books by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)     books:       Duck Is Dirty19 reviews Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1996 great first book This is the first book I bought for my daughter when she first started flipping through pages and wanting a story. For months she would say "uh oh" every time I turned a page (this is how three of the pages start) and want me to read it to her over and over again. Definately a good book for 9-14 months.             Close Your Eyes (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards))17 reviews Kate Banks Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2002 Beautiful illustrations This book has beautiful illustrations. My son is 7 months old and he reaches out to grab at the pages. The illustrations are so colorful and bright. It has a cute story as well.             Comet in Moominland (Moomintrolls)19 reviews Tove Jansson Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1991 Tove Jansson's Wonderful Moominworld If you have a child age 4 - 10 years-old get this book now. Do not wait. The world could be coming to an end. What is that thing in the sky anyway? Adventures abound while above the comet looms. The characters are filled with foibles and nobility. Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden are one of the world's greatest couples, even if they are about 11 years-old and completely asexual. Love does not ...             The Gardener (Caldecott Honor Award)32 reviews Sarah Stewart Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1997 A wonderful book on several levels My mom bought this book last year for my daughter, now 6. My daughter loves gardening and "old-fashioned" books, and really enjoys the story and the pictures. She focuses mostly on Lydia's garden and cat. I cry every time I read it, because I focus on the little girl leaving her parents. My mom used to read this at a parenting group she ran at a women's prison. She said all the women were ...             The Little Brute Family22 reviews Russell Hoban Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2002 Sand and Gravel Porridge We found this little wandering good feeling in a library in 1967. The whole family loved it, from the adults all the way down to 4 year old me. The Brute Family's daily feeding of Stick and Stone Stew and Sand and Gravel Porridge became part of our family's vernacular. It still makes me giggle to say the phrases. I was absolutely delighted to find the book again - time had erased the book ...             A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family)205 reviews Madeleine L'Engle Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1980 Loved It!! I loved this book and I would recommend it to girls from the ages 10 and up. This was a good story to connect to your life or the lives of the people around you. The things that happen to Vicky in A Ring of Endless Light might happen or may have happened to the reader. Therefore the plot of the story is believable. I would like to read another story by this author because I loved how thorough ...             5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; The ...60 reviews Daniel Pinkwater Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1997 A great read. Again, again, again, and again. The five novels in this book are genius. Alan Mendelson, boy from mars, takes youn through a boy going through being the new kid, goofing off with another weirdo, the wacky Klugarsh Mind Control, and... well I just can't give away the rest! I have to say i have a soft spot for The Last Guru, its so just... cool what happens to the boy :). This is an EXELLENT book for anyone to buy, I've read it ...             Dominic (Sunburst Book)31 reviews William Steig Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1984 Astounding Throughout my life, I'd always remembered the "first book I ever read" as about some dog who played the piccolo and traveled around with his possessions in a sack on a stick. I remembered it so fondly, like one of those few, golden memories you hold onto from childhood, when you still believed in the tooth faerie and unicorns. I never remembered the title, though, and the book had long since ...             Pumpkin Soup26 reviews Helen Cooper Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2005 Warm, FUNNY, great illustrations - family favorite I did not know the extent to which my daughter would come to love this book when I purchased it. Had I known, I would have found a hardcover edition. Let me just say, this is the first book that my almost 4 year old memorized (word for word). This is the first book that my 9 year old will go to when he wants to read to her (e.g. he wants to read it and needs an excuse). It is a warm tale ...             Quest for a Maid25 reviews Frances Mary Hendry Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1992 I loved it! I just finished reading this book although it has been on my shelf for several years. I'm really sorry now that I waited so long to read it! I loved the characters and the language, although younger children might have a little trouble with it. It is told from the point of view of Meg, daughter of a scottish shipwright. She grows up very close to her oldest sister, Inge, who everyone believes ...             