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This book is one of my 16-month old's favorite books. She can't wait for each of them to wake up and make a loud noise and then she thinks it's so funny when they go outside to play in the sun and then asks for me to read it again!

The Napping House is my all time favorite book to give to new moms and grandmas!! It's fun to read and the illustrations are absolutely delightful!! A MUST HAVE for all young people's libraries!!

I give this at almost every baby shower I go to. The CD adds so much, and Audrey Wood has captured the rainy nap day perfectly.

Great book, great CD, great price = a GREAT present

I use this book with my preschoolers. Then we made up a song and props to go with it they realy enjoy this story. You can find them during the week retelling the story in the book centre.

I am a big fan of Audry and Don Wood. Their books are simply delightful.

I have the fondest memories of this book, and I was delighted to recently find a copy.

It's the ultimate "power tool" book that should please young boys--an old time steam shovel with a personality to boot that is out to prove she can still do her thing.

The drawings are detailed and gorgeous, and the end shall always be a classic.

This book is must for all dad's or grandpa's to read to their children. My kids memorized it and wanted it for their children when they grew up.
Great service from this seller.

This was a favorite book from my childhood. My wife and I recently found out we will be having a little girl, and I can't wait to share this book with her.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST LOVED BOOKS OF MY CHILDHOOD(50'S),IT BROUGHT BACK GREAT MEMORIES.

Mr. Michael Mulligan and his faithful steam shovel, lovingly called Mary Anne, are working class heroes, fighting to retain their independence in the face of corporate technological prowess in the construction industry. Can outmoded steam power compete with the awesome strength of diesel? Conveniently, this book features paper (not plastic) pages, so your tot can decimate the images of the vile diesel shovels with all the rage that his or her small hands can muster. Don't' be upset about this, it's nothing a roll of clear packing tape can't fix.

Much like the story of Casey Jones, vindication of our heroes will require their demise. Tasked with one final job, the digging of the basement for a fancy town hall, Mike and Mary Anne find themselves trapped by the tremendous success of their labor. Unable to get out of the hole, Mary Anne is broken down to be made into a boiler for the new building, and Mike becomes the janitor. This is no happy ending. No longer are Mike and Mary Anne independent contractors, free to come and go as they please. Mary Anne's steam-powered feet have been bound, like a disobedient concubine. And Mike has become a low-ranking servant of the state, forever forced to feed coal into the mutilated form that was one his industrial lover. The life lesson here is that it doesn't matter if you are honest and hard-working. In fact, those are disadvantages. The only winners are the diesel shovels, destroying without remorse.

Good for tykes who like to play with blocks and toy trucks. Might as well let them know what they're in for.

Based on reviews of others, I decided to order the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. My son in high school has been very pleased. We have discovered that a few of your more basic words are missing. (This is the only thing that stops me from rating it at 5 stars.) You may want to keep one of the 'cheap' dollar store versions as a back-up for these words. It is well worth the investment. You could easily spend just as much on 3 or 4 other dictionaries and still not get what you need.

It works for me and it would be even greater if it was in a large print for those of us who need this feature.

It pays to buy the 'real thing' and not paperbacks
and school district and college 'throw aways' whose
versions of the English langage were okay fifty years
ago but, not now? Amazon has it for more than a affordable
price and the finished product will last till you've forgotten
how to read?

Although this is listed in Amazon as a "large print" dictionary, it's not. No knock on the dictionary, it's just not large print.

I found this dictionary to be complete...dependable
I wish the print was larger, but it may be out in large print as well.

I remember hearing this poem long ago and was surprised to find it in book form.

This is a fun little book. It has a nice little rhyme story about an old lady who eats a fly then goes about eating other creatures to get the previous creature.

In the end you have a valuable moral! Never swallow a horse!

The artwork makes the book fun. The goofy expressions of the old lady and the page cut out design which allows readers to see what she has in her stomach.

