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A Box Full of Lilly
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Release Date: 2004-10-26 |
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Five little picture books about Lilly and her friends to share all year long.
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Five Sweet Treats...and what that means.......2007-07-25
As mentioned in other reviews; this set of books is nicely smallish (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), and beautifully drawn, and the 5 stories are lovely. What no one has yet bothered to mention is the answer to "What do you get?" in this smallish, prettily drawn and nicely written set?
You get 5 small, hard cover books in a nice, slick board box;
Lilly's Chocolate Heart, Owen's Marshmellow Chick, Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star, Julius's Candy Corn and Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick.
Each short story involves a 'treat'; an Easter Marshmellow Chick, some Halloween Candy Corn, a Forth of July ice cream, etc, that barely mention the holiday to which they owe their existance. For example, although Owen does get an "Easter basket", there is no mention of Christmas in Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick and no mention of why a red, white and blue star-shaped ice-cream would be Wemberly's special treat "on a hot day".
All of which is fine with me, I thoroughly enjoy reading these with my 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old kids, even our 18 month old seems to enjoy these stories, but I feel if we were not a Christmas-and-Easter-celebrating household, this set would have been a bit of a bummer. So, consider yourself warned. :)
just a little too sweet.......2007-07-22
first, these are great little stories. kevin henkes is a fabulous author. my only issue is that i would have liked to have known ahead of time that all the stories were about sugary sweets and the characters hording their sweets in some way. it's turned out to be fine - my daughter still loves the stories. i just would have liked a heads' up.
Big Help.......2007-04-11
This is a great set for anyone teaching the Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Primary Grades!
Cute and Clever.......2007-03-31
I am a big fan of all of Kevin Henkes' children's books. This little book set is bright and colorful and looks good enough to eat!
They are a good introduction to the rest of his stories. Not only are these written with little ones in mind, they are smartly written. I enjoy them as much as my son! Henkes really knows how to capture the innocence and whimsy of children everywhere.
one of my toddlers all time favorite gifts.......2007-03-08
My 2 1/2 year old adores these books. She brings them to me to read to her several times throughout the day and night, never seeming to tire of them, She has had them for about 6 months so this is no passing fancy.
In the large size, any one of these books would cost what you can get five of them in this box set. Actually, this size is much better for little hands and I think adds to the fun. I am keeping it in mind as an ideal gift to give other children in the future. My daughter has learned many words from the books, just because she enjoys repeating them after me. Her favorite is "Delicious!" from Julius's Candycorn. This is definitely a good buy.
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Take one dead lothario; add his jealous wife accused of his murder; toss in a devoted daughter who wants to clear her mother's name, and you get one of the greatest challenges of Hercule Poirot's career.
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I found this fun; not everyone is so enthusiastic.......2007-01-04
A great book for Agatha fans. Not a place to start for newbies. But good work.
Agatha Christie gets me every time.......2006-03-26
Even in a book such as this, when I was sure that I was figuring out the solution on my own, Agatha Christie turns it around and fools me again. What I find incredible about her writing is that even at this point, when she had written almost twenty Poirot novels, the quality, characterization, and suspense is not diminished at all. I was as surprised after this book as I have been with any other Poirot (excepting a few of the truly remarkable ones). Don't hesitate to read this book and every book both before and after it.
Book Review.......2005-10-31
Sixteen long years ago, Amyas Crayle was cruelly poisoned at his country home while painting a portrait. The convicted criminal, his wife Caroline, died two years later in prison and now their daughter Carla is on the search for the true murderer to set the record straight. So whom does she go to? The best of the best, of course: Hercule Poirot.
After weeks of research and interviewing, the detective gathers the individuals involved with the Crayle murder: Philip and Meredith Blake, Ms. Williams, Angela Warren, and Lady Dittsham, then a young Elsa Greer. At their meeting, Poirot revisits the day in question, combining all of the written accounts given to him by the five acquaintances. Amyas had been painting Elsa's portrait by the water drinking his beloved beer while on the other side of the estate, Meredith had just rowed across the lake to join his brother on a search for a toxic chemical that had gone missing from his laboratory. Mrs. Crayle, ignoring the fact her husband was about to leave her and Carla for Elsa, walked with Ms. Williams to the cellar to fetch Amyas another bottle of beer. They discover her half sister Angela tampering with a bottle, the very same one Amyas claimed was foul before he died. Who could have killed the brilliant artist? This marvelous conclusion will leave readers in awe.
