Bea Jones is bored with kindergarten. Really bored. Her dad is fed up with being stuck in an office. Really, really fed up. So Bea and Mr. Jones decide to change places. Neither kindergarten nor the office will ever be the same.
Originally published in 1982, Bea and Mr. Jones, Amy Schwartz’s unforgettable debut picture book, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year and a Reading Rainbow selection. Now back with a fresh design, this charming favorite will inspire a new generation of children to see everyday life in a whole new light.
About this product: Holly Bea's beloved bullmastiff, Buddy, is having a bad day. Left alone to guard the house, he is taunted by the neighborhood cats, who know that he can't touch them. Buddy is worried—will Holly be back soon, or is she gone for the day, or even forever? Much to Buddy's relief, Holly returns. They go to the park, but Buddy's fun is cut short by a pack of hostile squirrels and a team of Dalmatian firedogs who challenge his self-esteem. Will this day ever end? Buddy's day is a metaphor for the doubts and anxieties children face, and a soothing reminder that God will always be there for them.
About this product: An inspirational story for youngsters of all faiths follows a curious little girl as she searches for God's home, asking her mother, her animal friends, and her wise grandmother along the way.
About this product: This book is great for a beginning photographer or a professional artist who wants to get beyond traditional photography. Some of the techniques outlined in this book, such as magazine transfers, are accessible to people without darkrooms or cameras because you use magazine pages to create images. After reading this book, I began looking at photographic materials more creatively.
About this product: Bea Toms Recipes (f)rom (a) Country Cook. This lady could have made good use of an editor to put the brakes on an abundance of run-on sentences and tortured syntax, and to compile an index. Sometimes it's hard to know whether she's adding A to B or B to A. One recipe says add the parsley but doesn't list parsley in the ingredients. Many unprofessional, slangy and/or vague directions such as heat until "good and hot." Title would lead buyer to think he's getting country recipes, but there's nothing country about Beef Stroganoff -- and any cookbook that contains a recipe for a lime Jell-O mold should be avoided like the plague. I'm sure she's a nice lady but someone should have edited and kitchen-tested this stuff.
About this product: * Provides an introduction to J2EE using the WebLogic platform, which claims the largest market share-about forty percent-of the Java application server market * Features the most comprehensive coverage of the component types of WebLogic in the friendly For Dummies style * Covers static resources, JSPs, taglibs and servlets, EJBs, and WebLogic's Web service development and deployment capabilities and tools * Teaches readers the basic administration and monitoring capabilities built into WebLogic, using a conversational and example-driven approach * Uses real-world analogies all programmers will recognize to introduce the major topics of J2EE * Examples will include not only coding, but also step-by-step deployment and troubleshooting tips
Bea the sheep knows she's "ewe-nique" and when her flock doesn't want to put up with her antics any longer she decides to go her own way. Bea moves to the big city and tries every new job she can think of--including a cloud, a library lion, and more--until she finds the confidence to be herself again and return home...only to inspire her flock to be more unique themselves. This hilarious and surprising story reiterartes a familiar lesson without talking down to the reader. From Bea's hilarious expressions to the wacky predicaments she finds herself in, readers will be delighted with this fantastic new character and her bold personality.
About this product: A young girl is up before the sun in a picturesque mountain town. It is early spring and the trees are beginning to flower and set out their first leaves. Everywhere she turns, she finds reasons to be grateful. The day itself, her home, family, school, and best friend are reasons for appreciation. When it starts to rain, she looks sadly out her schoolroom window. Will she be able to go out for recess? Remembering to be grateful raises her spirits. The shower passes and she spends the rest of the day with her best friend, enjoying and appreciating the people and places that constitute her world. Even her shy and quiet turtle is remembered. Illustrated with warmth and humor, Thank You, God is an exuberant reminder of the power of appreciation.
About this product: Soar to new applique heights on the wings of this amazing artist! *Following the outstanding success of her first album book, Bea has created a sequel filled with exquisite bird and flower patterns. *Familiar images unite in 35 applique blocks. Charming combinations include a cardinal sitting on a pine bough, an eastern bluebird on a holly branch, a black-capped chickadee with sunflowers, and a yellow warbler in a dogwood tree. *The best-known and most easily recognized backyard birds from across the country are showcased with Audobon-style quality. Fascinating information about each bird accompanies the patterns. *Each block features a colorful photograph, full-sized pattern, and tips for construction, fabric selection, and embroidered details. *BONUS PATTERN: A trumpet vine border with three different little hummingbirds adds the finishing touch to any quilt. AUTHORBIO: Before Bea started quilting in the mid 1980s, she was not familiar with quilting in any form. However, she had a background in home economics. She also studied weaving and oil and watercolor painting, and she earned a certificate from the Sogetsu School of flower arranging. After Bea started quilting, and especially doing applique, she discovered how the painting and flower-arranging media were interchangeable with quilting designs in color and form. REVIEW: Provides a focus on over thirty applique blocks filled with beautiful flower and bird patterns, gathered from American bird observations. Each block includes a colorful photo, full-sized pattern, and instrucions on how to duplicate the achievement.
About this product: A touching and humorous account of the author's fifteen years with her beagle, Bea, a refugee from an animal research laboratory.
Harried by recent upheavals in her life, the last thing Kristin von Kreisler needed was another dog. But when she came upon Bea, a scrawny beagle abandoned by the roadside, she couldn't turn away. Bea became part of her family, and changed it forever.
Disheveled, malnourished, and terrified of human contact, Bea seemed damaged beyond repair. But, gradually, she began to trust von Kreisler. After resisting her touch again and again, the dog one day leaned in and nuzzled her neck. From that moment, Bea began to give love as well as receive it. With the typically unforgettable personality of a beagle, over the next decade and a half she taught von Kreisler the value of living utterly in the present, of meeting each day with a good bark, and of moving forward in life without being dragged down by past grief.
Written with rare eloquence and down-to-earth wit, this memoir of Bea and von Kreisler's fifteen-year love story will charm "beaglers" and touch the heart of anyone who has ever loved a dog.
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