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Chapters: Trinity Washington University Alumni, Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, M. Patricia Smith, Maggie Williams, Barbara B. Kennelly, Kellyanne Conway, Claire Eagan, María Eugenia Rojas Correa, Jane Dammen Mcauliffe. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi (pronounced ; born March 26, 1940) is the 60th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Before being elected Speaker in the 110th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007, holding the post during the 108th and 109th Congresses. A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi has represented the 8th Congressional District of California, which consists of four-fifths of the City and County of San Francisco, since 1987. The district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House. Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House. She is also the first Californian and first Italian-American to hold the post. As Speaker, Pelosi is second in the line of presidential succession, following Vice President Joe Biden, which makes her the highest-ranking female politician in American history. Pelosi is Italian-American and was born Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of six children of Anunciata M. ("Nancy") and Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., who was a Democratic party U.S. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore. Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also a Democrat, was mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971, when he declined to run for a second term. Pelosi was involved with politics from an early age. She graduated from the Institute of Notre Dame, a Catholic all-girls high school in Baltimore, and from Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University) in Washington, D.C., ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=147301 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, M. Patricia Smith, Maggie Williams, Barbara B. Kennelly, Kellyanne Conway, Claire Eagan, María Eugenia Rojas Correa, Jane Dammen Mcauliffe. Excerpt:Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born July 10, 1936) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut . Family and Education Kennelly was born in Hartford, Connecticut , the daughter of long-time Democratic Party leader John M. Bailey . She graduated from Trinity Washington University in 1958 and received a master's degree from Trinity College in 1971. She was married to the late James J. Kennelly, an attorney who served as a Connecticut State Representative and Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives . She has three daughters, one son, and nine grandchildren. Career Politics In 1975, Kennelly was elected to the Hartford City Council, where she was a member until 1979. She served as the Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1979 until 1982. Kennelly was elected to Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William R. Cotter . She represented Connecticut's First Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from January 12, 1982 until January 3, 1999. She did not seek re-election in 1998, running instead for governor of Connecticut against Republican incumbent John G. Rowland , to whom she lost. Other activities Since 2002 she has served as President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare . The Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building in Hartford is named in her honor. On July 1., 2009, she spoke to the Presidential Classroom Scholars Program on the US House floor. Kennelly is also a member of the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Syste... ... Read more

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Chapters: Maggie Smith, Paul Ince, Helen Mirren, Noel Edmonds, Bruce Dyer, Richard Littlejohn, Ken Campbell, Denise Levertov, David Bendeth, Frazer Irving, Ronald Hutton, John Lyall, Bramwell Tovey, Georgina Hale, Sean Maguire, Kathy Kirby, Abu Eesa Niamatullah, Jet Black, Raymond Baxter, Dean Chandler, Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Jane Leeves, Victor Maddern, John Carmel Heenan, Nigel Benn, Ian Hendon, Tamzin Outhwaite, Kevin Maher, Eva Hart, Peter Arundell, Mark Nwokeji, Clive Soley, Baron Soley, Kenny Ball, Bill Fraser, Mike Flanagan, Robert Mitchell, Ian Ridpath, Phyllis Sellick, Kenneth Mckee, Norman Lloyd Johnson, Jenny Powell, Leo Roget, Bernard Ashmole, Stuart Conquest, Wally St Pier, Charles Pickthorn, Baden Herod, Laurence Baxter, Tony Bayfield, Steve Dowman, Martin Robinson, Clive Bourne, Ernest Griffith Price, Tim Stevens, Steve Aylott, Paul Lee, John William Sayer, Harry Gabb, John Wrighton, Malcolm Eden, William Thomas George Gates, Geoffrey Tyler, Jack Charles, Brian Green, Kenneth Lefever, Steven Haberman, John Reddaway, Patricia White, Andy Smillie, George Bond, Alan Lilley, Judy Riley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 315. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (born 21 October 1967 in Ilford, Greater London) is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Milton Keynes Dons for the second time in his managerial career and has also been manager of Blackburn Rovers and Macclesfield Town. As a player he won numerous honours with Manchester United, became the first black player to captain the England team and was also the first black Briton to manage a team in the highest tier of English football. His career saw him play for seven English clubs, including stints at Manchester United and Liverpool, as well as ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1332660 ... Read more

