This picture book is like a good marriage: a great partnership. The text and the illustrations are both are complete and poetic in their own right. Yet when joined together, the new whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This book is a must-see for anyone who wants their child to appreciate the magnificence of nature and its cycles. - Jeanne M. Moran
Hardly able to sleep in a house of creaky floors, squeaky doors, and windows that go bang-bang, a discontented old man learns to appreciate his home after a temporary co-residence with a goat, cow, and donkey.
Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play.
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Wilder's play represents an exploration into the American self. The play shows how common people live in a small town in New Jersey. People's dreams, aspirations, fustrations and desires are rendered in all their dimensions and complexities. "Our Town" is a play to appreciate life with all its shadows and lights.
London: all the principal sights and sounds are brought to life in this video. The commentary, at elementary level, helps the student to see London's monuments and traditions in a historical context and to appreciate its richness and diversity.