Decorating With Concrete Indoors: Fireplaces, Floors, Countertops, & More
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good Overview of Decorative Cement work
  • I paid for their marketing materials
Decorating With Concrete Indoors: Fireplaces, Floors, Countertops, & More
Tina Skinner
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764322001

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good Overview of Decorative Cement work.......2006-01-13

Excellent presentation of various types of decorative cement design. A great idea book, not designed to give one step by step instruction, but with this book a reader can tell what projects might be worth pursuing.

1 out of 5 stars I paid for their marketing materials.......2005-11-07

What I got was 120 pages of marketing materials I could have gotten free at a home show. The photos are beautiful, the ideas are interesting, but there's almost not a single bit of practical help in there (the exceptions being pages 54,56-60). But there are plenty of references, one for every photo in fact, of which professional was responsible for each design/implementation, and in the back, handy contact information so you can hire them to do the job. In other words, I paid to look at their marketing materials.

Flower Painter's Pocket Palette Book 2 (Flower Painter's Pocket Palette)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Flower Painter's Pocket Pallete Book 2 a great find
  • Pick of the litter--Book 2 is even better than Book 1
  • Wonderful guide to painting stunning, realistic flowers
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ASIN: 0785811737

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Flower Painter's Pocket Pallete Book 2 a great find.......2007-08-26

I was delighted with this small, but beautifully illustrated and detailed book. As a watercolorist who particularly delights in painting flowers, I expect to have many hours of skilled help from this little treasure of a book.

5 out of 5 stars Pick of the litter--Book 2 is even better than Book 1.......2004-10-05

There are two of these little guides to painting flowers. The books both have a layout of a palette for floral painters, then a series of lessons, flower by flower, indicating the geometric shape (spike, trumpet, bowl, cup) and how to best paint the blossom.

This book has more details and additional flowers, plus berries like Pyracantha and Cotoneaster. There is an expanded section on painting foliage such as ferns, tulip leaves, and coleus. While both books are helpful, this one is superior in the depth of the covered subjects. But probably if you paint flowers in watercolor, you'll want both of them. This one is excellent.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful guide to painting stunning, realistic flowers.......2002-04-18

In a nutshell, here's why any aspiring floral painter needs this book:
1. The detailed color charts which not only show the various shades of each color (light to dark) but also notes their degree of permanence, durablility and opaqueness.
2. Each flower type is painted in detail and the drawings show how to build light and shadow to give the illusion of a 3-dimensional flower
3. The flowers themselves are stunning, true to life and among the best you'll find in any book.
4. The step by step instructions gave me confidence in my ability to improve my painting techniques and master the color mixes required to do so (and I'll bet you get the same results).
4. The book is a bargain, full of more information for the price than I've found elsewhere.

Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • "and you, i suppose, dream in pictures." - Tennyson
  • Good for the Carroll collector or as a reminder of the exhibit
  • following Leach
Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll
Douglas R. Nickel
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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ASIN: 0300091699

Book Description

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and other beloved children's books. But before achieving fame as an author, Carroll was a prolific and sophisticated photographer, acutely engaged in the art world of Victorian England. This beautifully illustrated book is the first to examine Carroll's photographs not as the sideline of a celebrated writer, but as the creations of a serious photographic artist-and to demonstrate their importance to the history of photography.

Douglas R. Nickel traces the evolution in thought about Carroll's photography in the period since his death, demonstrating the ways it has been viewed largely through the filter of his literary reputation. Key to this have been certain preconceptions built up around Carroll's attitudes toward children, especially Alice Liddell, the inspiration for his first book and the subject of a number of his photographs. Nickel demonstrates how, by overturning the modern myths that have attached themselves to Carroll's photography, the works themselves can be seen again as they were by their original Victorian viewers. This analysis reveals not only Carroll's signal achievement in the medium, but also a new understanding of Victorian art photography in general.

This volume serves as the catalogue for an exhibition organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, on view from August to November, 2002, which then travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February to May 2003), the International Center for Photography in New York (June to September 2003), and the Art Institute of Chicago (October 2003 to January 2004).

