Polar Bear Night (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))

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One keen, clear night, a polar bear cub wakes inside her warm den. Something in the moonlit stillness quietly beckons. What is it?The little cub sets out for the snow and sky and sea and ice, and the moon follows.So begins a magical journey through a starlit world filled with love and wonder. Soothing words and luminous pictures make this nighttime tale as comforting as a goodnight kiss.

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Lovely book.......2006-03-13

I read this book to my two youngest girls, 2 & 4, and they loved it. As I was reading it I wasn't sure how much of it they were really understanding, but when we got to the last page, they both let out a delightful sigh and looked up at me with a smile. It is a sweet touching story.

An Okay Book.......2006-02-22

The illustrations are pretty neat, but the story is just okay. I love polar bears, so I thought this would be a neat book for my 2 1/2 year old son, but he really isn't interested in it at all. One of our least favorite books.

A Captivating Bedtime Book.......2005-12-30

While many children's bedtime books are trite and redundant, every now and then you find one that's unique. "Polar Bear Night" is one of those books, and it immediately became a favorite of both kids and adults in our house.

It has a sparse visual style that's also very interesting - much more like retro graphic design than typical children's illustration. Still, the animal characters are each very cute and our son loves each of them.

The story is simple yet full of wonder - perfect for calming kids down before bed while also opening up their imaginations as well.

I see that Amazon is bundling this book with "Kitten's First Full Moon" and they are both great books with comparable storylines. However, it didn't take long for this book to overtake "Kitten" as our favorite each night. Enjoy!

Feel the night fever, night fever..........2005-07-26

Mmmf. Linocuts. Ask me to expound on the subject of watercolors and I'll do so for years on end. Request my opinion on woodcuts or pen and ink drawings and I'll talk your ear firmly off. Plead with me to offer a discourse on the wonders of collage and you'll be pleading just as heartily an hour later when I refuse to stop. But show me a book done entirely in linocuts and you already know my response. Mmmf. Linocuts.

This is hardly fair though. Certainly linocuts, while not the most eye-poppingly fabulous illustration technique known to man, have their own particular charm. "Polar Bear Night" proves as much. Created through the collaboration of author Lauren Thompson (best known, until now, for bringing "Little Quack" books into the world) and artist Stephen Savage, the book tempers its potentially treacly-sweet message with some cute-but-not-overly-saccharine illustrations. The result works. I'll tell you right here and now that "Polar Bear Night" isn't my favorite picture book of 2004. But it tells a sweet message and gives young young kids a good idea of what kinds of animals live on the North Pole.

A baby polar bear cannot sleep. Instead, she stares outside into the bright wintery moonlight with the undeniable feeling that something is out there. Something that is calling to her. Leaving her warm and sleeping mother's side, the polar bear cub passes a variety of different animals, all asleep and out in the open. Then she goes to the top of a mountain of snow and waits. All of a sudden, the night sky is filled with softly falling stars. In the star shower the other animals wake-up and watch in amazement. Then, when it is done, the cub is finally tired and returns home to, "mother bear's soft, warm fur". The last image in the book is of the mother softly nuzzling her baby's head.

I can see why people love this book. Thompson, who until now was content to write nice but not particularly overwhelming picture books, hones her simple words into something akin to poetry. Consider these two sentences that describe the cub as she watching the star show. "The light up everything the little bear loves. And the little bear shines bright with light too". Thompson skillfully conveys an emotion children can identify with while also making the words easy one-syllable descriptors. With this page, Thompson caught my admiration and never let it go.

Savage is different. I'm the first one to admit that the pictures here are, in their way, stunning. But there's something (forgive my phrasing) cold about the book as well. Savage places the lighting and the pacing of the illustrations in a kind of hazy dreamscape, while keeping the images here crisp, clear, and sharp. The result is a beautiful book that will please some children, but not all. This is not crime, of course. It is the rare book indeed that makes every kid happy. But for all its beauty, "Polar Bear Night" is bound to bore those children that want color and tension rather than muted tones and geometric polar animals.

It's a great book and if you know the children that you are giving it to very very well (and know them to be dreamy types from time to time who can sit and listen to moderately paced tales) then this is the purchase for you. If, on the other hand, you are thinking of passing this along to reluctant readers or kids with the attention spans of sparrows, think again. It's a nice book but linocuts are not everyone's cup of tea. It's beautiful but for some it may turn out to be a rather hard sell.

Calming, soothing.......2005-05-20

I bought this book for the daughter of a friend, and now I want to give it to everyone I know who has a pre-schooler! It is a charming tale about an adorable little polar bear on a nighttime quest. The story offers an interesting cast of characters, a spectacular meteor shower, and a happy, contented ending. The illustrations are lovely and captivating. Delightful!

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This unique storybook contains -- you guessed it! -- 38 different fun-filled activities for children and adults to share. When the characters in the story do something really fun that you'd like to try, simple step-by-step instructions and recipes are right there, and each requires only easy-to-find, around-the-house objects.

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A cookbook, craft book, and game book all wrapped up in an amusing story!

