Epinions Recent Reviews for bilbopooh

Marc Tolon Brown - D.W.'s Lost Blankie: D. W.'s Lost Blankie Causes a Panic

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:44:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - According to Linus Van Pelt, security is a blanket - specifically, a faded blue blanket tugged along everywhere, sometimes to the accompaniment of a sucked thumb. Linus is a very intelligent, self-assured young man, but take that blanket away and the...

Cynthia Rylant - Boris: Rylant Reveals Herself Through Boris

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 15:11:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - It's clear from reading Cynthia Rylant's books that she loves animals. Her series are full of pigs, llamas, mice, rabbits, raccoons, chipmunks, hummingbirds... Oh, and of course, dogs and cats. In Mr. Putter and Tabby, my favorite of her...

Shel Silverstein - The Missing Piece: The Missing Piece Finds Peace

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:27:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I think of Shel Silverstein, poetry is the first thing that always comes to mind. But I know from The Giving Tree that Silverstein penned some terrific prose stories as well. The Missing Piece is such a story. If you were to...

Jane Yolen - Wild Wings: Poems for Young People: Let Your Senses Take Flight With Wild Wings

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:22:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I read <
b>Fine
Feathered Friends, Jane Yolen's second collection of poems inspired by photographs her son, Jason Stemple, had taken of birds, my only complaint was that there was no mention of hummingbirds or...

Robert McCloskey - Blueberries for Sal: Blueberries for Sal, and for Little Bear, Too!

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:16:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - There are certain stories out there that it seems everyone has read, and so I have a bit of a jolt when I realize I have not read them myself. One such tale is Blueberries for Sal, the classic Caldecott Honor Book by...

Stan Berenstain - The Berenstain Bears Get Their Kicks: Papa Expands His Horizons in The Berenstain Bears Get Their Kicks

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:28:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - The Berenstain Bears are a very athletic family. Brother Bear always seems to be involved in some sport or another, and Sister often joins right in. It seems that baseball is the sport they enjoy most of all; certainly it's Papa's favorite, and he...

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D: Journey to the Center of the Earth Dazzles

Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:48:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - "Guys... Where are we?" This iconic question posed by Cha
rlie
Pace in the pilot episode of <
b>LOST
tantalized...

Sassy Silverman Befuddles Gentle Garlin in I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 18:40:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Last year, while I was browsing through Entertainment Weekly, I happened upon a movie title that stopped me dead in my tracks: I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. "Whoa!" I said. "That's the best title ever!" After all, I would...

Test Out Your Puzzle-Solving Skills With Wheel of Fortune

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:15:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I was a kid, we had a Wheel of Fortune computer game that I played ridiculously often. In my years of trying to outwit the computer, I got to be quite the expert puzzle solver, so by the time my friend Libbie and I first watched the show...

Marc Tolon Brown - Arthur's Chicken Pox: Arthur's Chicken Pox Aggravate Arthur and His Sister

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:07:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - It seems that chicken pox are almost a rite of passage for children. Almost everybody I know had it at some point when they were kids; those who didn't may be in for a nasty time of it if it strikes in adulthood. Getting the pox as a kid is actually...

Norman Bridwell - Clifford's Pals: Clifford's Pals Are Bad Influences

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:23:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - On the PBS Kids show Clifford the Big Red Dog, one of Clifford's best friends is a poodle named Cleo. She's somewhat narcissistic, and sometimes she has a tendency to lead Clifford astray, or at least to try. But she seems almost saintly in...

Cynthia Rylant and G. Brian Karas - The Case of the Missing Monkey: The High-Rise Private Eyes: Two Detectives Fight Distractions in The Case of the Missing Monkey

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:00:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Way back when I was in seventh grade, I wrote a story entitled The Case of the Missing Monkeys. It was the first - and practically only - mystery I ever wrote, and it involved a cageful of ordinary zoo monkeys that vanish one day, requiring the...

Marc Tolon Brown - Arthur and the School Pet: D. W.'s Class Gerbil Brings Disaster in Arthur and the School Pet

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:53:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Around the time I hit the double digits, I developed a fascination with hamsters, cuddly little pets that spin in wheels and burrow in shavings and run around in colorful plastic pipes, chewing on the edges all night long. Yes, they had an...