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Chapters: Boston Breakers (Wps) Players, Kristine Lilly, Kelly Smith, Maggie Tomecka, Heather Mitts, Angela Hucles, Amy Rodriguez, Alex Scott, Harvard Stadium, Christine Latham, Kelly Schmedes, Leslie Osborne, Jennifer Nobis, Amy Lepeilbet, Candace Chapman, Kristin Luckenbill, All-Time Boston Breakers Roster, Nancy Augustyniak Goffi, Mary-Frances Monroe, Stacy Bishop, Erika Sutton, Fabiana Da Silva Simões, Abby Crumpton, Kasey Moore, Ashley Phillips, Allison Lipsher, Sue Weber, Sophia Mundy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 87. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2010Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (born Kristine Marie Lilly on 22 July 1971, in New York City, New York) is an American soccer forward/midfielder currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is the most capped men's or women's soccer player in the history of the sport. Lilly attended Wilton High School. While still attending high school, Lilly became a member of the United States Women's National Team. She was recruited by, and eventually chose to attend, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. During her time there, she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she played (4 total). She won the Hermann Trophy as a junior in 1991. To honor her time with the school, North Carolina retired her #15 jersey in 1994. Lilly began her career with Tyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent one season with the club before coming back to the United States. On 20 August 1995, Lilly joined Washington Warthogs of the now-defunct Conti...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=344402 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Daphne Du Maurier, Agatha Christie, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Julie Andrews, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Doris Lessing, Deborah Kerr, Vivienne Westwood, Shirley Bassey, Iris Murdoch, May Whitty, Penelope Lively, Margaret Rutherford, Muriel Spark, Diana Rigg, Jane Goodall, Anne Mclaren, Anita Roddick, Violet Bonham Carter, Margaret Price, Ellen Macarthur, Barbara Cartland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kathleen Lonsdale, Margot Fonteyn, Wendy Hiller, Mary Cartwright, Te Atairangikaahu, Billie Miller, A. S. Byatt, Barbara Hepworth, Peggy Ashcroft, Rebecca West, Alicia Markova, Cicely Saunders, Joan Plowright, Joan Sutherland, Rosalyn Higgins, Miriam Rothschild, Catherine Filene Shouse, Edith Evans, Ninette de Valois, Felicity Lott, Margaret Lindsay Huggins. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Dame Agatha Christie DBE (15 September 1890 -12 January 1976), was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful West End theatre plays. Her works, particularly those featuring detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, have given her the title the 'Queen of Crime' and made her an important writer in the development of the genre. Christie has been referred to by the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling writer of books of all time and the best-selling writer of any kind, along with William Shakespeare. Only the Bible is known to have outsold her collected sales of roughly four billion copies of novels. UNESCO states that she is currently the most translated individual author in the world, with only the collective corporate works of Walt Disney Productions surpassing her. Christie's books have been translated into at least 103 languages. Her stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run in the world: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in L...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Kristine Lilly, Kelly Smith, Maggie Tomecka, Heather Mitts, Angela Hucles, Amy Rodriguez, Alex Scott, Christine Latham, Kelly Schmedes, Leslie Osborne, Jennifer Nobis, Amy Lepeilbet, Candace Chapman, Kristin Luckenbill, All-Time Boston Breakers Roster, Nancy Augustyniak Goffi, Mary-Frances Monroe, Stacy Bishop, Erika Sutton, Fabiana Da Silva Simões, Abby Crumpton, Kasey Moore, Ashley Phillips, Sue Weber, Allison Lipsher, Sophia Mundy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 23 May 2010Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (born Kristine Marie Lilly on 22 July 1971, in New York City, New York) is an American soccer forward/midfielder currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She is the most capped men's or women's soccer player in the history of the sport. Lilly attended Wilton High School. While still attending high school, Lilly became a member of the United States Women's National Team. She was recruited by, and eventually chose to attend, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. During her time there, she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she played (4 total). She won the Hermann Trophy as a junior in 1991. To honor her time with the school, North Carolina retired her #15 jersey in 1994. Lilly began her career with Tyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent one season with the club before coming back to the United States. On 20 August 1995, Lilly joined Washington Warthogs of the now-defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League. She was the only wo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=344402 ... Read more

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feeling sadby joy berry
My children love reading all the books in the Joy Berry series.She has a style that makes the reader feel comfortable with their own feelings, allowing them to see that other children share these feelings as well.I would reccommend them for most any child, but especailly for those children who have difficulty putting their emotions into words.

feeling bored
I bought this book to read to my children, ages 6 and 3. I assumed that it would be written on a child's level because it is illustrated and sold as a child's book. My children lost interest by the middle of the book. I lost interest. This book was preachy, not charming. It seems written more to the adult who is reading it then to the child it should be reaching. I have not liked any of the books in the series. ... Read more