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More than thirty-five years after her tragic death in a plane crash at age thirty, Patsy Cline (1932-1963)remains one of the greatest voices of this century. Her soulful torch-song ballads-"Walkin' After Midnight," "I Fall to Pieces," "Crazy," and "Sweet Dreams"-bought her worldwide fame as both a country and pop star, while her life and career were immortalized in the 1985 film, Sweet Dreams. InPatsy, Margaret Jones chronicles the life of Patsy Cline (nee Virginia Hensley) from her impoverished childhood and abuse by her father, through the struggle for her success and her exploitation by record producers to her phenomenal but short-lived recording career. The book is based on extensive interviews with country music's greatest-Loretta Lynn, June Carter, Dottie West, Barbara Mandrell, Faron Young, Roy Clark, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Western, Tompall Glaser, songwriters Harlan Howard and Donn Hecht, and record men Owen Bradley and Don Pierce. The result is the first fully drawn portrait of this crossover superstar, as well as a vivid picture of the ever-expanding country music world. Hard-living and hard-loving, bawdy and ballsy, Patsy Cline surmounted unimaginable odds in a male-dominated industry to become the most popular female country singer in recording history.

Customer Reviews:

Description has it wrong.......2007-06-15

In the description of this book it states that Patsy died in a car accident but that isn't true. She died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963 in Camden, TN. Makes me wonder what else in this book isn't accurate.

SAVE YOUR MONEY.......2007-05-18

If you want a biography of Patsy Cline, save your money and do not buy this book. You will be much happier with Patsy Cline: Honky Tonk Angel by Ellis Nassour. This author adds nothing to Patsy's story but a lot of boring dribble.

The Life and Times of Patsy Cline.......2007-05-07

I really enjoyed reading this book. If you are a true Patsy Cline fan you would like this book. People who knew Patsy shared some stories and the way Patsy really was. It also shares some of Patsy's ancestors history and the way things were back then and so on. I thought this was a very good book.

Could have been a better biography.......2007-03-27

This biography of Patsy Cline is a good read, but certainly not a great one. After reading every word on every page of the first few chapters I found myself skipping alot of paragraphs that were too detailed about the genre of country-western music during the 1950's and 1960's. I skipped these portions of the book and didn't feel like I had missed anything important about Patsy Cline's personal life and career. Also, there is alot of repetition such as how plain spoken she was and how she told things like she saw them whether people liked it or not. This is said over and over and over again. While the background info on her family was interesting and did help me understand why Patsy was like she was, alot of the detailed info about the recording industry was unnecessary. This book could have been a lot better by simply leaving out some of the material and making it shorter. It can be a tedious read at times, but it is worth reading.

Repeat .......2004-09-11

I find this book has lots of info that seems to come from another Patsy Book, rememebr to check the back cover on this book, it will tell you who was credited for borrowed info!
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He's straight outta London.(Entertainment)(Dizzee Rascal brings his English 'grime' sound to a rare 'small hall' show) : An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 419 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The Climb To The Top.......2002-02-22

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Must have for the OOPic.......2007-01-18

Great book/reference manual for newbies as well as experienced hobbiest

Major step up from the online docs, but not perfect.......2006-01-27

I just received this book yesterday and I am already halfway through it. I like the writing style, and I have already learned a few things about the OOPic I didn't know. I've owned an OOPic for several years, but never felt the online docs gave me enough detailed information to fully utilize it. This book fills the gap.

A couple things nag me about this book. The author's coverage of the A.1.X and B.1.X OOPics could have been more thorough, and several advanced objects were glossed over. However, the book was worth its purchase price and will be a good addition to the OOPic programmer's library.

Writing is too casual.......2004-04-20

I've used the OOpic some and It's a great MCU. I have some reservations about the writing in this book however. The author constantly makes references that aren't explained, remarks on illustrations but doesn't make it clear on the photo what is being referred too, and generally talks about each subject, but doesn't necessarily always make a clear point.

It's a handy book for the reference, but all that material is free online, so the price of the book weighs heavily on the balance of the material which in this reader's mind, is vague in areas that need specifics, and specific in areas that are free to the public anyway.

I look forward to the second version though just the same. I feel guilty attacking the style of a clearly experienced engineer, but engineers in general know that they are a breed apart. The rest of us Laymen need more help. And if the second version enlists the eyes of a Layman, It will expose those areas that are "muddy" and make it a better book.

Denis Clark.......2003-07-24

This book is very well written. Denis spent alot of time and thought on this book. As you read through every chapter you cant help but want to put the book down and GO program. Denis is also a very reachable ( through oopic chat ) and very nice guy. I have enjoyed this book and will keep it on my reference shelf for a very long time

essential reference for the OOPic.......2003-07-15

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Many of the questions that I am asked can be answered with this book. It is written with the basic user in mind and is laid out so that you can find the answers to you questions quickly and easily. If you plan on doing any oopic microcontroller-programming then I would say that this book is required reading. It will be useful in the design, programming and hardware connection phase.

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