Listen to the Rain Review

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Listen to the Rain ReviewI had this book when I was a child, and although we lost our copy a few years back, I still remember both the words and the pictures in almost perfect detail- it's that amazing. "Listen to the Rain" is evocative and beautiful. Captivating paintings interweave with words which are utterly beautiful in their rhythms and their fanciful, yet dead-on descriptions of the rain. This is an absolutely wonderful book, for both children and adults. When I was young, it was one of my favourites; I would read it with my sister, over and over, and it was one of the books which our parents actually enjoyed reading to us. It's one of the best children's books out there; not silly, not serious, just real.Listen to the Rain Overview

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The Curious Garden Review

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The Curious Garden ReviewThe "curious garden" is absolutely beautiful as it wends it's way around a drab, brown city. My 4 year old son (who also happens to be named Liam), loves pouring over the full spread illustrations of the garden. And I love the message of spreading a little green in the world.The Curious Garden OverviewOne boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

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Willow and the Snow Day Dance Review

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Willow and the Snow Day Dance ReviewHmmm...could the reviewers, 'Michael' and 'Fiona' be one and the same? Both are one star reviews with very similar criticism, written in similar voice and each unhappy with the name of the book and offering alternative title suggestions. One suggests that there is no value in the book and the other suggests that there are no lessons to be learned.
My kids and I actually found terrific lessons that are perfect for families and classrooms. The book begins in the fall with the kids of this neighborhood avoiding the house where Mr Larch lives. Mr. Larch, for whatever reason, doesn't reach out to his neighbors and actually posts NO TRESPASSING signs on the steep hill behind his house. You could, as both of these "two" reviewers choose to do, assume that he is a victim bearing no responsibility for his personal actions, and suggest that he is an "agoraphobic cripple" and or has a "crippling disease". Seems to me if he can climb up to the top of that hill to hammer all those signs in the ground, he can't be much of a "cripple." Another possibility could be that Mr. Larch is just making a personal choice to be the neighborhood grouch and yell at all the kids to get off his lawn. It happens. Most of us have experienced THAT person sometime in our childhood!
In the early spring, Willow moves into this neighborhood. And in typical "Willow" style, she is undaunted by anyone's bad attitude. She reaches out to Mr. Larch, inviting him into her world where charity begins at home and castaway junk becomes garden art. She has the courage to ask for help and in return she gets the entire neighborhood involved in her many projects. When she asks for help in how to make a snow day happen, Mr. Larch's heart has been warmed, and he decides to come through in a big way! The neighborhood will never be the same!
What good lessons! What a cute book!Willow and the Snow Day Dance OverviewMr. Larch is not a very neighborly neighbor. He never has any visitors. His gray, gloomy house never has any decorations. He avoids everyone and everyone avoids him.But now Mr. Larch has a new neighbor. Willow and her family have moved into the bright yellow house directly across the street.Willow loves her new house and neighborhood. She loves the summer and planting her garden. She loves the fall and sharing vegetables with her neighbors. And when winter arrives, she loves that, too. She can't wait for the first snowfall because she has found the perfect hill for sledding. And it's right behind Mr. Larch's house.Can Willow melt his cold heart in time to enjoy a Snow Day?

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Lightning and Rainbows Review

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Lightning and Rainbows ReviewThis is one of a series of books about earth science written by Mr. Carroll. He does an admirable effort of integrating the record of nature with the Bible and succeeds on many points. My only disappointment is that he misses several key Scriptures, such as the description of the atmosphere in Psalm 104 and Genesis 1, which could help refute the fallacious canopy theory.Lightning and Rainbows Overview
andquot;God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.andquot;Job 37:5
Reach into the turbulent sky and hear the thundering voice of God.
Through spectacular paintings and photographs, you'll see the wonders of the skies as you've never seen them before.
Learning about lightning, rainbows, and mighty twisters will also remind you of God's promises and His power to calm the storms in our own lives.


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Eyelids of morning; the mingled destinies of crocodiles and men: Being a description of the origins, history, and prospects of Lake Rudolf, its peoples, deserts, rivers, mountains, and weather Review

