Review:A famously amazing piece of writing. Bewildering and enlightening by turns. I saw an adaptation of this as a theater piece and was so haunted by bits of the dialog that I had to buy the book. The written prose is even more graceful - moody, sad, funny, and haunting. No real story here, but disjointed reflections of one character who holds many characters in his imagination. Not so easy to read. Utterly impossible to forget. Read more

Review:The book begins by laying things out clearly (Introduction): ". . .most adults forget that long before children become great asking machines, they are great listening machines. . . . The relevance of all this to a collection of poetry is demonstrated by the fact that the first sound a child hears is actually a poem--the rhythmic, rhyming beat-beat-beat of a mother's heart. . . . Unlike the toys we buy our children, poems cannot break."

This is a book of rhymes for younger children, by a w... Read more

Review:My fault I did not read the description through. I thought this was 9 little Golden books, not one volume. Still love the art work and the stories but a little disappointed as I planned to give a book a day to my grandchild when I go to visit this fall. Still a beautiful gift for her.I will just read one story a day for her. Read more

Review:My boys love Goodnight, Goodnight, construction site. After seeing Stream Train, Dream Train on Amazon they asked for this too. I don't think they will ever love it as much as the first book which has a special place in their heart but they like it enough to ask for it to be read at night. I also took it to the Kindergarten class and the whole class loved the book. Read more

Review:also bought Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, and Digger, Dozer, Dumper My 3-yr old nephew loves these "chines" and loves to finish the sentences when someone reads to him Read more

Review:I read Anne McCaffery when she first published and she hooked me into fantasy and Science fiction. I prefer her voice as I see it than many of the shared writers who have collaborated with her in later books in this series. Read more

Review:Jane Hirshfield's essay brings a reader a new appreciation of the elegance of Basho's verses. The master's gems gain both power and beauty when one learns of the context and conventions of their creation. Dozens of insights for only ninety-nine cents. Such a deal! Read more

Review:I sob everytime my daughter chooses this book at bedtime. Hands down the best book I have ever read. This will be my go to gift for baby showers and birthday parties for young children. I cannot say enough good things about this book. I wish it was longer and I want more. The illustrations are beautiful and the message behind it is one that sticks with you. We can all learn from this book. Read more

Review:This book violates one of my primary pet peeves: It claims to be a commentary yet gives little to no help with grammar and syntax. I am sure there are many valuable insights to be had here, but in a text largely aimed at students, there should be much more help offered for translating the text. Only then will the student be able to appreciate any additional insight offered. Read more

Review:We weren't looking for anything too incredibly fancy, so the used option was great for us! We have a 3 year old who just loves Dr. Seuss books, and we know he is going to put some wear and tear on them himself. Why buy new? Same story, but with less heart ache if it gets scribbled on or torn. Thanks for the book! :) Read more