Cynthia Rylant - Annie and Snowball and the Tea Cup Club: Annie Makes Some New Friends in Annie and Snowball and the Teacup Club

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:17:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - What I like best about the Cynthia Rylant's Annie and Snowball series, a spin-off of her Henry and Mudge series, is the fact that even though Annie has very different interests than her cousin Henry, the two consistently have a wonderful time together...

Robert Munsch et al - Angela's Airplane: Angela's Airplane Celebrates an Accidental Hi-jacking

Sun, 6 Jul 2008 02:55:35 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - In <
b>Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling revealed that the dearest ambition of endearing, eccentric Arthur Weasley was to learn how airplanes stay in the air. It's so much simpler for wizards;...

Marc Tolon Brown - Arthur's Underwear: An Arthur Adventure: Binky and Arthur Share an Unwanted Bond in Arthur's Underwear

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:35:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - "I see London, I see France, I see Arthur's underpants!" This rhyme never appears in Arthur's Underwear, an Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown, but you can tell that throughout the book, this playground taunt is haunting Arthur the aardvark. It all...

Keep Cool With the Coleman Mini Fan

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:03:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Yesterday, my family enjoyed a very pleasant Fourth of July picnic. It was a beautifully sunny day, but unlike most Independence Days I can recall, it wasn't stiflingly hot. The temperature never rose above 70, and a gentle breeze assured than none of...

Stan Berenstain et al - The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin: It's Time for Harvest and Thanksgiving in The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:10:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Several years ago, my family gave pumpkin farming a try. We tended a nice little patch in the backyard, and while it certainly wasn't anything to attract the Great Pumpkin, we did manage to grow a few pumpkins of decent size. My brother Benjamin was...

Marc Tolon Brown - D.W. Thinks Big: D. W. Thinks Big in the Midst of Wedding Worries

Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:40:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - When I was seven years old, my uncle got married, and I got caught up in the preparations. I'd attended a wedding before, for another uncle, but that time, the ceremony had been out of town, so we weren't as involved in the process leading up to the big...

Get to Know Charlie Brown's Filthiest Friend in The Dirt on Pigpen

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:03:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Poor Pigpen. Of all the characters in the Peanuts universe, is there any more maligned? Even Charlie Brown doesn't seem to face such a constant barrage of insults. Indeed, reading through Charles Schulz's The Dirt on Pigpen, a collection of...

Stan Berenstain - The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game: Brother and Sister Point Fingers in The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:09:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - I get really involved in the television shows that I watch regularly, and I often find myself trying to break of chain of unfortunate events with a string of "If only"s. The biggest tragedies can be traced as often to tiny, seemingly insignificant...

Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain - The Berenstain Bears And The Baby Chipmunk: The Bears Get a Furry Little Guest in The Berenstain Bears and the Baby Chipmunk

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:08:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - One of the problems with having cats who pride themselves on their abilities as escape artists is that rodents and birds have a habit of turning up on the porch, in the yard or, most likely of all, in the mouth of the culprit. In the last case, it takes...

Marc Brown - Arthur's Lost Puppy: Arthur Faces Two Problems at Once in Arthur's Lost Puppy

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:36:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - There comes a day in the lives of most dog owners when they must face the panic of having their furry friend disappear. In Marc Brown's Arthur's Lost Puppy, that day comes much too soon for Arthur the aardvark. He's just getting peppy young Pal...

Brother Chugs Along With Determination in The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:28:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - Slow and steady wins the race. So goes the old adage from the story of the tortoise and the hare. In Stan and Jan Berenstain's The Berenstain Bears and the Big Race, the tortoise is a bear - Brother Bear, to be precise. He doesn't have a sleek,...

Norman Bridwell - Clifford's Day With Dad: The Big Red Dog and the Little Gray Dog Visit in Clifford's Day With Dad

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:56:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bilbopooh - It's a canine fact of life that most dogs lose contact with their parents once they are old enough to be adopted out. Unless the owners of the parents keep the puppies, a la 101 Dalmatians, or give them to family friends, chances are it's goodbye...