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Eyelids of morning; the mingled destinies of crocodiles and men: Being a description of the origins, history, and prospects of Lake Rudolf, its peoples, deserts, rivers, mountains, and weather ReviewThe hardcover version is replete with the most bizarre photos of crocodiles, giant fish, and local tribal culture. A biological effort at determining a croc population veers into a "Heart of Darkness-esque" tome where "civilized man" is on display as mach as the lake denizens being studied. Check out the chapter describing a night on Snake Island and you will find new appreciation for your own safe backyard. This book and its dramatic photos always remind me of the power of nature and the many paths of survivalEyelids of morning; the mingled destinies of crocodiles and men: Being a description of the origins, history, and prospects of Lake Rudolf, its peoples, deserts, rivers, mountains, and weather OverviewThis book documents the crocodile's profound influence on the native people of Africa as reflected in their myths, symbols, and everyday lives--and the devastating impact that these people, as well as hunters, explorers, and developers, have had on the crocodile's existence.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Weather Report: Art and Climate Change Review

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Weather Report: Art and Climate Change ReviewBrilliant book! Lippard's writing is captivating and intriguing. I was writing a research paper and found this book very helpful.Weather Report: Art and Climate Change OverviewThis eco-friendly catalog includes writings by Lucy R. Lippard and major writers on environmental art and climate change. It was published by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (in Colorado) as part of the 2007 exhibit "Weather Report: Art and Climate Change," curated by internationally renowned art critic, historian, and writer Lucy R. Lippard. "Weather Report" underscores art's potential to educate and motivate audiences. Issues regarding desertification, floods, changing watersheds, global warming, renewable energy, carbon profiling, reforestation, species transformation, ozone layer, ocean acidification, and soil subsidence are presented through artists eyes to provoke a tangible, immediate connection with the viewer. The intent of the exhibit was to partner the scientific and art communities to create a visual dialogue surrounding climate change. The artists include: Kim Abeles, Lillian Ball, Subhankar Banerjee, Iain Baxter&, Bobbe Besold, Cape Farewell, Mary Ellen Carroll (Precipice Alliance), CLUI (Center for Land Use Interpretation), Brian Collier, Xavier Cortada, Gayle Crites, Agnes Denes, Steven Deo, Rebecca DiDomenico, Future Farmers (Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine), Bill Gilbert, Isabella Gonzales, Green Fabrication University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning (Professor, Rick Sommerfeld), Newton Harrison & Helen Mayer Harrison, Judit Hersko, Lynne Hull, Pierre Huyghe, Basia Irland, Patricia Johanson, Chris Jordan, Marguerite Kahrl, Janet Koenig & Greg Sholette, Eve Andree Laramee, Learning Site (Cecilia Wendt and Rikke Luther), Ellen Levy, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Patrick Marold, Natasha Mayers, Jane McMahan, Mary Miss, Joan Myers, Beverly Naidus, Chrissie Orr, Melanie Walker & George Peters, Andrea Polli, Marjetica Potrc, Aviva Rahmani, Rapid Response, Buster Simpson, Kristine Smock, Joel Sternfeld, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Ruth Wallen, Sherry Wiggins, The Yes Men, and Shai Zakai.

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Strange Weather: Culture, Science, and Technology in the Age of Limits (Haymarket) Review

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Strange Weather: Culture, Science, and Technology in the Age of Limits (Haymarket) ReviewWhat an awful book this is.
Dana Phillips offers a great critique of Strange Weather and The Chicago Gangster Etcetera in his equally poor The Truth of Ecology. His evisceration of Ross's quasi-environmental urbanist solipsism is right on (and perhaps the only defensible moment in Phillips's work, which sadly and firmly lands in Ross's camp even while pulling tent spikes from it).
How do these people gain purchase in the academy? Strange Weather is full of straw man arguments, shoddy research, spurious logic, self-absorbed think pieces, and a crusade against New Ageism masquerading as a knowledgeable examination of environmental thought.
This book is an early product of the postructuralist assault on the material world that has come to pervade humanities studies, a burning cross on the field of interdisciplinarity. It also precipitated Ross's being revealed as a charlatan by Alan Sokal, and then Ross's profiteering from his own lack as a scholar by helping to grandstand the "Science Wars."
His current work on labor stands unfortunately on the foundation of low credibility he established for himself as in ideologue in the postmodern vein, his egotistical posturing from inside the cloisters of a university, and his quest to make of the raw material of the planet a curio cabinet for his own entertainment.
I recommend using this book as an example of how not to function as a writer of cultural criticism, and as a part of the problem we face in preserving what is left of the biosphere.
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Painting the Elements: Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor Review

