track names on both the inside of the book AND on the CD itself, Chernaik's leaves all track information completely mysterious. Track names are necessary. They allow us to allow the music to follow along with the book. In Lithgow's case, he even went so far as to read each poem before the music it applied to. In contrast, the Chernaik book seems to have included the CD as an afterthought. The tracks match up with each poem, yes, but it would have been nice to hear someone read those poems after each selection of music. Or even, for that matter, know what each selection was even called? If you're trying to pull one section or poem out for consideration, it's mighty hard to do so without a title on the CD. It's also a little odd that the Chernaik CD begins without Saint-Saens' Introduction. An editing decision or the result of not planning a poem for that particular piece?

I can see this book used to teach poetry to teens (sneaking in a little classical music know-how to boot). Maybe some kids as well. But while Chernaik is the queen of the subway poetry selections, she has a ways to go before she conquers the world of children's literature quite as effectively. A nice book, but I honestly don't know who you'd want to give it to.

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Carnival of the Animals in Full Score
Camille Saint-Saens
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486404129

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Saint-Saëns' best-known work consists of 14 pieces scored for flute/piccolo, clarinet, glass harmonica (tuned glass bowls), xylophone, two pianos, and strings. Playfully borrowing themes from other works — including his own — the composer paints delightful musical portraits of a lion, chickens, turtles, an elephant, kangaroos, and the immensely popular swan.

The Rabbits' Carnival (Random House Pictureback)

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Wonderful Bedtime Book

The Rabbits' Carnival (Random House Pictureback)
H.L. Ross
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0679853375
Release Date: 1995-02-21

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Illustrated in full color. Once a year, when the moon is full and spring is in flower, the rabbits brush away the cobwebs and bring a bygone carnival back to life! From the opening notes of the merry-go-round calliope to a finale of firefly fireworks, join all the woodland children in a magical celebration of springtime!

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Wonderful Bedtime Book.......2000-03-12

I liked this book because of it's simple, sweet storyline. The illustrations are colorful and detailed. With this book, you could read it as a bedtime story and wouldn't have to worry about causing your younger child nightmares, as with some books these days. Pure happy story about animals who take over a forgotten carnival.

Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph: A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader

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The Return of Rotten Ralph!

Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph: A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader
Jack Gantos
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0374363560

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It’s carnival time for Ralph, Sarah, and Percy, Ralph’s cousin! Ralph is ready to play games and win prizes. But perfect Percy has been practicing. He keeps beating Ralph and wooing Sarah with his winnings. Fed up with losing, Ralph decides to cheat his way to victory . . . until Sarah puts a stop to it.

School Library Journal hails Rotten Ralph Helps Out, the first Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader, as a “wise choice for youngsters making the transition from picture books to chapter books.” In this feisty new adventure, the world’s favorite come-back cat shows Percy and Sarah that all his practice at losing can make him a winner in the end.

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The Return of Rotten Ralph!.......2002-06-26

Rotten Ralph the mischievous cat returns in another great story in the series. When a touring Faire comes to town, super-confident (and lazy?) Ralph loses all the booth games to his cousin Percy, and Percy gives the prizes to the beloved Sarah.
Ralph cheats (he's sometimes clever, sometimes just downright rotten) and wins some games, but he eventually owns up to his dishonesty. After making it up to the booth operators, Ralph finally--and honestly--wins a prize at the dunking booth.

I love the Rotten Ralph series, especially for Nicole Rubel's rich, color-saturated illustrations. She uses beautiful, unusual colors (sometimes recalling Matisse), and her sense of fun complements Jack Gantos' underplayed humor. Gantos wrote a great line for Sarah on the last page: "'Oh, Ralphie,' she said. 'You don't need any practice at being my winner.'" 48 pages divided into four small chapters. The jacket informs us that "an animated series based on...Rotten Ralph is now appearing on television in over 20 countries. In France, Ralph is known as Ralph la Racaille (Ralph the Rascal." I recommend also Nicole Rubel's great "Cyrano the Bear."

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One of the finest kids books I've ever seen.

Thoroughly charming story!

Doorknob The Rabbit

Doorknob The Rabbit And The Carnival Of Bugs
SerWacki
Manufacturer: Tricycle Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1582461430

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Doorknob the Rabbit knows what he likes: his cozy home, his rubber duck collection, and his pet flower, Sibbly. He does not like bugs. But, when thousands arrive on his doorstep late one night, Doorknob does his best to be a gracious host. Until things get out of hand. Waaay out of hand. Before long, Doorknob's neat and quiet home has become a rumpus room for a carnival of bugs! Can Doorknob get rid of his unwelcome six-legged guests?

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One of the finest kids books I've ever seen........2006-01-02

As an uncle times six, I'm always on the lookout for kids' books that will delight the kids AND be entertaining for my brothers and their wives to read many times over. I give this book my absolute highest rating. The story is a whole lot of fun, the artwork is superior, but most notably, there's lots of sophisticated and subtle humor woven in that is sure to please the grownup who gets to share it with the kids. Enough, in fact, that it takes a few passes to catch it all! I suspect, too, that the more subtle aspects of humor will reveal themselves gradually over a period of years to the kids who (I think inevitably) adopt it as a favorite. This is truly a wonderful book.

Thoroughly charming story!.......2005-03-04

This is a very wonderful story! It shows children that there is more than one way to solve a problem and that they need to keep trying even if they fail the first time. Doorknob is a very charming and loyal figment of SerWacki's active imagination and I look forward to his next creation!

Doorknob The Rabbit.......2005-02-15

A thoroughly charming story with absolutely wonderful illustration--lots of fun for young readers!!

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Pure literary genius!

Barney Goes to the Fair
Maureen M. Valvassori , and Dennis Full (Photographer)
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1570647216

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Pure literary genius! .......2006-01-13

I love this book.

PKM

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