Carl's Afternoon in the Park (Carl)16 reviews Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1991 beautiful, detailed paintings illustrate witty story This is a book for very young children, but the illustrations are so lovely and detailed, and the situations depicted so full of wit and little hidden jokes, that I never get bored with it, even after "reading" it over and over and over again with my toddler. This is my very favorite of the Carl books, because the activities are totally non-materialistic and wholesome (riding a merry-go-round ...             Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood14 reviews Ibtisam Barakat Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007 Picking up the pieces There aren't many books on the Palestinian situation available for children, and fewer still that are memoirs. I actually managed to pick up and read Ibtisam Barakat's, "Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood," without ever realized that it was more than mere historical fiction. As a bilingual author and poet, Ms. Barakat could have written a straight up autobiography, but somehow the memoir ...             The Golden Key (A Sunburst Book)17 reviews George Macdonald Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1984 The talent for loving An earlier reviewer mentioned the difficulty of understanding the imagery of the story and another suggested (perhaps rightly) that the golden key represents Christ. C.S. Lewis believed it represented "the talent for loving", and having read the book numerous times, especially to nephews and nieces, I agree. Without giving away too much, notice the differences between Mossy's and Tangle's ...             Max's Words13 reviews Kate Banks Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006 Max's Words I bought this book because I thought it was cute (the cover intrigued me). I took it to my classroom to share with my lst grade students. They got so excited about it that they thought our class should start a word collection. So I drug out old magazines & newspapers and we began to clip and save the most fascinating words we could find. Then we decided that we should try to invent some ...             Moominsummer Madness (Moomintrolls)15 reviews Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1991 Simply a Classic. The Moomin books are extremely unique in the realm of children's literature. They are clean, endearing, thoughtful, a little dark, and always utterly enchanting. I am in high school now, and I still love to read these books. I first recieved a copy of Finn Family Moomintroll from an aunt who read and loved them in HER childhood, spent in Japan. I devoured it, and promptly begged my mother to ...             The Dirty Cowboy14 reviews Amy Timberlake, Adam Rex Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2003 What a wonderfully funny story! My 3 year old thinks that this is the greatest book ever written. The story is engaging and the illustrations are priceless. My husband and I would read this story even if we didn't have kids. It's awfully hard not to like the dirty cowboy or his dog.             George Washington's Teeth13 reviews Deborah Chandra, Madeleine Comora Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2003 Take a BITE out of this book!!!! This book is a wonderful addition to any collection of books! It rhymes and makes history fun for kids. The pictures are wonderful and work very well with the text. I have read this to several elementary classes, and all of the students have really enjoyed it. In the back of the book there is a time line of actual historical facts about George Washington's teeth. I would recommend this book ...             Moominpappa at Sea (Moomintrolls)16 reviews Tove Jansson Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1993 Magical Moomins The good news is you don't have to be a child to be enchanted by the Moomins. The bad news (for me) is missing out on these delightful stories when a child. I always try to begin the Moomin tales in the middle of the day because I know I won't stop until the end of the story. Moominpappa decides they all need an adventure, and he is most desirous of "taking care" of everyone so Moominmamma can ...             Moominvalley in November (Moomintrolls)14 reviews Tove Jansson Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2003 Haunting, compassionate insight into inner landscapes "November" is both intensely passionate and cold: it focuses on the empty spaces of the Moominfamily, and those who wanted the Moomins to fill the emptiness of their own souls. The Moominfamily represents happiness, everything that is good about childhood, summers, or functional families: generous, nonjudgmental, forgiving, carefree. Their absence inspires horrific nostalgia (especially if you ...             Alabama Moon14 reviews Watt Key Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006 Can't Wait For the Sequel This book begs for a sequel and soon, too. We--we readers--have to know what happened to Moon and to Hal...What happens to them as they grow, mature, and face their young adult high school and college days? And when they grow up, get married and have families of their own...As they approach old age...Will they, can they, escape (overcome) the events described here in the formative days of their ...              search for books afternoon, alabama, austin, avocado, awards, caldecott, childhood, cowboy, dominic, endless, gardener, george, golden, illustrated, madness, mendelsohn, moominland, moominpappa, moominsummer, moomintrolls, moominvalley, november, palestinian, pumpkin, slaves, snarkout, spiegel, sunburst, tasting, washington books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The California Lemon Law: When Your New Vehicle Goes Sour Impressum - about us get your own free shoutbox