Fifty Favorite Birds Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Books)

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Learn to identify birds like the Myrtle Warbler and the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird — as well as better-known species — as you color these 46 accurate renderings of 50 favorites. Captions provide scientific names, other information. A delightful way to learn about birds you may discover in your own backyard.

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AWESOME!!.......2007-04-11

I just purchased these Dover COloring Books for my mother and she loves them. The detail is out of this world and the variety of colors you can use are only limited by your inagination. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Favorite Horses Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book)

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Favorite Horses Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Book)
John Green
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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ASIN: 0486440109

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Colorists with a fondness for these high-spirited animals will be delighted with John Green's accurate renderings of 30 different equine breeds, among them showhorses such as the Andalusian and Missouri fox trotter, sleek thoroughbreds, pintos, Arabian, and sturdy workhorses. Captions.

Favorite Animals Coloring Book (Dover Little Activity Books)

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Ever so tiny..........
A great coloring book for kids.

Favorite Animals Coloring Book (Dover Little Activity Books)
Cathy Beylon
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0486277275

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Sixty-two adorable animals — all identified in captions — include a tiger, koala, giraffe, camel, calf, lamb, fawn, squirrel, and dozens more.

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Ever so tiny.................2005-03-09

Its a very nice book, quality wise....except for the fact that it is tiny. I have only myself to blame for not checking the dimensions but i was in a rush and what not. However, please take to heart that this is not your 'traditional' coloring book. Im hitting up the bookstores for a replacement.....

A great coloring book for kids........2005-02-21

I bought this with a few others as a Christmas gift for a friend of mine's little girl (who is 3 at the time of this review). She absolutely loved her coloring books! The age suggested is 4-8 and I imagine that means "To use properly" (ie: staying in the lines). But if making a child happy is the goal, then you can go younger. This particular book is a totally geared for children and is great for the price.

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Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.

The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes

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A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

General opinion here is that the only good rabbit is one on the other end of a shotgun, or in a pot. These ones I would let live, no problem. A quest story, with a little bit of environmentalism thrown in, a prophet, and a look at the politics of control, via your burrow fascism. This, of course, is all wrapped around a story that is designed to be accessible to children, to begin with.

A truly fantastic read.......2007-08-11

Watership Down, by Richard Adams, is a great tale of survival and leadership that anyone can enjoy.
The story begins on a calm evening at the Saddleford Warren. Young Fiver, the small, nervous rabbit whose only friend is his elder brother, Hazel, comes upon a sign covered in man writing. He doesn't know where the sign came from or what it says, but he knows it means trouble.
Fiver's odd premonitions are almost always true, but no one other than Hazel will believe him when he says danger is coming to the warren.
The story jumps right into action as Hazel and Fiver gather a band of rabbits who are willing to leave the warren and venture into the unknown in search of a new home. They encounter danger after danger after danger, including two warrens, one of which holds a deathly secret and the other over which rules the terrible Woundwort, whose brutal discipline and battle skills have earned him the title of General.
Through it all the rabbits stick together, facing hardships and terrors they never dreamed possible, all in pursuit of a place they can live safely; a place called home.

In a world of a thousand enemies, I'd live underground too........2007-08-04

This is a story about totally ordinary rabbits. For all we know, all rabbits may act like these when confronted with difficult situations, only we have not noticed. Maybe they travel in slightly bigger groups and are slightly more fearless than we're used to seeing, but there's nothing that differentiates these rabbits from those that live in your backyard. This story takes place in a totally ordinary setting in the author's part of rural England. The imaginative part of this novel is how the various rabbit characters interact during their exodus from their native warren until they find a new home.

The prophecy of Fiver, the resourcefulness of Hazel, the strength of Bigwig, these are the characteristics that keep the Sandleford rabbits moving even as they encounter enemies in the form of dogs, foxes, men, and the dreaded automobile. The name of the legendary patriarch of all rabbits "El-ahrairah" says it all - in Lapine, it means "he of a thousand enemies." During their journey, the rabbits tell stories of his cunning to keep themselves and the reader entertained.

This book is for everyone. Its insights on trust, friendship, and community are priceless. It is filled with adventure, suspense, ingenuity, and humor. Rabbit behavior is true to nature, according to R. M. Lockley's The Private Life of the Rabbit. The reading level is not complicated, and there is a glossary for those of us who don't speak Lapine. Highly recommended.