About the only thing to be wary is the question of death. There is the repeated phrase "Perhaps she'll die" and in the end the old lady dies. If your child doesn't understand death, you might might avoid or have the explanation ready for the question.

Overall it's a fun book and I had to read it a few times for my daughter.

I don't remember if there were size dimensions given for this book, but I expected it to be twice the size. I have other books from this author and publisher and they are nice and big and easy for me to use in class. This book is really too small for me to read to my class. I am sadly disappointed.

Loved this book as a kid - so had to buy it for my baby.

Great book. Have always wanted it and I really enjoy reading it with my son who likes it too!

I remember this poem in song form from my childhood. I hadn't thought of it in years, until my grandson told me his teacher had read it to him in his pre-k class. I was delighted to find this book on Amazon.com. I was thrilled to see it's large size, bright colors, crazy pictures, the old lady's stomach expanding to accomodate each new animal. I wasn't bothered (as a child) by the phrase "perhaps she'll die," but I imagine my grandson will enjoy some of the "asides" that rhyme with "die." This book will be a gift to my grandson for his fourth birthday in a few days. I am looking forward to reading it to him! Or should I say, singing it to him!!

This is a book I thoroughly enjoyed as a child. I began to borrow it from the library for my own two boys and decided, finally, to order one from Amazon for my son's birthday. We returned the borrowed book to the library the day before his birthday and there were many tears. So, you can imagine my son's elation to open up his very own "Little Engine That Could" on his birthday. A fantastic book! There is also a newly released version with gorgeous illustrations. Check that one out as well. Great books are one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.

The story itself is great-- I like sharing its meaning with the little "I can't do it" children who are in my life. Children seem to like the pictures in this book. However, the quality of the binding is not as great as I hoped it would be-- it's already starting to pull apart after just several readings.

Love it. My kids love it. We first saw this book in a larger version at our pediatrician's office and we read it while waiting to be seen. My daughter loved it so much that I looked it up as soon as we returned home. The story is so well known, I won't even bother to rehash it. Even though I think I can... (A little humor there)

As usual, the visual component is very important as far as I'm concerned and the vintage art is fabulous. It reminds me of things I saw while cleaning up my grandparents' house. Left behind story books and toys from my mother and her sister. Very nostalgic.

This particular version of the book is quite small which I like, but my daughter wants a larger version. I believe it is available in a lager size here at Amazon.

This was my favorite gift to give this year to everyone from our daughter to my coworker - an important lesson to learn told in a classic story.

I have a 2-year old son and he enjoys looking at the pictures in this book. Since it's small, he can take it anywhere. He hasn't ripped any pages yet! I would like to buy the full-size book later. I think the full-size one will be better for storytelling. Shipping was so fast we got this book in no time!

The dictionary is a good one as usual. The index tabs are not exactly where they should be. Maybe they can not fix it because of limited space. Maybe Amazon can ask them.

We needed this for our 7th grader's reading class. It had to be this name brand and we decided to use the online option to buy it since it is cheaper than the stores were in our area.

Nobody puts out a better dictionary than Merriam-Webster. The Collegiate is my pick because one of my hobbies is the Over-50 Spelling Bee, and this dictionary is the reference source for that competition. The Elementary edition is what I use in my classroom. The Unabridged is what I subscribe to on the Web. I wouldn't buy any other company's dictionary because this book and its publisher can trace their roots back to the original Noah Webster who first recognized the uniqueness of American English.

This a great resource for students( or anyone else, but students will get the most out of it). My mom had the 8th version or so in about 1995. The CD is great to quickly look up words and you can incorporate it into word processing programs like microsoft word.

Super great for my grandson when he is doing his homework. Really helps alot.

Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who seems to think he is a chihuahua. He likes to visit Mexico and have adventures in his bedroom, speak Spanish and they are very interesting. A great little book for naughty, but dreamy children.

Skippyjon Jones is so hilarious that my entire family was laughing, including 11,9,7,4,33&34. Very well done!