Agatha Christie sets the crime in the perfect country getaway where no one would every think of such a cold murder. The manor is by a small lake, with a small dusty road as it's only connection to the rest of the world. Meredith Blake is the Crayles' only remaining neighbor who has been their only company all of these years.
The characters in the story are the most untypical people to be friends. Along with Amyas the moody artist, Philip Blake is a London banker and drinker who is used to the finer things. Angela is Mrs. Crayle's half sister who she scarred for life early on when Caroline threw a paperweight at her. She doesn't like Amyas, but enjoys pulling practical jokes on her brother in law. Finally there is Ms. Williams, the very conservative governess who disapproves of Mr. Crayle's behavior towards his wife in the situation at hand.
In the end, Poirot explains who had really murdered Amyas Crayle so long ago. Caroline had sent letters to Angela and Carla, thought when you'd think she'd comfort her young daughter, she repeatedly reassures her sister. Why? Unless, Caroline thinks Carla had poisoned Amyas and went to jail for her to repay her injuring Angela. But the beer bottle taken from Angela and given to Amyas didn't have the poison the beer glass did. So who really killed Amyas? The only person who overheard him confess his love to his wife earlier on, the one who took the poison from Meredith's lab on a previous visit who claimed Caroline took it: Elsa Greer.
This brilliant novel is just another example of the fascinating mind of Agatha Christie. "Five Little Pigs" is a true classic sure to survive generations of mystery fans
R. Turner
The Best.......2005-08-07
Being a great Agatha Christie fan, and having read all of the Poirot series, as well as many many others, I have to say that "Five Little Pigs" is truly one of the greatest, and happens to be my personal favorite. The effect of the ending is one of goosebumps. Truly an incredible book.
Dame Agatha and her twisted nursery rhymes!.......2005-06-26
This 1941 novel opens with a young woman asking Poirot to solve a crime that occurred 16 years before. She, understandably enough, would like to know if her mother really had killed her father. Sympathetic and intrigued, Poirot agrees to look into the matter. He finds that there were five suspects, the little piggy who went to market, the one who stayed home, the one who had roast beef, the one who had none and the one who cried all the way home. One of these had killed but which one? All the stories conflicted some insisting that the wife had committed the murder, others equally certain that she had not.
In the end of course Poirot is triumphant but not until he has followed a long cold twisting tale of marital relations, infidelities, unrequited love, misguided loyalties, guilt and stormy adolescence.
As always Christie has left the clues available for the reader to follow but has plotted such a tight and clever mystery that it would be a challenge to arrive at the solution before Poirot. It is also a statement to the era the novel was written (the '40's) and Christie's skill and style that a story about adultery has absolutely no overt sex scenes.
This novel was also previously released in the US as MURDER IN RETROSPECT.
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This little piggie went to the market... We all know the familiar story: or do we? Why did one little piggy go while the other stayed behind? And what could have sent the littlest piggy running at such a clip toward home? Now David Martin spills the whole hoggy truth in five little stories, each hilariously illustrated by Susan Meddaugh, creator of MARTHA SPEAKS, MARTHA CALLING, and other popular picture books. Children will love this zany new take on a favorite game.
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The Backstory.......2006-11-10
Nice concept. Like a "This Little Piggy" behind the scenes rockumentary. David Martin and Susan Meddaugh flesh out the complete story of the five little piggies. The book opens up with the traditional "This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed home," essentially as a table of contents, introducing us to the five little piggies. Martin then devotes a chapter to each of the petite porcine protagonists, fleshing out the stories behind each individual trimeteric line.
