Epinions Recent Reviews for gobbysreviews

ForTheYoungerGeneration:Finally, a book that kids can use themselves, How to Write Terrific Book Reports

Mon, 7 May 2007 14:41:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - "But I don't know HOW to write a book report," the little one in your life wails. What do you do then? How long's it been since you've written a book report? Even if you do write book reviews as a hobby, or for a living, do you know exactly what your...

What's blogging? Should you? Why? Can you? How? Is it worth the effort? It depends.

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:19:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - What's blogging? Ever wanted to have your own column--in a newspaper or magazine? Write whatever you wanted, however you wanted, without having to beg, grovel, or whatever it took, to get a publisher to take a chance on you and your talent?...

Got Reluctant Readers? Or 4-8 year-olds? Want to know how to get them Hooked-on-History?

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:51:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go!" It's no wonder, except for Grumpy, the 7 Dwarfs were so cheerful each morning as they left Snow White behind in their cottage in the woods. They were hi-ho-ing off to their diamond mine (so I've been told). What...

ForTheYoungerGeneration:Palatini & Cole's Bad Boys: "They're bad. They're bad. They're really, really bad!": Whacked-Out Fairy-Tale

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:07:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - The roguish grins. The sly gleam in their eyes. The villainous pencil-line mustaches a la Errol Flynn. One look at Henry Cole's portrayal of Wally and Willy Wolf on the cover of Margie Palatini's Bad Boys and you're hooked...

ForTheYoungerGeneration: How I Became a Pirate: A "How-to" manual for all wannabe pirates

Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:43:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Attention! Calling kids & grandkids everywhere. Melinda Long & David Shannon's How I Became a Pirate is the perfect, autobiographical "How-to" manual for all wannabe pirates. Tell your parents, grandparents, and great-grands that you...

CarpalTunnel? RheumatoidArthritis? SciaticNerveDamage? TemporarilyBed-Ridden? Palm’s Tungsten E Handheld: Excellent, inexpensive alternative to pain-ridden computer sessions

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:51:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Are you plagued with pain while using your computer? Are you tired of trying to touch-type and failing miserably? Are your eyes tired and your neck sore from hunting & pecking at your keyboard? Don'tgive up. Help is here. Palm’s Tungsten...

ForKids: John Lithgow and C.F. Payne’s The Remarkable Farkle McBride: The “silly” side of music!

Sat, 30 Mar 2002 01:32:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - John Lithgow and C.F. Payne’s The Remarkable Farkle McBride...

Did you know that this award-winning actor has been using musical comedy to entertain kids for years?

Now he’s written a book for them, too--by accident!...

James Webb Huston's Fallout : a novel: military/political action/adventure: terrorism at home and abroad

Mon, 7 Jan 2002 08:25:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Terrorists--fanatics with firepower, bullies with bullets and no consciences. You want to grab them, and do unspeakable things to their bodies to pay them back for whatever they've done to others.

May they live to a very old age in...

ForKids: Thury and vanKampen’s The Last Straw: Twelfth Night--the night before Epiphany (January 6th)

Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:04:14 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - The Last Straw, written by Fredrick H. Thury and illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen: a humorous tale of the camel who carried the Three Wise Men’s gifts to the baby Jesus...

Bragging and boasting. Strutting your stuff. Talking...

For Kids: Krensky and Schindler’s How Santa Got His Job: Santa Claus II

Tue, 25 Dec 2001 04:12:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - How Santa Got His Job, written by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by S D Schindler

Did you ever stop to think about the personal lives of your favorite storybook characters?

After her encounter with the wolf, did Little Red...

For Kids: Tracey Campbell Pearson’s Where Does Joe Go?:: Santa Claus I

Sun, 23 Dec 2001 05:22:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Where Does Joe Go? written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson...

The cover of Where Does Joe Go?, written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson, shows elderly, rotund Joe, outfitted in his customary...

ForKids: Eric Kimmel & Emily Lisker’s A Hanukkah Treasury: Songs, stories, recipes, history...: Hanukkah II

Sun, 2 Dec 2001 01:04:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - A handy, dandy Hanukkah handbook chock full of “everything Hanukkah.” A Hanukkah Treasury, edited by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Emily Lisker, is a collection of stories, songs (with and without music), poetry, recipes, legends,...

