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My daughter loved this book for months. We started reading it to her when she was about 6 months old (or younger) and by 12 months she was identifying many of the animals and colors along with us. At 19-months its not her favorite book, but she still asks us to read it from time to time.

Simple, engaging, beautiful illustrations, genuis rhyming pattern that makes sense, and gets child excited to turn the page to see what's next. A teacher's and parent's dream. Just a wonderful book that is engaging and teaches words/sounds. Doesn't get better than this.

I love the bright colors that catches my daughter's attention, and the pages are thick enough that she can turn the pages herself. This is a family favorite.

Wonderful addition to my classroom collection. Students love to read along and act out this story.

We've used this for learning colors, rhyme and animals. It's predictable so even the youngest can figure out what comes next. We often sing a song with it and use a flannel story as well.

Every young child should have this book read to them over and over again.

*taken from my review at goodreads

My daughter's probably got a couple of years before she outgrows this gem, and I'm still happy to read it every time she pulls it out. Loved it as a kid, and I love it now as a parent.

During bathtime, I can offer my 22-month old son no other book; he will *always* ask for "Dog-Go!", and has consistently done so for many months. It's a great book for learning the basics of language... and the kids love it.

We all have this book memorized. One son wanted it read out loud every day, several times a day, for many months. It's colorful, fun, silly, and has great rhymes. It also teaches color and direction (like up, down, over, etc).

Another wonderful read-aloud, but excellent for beginning readers to use as well.

*taken from my review at goodreads

One of the first books our son read all by himself. We got it fast and just the way it was described. Very pleased!

The Amazon reviews were extremely helpful in selecting this particular editon of Go Dog Go. I wanted the same edition my children (as toddlers) had enjoyed, and without the reviews I may have received an abbreviated, later version.

The illustrations are simple and lovely in this book. The text, however, is very poorly written with a tense that changes randomly. The book contains whole sections which do not fit the flow of the story - a rather sorry accomplishment in a board book. This book was a manuscript that M.W. Brown left when she died unexpectedly at a young age. The co-author then edited the manuscript and the publisher put it out. Read Run-Away Bunny instead for classic Margaret Wise Brown

I am so pleased with this product. I teach kindergarten and as anyone in this field or a similar one knows books get so expensive. It arrived so quickly and is in wonderful condition. I can't say enough about the PRICE! It is so much cheaper than some of the traditional places I buy from.

lots of details are here.
my daughter loves it.
reads it back to me now.
lovely book.

This is a great children's book! Even though my son is only 4 months old he enjoys looking at the pictures and listening to my voice when I read him the story. The pictures are nicely done. They are colorful and clear which I think children really respond to. Also the story, when read aloud, is melodic, which is pleasing to children.

I read this book to my daughter from the time she was one; she is now six. Now she gets a thrill out of reading it herself. My son is two years old; he is also eager for story time, and it is also one of his first picks. The kids love exploring the illustrations, and each time noticing something new. As a mother, I enjoyed reading this book to my children. It is wonderful, charming and memorable.

This book is wonderful for small children. It encourages them to read which helps in everything.

Good book to add to my 2 & 1/2 year old's collection. It was in good condition too!

Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks is by far one of my three most favorite books from childhood. What great detail is to be found in the illustrations, classic fantastic images on page after page, which, alone, are worth the price of the book. however, it has words and somewhat of a plot. for us old geezers, the font is big enough to see! It contains many episodes between that pesky Fox wearing socks and Mr. Knox. As with all of Dr. Suess' writings, it contains numerous tongue-twisting pages that bring out howling and laughter in our home. Of course, it's usually dad who'se the subject of the laughter. [a word of advice: parents, never reading this book after an exhausting day or after you've taken sleeping medicine or you'll embarrass yourself with tonge twisters.] This book holds a special, magical place in my heart, so, with great bias, I highly recommend it for everyone who is or was a kid and I give this an A+.

This is a super fun book and instantly became my son's favorite. He is almost 4. I really like reading it because unlike most children's books, it's interesting to me (mostly because it's tricky to not get my tongue tied). It's a lot of fun.

I absolutely love this book! One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, I've read this to my daughter for years and still never get tired of it. I love the tongue twisters and the funny pictures (no pun intended), and it's always a game to see how fast I can read it. I've actually memorized a few pages by heart. I hope my daughter will still want me to read this to her even after she's old enough to read on her own. I would recommend my second favorite Dr. Seuss book: Oh Say Can You Say. Another classic book that will keep your tongue in knots!

This well-organized book is beautiful and much larger than I expected. It contains a wonderful variety of projects and activities for all different learning styles. The full-color pages appeal to children and parents alike. Overall: EXCELLENT. A great resource summer breaks or reinforcing school studies.

