Junior Books

This is a sweet book about a baby playing hide and seek with her father. It takes place in Thailand and they are playing around the yard. Animals are near and the sounds they make are on display too. Sweet book.

I bought this book for my 4yo and 2.5 yo, based on a recommendation from their Montessori school. Both kids love it, and I've since heard them using some of the animal "sounds" from the book in the course of their daily play. My little one loves finding the baby hiding on each page. I would also highly recommend the companion book -- Hush! A Thai Lullaby. We would give that one 6 stars!

The illustrations in this book are vivid and beautiful. A father and daughter play hide and seek in the Thai jungle, surrounded by wild animals and lush vegetation. My 18 month old loves searching for the little girl in all of her hiding places and then seeing the joy of the parent and child when they find each other at the end. What child doesn't enjoy a good game of peekaboo?

My daughter got this book for her second birthday. We had never heard of it before then. It is now her bedtime book, replacing Goodnight Moon. The story is pretty simple, but sweet. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous. My daughter loves trying to find the baby on every page. Now that she knows where the baby is, she still plays and pretends with it. She likes to find the different animals, especially the "croc-oh-di-al." I plan to look at other books by this author and illustrator. I like that it's a daddy and daughter book too.

I bought this book just because my son loved Minfong Ho and Holly Meade's other book, "Hush! A Thai Lullaby." This one is very similar with a few differences. The illustrations are a little brighter! The father is interacting with his daughter in a game of peek-a-boo, rather than the mother hushing animals so her son can sleep! There are mostly different animals in this book with a couple of repeats. While the father is searching for his daughter he encounters a dog, dragonfly, rooster, snake, monkey, elephant, tiger, turtle, hornbill and crocodile! On each page the little girl is hiding and my 20 month old son loves to show you where she is! Beautiful illustrations with a fun interactive story are keys to a winner for my child. 5 stars again for Ho/Meade!

I can only echo the previous reviews! This cookbook was given to me as a gift 30 years ago when I was living in New Orleans. It is tattered and torn and my most cherished cookbook. Everything is wonderful. I have just ordered two copies for friends.

This, my most treasured cook book, was a gift from my beloved New Orleans mother-in-law in 1972, the year I began law school at Tulane. I know for a fact the Garden District and Uptown Junior Leaguers submitted these recipes from their fantastic family cooks and from the "back room" at Antoines. With these can't- fail recipes, you can prepare incomparably authentic and delicious New Orleans cuisine. I live in California now, and last night I did the Plantation Cookbook's extraordinary crayfish etouffe' with whole, frozen crayfish I found at Ikea of all places!

This cookbook has lived in my kitchen for over 12 years and has survived several moves and a flood. It provides excellent recipes for classic New Orleans and South Louisiana cuisine. The directions are easy to follow and the variety of recipes will never leave you without choices of what to have for dinner - be it a family affair or a formal occassion. Also, you can find the ingrediants for most of the recipes regardless of where you live. I've made my favorite dishes while living in four different states. (don't miss the recipe for banana-nut bread)

This cookbook provides the foundation for more recent cookbooks that feature New Orleans style cuisine. And as previously noted, it also gives you a wonderful description of many famous Louisiana plantations and New Orleans homes.

I gave this book to my future sister-in-law for a shower present. I love it. I have made many of the receipes.

Every single recipe in here is perfect. I have made about 95% of the dishes and if you follow the recipe exactly your dinner party will be a smash!

I have all of the River Road books and this one is the best of the series. It is not only beautiful, with colorful picture, but it has a durable hard cover to sustain a long life. I can't wait to try the wonderful recipes inside.

I came into this marriage with a husband who had his own river road cookbooks. And a mother-in-law on the committee.... (who hates to cook- guess???) and I LOVE the first, despite the plastic comb, like the second, really appreciated the 3rd, (but healthy and cookbook don't go that well together), and this is a beauty.

I LOVE the hardback, killer format. The photos, and ESPECIALLY the stories. But come on you guys, it is starting to really LOSE the regional flavor that made the first so great. And ASIAN??? I mean, yes, you can get great Asian food almost anywhere now, but I buy regional cookbooks for the regional flair- thus knocked off one of the stars...

what I REALLY WANT to see is a 'BEST OF RIVER ROAD' with all the glitz of the last cookbook, and all the HEFT (number of regional recipes, I have enough Lasagna thanks very much) of the first.... PLEASE

This is my new favorite cookbook. Everything I have made from it has been wonderful. I especially love the recipes for crawfish pie, pecan praline bacon and spinach salad sandwiches. Plus it is a beautiful book. This is a must for all Southern cooks!