ForKids: Eric Kimmel & Trina Hyman’s Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins: CaldecottHonorBook: Hanukkah I

Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:48:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Before I even had a chance to look at the cover art (and it’s a pip!), I did a double take when I read the title--Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.

Goblins?

Hanukkah goblins??

Hanukkah’s all...

ForKids: Jackson and Schachner’s I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie: ThanksgivingDay IV

Mon, 19 Nov 2001 00:00:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Allison Jackson and her illustrator, Judith Byron Schachner, created a non-upsetting, holiday twist on an old children’s favorite in their clever collaboration of I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie...

Laughter. Absurdity...

ForTheYoungestGeneration*: Dav Pilkey’s ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving: Funny feathered shenanigans: Thanksgiving Day: III

Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:49:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Galloping turkeys and kids race across the front and back covers of Dav Pilkey’s enduring eleven-year-old classic, ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving. And to think that 23 publishers made the mistake of turning down Pilkey’s book before...

ForTheYoungerGeneration*: Grace & Bruchac’s 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving [at Plimoth Plantation]:ThanksgivingDay II

Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:08:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - So, you’d like to encourage your youngsters to read more, perhaps develop an interest in history? National Geographic’s 1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving, is the perfect way to start--if you let them know what’s in it for...

ForTheYoungestGeneration*: Eve Bunting and Diane de Groat’s A Turkey for Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving Day: I

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:43:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Diane de Groat’s adorable cover art for A Turkey for Thanksgiving, written by Eve Bunting, shows a very shy Mr. Moose. He’s dressed in his winter clothes, with his red muffler blowing in the wind. Rabbit is there, too, in his pink,...

ForTheYoungestGeneration*: Linda Williams’s The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything: HalloweenFun III

Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:06:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Linda Williams wrote The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything (illustrated by Megan Lloyd}, when she was the director of a child development center. The dust jacket explains why she wrote this story the way she did.

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For kids: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Room on the Broom: Halloween(?) Fun II

Thu, 25 Oct 2001 22:19:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Julia Donaldson and her illustrator, Axel Scheffler, created a non-politically correct, klutzy witch who has Room on the Broom, and a generous disposition...

Are you old enough? Think Jimmy Durante (“The Schnozz”)...

Howard Bloom: The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History: Terrorism explained?

Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:42:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - A few days after Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a patron rushed into my library waving a copy of Howard Bloom’s The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History...

“You’ve got to read this! It explains...

For kids: Jack Prelutsky and Paul O. Zelinsky’s Awful Ogre’s Awful Day: Halloween(?) Fun: I

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:04:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Awful Ogre’s Awful Day, written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, is perfect for creating either a Halloween mood, or a silly one, for your youngsters. Boys, especially, should enjoy this delightfully disgusting, oversize...

For kids: Susan Lowell's Little Red Cowboy Hat: Little Red Riding Hood with an "attitude!"

Fri, 3 Aug 2001 21:49:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Susan Lowell and her illustrator, Randy Cecil, have created an American Southwest version of Little Red Riding Hood that little girls can finally read without embarrassment! Long live Little Red Cowboy Hat!

This girl is...

For kids: Fred Marcellino’s I, Crocodile: Silly Season Supreme!

Sun, 27 May 2001 21:20:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - I, Crocodile, written and illustrated by Fred Marcellino, for kids 4-9 years old, is a very silly tale...

A huge croc, precariously perched upon the seat of a chair while clutching an upside-down menu, graces the cover of I,...

Does being bullied ring a bell? Being a victim is not part of growing up!

Mon, 7 May 2001 00:21:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - The Wounded Spirit by Frank Peretti may be one of the most important books you'll ever read...

Bullies are the bane of everyone's existence. Frank Peretti's small book amply demonstrates how many adults were victimized by...

For kids: Bill Peet's Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure: Embarrassment!

Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:50:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gobbysreviews - Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure written and illustrated by Bill Peet...

“Hubert the Lion was haughty and vain

And especially proud of his elegant mane.

But conceit of this sort isn’t proper at all

And...