How incredible!.......2007-07-30

This is one of the best books I've ever read. I admit I was reluctant to begin at first, and the book was boring, but after 100 or so pages I was completely hooked. The suspense is amazing and it's just a wodnerful adventure, if you can keep from getting distracted. The imagery is splendid and the mix of tragedy, action, and those awesome El-ahrairah stories just made it thoroughly enjoyable for me. There's a reason this book is a legend for nothin, people.

Not for everyone.......2007-07-15

WD is a well-written book, with characters of depth, gorgeous descriptions, and an intriguing and exciting plot.

Reasons people dislike the book:
1) "It's boring" -- if you think The DaVinci Code, The Notebook, The Harry Potter Series, and Stephen King or John Grisham books etc. are well-written, think again. They may be gripping or fun, but that does not make them good literature. Too often, the characters lack depth, based around stock stereotypes, like cut-paper dolls, like summer blockbusters.

2) "It has talking bunnies." -- Firstly, this is no Disney tale, like Bambi, or as the National Review may think, Dumbo. Secondly, as to whether talking animals somehow discredits a book from being good, I cite Animal Farm.

3) "Too much description" -- Some authors, like Robert Jordan, write books with description that serves no purpose to the overall plot and atmosphere. This book is not one of those books. The artfully crafted description creates vivid scenery important to the plot and to the imagination.

4) "Made up words" -- If you think making up words is a crime in literature, you've just ousted A Clockwork Orange, as well as Lord of the Rings. I did not find the usage of fake words uncomfortable.

But then again, I love classics (Camus, Dostoevsky, Bronte, Nietzsche) and modern fiction (Card, Murakami, LeGuin, Calvino). I'm in my early twenties, and an Ivy League student. I first read the book around 5th grade, loved it, and have reread it many times.

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Worst. Sequel. Ever.
I guess Mr. Adams had a mortgage payment due.
"I love it more than bunnies!" ; )
Delightful
Worthwhile Read, but Much Different than Original Novel

Tales from Watership Down
Richard Adams
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0679451250
Release Date: 1996-10-15

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The original Watership Down is one of those wonderful works that appeals to readers both young and old. The story of a group of rabbits on an adventure into unfamiliar yards, farms, and fields made for an imaginative, captivating journey. This latest work follows the aftermath of the original's climactic ending and includes the rabbits' retelling of various myths associated with their rabbit-hood, plus some new twists and developments. This is a captivating introduction to Adams's warren for first-time visitors, and those who loved the original Watership Down won't be disappointed.

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Watership Down was one of this century's best-loved works of imaginative literature. Now Richard Adams returns, to tell us what happened to the rabbits after their defeat of General Woundwort.

Tales From Watership Down begins with some of the great folk stories well known to all rabbits. Then we listen in as Dandelion, the rabbits' master storyteller, relates the thrilling adventures experienced by Al-ahrairah, the mythical rabbit hero, and his stalwart, Rabscuttle, during the long journey home after their terrible encounter with the Black Rabbit of Inlé (as narrated in Watership Down). Finally, in the principal part of the book, we are told eight enchanting stories about the rabbits of the Down-- Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and their companions--including the impact on the warren of the obsessive doe Flyairth, and the appointment of Hyzenthlay as a female Chief Rabbit and partner to Hazel.

All readers-- the millions who remember Watership Down with the deepest affection, and also those for whom this volume will be their first encounter with the rabbits-- will find these nineteen tales utterly compelling, the fruit of Richard Adam's spellbinding narrative power and ability to conjure up a world that is at the same time both real and unreal.

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Worst. Sequel. Ever........2007-10-01

Unbelievably tedious PC hackwork -- I had just finished reading the original "Watership Down" out loud to my son when I read this and the contrast was horrifying. "Watership Down" is an all-time classic great novel, but "Tales from Watership Down" has absolutely none of the magic of its predecessor and is proof of a shocking decline in the author's powers (Richard Adams was born in 1920 and wrote "Watership Down" and several other good novels in the 1970's and 1980's, but in this 1996 work he is unrecognizable).

I guess Mr. Adams had a mortgage payment due........2006-07-13

What an awful, shallow, boring money grad. Tales from Watership Down is a pale ghost of the original book. On its own, it is a bad read; next to the original Watership Down, it is a steaming pile of garbage.