This is a truly wonderful cookbook. It looks beautiful, is laid out well, and most importantly, has lots of terrific recipes. The recipes are not difficult, the ingredients are generally easy to find, and yet they all have that special flare that great southern cooks are known for. I'm buying a second copy to give to my sister-in-law. It is a great addition to your cookbooks and makes a great gift.

This new River Road Recipes is absolutely beautiful! The pictures are gorgeous and the text reads like a Louisiana traveloge. The recipes are new and current but still reflect the types of food people like to eat in Louisiana. Not the same old gumbo recipes but no weird ingredients you have to look up either. We are loving it.

I am a resident of Springfield, Mo and bought this book when it was first published. I have since bought 6 more over the years for my daughters and neices, they all love it! The recipies are easy and so delicious!!!

My sister's 1991 copy of this book is falling apart, so we just ordered a new copy. Donna says every recipe is great.

As a former chair of the JLS' Sassafras! Cookbook committee, I have had the opportunity to try most ALL recipes in this cookbook and have NEVER had a disappointment! The recipes were all triple-tested by Junior League of Springfield (Mo) cooks and the cookbook has been in print for more than 10 years.

I've owned this cookbook for 10+ years, and I have to have given at least 10 copies over the years as gifts.
Timeless recipes from great cooks that were tested repeatedly amongst JL members and their families. One of the guidelines for selecting recipes for testing was that the ingredients were relatively easy to find.
I've made the majority of the recipes time and again, always to rave reviews (I'd love to take credit but it's not me, it's the recipes:)
Casual to fancy, this is a cookbook that I use as frequently today as I did when I first purchased it. You'll be pleased, I promise.

I have owned this cookbook for years and I have never had a dud recipe. This last Christmas I was going to make candy and ran across the English Toffee recipe. I made it and everyone raved. I made it again and everyone raved. It is so easy and it tastes like a million bucks! That expensive toffee you buy in the high dollar chocolate shops is a breeze to make your friends and family will be amazed. My second favorite recipe is the Trees and raisins even my husband will eat his broccoli!

I read this book before giving it to my 8-year-old. I couldn't put it down. You will quickly come to care about the main character, Grace, and her family that has fallen on hard times. In this time when most kids have more stuff than they need and often feel entitled to more and more, this book really brings the Depression to life. Valuable lesson on what is truly important without being preachy.

There is a family: mama,papa,Pete,Grace,Iggy,and Owen. Pete is the oldest son and he is 13 or 14. Grace is only 11, and Iggy and Owen are still very young. Mama is expecting a baby soon, and the family has very little money to put food on the table. Pete and grace have to walk to the fire hydrant to get pails of water, every morning. Pete's left arm is not all there so he can not carry but one pail. One morning he starts coughing and breathing really hard, so his mom makes him dress extra warm. She tries to make him stay but he goes. It is the middle of winter outside. When they get to the hydrant the man opening it says he is going to have to move it to a different location, because it pours to much water into the grass or snow. The parents go poor and Pete gets really sick and they have to send all the kids away to a mission.They send Pete to a free hospital that won't cost them any money. The other three go to a mission near by. Grace makes a new friend while there, she also gets a chance to go to the Hammond's for Christmas. Grace,Iggy,and Owen go back home with their mom and baby sister.