They open strong, with the piggy going to market to pick up eggs, milk, and apples. She riffs all the way there, ultimately confusing herself, "...Megs and milk and maples. Pegs and pilk and papples." By the time she gets to the store, she's forgotten what she is buying and needs to go out to search for some visual cues to remind her. There's some more word play, and she shows up home with the groceries and further malapropisms. The supermom pig catches on quickly and plays along, "Oh, they're delicious pooples... And here's a great big BUG for my silly piggy wiggy." The book also closes strong, with the Little Piggy who cried "Wee Wee Wee" all the way home. The little pinky-toe piggy gets up from a neighborhood sandbox mudfight and, with a concerned expression, begins to cry "wee wee wee," out of the frame. Through five more frames, over the next three pages, until she final runs into the bathroom. Leaving the bathroom, she is finally back to her usual cheerful face: "Oh!... That felt good. I really had to go."
The three little piggies in between seem to have more forced stories. The one who stays home spilled his juice, dropped his cereal, and then split his pants. His mother then lets him stay home from school. The next day, the other piggies spill their breakfast hoping to stay home, but the second metatarsal piggy is seen donning his orange backpack and eagerly leaving for school. The piggy who has roast beef? He's sick of slop. But to get the roast beef taste better, he asks for his roast beef to be decorated with squashed bananas and rotten eggs, "last week's soup and a squishy pickle," until he is eating essential slop with roast beef in it. I was a little let down by this one. I thought there was an opportunity to explore the dark, ironic side of this line of the verse, the domesticated omnivore feasting on a domesticated herbivore. Likewise, chapter four, the piggy who had none, drops his ice cream and let's go of his balloons in his distress. Then, in a near tangent, the other piggies come down with chicken pox, except for the piggy who had none. He protests the lack of spots and his mother draws some on him. That's about as much depth as we get there.
Cute book overall, but calls from a strong vocal performance from parents for maximum effect.
One of the best books .......2005-06-25
My 3 year old daughter loves this book! The stories are funny and the illustration are hilarious.
The Five Little Piggies Review.......2003-05-15
The five Little Piggies is a cute book on the true story about the ryme:
"This little piggy went to the market.
This little stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
And this little Piggy cried, "Wee wee wee," all the way home!"
This fun detailed book is wonderful for all ages of children. It is very cute and will give you a good laugh at the end. I promise that you will enjoy every little part of it, because I did, and I know you will too. This is a very exciting book that children of all ages should read. I loved it.
KinderKids Love It!
.......2001-02-22
This is a roll-on-the-floor-and-giggle book that my kindergarten class adores. I save it to read at special times -- like the end of the day or right before recess -- because the kids literally roll around laughing at these short-and-silly stories based on the familiar "This Little Piggy Went to Market" rhyme. Clever, cartoonish illustrations add to the fun-and-games flavor of this book. Highly recommended.
only for pre-schoolers.......2000-06-03
The contents are terribly arranged. The entire five stories are not well connected. The illustrations are just sloppy like the little piggies. We do not need this book to teach children about silly rhyming. A Money-Wasting-Choice book.
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A young woman named Carla Lemarchant needs Hercule Poirot's help. Sixteen years earlier, her father died from poison. Her mother was convicted of the crime and died after a year in prison. Carla fears that the man she is about to marry will always view her with suspicion unless her mother's name can be cleared. Poirot must delve deep into the past to find the real truth. Was it really murder? Suicide? Or, for sixteen years, has someone lived with the knowledge that he — or she — has committed the perfect crime?
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Real fun story.......2005-11-27
I had fun listening to this audiobook. I'm sure you will too.
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Famous painter Amyas Crale's wife was sentenced to life in prison for murdering him. Now, after sixteen years, their daughter has presented Hercule Poirot with a challenge: clear her mother's name by returning to the scene of the murder to find out the shocking truth behind the perfect crime.
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Just when it seems that the denizens of Maggody, Arkansas, and their chief of police, Arly Hanks, have seen everything, author Joan Hess manages to find a way to embroil them in yet another hilarious adventure. This time around, Ruby Bee, Estelle, and their big hair have embarked on a cut-rate package tour to Graceland to pay homage to the King. Before the end of the tour, one of the other pilgrims is found dead outside her hotel room, Ruby Bee is in the hospital, and Mayor Jim Bob Buchanon has been arrested for murder. Arly drives through the night to bring order out of chaos and make sure all the citizens of Maggody return home safely--with or without their dignity intact. As usual, there are more laughs than at a log-rolling festival--Brother Verber's hymn listing sins from A to Z (to the tune of Gilligan's Island) is particularly choice.