We are big Skippyjon Jones fans in this house but this book simply did not live up to our expectations. The story line is difficult to follow, one comment says if you study the illustrations things make sense, my children love to linger on pages looking at the illustrations but this book simply jumps from one scenario to the next and is confusing at times and not easy to follow. My six year old asked "how long more until the end?". A fun series to read, this book however, was just a dud.

Children, Grandchildren, Parents and Grandparents will love these adorable stories ... so fun to read!

This is our first Skippyjon book and quite frankly, it's funny. You HAVE to read it with a Spanish accent to really get the "jist" of the rhyme and my guy laughs silly over it. This goofy cat longs to be a chihuahua and after drawing a million of them on a newly painted wall, his mother sends him off to his room to think "siamese." My complaint, which is why I gave it a 4 instead of a 5, is that there is a point in the story where his mother tries to correct him and Skippyjon yells back, "you're not the boss of me!" Honestly, why was THAT necessary in this book? Doesn't add a thing to the story but shows a favorite character talking back to his mother. Not the best idea. Other than that, it's just plain silly, makes no sense whatsoever, making it the perfect "giggle" book for youngsters. Skippyjon Jones pretends he's a chihuahua superhero who saves the day for a bunch of chihuahuas in chihuahua land, by taking out a Siamese cat bobblehead toy that they're all deathly afraid of, from the attic in the chihuahuas' doghouse. To get "Skippito" up to the attic, they roll him up in a flour tortilla and "bounce" him on up. That was pretty funny! He stuffs the bobblehead into his superhero costume and then slides down the bannister into the tortilla. He's wrapped up again in the tortilla as the superhero of the day. If you have boys, be sure to get these goofy books - they really like this cat a lot! Recommend but with the above reservation.

Hooway for Wodney Wat tells the story of a poor little rat named Rodney who suffers from a common speech problem, he pronounces his Rs as Ws. Poor Rodney is teased at school, isolated, and shy. One day things at school turn from bad to worse. First Camilla Capybara comes to town and she claims to be "Bigger than any of you, meaner than any of you, and smarter than any of you!" On top of being picked on by the horrible new bully, Rodney is selected to lead a game of Simon Says. Tiny and trembling, Rodney buries his face in his jacket and begins squeaking out the game's orders. But Camilla Capybara, new to the school, doesn't know about Rodney's speech impediment and begins following orders as she hears them. Read becomes Weed, Wrap become Wap, and Rest becomes West. Rodney's speech saves the day as Camilla Capybara leaves, never to bully the students of P.S. 142 again. And Rodney, the unlikely hero, is the one who has saved the day.

Lester presents a story that will have all audiences rooting for the timid underdog. Rodney is sympathetic while remaining relatable to children who have been picked on, or who have bullied. Munsinger's watercolor illustrations perfectly highlight the story, personifying the cute, fuzzy characters, capturing varied emotions and hilarious actions, as well as creating a vivid rodent world around them. In the end, Lester and Munsinger work well together to create a story that teaches tolerance between children, the idea that no one likes a bully, and that even the kids who feel shy or different, should stand up proud, and not be ashamed of what makes them special.

Helen Lester's Hooway for Wodney (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999), is a fun tale of a little rat with a problem. Wodney, or Rodney, has a speech impediment, and he can't pronounce his r's. His classmates, who ask him to pronounce words like "bunny" and "train", tease Rodney daily. Readers will surely feel for Rodney, who is so tormented by the bullying that he eats lunch alone and hides at recess. One day, a new student by the name of Camilla Capybara shows up, and she is the biggest, meanest, and smartest rodent in Rodney's classroom. Rodney wonders if she will tie him up with his own tail, or maybe even pounce on him. Rodney and his classmates are understandably upset by the new addition of Camilla, but a routine game of "Simon Says" and Rodney's cleverness turns the tables. With humorous illustrations by Lynn Munsinger, Hooway for Wodney is a triumphant tale of a shy little rat who becomes a hero.