Saving Grace was a really good book and probably one of my favorite books that I have read. Grace McFarland is a young girl who lived during the the Great Depression. At the begining of the story Grace played with an Ouija Board even though many times before her mother told her not to because the board was the work of the devil. The board predicted that Grace was going to start a new life. Grace has a terrible and a very rough life. She lives in an old and beaten up apartment building with her family. There are five people in her family. The people are Grace's mother and father, Owen who is four,Iggy who is around the age of one, and Pete who is 14. Grace's mom is also expecting a baby and they have no idea what they are going to do financially. They can barely feed themselves right now. It has gotten to the point that Grace and Pete take turns skipping meals. Pete and Grace are best-friens and they are very close. Pete is a great big brother and he loves to play marbles. The Great Depressin is at its' peak and jobs are almost impossible to find. The McFarland family keeps getting threatened to be evicted from their apartment. If it happens they wil probably have to live on the streets. Their dad is very upset and is doing any job he can get his hands on to keep the McFarlands from living on the street. He does construction jobs with railroad company evey once in a while to earn some extra cash. One night Pete and Grace decide to follow their dad. They end up finding out that he is brewing beer illegally. Grace and Pete's mom doesn't even know about so they have to keep it a secret from her too. They know that he is only doing it for their sake, but they are still upset with him. It gets to the point that Grace and Pete steal from other people and trade items to get money. One day Pete and Grave go down to get the water from outside at the fire hydrant and they find out they only have one or two more days until they get evicted from their home. When they go upstairs they tell their mother and she really begins to worry. Grace and Pete's stealing results in a list that has everything on it they have stolen. One day they agreed that they are going to repay everyone for what they stole from them. Grace keeps teh list in a little box that has all of her treasures in it. One day Grace's mother sent Grace and Pete to the alley store to get a few groceries for her. They used what little money they had earned from selling milk bottles to do so. On their way home a kid named Martin got in their way. He was with two other boys. Martin always teased Pete and he was a very unfriendly person to be around. One of the boys took the bag of groceries from Grace. They beat up Pete very badly. The boys and Martin finally ended up leaving.. No one was around to help Grace get Pete home. All of the groceies for supper were ruined along with breakfast for the next morning. On the way home they heard a small cry. The nightmare came to life in front of their eyes. On the sidewalk in front the apartment Mama sat crying on the four-poster bed that used to be in the apartment. All around on the ground the family's possessions were piled up. They had been thrown out for not paying the rent. Will Grace and her family have to live on the streets? Will the prediction that Grace is going to start a new life come true? You will have to read the awesome book Saving Grace to find out what happens.

Saving Grace, by Priscilla Cummings, is one of the best books that I have ever read! My mother always talked about going through the Great Depression and I would sit there and say, "Yeah yeah yeah..it's over now so drop it, ok?" But after reading this book, I see now what it was really like to go through the Great Depression. I found after finishing the book that I couldn't stop thinking about it! Very well written and incredibly real! I reccomend this novel to anybody who loves inspirational fiction! :-) !

I bought this book for my two grandaughters
ages 9 & 13. I started to read it myself and became
wrapped up in it. I felt as if I were twelve again
and going through what she was feeling. I grew up
in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland area and can
relate to a lot of the areas mentioned. It will hold
the childs attention as well as a mom and grandma's
attention.

I couldn't put this book down. As a tapper, who is into hoofing and rythm tap, this book was amazing. It explains not only Savin's life and his career but how he uses his shoes to do what he does. This book brings an element of percusion into the dance world that needs to be more widely used.

We've been hearing his wonderful rhythms for years, now we finally get to hear his voice. What a true inspiration! This book just makes you want to jump up and start moving your feet. Believe me, this book is not just for children. I used it as required reading for my advanced tap class at the local college.

Great design, photos, behind the scenes of one of the greatesttap dancers, Savion Glover! All the info on Savion in one quick read- great for all ages.

Thank you sir for sharing your wonderful inner world of rhythm with the world! You are an inspiration to all of us who make a living lacing up those tap shoes everyday. Your loving and pricelesss contribution to this wonderful artform are greatly appreciated and honored.

Hello to all those tappers out there - I love all of you - Including you Savion. My name is Vaughan and I am actually Australian. My mother taught me how to tap ever since I could stand on two feet. Now, I'm 19 years old. And I'm a professional tap dancing teacher in Japan. Let me just say that I could relate a lot with what Savion was talking about. His views on tap and the way he wants it to go.

It's a fun book to read - with some great action tap shots of Savion throughout his life. The layout is very original, and very creative - it was nice to take my mind off my uni degree for a couple of hours and learn about this extremely successful tap dancer. Someone who I didn't know too much about, but now somehow believe that I've known him all my life.