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Painting the Elements: Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor ReviewThe book shows detailed paintings and points out the highlights of them and what to be aware of when painting such scenes in fog, rain, overcast, etc. Most of the paintings illustrated don't deal with the elements, but are just scenery paintings that are detailed. One example is of a cougar laying in the snow in shadow, the book says the painting works because it points up the snow in the light and that was the intent of the painter. The cougar would dominate the scene if not in shadow, and then the light area would have been less dominate. So, if you don't want the subject matter (a strong one--a cougar) to dominate and want to point up the light, here is a really good tip you can use, if you are painting a strong subject and not want it take over the entire painting. The book basically tells you why these particular paintings work. Find subjects I guess that mirror the situations of the book. Book generalizes on the basics, design, color, etc., ... shape (for example), make them irregular, different sizes; value, use greatest contrast in focal point-----all the basics, mentioned in a page or two, useful as a reminder. Some of the stuff in the book, also, I have seen elsewhere in other books. Pointer's include to adjust colors for the time of the day. If you are looking at a scene, doesn't that come automatically, or aren't they already there in the photograph? One photo is of a snowy scene, and the object of the lesson was to point up the coldness of the blue, emphasized using orange, I guess as a contrast, but the resulting painting ended up looking more like an autumn scene and not the cold wintery scene of the photo. Most of the paintings were without the reference photos, which would have been helpful in determining what the painting started from. One suggestion was how to treat a bland sky, answer: just throw some clouds in. Make them up? Use a photo, and borrow the clouds from it? They don't say. Wouldn't that affect the light in the rest of the scene? The book shows what should be appreciated as one is looking at someone else's paintings, and why they work. Maybe that approach works for some and they can apply the tips and pointers to their works, if faced with similar painting situations, and they happen to remember what the book said when a similar painting scene occurs. But doesn't each scene and subject present itself in its own unique way and have their own specifics? and not from looking for things that could relate to the tips and pointers from the paintings in the book? This book's approach seems convoluted to me for painting instruction. Maybe a better title would have been A Critique of Scenery Paintings and Why they Work, etc.Painting the Elements: Weather Effects in Oil, Acrylic and Watercolor OverviewThe most dramatic landscapes come to life because of the artist's ability to render the weather. Whether it's painting a crisp autumn day or an overcast morning before a storm, "Painting the Elements" provides all the step-by-step instructions painters need to portray accurately a wide variety of climates and conditions. Detailed directions show how to capture the time of day with the blazing sun or the affects of weather on various subjects, such as a panda in mist or a grizzly on a snowy tundra. Over 25 projects showcase the work of "North Light Books'" bestselling authors, allowing readers to learn multiple styles and approaches to this necessary topic.

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Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory (Five Star Fiction S.) Review

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Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory (Five Star Fiction S.) ReviewRather than argue a thesis, Toop's style is the chase down a thread of meaning via the points at which various thoughts and anecdotes cross over. This perfectly suits the nature of his subject matter- the vast, largely uncharted terrain of non-genre-based music, for which a dominant narrative and vocabulary do not yet exist as with, say, rock 'n roll or classical.
The book meditates on, among other things, the boundary between performer and audience, environmental sound and music, improviser and composer, and the role of digital technology in mediating or enhancing these distinctions.
As a journeyman music writer, critic and musician, Toop has spent a lot of his time travelling. This seems to inform his writing style as he is constantly in motion, moving quickly between personal recollections, excerpts from correspondence with diverse musicians, and lengthy quotes from various topically obscure yet philosophically related texts.
These (non-)random stop-overs make the book a slow read, as the reader is left to do a lot of the piecing together. Yet this is part of the pleasure to be found in Toop's writing- like a brilliant but challenging piece of music, the book offers an experience in which the mind of the reader is engaged as more than just a passive receptor of received ideas and emotion.
Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory (Five Star Fiction S.) Overview"Not just a deeply thoughtful and richly populated survey of modern experimental music, it's a meditation on hearing itself."—Guardian


Digital technology has changed the ways in which music is perceived, stored, distributed, mediated, and created. In the eye of the storm stands David Toop, shedding light on the most interesting music now being made, wherever he finds it. Haunted Weather is an intensive survey of recent developments in digital technology, sonic theory, and musical practice.


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How Artists See: The Weather: Sun, Wind, Snow, Rain Review

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How Artists See: The Weather: Sun, Wind, Snow, Rain ReviewI was delighted by the scope of artists and artistic styles discussed in the book. It is difficult to find books that teach art (history) in a meaninglful way to children. The explanation of techniques used as well as the biographies of the artists were helpful and interesting. My 8 year old daughter has expressed some interest in art and she enjoyed the book. Using the "everyday" element of weather makes it easier for children to relate to as well. I hope there will be more books like this one.How Artists See: The Weather: Sun, Wind, Snow, Rain OverviewThis interactive approach to art aims to promote self-exploration, self-discovery and self-expression, and introduces basic artistic concepts, styles and techniques. Biographies are provided on the artists, together with a list of museums where each artist's works can be seen.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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