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars "and you, i suppose, dream in pictures." - Tennyson.......2007-03-19

Nichols has done a fantastic job of collecting some of Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's) most memorable images here in his book. Why the title? Perhaps because so many of Dodgson's images are of various states of somnolence... only Nichols can answer this question, or perhaps that Dodgson was a dreamer, for we know this for he was, after all, the force behind the Alice books, Sylvie and Bruno, The Hunting of the Snark (all under the name Lewis Carroll, whereas his photography was under the name Charles Dodgson, his real name.)

Nichols provides a thorough and interesting history here, although note this is not really a book for anyone who is not seriously interested in Dodgson's work as a photographer - if you really want to get to know Dodgson by all means, buy this book!!! Also buy Edward Wakeling's fine book at the same time, The Princeton Collection, which is self-explanatory and more of Dodgson's work, also with some exposition.

A beautiful book, a rare treasure, and a delight for the scholar as well as perhaps, the lay-reader willing to delve fathoms deeper into Dodgson's work.

Well worth the dive ~

sadi ranson-polizzotti

3 out of 5 stars Good for the Carroll collector or as a reminder of the exhibit.......2007-01-04

This book was meant to accompany the exhibit of the photography of Lewis Carroll that visited the San Francisco Museum of Art in 2002, Houston in 2003, and the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004. Each photo has an attached discussion. The introduction to the collection by Director Neal Benezna is short and sweet. The discussions of the history and esthetics of Victoria photography (hagiography, prelapsarian freedom, tableaux vivants, historical reconstructions, imaginary themes, etc.) by author Douglas R. Nickel is useful and accurate as it appeared entirely based on the authoritative biography of Carroll by Cohen and on the scholarly work of Karoline Leach in her book "In the Shadow of the Dreamchild." Like Lewis Carroll's photos, this book has the excellent quality of directness, and an aesthetic purity that springs from a delight in the beautiful. Unfortunately, no nudes appeared in the exhibit and only one made its way into the book (Evelyn Hatch, figure 17, page 66.) That's a pity as it reflects badly on the freedom of artistic expression that Lewis Carroll championed. Another negative: The colored-in photos are not represented. They were interesting for many reasons and in a way anticipated the advent of color photography. I have five of them in my collection. They are truly beautiful and were photographed by Carroll and may have been colored by Carroll himself or by Miss Thompson, his woman friend.

3 out of 5 stars following Leach.......2004-01-05

The whole of the 'biographical' section of this book seems to be taken from Karoline Leach's insane and scurrilous book 'In the Shadow of the Dreamchild', from which it borrows the whole crazy concept of the so called 'Carroll myth'.

But this is still a very fine book and the best analysis of Carroll's art that has been produced to date - a world better than the anxious misinformed and apologetic stance taken by the nervous Roger Taylor.
Dreaming in Pictures - The Photography of Lewis Carroll
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    Dreaming in Pictures - The Photography of Lewis Carroll
    Von Douglas R. Nickel.
    Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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      Lewis] Nickel, Douglas R. [Carroll
      Manufacturer: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Yale University Press
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      ASIN: B000KC527E

      Fragments from France
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        Bruce Bairnsfather
        Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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        Binding: Paperback

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        1917. Bruce Bairnsfather's cartoons were to the general public during World War I what Bill Mauldin's cartoons were to be in World War II. His "If you know of a better 'ole-get to it" may be the most famous cartoon of all time. His humorous portrayals of ordinary soldiers in the trenches were a great morale booster and were still serving as an inspiration years later during the dark days of the Second World War.
        Fragments from Greek and Roman architecture: The Classical American edition of Hector d'Espouy's plates (The Classical America series in art and architecture)
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          Manufacturer: Norton
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          ASIN: 0393014274
          Analyse Raisonnée de L'Histoire de France, et Fragments depuis Philippe vi Jusqu'a la Bataille de Poitiers, suivis de L'Analyse Raisonnée de L'Histoire de France depuis Jean II Jusqu'a Louis XVI [Analysis of French history, and Fragments since Philippe VI until the Battle of Poitiers, follow-ups of the Rationale of the French history from Jean II to Louis XVI]
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            Analyse Raisonnée de L'Histoire de France, et Fragments depuis Philippe vi Jusqu'a la Bataille de Poitiers, suivis de L'Analyse Raisonnée de L'Histoire de France depuis Jean II Jusqu'a Louis XVI [Analysis of French history, and Fragments since Philippe VI until the Battle of Poitiers, follow-ups of the Rationale of the French history from Jean II to Louis XVI]
            M. Le Vicomte de Chateaubriand
            Manufacturer: Didot Frères
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            Binding: Leather Bound
            ASIN: B000T2SOV6
            Best Fragments from France
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              Best Fragments from France
              Bruce Bairnsfather
              Manufacturer: Seven Hills Books
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              ASIN: 0903852403
              The Best Fragments from France By Capt Bruce Bairnsfather
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                Tonie & Valmai Holt (Editors)
                Manufacturer: Phin Publishing Ltd
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                Binding: Paperback
                ASIN: B000V3WHKC
                THE BEST OF FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE.
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                  THE BEST OF FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE.

