© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-treeseed Recent reviews written by member treeseed en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_421058350724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - A tale sparkling with imagination that plunges us into darkness then leaves us with hope's glimmer, Gossamer is the type of story I've come to expect from Lois Lowry, the author of the Newbery Medal winning novel,The Giver. Published in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421058350724 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:32:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421058350724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410982649476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Chris Van Allsburg is a two time Caldecott Medalist and winner of many New York Times Best Illustrated Book awards and the author and illustrator of the popular Jumanji and The Polar Express among many other fine picture books... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410982649476 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:47:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410982649476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410870845060?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - The artist and author known as Demi is a favorite of mine. She has written many biographies of noted spiritual leaders and illustrated them, compiling exquisite picture books about everyone from Buddha, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Saint... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410870845060 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:42:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410870845060?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_410769591940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - What's not to like? This charming little hard-cover book measuring only 5.8 x 5 inches fits easily into little hands. Its simply executed but detailed illustrations capture the fun and flavor of many different cold-weather climate activities and a couple... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~410769591940 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:31:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_410769591940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225418055300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - First published in 1976 and offered as a Weekly Reader Children's Book Club selection, The Easter Egg Artists quickly became a favorite with my children. It is a lively Easter season story that focuses on the bunnies and colored eggs traditions... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225418055300 Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:21:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225418055300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225295502980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - First published in 1950 and awarded The Caldecott Medal in 1951, The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous, is a delightful picture book, history lesson and celebration of springtime that I think you'll love sharing with your children. This short,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225295502980 Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:53:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225295502980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224352636548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - I first read Angel Unaware forty four years ago when I was only ten years old. It is Dale Evans Rogers' autobiographical book concerning the faith journey she underwent along with her family as a result of giving birth to her daughter, Robin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224352636548 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:11:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224352636548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224143642244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Six-Dinner Sid is one fortunate stray cat! In this lively and beautifully illustrated picture book for the 4-8 year old readership, author/illustrator Inga Moore gives us an endearing portrait of one plucky feline, showing us how he makes his way in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224143642244 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:19:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224143642244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224006868612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - I positively love history, spirituality and art. I enjoy the story-telling traditions that work to convey these topics through parables, allegories, myths, and personal accounts. I am comfortable in my spiritual experience as a Wiccan and fulfilled by it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224006868612 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:55:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224006868612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223344299652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Mermaids have never failed to capture my imagination. Especially when I was very young I found them to be exciting and romantic and magical. So having grown into a proper obsessive/compulsive collector I have acquired many books on the subject over the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223344299652 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:33:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223344299652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223270964868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - This book is by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd, the famous team who brought us those beloved classics of the nursery library, The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon, so I expected a lot from it. I was a bit disappointed. This book,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223270964868 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:07:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223270964868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223199858308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - I recently became Nana to my first little grandson, Oscar, and so I've had reason to dust off the old lullabies and nursery rhymes. I started making lists of all the old rhymes and the children's songs that I remembered from my own childhood. I then made... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223199858308 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:22:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223199858308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223153524356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - This realistic and engaging story of an independent little duckling living on China's Yangtze River is a book that I think should be part of every child's reading experience. I've read it to every child in my life and I've never known one who didn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223153524356 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:45:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223153524356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223138844292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - March 11th is the birthday of a unique and talented children's book author and illustrator whose works I count among the best ever created for children. To celebrate Wanda G&#225g I want to share with you one of her many delightful books, Nothing At... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223138844292 Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:23:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223138844292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_223019437700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - The artist called Demi is a treasure. She is a prolific illustrator of children's picture books and I love all of her work. She illustrates books by many other authors but she also illustrates her own work. In addition to mythological stories, folk tales... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~223019437700 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 15:46:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_223019437700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_222416637572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - What does an eccentric obsessive-compulsive pagan collect? Holy cards, of course. I'm not a Catholic and never have been. In fact, I am a Wiccan. I have long enjoyed the study of what pagan author Stewart Farrar has called the goddess-shaped... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~222416637572 Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:53:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_222416637572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_212569067140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - The little gentleman in black velvet is not only the main character in this children's fantasy from the pen of the accomplished and beloved author Philippa Pearce he was also a player of some significance in the Jacobite rebellion and the efforts... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~212569067140 Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:20:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_212569067140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_209709862532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - As global warming erodes not only the permafrost of the Arctic but the livelihood of the native people who depend upon the ecology of ice and snow this colorful tale of the I&#241upiaq people will help to raise awareness in children as well as entertain... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~209709862532 Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:22:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_209709862532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_160126963332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - The goblins, witches, skeletons and ghosts will be prowling my neighborhood any time now. 'tis Hallow E'en and the perfect time for the cutest Halloween story of them all. Scary, Scary Halloween is the creation of two powerhouses in the world... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~160126963332 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:52:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_160126963332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159933435524?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Most witches in the fairy tales like to snack on a child or two every now and then and old Bony-Legs is no different. A child who has met this horrible old witch with her bony legs and iron teeth and her house that stands on chicken feet has never lived... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159933435524 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 06:17:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159933435524?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159827791492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Hepzibah is a contented witch, minding her own business, living in an old tower eating nothing but burned cupcakes when her sister Zillah upsets the whole poison apple cart. In a letter that eludes to the rampion stealing neighbors of the familiar... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159827791492 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:56:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159827791492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159721754244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - It's Halloween and time to watch all the old classic films, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Wolf Man. Or how about The Phantom of the Opera? Now he's not just another pretty face but to 10 year old Alonzo King, he's the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159721754244 Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:11:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159721754244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159623450244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Kids, today! Mother Witch has just about had it with Little Witch. When will she learn to stop her incessant GOOD behavior? This "STEP into Reading" title, Little Witch's Big Night is a Step 3 book.* The STEP into Reading Program from... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159623450244 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:53:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159623450244?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159494475396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - Children who go trick-or-treating with the Berenstain Bears are in good hands. Over the last thirty years the First Time Books series by Stan and Jan Berenstain has helped many children find their way in a complex world. The Berenstain Bears... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159494475396 Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:54:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159494475396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_159394860676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author treeseed - On a dark, stormy Halloween night a car breaks down and with the sound of wolves howling in the distance the frightened driver makes his trembling way on foot to the door of an old mansion on a hill. How can the driver be so foolish?! Doesn't he know... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~159394860676 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:07:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_159394860676?linkin_id=8003929