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When Daisy comes down with chicken pox, Peter proves he’s a friend she can count on: On Monday, he makes her a get-well card–and his stuffed elephant comes to life to deliver it. On Tuesday, he sends two zebras with flowers. By the time five monkeys arrive with balloons on Friday, Daisy is feeling much better. So on Saturday, she delivers a gift of her own–an invitation to come over and play. With very few words, this story speaks volumes about the magic of having a very best friend.
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Another awesome Maggie Smith book.
There are several fantastic points about Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon.Instead of whining about waiting for Daisy to get better, Peter does something proactive:he sends his animal friends on missions to cheer her up.So the plot is charming and useful.
The details in the pictures really make the story come to life.The squirrel's reactions to different scenes are funny, and I liked seeing Daisy's mom pushing a reel mower with Daisy's little sibling strapped to her!So even supporting characters have their own personalities.
I even learned something about chicken pox from this book.Since I was a newborn when I had chicken pox, I don't remember it, and I thought it was contagious for two weeks.When it only took a week for Daisy to get better, I did research and found that, indeed, it's contagious for about a week (although Peter was lucky not to get it before anyone knew Daisy was sick).
So, overall, the book is great for its creativity and warmth.Good for kids, parents, and people who just enjoy children's literature.

Sweet Get Well Story
Peter wants to play with his best friend Daisy, but is upset to find out that she's come down with the chicken pox. He decides to help make her feel better by sending things to cheer her up. Everything he does really helps and she's better before the week is out!

Daisy is likely cheered up by both the sweet presents Peter sends her (including a get well card and flowers) and the unusual delivery method --- Peter seems to have a fleet of animals (such as hippos and zebras) at his command, magically transformed from his stuffed toys.

The illustrations are soft and pleasing and full of visual detail to read and spot. This is also a counting story, which kids just learning to count will very much appreciate and have fun counting along with.

Great book if a child misses somthing/someone.
This is a lovely counting book. It has animals and great pictures to look at. It is about a little boy who misses his freind when she is sick. He send her different thing every day of the week in hopes of making her recover faster. It also would help a child learn the days of the week. It would be nice for a child who is missing a friend or family member or some one moves away. It has lots of ideas and creative things they can do to keep them busy and also please the reciever of all those things. Very lovely book to give to a sick friend. The most adorable book.

Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon
The book Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon is a charming story. It is about Two close friends and neighbors named Daisy and Peter. Daisy gets ill with the chicken pox and cant not com out and play with him for about a week. To make her not so lonely and in hopes of helping her get better faster he sends diffrent thigns to her eachday. This book also is a counting book, and helps them learn the days of the week.For example on monday he sends her a get well card and sends it over ot her house by giving it to an elephant. There are also lots of wonderful drawings and visuals for them to see.

Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon
My 18-month-old, Sara Rose, has been obsessed with this book since we first read it to her last month. We recently visited a tourist attraction where she saw zebras, flamingos and monkeys -- all of which are featured in the book -- and she screams as we turn each page and she spots those animals. She calls it "Zee-Zaa," as in the Zebra Book, and she carries it around the house with her and asks us to read it 10 times a day. ... Read more

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What can you do with only one mitten? Use your imagination! Award-winning poet Kristine O'Connell George shows that the simplest object can be a springboard into playful exploration. Spare rhyming text and bright, lively illustrations celebrate a small child's joyful discovery of many things she can do, be, and play with a single mitten. And when she finally finds the mitten's missing mate, two mittens open up a whole new realm of possibilities. Once again, the creators of Book! look at the world through a young child's eyes, revealing the fun that's hidden in everyday things. ... Read more

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Frosty fun
This fun wintertime book shows the creative things you can do with just one mitten in a sweet, comical way.The child does eventually find her other mitten, so she shows what can be done with two.It's good-natured fun.Especially great for K-1st graders.Younger readers can certainly enjoy it with mom or dad as the reader.

so much fun and creativity for a mitten
I read this with my two year old and he had a lot of fun with it. This yellow mitten has a very creative owner who enjoys making up games with the mitten and even more once she finds the other mitten in the pair. The book has a great happy ending, and the whole story truly does revolve around the girl and her one yellow mitten. The illustrations are bright and engaging and the story rhymes. This is great for preschoolers. ... Read more

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This resource demonstrates how to support young children's language development, including those with special needs, and discusses appropriate expectations for youngsters from birth to age five. ... Read more

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Mystic Maggie takes on the Grand Witch Nimble Merry with the help of her opera singing cat, Beardsley, Roosevelt Louie her flatulent hound and her mouthy albino crow, Dirty Gwendolyn. Written as a "read to me" story for children, its wit and quirky humor make it fun for adults as well. ... Read more

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The precious Moon Pebble is missing.Mystic Maggie is arrested.Her friend Rhuemy, with the help of Maggie's pets, Beardsley the singing cat, the flatulent hound dog Roosevelt Louie and Dirty Gwendolyn the nosy albino crow, must save Maggie and bring the real crooks to justice. ... Read more

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First published in 1995 by Orchard Books, this book takes one baby, two dogs, and three bicycles on a journey from the big city to Maine's seacoast. Objects packed for the trip and things seen along the way are all happily counted, finishing in a shining finale as the family tallies 20 fireflies found during their last evening in Maine. ... Read more

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Disappointed
I ordered this book especially for a birthday boy that is waiting for it on Friday.I placed the order in plenty of time for the two day shipping I have paid for.I will not have the book for the party and am not allowed to cancel the order even though the book has not shipped.I'm sure the book will be great, that's why I ordered it.But it should not be available under Amazon Prime if they cannon meet the shipping requirements promised.