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                  THE BYSTANDER'S FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE
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                    CAPT BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER
                    Manufacturer: THE BYSTANDER
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                    ASIN: B000VW6E6G
                    The Bystander's Fragments from France
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                      Bruce Bairnsfather
                      Manufacturer: "The Bystander"
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                      ASIN: B0008BUDD0
                      THE BYSTANDER'S FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE
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                        BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER
                        Manufacturer: H.R. BAINES
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                        THE BYSTANDER'S FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE NUMBER FOUR
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                          BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER
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                          So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
                          Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                          • Fun and quick.
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                          • An enjoyable read
                          So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
                          Sara Nelson
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                          ASIN: 0425198197
                          Release Date: 2004-10-05

                          Book Description

                          Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody.

                          Customer Reviews:

                          4 out of 5 stars Fun and quick........2007-05-14

                          I had a good time with this book. I think the author says a lot of good things about reading in general. I didn't enjoy every single chapter, but what is great about a book like this, is it is quick, and if you don't enjoy one chapter, you will enjoy another.

                          5 out of 5 stars Like a long talk with a friend.......2007-04-15

                          This book is about Sara Nelson's commitment to read a book a week for a year- and then write about it. It's not necessarily a book of "reviews" as much as a review of how the book affected her life that week. It's about memories of her past, hopes and dreams for the future, and events that are currently happening in her life.
                          I really enjoyed this book. In fact, I couldn't put it down! (Which I didn't expect when I first started reading this book). Like others have said, it expanded my list of books to read. I feel that this book really taught me that I don't HAVE to read a certain way. I can read a book I normally wouldn't, or NOT read a book I normally would. I need to give older books a chance- and not stick so much to the mainstream fiction.
                          I recommend this book for anyone who needs a break from the "mainstream"; for anyone who needs to step back and re-evaluate how and why they read.

                          4 out of 5 stars Ain't that the truth!.......2006-07-10

                          I will admit that I bought this book for the title alone ~~ So Many Books, So Little Time. And that is the truth. I never realized that it was a memoir because when I bought it, I was not going through any nonfiction phase at all. Now that I am, and this book hits home. Finally, there is someone else out there that haven't read McCullough's classic, "John Adams" ~~ which has been on my TBR pile since last summer when I pilfered it from my father's bookcases.

                          Nelson writes with wit, humor and depth as she tells her goal of reading 52 books a year, one for each week. While she didn't tell the reader much about the books she did read, she did share a lot of funny and entertaining thoughts about different books, the authors, the publishing world and life itself. She writes on how sometimes the book just pick her and how sometimes, she can't even finish a book. She raves about her favorite and she's very polite when she doesn't like something. She shares a lot of insight with the reader and while it wasn't what I expected, it was definitely a good read ~~ a fast read too as I couldn't wait to see what else she would write.

                          She claims to be a reader that doesn't like to read the top bestseller fiction and even takes books along with her on vacations to impress other people. At least she's honest. Thanks to her, I now have more titles to look for when I go rummaging through garage sales and rummage sales.

                          It is a fun read ~~ and one that every serious (meaning like her, you have four different books all throughout the house and one in the glove box of your car in case you need something to read ... and even taking four books on a trip so you won't run out of reading material!) reader should read because she/he will find her/himself in those pages. Who hasn't packed a lot of books on vacation, intending to read them only to never open up a page? Who hasn't had insomnia and would turn on the light at 3 a.m., just to read something or even stay up all night just to finish a book? This author could be writing about me! Oh wait. She's writing about herself and that is just as fun to read!