My son tends to lose his lessons if he doesn't practice them; he also isn't one who enjoys learning. I have tried to trick him into doing things that are fun, but also will help him practice the things that he needs to learn and take with him after Kindergarten, and it doesn't take him long to see through the fun to the work.

My husband and I have bought a ton of programs for the computer and many workbooks. This is the first workbook he actually enjoys doing. Mixed in with the obvious lessons meant to educate are some activities that also teach but he thinks are just for fun. For example, there are pages to practice and write your letters, then in between those pages you have some mazes and pictures that are color by letter. He thinks they are just for fun, a break in between the learning.

Table of Contents:
ABC's
Phonics
Spelling and Vocabulary
123's
Shapes and Colors
Patterns
Matching and Sorting
Time and Money
Community
Science
Fun and Games
Brain Quest Extras (includes a deck of flash cards, a brainiac certificate, stickers and a clock poster)

This has a lot of activities to keep your child occupied and his brain working. As soon as he is done with this one I plan on getting the one for the 1st graders. It's a sturdy book with colorful pages and large print. It's been very helpful for our family keeping our son interested in learning. Highly recommended.

This is a wonderful book. The exercises are excellent and engaging.
My 4 1/2 year son doesn't like reading books at all but he finished this workbook within 2 weeks.
I would like to buy more copies for gifting.

There's much to like about this book. The exercises are fun and cover a great deal of the ground your kindergartner sees in school. Moreover, one can tell from the first that a great deal of thought, by actual teachers and parents, went into its creation. The book is large and easily handled by small hands. Perforated pages allow you to take out what you wish for trips without having to lug it about. Sometimes you may want to use it to bond with your child, and do activities together. Other times you may need a moment, and can let your youngster work by themselves. Either way, I think you'll find it more than worth the price.

This book is like any other. What I liked about it was the non-glossy and detachable pages which helps kids write easily on it. The activities were not substantially different from the DK workbooks which my kids normally use.

This book is very useful in coming up with ideas to challenge your kids' minds. Not to mention, stickers are included. :)

My 3 year old loved this book and my wife loved helping him with it. All of the basics he is learning in Pre-School is also being touched upon here. As my children get older we're definitely interested in purchasing all the other levels.

I've used this book with my 3 year old doing a couple pages from each section each day. It's been very good for her learning level. One thing I've noticed about this book vs. other workbooks (flash kids) She not been overwhelmed by the amount of writing required. Personally I don't think it's quite enough knowledge for coming into kindergarten but, it's a good starting point for a young child and parent to work through.

Then you can see what you child is lacking in and get additional books in areas that they seem to need a bit more work.

It has been fun for her and she learning little bits everyday from it. A+

I bought this for my four year old, he absolutely loves it. Once we start working in it, he doesn't want to stop. Some of the counting exercises and alphabet exercises are a bit easy for him. Great review for him though. Perfect book for Pre-schoolers. Also, this book is HUGE, it will last a long time!!

I ordered this book for my 2.5 year old son to use (with my help of course, since he can't read yet :)). This book is very thick and is jam=-packed with multiple sections to focus on letters and numbers and shapes as well as phonics, etc. It has some instructions as far as to color certain objects a particular color, or to count and circle the objects that have a particular amount in them. My son does pretty well counting to 10, but this concept was a bit above him at this time. He more recently has shown an interest in going through this book with me again and has been doing more.

But even though it is slightly ahead of his age, it is a still a good book to for him to identify objects and count, as well as learning to identify his letters. It just may be awhile before he can follow the instructions in the book. That will come later and I think this book will keep him busy for awhile.

I'm not kidding... I did. The juggling balls are a perfect fit to anyone's hand. I bought the kit because I needed to learn how to juggle for a class, and I got an A! Pretty good for a first timer! Besides, it's a great exercise for your arms.. try it for a couple of hours and you'll see the effects!

I bought this book after seeing a few friends juggling and finding the book on sale at my local Borders store. I didn't think it would take me long to get the hang of throwing and catching three beanbags and now, almost 6 months after buying the book, I am quite proficient with a 3 ball cascade, making a few catches with a 4 ball fountain, and I've been bought juggling clubs!

I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to get into juggling, for fun or sport, it's simple to use and fun to follow along with. The only thing I do not like is that the book's format makes you wish it was spiral bound or bound in a way it can easily be laid flat.

This person is a great dealer with fast prompt service. Would buy from again.

I loved the hole pack. I was trying to find a cheap set of juggling balls to to start learning, when I saw this pack i didn't notice that the beanbags weren't balls but cubes and I was a bit worried at first. Anyway they are great, well balanced, with the right weight, and the unusual format is perfect to beginners, since you will drop them a lot they won't roll away from you like the rounds' ones.

Within an hour of getting this book, I was able to juggle ( though not skillfully at all)three balls. Granted, I've had a little bit of prior juggling experience from years and years ago, so I wasn't totally unfamiliar with the motions. The instructions were very clear and so were the illustrations after I used a hi-liter to keep track of the otherwise black and white balls.