If You Have Ever Spent a Summer in Maine You'll Love This
This is a counting book with a progressive story about one family's trip to Maine (they pack one baby, two dogs, three bicycles, pass four smokestacks, etc.). The pictures are great. My three year old doesn't remember having been to Maine, and asks for this over and over because of the story about the family (there is a dropped ice cream cone, sand castles, etc.).

Counting our Way To Maine
I have 2 children, almost 5 and just 3.We've been reading this book for a year now. They absolutely love it.It never gets old, because it's cute (illustrations) and silly/whimsical (writing).My kids love to point out all of the funny things that happen in the book -- the doggies getting in to the fresh-baked pies and eating their own ice cream cones, slimy smelly slugs on the front porch steps, the baby filling a shoe with blueberries, the brother throwing seaweed at the sister and more!It has helped my children recognize numbers in a really fun way -- by taking a summer vacation with the family/pets in the book!This book is especially meaningful to us as we have a speical connection to Maine -- we visit relatives (grandparents, aunts/uncles and first cousins) on the shore in Maine a few times per year, including a 2-week trip every summer.This book reminds us of the best of Maine while we read it all year long.Enjoy!

Countless delights in this book!
My family and I are preparing to move to Maine in two weeks. I happened to see this wonderful book by chance while at the library. It has gotten our 3 year old very excited about our upcoming move and where we will be living!I love the illustrations! We plan to order a bunch of them to give tofriend's children as a momento of their visit to Maine.

Delightful!
Every time I read this book to my children (which is often), I feel an overwhelming urge to call a travel agent and book a vacation in Maine. With delightful pictures and remarkably few words, Maggie Smith does anincredible job of capturing the joys and adventures of a family trip. Farmore appealing than most other "counting" books, this one willleave you with dreams of fireflies, and a yen for blueberry pie. ... Read more

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In this charming picture book, a cheerful family tumbles out of the car and onto the beach, ready for a perfect day. Buoyant verse just right for reading aloud and bright, playful illustrations capture the singular feeling of a hazy, lazy day by the ocean, complete with a ball game with new friends, water-skiers and sailboats, and a picnic lunch of fried chicken and deviled eggs. This book is a captivating introduction to the beach for young children and an irresistible gift for beach lovers of any age. ... Read more

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Perfect !
Large colorful pages. My 3 year old picked it up again as soon as I finished reading it. You will not regret getting this wonderful book !

perfect summer book for preschoolers
This is a perfect summer book for preschoolers, as happy families rush onto the beach to play, picnic and have fun. The poetry is gentle and short, full of wonderful rhythm and rhymes. I particularly liked how the poetry was accessible to young listeners, giving them the sense of poetry but in a way that reminded them of things they love. Here are the opening lines as the family arrives at the beach:

"Waves roar,
Rush, and soar!
Rolling, crashing to the shore."

The illustrations in Beach Day draw you in, reminding you of all the things you love about the beach. My five-year old especially loved the illustrations - I think she liked all the children and families, the action and fun in the paintings, and the rich colors of the scenes. I was happy to note the wide range of ethnic backgrounds of families at the beach. One note from this California girl, this beach definitely is an East Coast beach - no fog or chilly winds here! Full sun and bentle waves at this beach, for a perfect family outing.

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Wonderful Childrens Book
I ordered this book because my daughter, who is 2 1/2 LOVES the beach.This is her new Favorite book.We love to read it together.The pictures are beautiful and she names everything she sees on the page.A really fantastic book and I highly recommend it to everyone.

Very entertaining...time and time again
We first found this book at the library and fell in love with it. Not only is it an enjoyable read for little ones with a captivating rhyming text, but my 2-year-old daughter also loves to use it as a "search and find" book. The fly leaf of the book contains many of the images that can be found throughout the book and the gorgeous illustrations very creatively incorporate the same items( a straw hat, sand toys, a stuffed bunny etc.) on multiple pages. She loves to pick one of the items and then search for it on each page. There is so much to see in this book that it never gets boring. For those of us who live far from the beach, it's a great way to escape to the seaside even on a cold and snowy day. Highly recommend this one.

Great Children's book
The Children's Book, Beach Day, is an excellent book for children.The illustrations are so rich that the reader can talk a great deal just about the pictures without even reading the text.We have other books by this author and they are consistently fantastic! ... Read more