                          So it's true, not enough time to read all these yummy books out there but hey, this one is a great start for those who need something different to read!

                          7-9-06

                          4 out of 5 stars So when is the sequel coming out?.......2006-06-12

                          I truly enjoyed this personal, interesting, and easily relatable account of a life lived with one's head in a book. Nelson's writing is peaceful and quiet, but compelling, and I enjoyed hearing about the ways in which her reading life intersected with her everyday life. This book doesn't have reviews so much as a flowing commentary on how whatever book she was reading impacted her, made her think, brought up old memories and feelings...

                          I felt like I was with a friend, for sure.

                          3 out of 5 stars An enjoyable read.......2006-03-13

                          This is a fun to read, breezy memoir of Nelson's reading over the course of the year. In the year, we see her obsess over some books, while struggling mightily over others. She talks about how certain books have become beacons in her life, reminding her of times good and bad. Finally, we get to hear someone actually vocalize the obsessive-compulsive way that voracious readers approach books.

                          I found that Nelson had a very fun way of telling her story. Even though she was a bit intense about this undertaking, her earnestness never went overboard. I thoroughly enjoyed reading her tale, and will look for other books by her in the future.
                          SO MANY BOOKS, SO LITTLE TIME: A YEAR OF PASSIONATE READING.
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                            Sara. Nelson
                            Manufacturer: Hodder
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                            ASIN: 0733618502

                            Great Big Book of Personal Productivity (Great Big Books)
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                              Readers will learn how to become better readers...understanding more of what they read and putting it into use on the job, remember important details more readily than ever before, and organize their work to juggle multiple tasks and projects more efficiently.
                              Great Big Book Of How To Study (Great Big Books)
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                              The Great Big Book of How to Study contains more than 400 pages of useful information and advice, and it's written in a direct, motivational style that will help students regain the confidence they need to succeed in school.

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                              1 out of 5 stars do not buy this book.......2006-07-27

                              the book has some good ideas, but instead of really going into them, you get pages and pages of hype and build up and then some lame study tips. also this is supposed to be a bunch of books rolled into one, if you keep reading you discover that it is the same material repeated over and over again. shamefully lazy on the author's part, charging almost twenty bucks for this? it is loaded with typos and the author on page 300 uses the word principle where he should have used principal. i don't think i want study tips from someone who can't even use the english language correctly. go for the gold and ignore this book.

                              1 out of 5 stars Not worth the time!.......2004-12-06

                              The writer mentioned that this book is suitable for high school kids to adults. I'm a college student. Personally, I think the advices contained in this book is more applicable to high school kids. The style of writing appeals more to high school kids. This book do not contain much detail either. Man, if I still do not know how to use a library (the author teaches this!) or a computer by the time I reached college, I had better kill myself. These obvious things are just not meant for college students or adults.

                              5 out of 5 stars Great.......2000-03-27

                              Just the book I need to score my SAT exam
                              Clifford the Big Red Dog:  Thank You, Clifford!   (Clifford-Shaped Board Book)
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                                Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thank You, Clifford! (Clifford-Shaped Board Book)
                                Sonali Fry
                                Manufacturer: Cartwheel
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                                ASIN: 0439434270

                                Book Description

                                Clifford is always ready to help his friends on Birdwell Island . . . sometimes in rather unusual ways!
                                Big Fry
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                                  Big Fry
                                  Barry Fry
                                  Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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                                  Binding: Paperback

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                                  Barry Fry is one of the most colourful characters in English football. His journeyman career has taken him to Old Trafford, where as a player he was one of the original Busby Babes, through to football management at Barnet, Southend and Birmingham, among other clubs. Wherever he goes, "Bazza" has a knack of making the headlines. Whether it's tax evasion, fraud, transfer bribes or chicanery in the dressing room, Barry Fry has experienced it all as a player, manager and now club owner. He is ready to tell everything in his autobiography.
                                  Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween (Clifford the Big Red Dog) (Clifford)
                                  Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                                  • Fun, but Could Have Been Much Better
                                  Glow-in-the-Dark Halloween (Clifford the Big Red Dog) (Clifford)
                                  Norman Bridwell , Sonali Fry , Norman Bridwell , and Sonali Fry
                                  Manufacturer: Cartwheel
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                                  ASIN: 0439305667

                                  Book Description

                                  Clifford fans will love this new Glow-in-the-Dark book starring everyone¹s favorite Big Red Dog and his pals from the PBS-TV show. Join Clifford and his friends as they trick-or-treat down the streets of Birdwell Island. See some shining pumpkin faces, spooky bats, and more!