It's a great art - Tap Dancing. And I wish there were people who could indulge themselves in a couple of professional / guest classes. I go around all of Japan teaching in my holidays, and I try to get as many people involved. Maybe because not many people do it, thats what makes it so unique. Thanks Savion - for following your dreams and publishing this book. It was a great read.

Your fellow Tap Dancer... Vaughan

Very sweet stories. Beautiful illustrations.
Easy follow along instructions. My 5 year old wants to listen/read every night. Great way to occupy an hour.
Just a lovely simple story book.

We simply adore Shirley Barber's stories and the illustrations are well-worth the cost of the book alone. Her faires are just and thoughtful, naughty and impish.

The illustrations in this book will delight fairy-lovers both young and old. The accompanying CD narrates the stories at a reasonable, easy-to-follow pace. The stories are sweet. Santa brought this for my 5 year old daughter, and I am not sure who loves it more, her or I! I expect this to be a keepsake book that we will enjoy through her early teen years.

We have two of the Shirley Farber CDs, (this one and The Adventures of Martha B Rabbit), and every night my four year old daughter listens to one of them on CD and it lulls her into sleep faster than any other method we have tried. This Book & CD include Bedtime Stories, The Enchanted Forest, and The Tooth Fairy.

Shirley Barber's Fairy Collection starts with Bedtime Stories, a series of darling shorties. My daughter is usually asleep after two or three of them. The reader has a calming Austrialian sounding accent.


She also loves the Enchanted Forest, which I usually don't play for her at bedtime because its a little more exciting. The Tooth Fairy, is another sweet one, very magical. This story was her first introduction to the concept of a tooth fairy. I usually read this one to her, as the pictures are very darling.

When she gets older and is starting to read, I can imagine that having listened to the CD so much will help her read the words. And, she can also listen along as she tries to read.

I highly reccommend this one, as well as The Adventures of Martha B Rabbit for little ones who like gentle fairy tales. Thank you Shirley Barber!

My five year old snuggles in her bed for this one! Charming...

I am so impressed with this Junior League Cookbook! As everyone else says, it is beautiful, but the recipes is what makes it even more appealing to me. You will find the recipes in categories such as:
Appetizers and Beverages, Breads and Brunch, Soups and Salads, Side Dishes and Vegetables, Entrees, Seafood, and Desserts. It has 191 Pages of Scrumptious Recipes such as: Miniature Pastry Shells with Shrimp, Stuffed Mushrooms, Country Ham Rolls, Green Chili Bites, Blue Cheese Biscuits, Chili Bacon Breadsticks, Smoked Salmon Spread, Crab Cheese Dip, Black Bean Dip, Mango Salsa, Hot Mocha White Chocolate, Chocolate Cherry Banana Bread, Blueberry Bread, Mexican Corn Bread, Bacon Cheddar Scones, Almond Coffe Cake, Macadamia Banana French Toast, Artichoke Quiche, Crustless Crab Quiche, Basil Breakfast Strata, Breakfast Pizza, Cheesy Hash Browns, Homemade Granola, Mediterranean Seafood Stew, Pasta Fagioli, Chicken Corn Chowder, Chicken Lime Chili, Wild Rice Shrimp Salad, Cobb Pasta Salad, Asian Chicken Pasta Salad, Summer Corn and Black Bean Salad, Wasabi Potato Salad, Barley and Mushroom Casserole, Corn Souffle, Ratatouille, Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Zucchini, Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Mexican Chicken, Turkey Stroganoff, Shredded Pork, Bodacious Blue Cheese Burgers, Lemon Shrimp Casserole, Linguini and Clams, Baked Tilapia with Vegetables, Lemon Stuffed Baked Trout, Kahlua Cake, Molten Chocolate Cakes, Pumpkin Cake Roll, Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Iced Pound Cake with Chocolate Filling, Kahlua Brownies, and so much more! This is such an Excellent Cookbook, and if you have a chance to pick one up, I would definitely do it! It is worth every penny! You just can't go wrong on this Junior League Cookbook!

I think this book is the most beautiful cookbook I have ever seen. The organization of the cookbook is so helpful. My favorite part is the beautiful photographs from the area, as well as the helpful hints to cooking at the bottom of the pages.

Not only are the pictures gorgeous but it actually has recipes that are easy to prepare and look like you spent all day in the kitchen. A wonderful gift for all of your family and friends. Everything we have tried is absolutely delicious and your guests will leave wanting the recipes. This cookbook is one you can definitely use for years to come.