Joan Hess has made quite a reputation for herself and garnered several awards (including Agatha and Anthony nominations) with this series set in a wide spot in the road in northwest Arkansas. Misery Loves Maggody is the 11th and continues the saga of the dull-witted Buchanons, the Voice of the Almighty Lord Assembly Hall, and Arly herself. Typically, the murders and Arly's (occasionally muddled) course to their solution are really the icing on the cake of these rich parodies of Southern Living. Although Hess's wit is a bit sharper when her cast of characters sticks closer to home, as they do in Martians in Maggody or Miracles in Maggody, an Elvis sighting or two fits right in with the general wackiness and lovable mayhem. --K.A. Crouch
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"Delectable and continually surprising" (The New York Times Boos Review), Joan Hess's one-of-a-kind mystery series digs up murder and mayhem in the sleepy little town of Maggody, Arkansas.
When beleaguered chief of police Arly Hanks hears that her mother, Ruby Bee, and best friend, Estelle Oppers, are headed for Memphis on an Elvis Pilgrimage, she thinks she may be getting a long-overdue break. But before she can say "Thank you, thank you very much," the trip is completely stalled by a variety of deadly doings.
Estelle calls home to report that Ruby Bee has collapsed and is in the local hospital. And even before Arly's seen the delta dawn, one of the other clients on the tour takes a fatal plunge from the hotel balcony -- which adjoins the room of a prominent Maggody citizen, who's now doing the Jailhouse Rock in the local pen. What's more, Estelle's all shook up that the tour van is being followed by ominous thugs. For Arly, it's now or never, because if her suspicious mind doesn't figure out what to do quickly, residents of Maggody may be returned to sender -- in a hearse.
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Mysterys love Maggody.......2006-07-07
The combination of a mystery along with Joan Hess's humorous descriptions of Maggody Arkansas, make for delightful reading.
Maggody Meets Elvis.......2001-05-03
The Joan Hess Maggody books, set in and around the fictional town of Maggody, Arkansas, are all delightful if you are looking for light, entertaining fiction. In this book, the murder takes place away from Maggody while some of the most enjoyable Maggadonians are on an Elvis tour. Maggody Chief of Police Arly Hanks winds up at the crime scene and finds herself up to her wry smile in mystery. If you can't laugh at the weird way Americans view our world, avoid this book. If you have a good sense of humor and don't mind that some of the humor is directed at your own values, read it and enjoy it. If you have not read any of the Maggody books, you might find the books more enjoyable if you started with the first book in the series and worked your way forward.
Misery Loves Maggody.......2000-02-10
Despite the fact that this book had some "formula" style plot lines (very similiar plot to Maggody in Manhatten") I loved the Elvis references (and "sightings!") and the strange, strange, world of the Buchannons. It was a good quick read and I enjoyed it, although it was probably not the strongest book in the series.
Joan is getting political.......2000-01-20
A very enjoyable book well written, excellent story development. I am glad I bought and read it! However - more crude than usual - I will not be so quick to pass it on to my daughter or recommend it to friends. Hess gives us a paragraph or two on her personal feelings on some social issues as well. Not too strong, just noticable and not there in earlier works. I do hope Hess goes back to the light humor with out the soap box that made her stories so enjoyable!
not her best but still worth reading.......1999-07-09
A friend found an autographed copy of this book and gave it to me for a housewarming gift. I waited until I was moved in and dug into the first page. I live 15 miles south of Memphis, and I just knew this book would "knock my socks off." Like several others, I was disappointed in this latest Arly mystery. Perhaps the Maggody books are best when set in Maggody with its familiar, quirky residents. I still had some laughs and was interested in the plot and new characters, but this would not rate as the best in the series. Joan Hess, however, on her worst day tops many of the rest. I love the Maggody residents better than I love my own kin, and the townspeople of Maggody are much more entertaining!
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Misery Loves Maggody
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