Poor Wodney. Wodney Wat. Rodney Rat is a rodent who can't pronounce his r's in the picture book "Hooway for Wodney Wat," by Helen Lester (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999). Because his classmates tease him day in and day out, Rodney has become the shyest rodent in school, he has the softest squeak in class, he eats his hunk of cheese alone, and he buries his head in his jacket during recess. When Camilla Capybara comes to P.S. 142 Elementary School for Rodents and declares she is the biggest, meanest, and smartest, all the rodents tremble with fear, especially Wodney. What will Camilla do if she hears Wodney speak? Tie him up with his own tail? When Wodney is picked to be the leader of Simon Says, Wodney's nightmare becomes reality. But to his surprise, his speech impediment turns him from shy squeaker to classroom hero. Young readers will enjoy the cute and playful illustrations and laugh with the word play of the text. Any young reader who has ever been teased or bullied will find this book a satisfying and uplifting read and will be most certainly be cheering "Hooway for Wodney Wat! Woot! Woot! Wooty-toot-toot!"

Wodney suffers from a common problem - he says w instead of r. That in and of itself should have been okay, but he's shown being teased mercilessly by the other students. No adult notices and steps in, even when he's unable to speak up in class and either totally ostracised or - slightly better - so shy from this treatment that he avoids the other rodents entirely and never even pokes his head out of his jacket.

This is realistic enough - unfortunately - but that doesn't make it pleasant for me to read to my nieces.

When a new bully comes and bullies the rest of the class, they don't learn the moral lesson "Bullying people isn't fun". Instead, Wodney turns her ignorance of his disability against her. The children laugh at her, and she runs off. "And they lived happily ever after and never teased him again." Of course, if he hadn't been able to use his Special Skill to help him then the other students would have continued to tease him, right?

It's a very unsettling moral message, and not one I really like.

Munsinger's expressive watercolors give the comical rats depth and personality. A great help for children with speech problems. How not being able to pronounce r's and being teased about it can turn into an asset. Wodney ends up saving his whole class from Camilla Capybera who is smarter, bigger and meaner than the other students. She takes him literally when he gives her and the group directions to wake(rake) the leaves and go west(rest)and she leaves in that direction. This turns Wodney into a hero.

Dictionary is helpful. It lets you know if words are masculine/feminine in the Spanish language and easy to read.

This is the absolutely perfect spanish/english reference dictionary. It is compact, easy to use & access.

Great little pocket dictionary for those who don't want to carry around a heavier full-sized eng/span diction. It's not 'quite' as complete, but it's about 99% there. It's going to have all of the important words

Great little pocket dictionary for those who don't want to carry around a heavier full-sized eng/span diction. It's not 'quite' as complete, but it's about 99% there. It's going to have all of the important words

I use this dictionary quite a bit as it is small enough to be light and easy to carry and big enough to contain most everyday words. I think that the content is good but I compared to my other (larger) dictionary by Harper Collins the paper is somewhat gray and the words don't stand out as well. Also the ink is not the most permanent so if you are not careful you can end up with gray stains on your fingertips. I would recommend spending slightly more to get something with a higher quality of paper and printing.

My daughter absolutely LOVES this dictionary. She has looked in it almost everyday to learn different meanings. She loves also seeing the pictures in the book. It is definitely age appropriate!

I received the dictionaries in GREAT condition and at a great price. My students are learning dictionary skills in class and at their home. I purchased the dictionaries so each student would have their own dictionary at home.

I bought this for my 3rd grader after physically going to a bookstore and comparing the few available choices. This was the best in my opinion. My daughter needs to look up about twenty words each week for her class and she keeps thanking me for buying "great dictionary".

I ordered the Scholastic Children's Dictionary for my third grader. When it arrived, he wanted to look at it, and couldn't put it down. It was interesting to him and well illulstrated.

I purchased a number of dictionaries to be used by all the students in a small school. The entries included pronunciation, syllabication, and multiple definitions. They are visually pleasing and thorough enough for third and fourth graders.