                                  Customer Reviews:

                                  3 out of 5 stars Fun, but Could Have Been Much Better.......2001-10-11

                                  If your child likes Clifford, this book is fun. But to see how much better a glow-in-the-dark book could be, take a look at

                                  Scooby-Doo and the Halloween Hotel Haunt : A Glow in the Dark Mystery

                                  This Clifford book has more words on the back cover describing the book than inside telling the story! I wish they'd put in just a bit more effort, so that we could read it for 10 minutes instead of 2 minutes.
                                  Clifford The Big Red Dog: The Missing Beach Ball
                                  Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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                                  ASIN: 0439337992

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                                  Clifford, T-Bone, and Cleo are ready for some fun in the sun! T-Bone is especially eager to play with his brand-new beach ball. But when a big wave hits the shore, his new toy is washed away! The dogs look for the ball and uncover all kinds of beach inhabitants--crabs, seashells, seaweed, starfish, and more. When T-Bone finally finds his prized possession, it's with a little help from his ocean friends.

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                                  4 out of 5 stars Missing Beach Ball review.......2002-06-17

                                  This is another title from the Clifford the Big Red Dog series. The books, of which I have seen a few other titles, always have an upbeat mood even when one of the characters has a problem. This text features Clifford, as usual, dominating the illustrations with his massive size. In some of the books he frightens people around him save for the child who owns him.
                                  In this particular tale Clifford and his two little dog friends Cleo and T-Bone resolve to spend a warm day at the beach but they lose one of their toys--a beach ball.
                                  The ultimate moral lesson being communicated in this story is to be altruistic enough to give away a toy to somebody lacking one out of a spirit of generosity if the child has others at home. However, this may not be a realistic goal for small children, who have an inclination to be self-centered at their early age.
                                  Clifford the Weather Dog (Clifford the Big Red Dog Board Book with Reusable Vinyl Peel-and-Play Pieces) (Clifford)
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                                    Sonali Fry
                                    Manufacturer: Cartwheel
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                                    Birdwell Island gets all kinds of weather:In winter, everyone has to bundle up to stay warm.Cleo and T-Bone wear earmuffs.Clifford has a special scarf!On this spread, kids can use vinyl stickers of earmuffs and a scarf to dress their favorite dogs. They'll also be able to add a snowman, snowflakes, and icicles to the scene.
                                    Clifford the Big Red Dog : The Windy Day
                                    Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
                                    • A Typical Clifford Book, But with a New Author
                                    Clifford the Big Red Dog : The Windy Day
                                    Norman Bridwell , and Sonali Fry
                                    Manufacturer: CARTWHEEL BOOKS
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                                    It's a windy day on Birdwell Island--so windy that Emily Elizabeth's painting blows away! Clifford retrieves it for her, but he causes a little trouble along the way. He knocks over a bag of peanuts (you can sniff the peanuts!), he splatters grass all over people (sniff the grass), and more! But when a tornado threatens Birdwell Island, Clifford is everyone's hero.

                                    Customer Reviews:

                                    2 out of 5 stars A Typical Clifford Book, But with a New Author.......2002-08-11

                                    Ages 4-8. Although this book is not written by the original author (Norman Bridwell) of the Clifford the Big Red Dog series, the new author (Somali Fry) has crafted a typical Clifford plot in which the huge, lovable red dog accidentally creates havoc because of his size but ultimately saves the day. In this story, told from the viewpoint of Emily Elizabeth (Clifford's young owner), Clifford chases after a picture that is carried away by the wind. As he runs after the picture, Clifford startles various people and causes a mess. Clifford becomes a hero, however, when he saves Birdwell Island by blowing away a tornado. The story is not very original and the brightly colored illustrations appear flat and unexciting, but fans of the other Clifford books and the PBS television series will probably enjoy this book. This is a scratch-and-sniff book, so children may be disappointed after it loses its scents over time.
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                                      Manufacturer: Macmillan UK
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