Secret Underground River. Are you kidding me?

"I love it more than bunnies!" ; ) .......2005-11-03

I haven't read the first book yet, but since everybody else says this book is worse than the first, gosh, I'm going to love the first book. If there's the one greatest thing in this book I must capitalize upon, it would be Speedwell's Story. If you haven't read the book, and want someone to spoil for you, here are three words: sky-blue horse (Or is that two?) I like the El-Thingummy stories best. You should try this book if you like rabbits. I like rabbits!

Delightful.......2005-06-08

This is a great sequel to Watership Down. In some places its tone is a little darker than the original. The orginal was male dominated. A female chief rabbit and a female oswala are introduced in this book. It is a worthy successor to the original.

Worthwhile Read, but Much Different than Original Novel.......2005-06-05

This book is not very similar to the original novel, which is what I think makes it so interesting and worthwhile to read. I definitely prefer the original, but I believe this work has something important to say. Each of the tales is worthy of the telling and the reading.

I probably will not re-read this as I have the original work, but I don't think I should be comparing this novel to the original one in this review. This is good storytelling in-and-of itself and does not need to be put side-by-side with Watership Down.

The shorter tales are excellent quick reading, and make this an easier book to pick up and put down in our busy lives. Much of what the author is saying in these tales is incredibly fascinating. I was particularly drawn to the paradox that the man-smell, which the rabbits would generally use as a reason to outcast one of their own, is actually what saves the warren. The wisdom of the characters to recognize this is nicely woven into the tale. As with his other works, Richard Adams shows incredible insight into our natural world, especially that of community living animals. It is nice to see humanity in these creatures; or rather, theirs reflected in us. (I am not sure which is more accurate.)

This is a nice collection of touching tales that definitely have something significant to say. As long as readers are not expecting a repeat of the original book, I believe this will be an enjoyable experience. Just don't expect it to read like a sequel.

J.H. Sweet, author of The Fairy Chronicles

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Watership Down

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Watership Down

ASIN: 1582880956

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Watership Down
It's Perfect
Imaginative, cute story!
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Watership Down (Puffin Books)
Richard Adams
Manufacturer: Puffin Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0140306013

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Parallel to Human Society.......2007-08-06

This is an amazing book and one of my all time favorites. The rabbits may as well be humans, as Adams give them distinct personalities. It's about the stuggle for survival in the world, as well as in a community. The story parallels our own human struggle in society, community and against forces we can't control.

Watership Down.......2006-09-18

This book is about a bunch of rabbits trying to save the destruction of their homes. It also talks about how the destruction of an animal's habitat hurts society. It talks about how society is impacted by the destruction of nature.
I would this book because I believe nature and animals shouldn't be disturbed or destroyed. Too many houses are being built and the animals have no where to go.

It's Perfect.......2005-03-22

I first read this book many years ago, and hundreds of books later it is still, without equal. It is absolutely my favourite book of all time. Nothing could be more beautifully written or as moving without being sentimental. It is exquisite, a wonderful story, as near to perfect as a novel can be. If you haven't read it, drop everything, including whatever you are currently reading, and read this book.

Imaginative, cute story!.......2003-03-11

This book is among my favorites. The rabbits are well decribed and personified, yet not to a point that is unimaginable. You feel sadness and anger at some points, and happiness, too. The journey the rabbits make is very perilous, and once you begin reading the end chapters, you'll find the book hard to put down, even though it was hard to put down in the first place! I would not recommend this book for children younger than 11, because of a few curses, and the fact the book is very large. Watership Down is a great book that any animal lover must read!

Great Book.......2002-10-20

I work in a bookstore, and on a slow day, I found this book while shelving. I didn't know much about it, but I was curious enough to start reading. I found that I couldn't put it down, and was amazed that Richard Adams could make rabbits seem so human and still make them seem like rabbits. I loved this book, and was suprised I hadn't read it earlier. I would recommend this book to people of all ages.

Watership Down : A SpellBinders Edition (Doubleday Large Print)

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Watership Down : A SpellBinders Edition (Doubleday Large Print)

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Watership Down
Richard ADAMS
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Diane Redmond , and Richard Adams
Manufacturer: Red Fox
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