The Little Engine That Could: Deluxe Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)I read this book as a child. As a result, I grew up with the realization that if I tried hard enough and kept at it long enough, almost anything was possible! I also came away from this book realizing that it was good to help others. I believe that it is the SINGULAR most important book that a child 1-5 can have read to them!
Having said that, over the years I have given this story to many children and adults. You DO NOT WANT TO GIVE A PAPERBACK OF THIS STORY!!! Because it is the kind of tale that DESERVES being in a child's life for a long, long time. It is the kind of story that DESERVES to be passed down from generation to generation.
This book is WORTHY of that distinction. And believe it or not, I can recall that even last year I had a difficult time finding a hardback edition of The Little Engine... that was in print.
I can honestly say that this is the NICEST edition of The Little Engine That Could that I have seen. It is surrounded by red foil paper on the edges and on the back! And the pictures are reproduced from the ORIGINAL deluxe editions and are just GORGEOUS.
Does this cost a little more than the paperback? Yes. But it is a book that hopefully your child will even pick up when he is a teenager or a young adult....just to remind himself that yes...he really CAN accomplish a formidable task.

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Miss Twiggley's Tree Review

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(More customer reviews)As a first grader, I used to check this book out of our classroom library to read and re-read. I even recall spending hours tracing the illustrations. However, as an adult, I could never remember the name of that favorite book. After years of searching in libraries and book databases for children's books with "willow trees," I finally did an Internet search using the same search criteria and was delighted to find not only the correct title and author information but also to discover that it has been reprinted. I have ordered a copy and am so excited to share this wonderful story with my son.
I have also discovered that there is a clay-mation video version. I haven't seen it, but I'm hoping to. It looks very good and has won several awards. http://www.bixpix.com/what/twiggley.htm
This book is a terrific story for your kids of all ages. Don't hesitate to purchase a copy for your family!

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Why did Miss Twiggley live in a tree? Why did she send her dog, Puss, out to do the shopping? Why did she always run away and hide when people came to visit? And it was rumored that Miss Twiggley had even more peculiar habits...Old Miss TwiggleyWas friendly with bears."They shed on the sofa," she said,"But who cares?"And was it true, as the mayor's wife had heard, that she actually slept in her hat? "Simply disgraceful!" they said. But when a hurricane hits the town and the water rises, everyone is grateful to Miss Twiggley and her tree. Even better, Miss Twiggley herself learns a very important lesson, with a warm and happy ending.

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How Fletcher Was Hatched Review

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(More customer reviews)As an elementary teacher, I'm surprised this book is not more popular today. I remember it from my childhood as being my very favorite picture book, partly because we had a dog like Fletcher. Fletcher demonstrates an intense devotion and insecurity about his mistress's love for him. He's jealous of the chickens she raises. To solve this problem, he gets his friends to build a gigantic egg around him, hoping to get her attention by resembling the eggs/chickens she dotes upon. It's a creative way to solve his problem. I plan to use the book in my classroom to illustrate point of view, problem solving, cooperation and character's feelings. (Plus I just like any story that's about a dog!)

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Fletcher is a large hound dog with brown spots, and hismistress is a little girl named Alexandra.The trouble starts becauseAlexandra is interested in baby chicks - tiny, fluffy, yellow chichk thatsay "Peep!" as they come out of their shells. Fletcher's water dish is empty.He hasn't had his ears scratched in days. "She's forgotten me," he decides, and mournfully he shuffles off to thepark at the edge of town.Here Fletcher's good friends, Beaver and Otter,have the idea.Fletcher must hatch!Of course, Beaver is a masterbuilder, and it's no trouble at all to build an egg around Fletcher.Theegg is large and pink and speckled with brown, and it poses somewhat of aproblem for the school principal, not to mention the science teacher.Butyoung readers will delight in the hilarious climax, along with a littlegirl named Alexandra.

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