If you collect cookbooks, this may be your favorite too. The pictures are frame-worthy, but the recipes are what keeps this book off my coffee table and in my kitchen.

Just like the title says, the recipes in this book are simple, yet creative. I'm not a gourmet cook, but these wonderful recipes can make others think I am. I have a nice collection of League cookbooks and this may be the most beautiful, visually, and is certainly one of the best for variety of recipes. I've had success with a couple of desserts already and have made selections to serve on Christmas Day. Highly recommended and a great gift idea too.

I was shocked & amazed that I could find this old book, purchase it & have it delivered to my home in 2 days for less than $10. It was not available ANYWHERE ELSE! What service & what a deal. My class of 1st graders was pleased with the reading of this specific book which went hand-in-hand with our study & class project.

I bought this book to read to my childrens classrooms and it was a big hit.

These books are absolutely wonderful. I remember reading them as a little girl, and now I am sharing them with my two little girls. The Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka books by the same author are also GREAT. Highly reccomended.

This is the most fanciful of the Snipp, Snapp Snurr books (or Flicka, Ricka, Dicka) that I have seen. In this one, the three Swedish boys would like some butter for their bread. But there is none in the house.

The boys go on a quest for butter and discover what it takes to create butter. Butter is made from milk witch comes from a cow that eats green grass that needs the Sun to grow. In order to get their butter, they must appeal to the Sun so that it will shine and make the grass grow green and etc. etc.

Each pair of pages has the story on the left and a painted illustration by the author on the right. A fun and fanciful story that helps teach about how things depend on one another.

This is the most fanciful of the Snipp Snapp Snurr tales (or the Flicka Ricka and Dicka stories). Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr, the three Swedish boys, are hungry one day and ask their mother for some buttered bread. But there is no butter. The boy must have their bread plain.

In order for the boys to get butter, they will need milk. but the cow isn't giving any because the grass is brown because the sun has not been shining.

Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr appeal to the sun and tell it that it needs to shine and make the grass green. Their appeal is heard and eventually there is butter for their bread again.

Each pair of pages has story on the left and an illustration painted by the author on the right. A rather amusing and fun tale. Read all of the Snipp, Snapp and Snurr books.

this book was simple and pictures were great not much in the detail department but the kids loved it

I bought this for a 9-month old who was our youngest Thanksgiving visitor. The story is simple, clear, and had just the right level of religious tone for me, ie: mentions thanking God without being preachy. I'm hoping it will be a special book for her for several years.

My 7 year old and 4 year old asked me to read this book every night since before Thanksgiving. It's December and they are still requesting it. The words are so simple, that they now recognize most of them and read to me! Simple words, but great story.

My five year old daughter (and to some extent my 3 y.o. son) is ready for a more advanced book than this one, but before we move on I thought I would say something about this sturdy little book that has been our foundation in Thanksgiving Day preparations for the last four years.

"The Story of Thanksgiving" begins with a question about why we celebrate Thanksgiving. It then goes on to depict how the pilgrims left England to come to America. It shows pictures of sad Pilgrims boarding the Mayflower, followed by a rough ocean (at least by toddler standards) and then the thankful travelers arriving at Plymouth. (They are thankful to be on land again-LOL)

After that the Pilgrims are shown briefly struggling with snow and cold, followed by a more cheerful picture of them planting. With Squanto's arrival they learn new things about the new land of America. Squanto shows them how to plant pumpkins, corn, and squash. And the book ends with a picture of Native Americans and Pilgrims at their feast; followed by a modern family at their feast.

"Thank you, God, for our families, our food, and our homes" the author writes.

Five Stars. A sturdy little book with child friendly artwork. The text is simple and easily understandable without needing many explanations from mom or dad. The religious aspects can be emphasized or not.

Examples of text so you can judge for yourself:

The Pilgrims lived in England.
They could not have their own church,
so they left their homes for a new land far away.

From another page:

The Pilgrims built their homes. Winter came.
Icy winds blew. Snow fell.
There was not much food to eat.

My daughter, 20 months at the time, absolutely loved this book. She got to the point where she would say all the key words before I did. I highly recommend it to any parent of a young toddler.