I loved this one growing up. Really. Amelia Bedelia always choose the funniest possible interpretation of words, and her name rhymes! What's not to love?

The one thing I'd be concerned about is that a lot of the usages in this book are going to be unfamiliar to your young kid. I don't think many of us say "draw the curtains" anymore, and even if we do, we probably don't often talk about "trimming" steak (with or without lace!) or "dressing" chicken, at least, not around our kids. Maybe we should, but we don't.

So this book might be better saved for read-aloud time than read-alone time.

My first grader love that book. He was cracking up and he had so much fun reading this book! He reads it without any help. It is a cute and funny story and if you child doesn't like to read this is a great book to spike an interest in reading.

I remember reading these books years and years ago! I'm in 10th grade and it's been more 5 years since I was in elementary school and yet when I go work at my old school I go back and read them again!

A fun (and funny) book which will delight kids with Amelia's well-intentioned but mistake-laden chores. Kids feel empowered because they are 'smarter' than the character and are able to cheer her on. In the end, Amelia's good deeds overpower any mistakes she makes.

I recommend this book for any child who is beginning to read on their own!

This is surly a kids favorite since I was a little girl! We join Amelia Bedelia as she starts her first day of work for the Rodgers. They rush off shortly after she arrives, but they've left her a list of things to do. Should be a snap, as all the tasks are simple and clearly stated...but that's what you think...Amelia Bedelia begins completing each chore in quite a literal fashion...drawing the drapes and much, much more! Younger kids (1-4) will like the silliness of it and beginner readers and more savvy grade schoolers (5-8) will like that's it's simple and clever/silly too! I recommend it without reservation! I'm sure Amelia will be with us, teaching fine lessons about the words we use and the many means they can have for generations to come!

I first learned about this CD at the Infant Early Childhood Conference in Tacoma Washington. It is a great product. The songs are fun and I really think it will my students learn some functional communication through sign language that will help get their wants and needs met. I only wish it was in Spanish too!

I am a Special Needs assistant. We use this book on a daily basis and the students love it as well as the teachers. The students have pick up, many signs with this book and staff that don't know sign language, are now learning. We all love this book and I would highly recommend this book to anyone.

I ordered this item in the hopes to teach my speech-delayed son more sign language. I was an elementary school teacher for over ten years and this product was overwhelming! The songs are way too fast! Then you have to refer to the book while listening to the song and then supposedly teaching your child- UGH! It would be beneficial if the book came with a dvd showing the signing along with the songs...

We love the upbeat original songs and my 2 1/2 year old requests this cd to be played when we're getting bored in the house. I came home one day to find the kids dancing with our nanny. Needless to say, whether for signing or pure enjoyment it is a great product everyone can enjoy together. Parents will find that the songs are easy enough to remember to sing along and practice signs when changing diaper, feeding time, bath time, etc... which are perfect routine activities to introduce signs to your baby and toddler. As an instructor who has seen participants enjoy the activity book and cd I highly recommend the item. www.sign4baby.com

I use this in my sign language classes I teach to babies, toddlers, children, adults, and special needs. It is a BIG hit, everyone loves it, everyone gets involved, and after class my clients want to purchase one. I have received e-mails after classes letting me know that they just love it and find it very helpful in learning the signs. Parents love the detailed information and illustrations in the book it is very easy to understand and shows what signs to use for babies. Well worth your investment.
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When I placed this item on my wish list, I relaly didn't expect anyone to buy it for me for Christmas, which is why I was so happy when a friend and his wife actually ordered it for me. Unfortunatly, this is where the drama began. First, the seller reported that they were backordered. Ok, I can handle that, so I waited. Next, it was being shipped, but then the order was canaceled and now the item is only available for over twice the original price. If I wanted to deal with this sort of issue, I would order through EBAY. I don't intednd to order anything like this agian from this seller or Amazon.

I'm not a player of D&D, but I do collect dragons, as does my husband. When I saw this gorgeous fellow last Christmas, I snatched him up. My husband loves it just as much as I do. If you love dragons, this is a must. Even cooler, the flaming column can be removed. As far as I know, this is the largest D&D piece I've seen though even he is not the largest in our hoard.

This Dragon is very cool. And is 'realist'. For those who play D&D or D&D Miniatures, this is the best aquisition ever! =D

This is a really nice piece to add some visual pop to your D&D minis collection. It is quite a bit bigger than any of the other dragon minis, and the attachable fire breath really ups the intimidation factor. You'll probably never use it in a game, but why not strike a little fear into your players' hearts anyway?

This ain't your normal miniature! Yeah, it's plastic, but the coloring, texture, and detail are really great. This sits on my office shelf, so I can look at it every day. Expensive, but worth the money for me.