Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound

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Featuring over 700 illustrations, this book is a practical, visual guide to performing and interpreting ultrasound and using ultrasound findings for making clinical decisions in the emergency department. Consistently formatted chapters cover both common and less common uses of ultrasound in the emergency department. Each chapter includes clinical applications, anatomy and landmarks, image acquisition, pathology, clinical decision making, incidental findings, and clinical examples.

High-quality images include patient photographs demonstrating the correct probe placement and large ultrasound images allowing findings to be easily seen. Labels on ultrasound scans and side-by-side anatomic drawings help readers locate the key parts of all images.

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Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound.......2006-02-25

Amazing!Very comprehensive and consise. Told me everything I wanted to know and the illustrations were very helpful.

The Meanest Thing To Say: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 (Oprah's Book Club)

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Cosby tells "stories about situations children often face."
LEARN HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE
Great lesson
Secret Weapon Against Bullies
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The Meanest Thing To Say: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 (Oprah's Book Club)
Bill Cosby
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, December 1997: The first three books in Bill Cosby's Little Bill series, which fall somewhere between Fat Albert and Fatherhood in sensibility, are designed to help kids cope with tough social situations. In The Meanest Thing to Say Little Bill must figure out how to avoid the challenge offered by the new kid in his class, "The Dozens," a duel of insults Bill doesn't want to join. With his family's help (which is free of preaching), Bill finds a solution.

Dr. Alvin F. Poussant, a frequent Cosby collaborator and advisor, adds a useful introduction to explain why Little Bill not only beats the game, but also goes on to befriend its instigator. (The publisher recommends the book for ages 4-8, but because the author is Bill Cosby, kids up to age 10 would probably accept the counsel offered by this volume and others in the series.)

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Michael Reilly has introduced a new game to Little Bill and his friends. You get twelve chances to say something mean to another kid--and whoever comes up with the biggest insult is the winner. Insults start flying: "Jose hops with the frogs in science lab!" "Andrew eats frogs for dinner!" "Little Bill shoots baskets like a girl!"Little Bill tries to think of really mean things to say in retaliation. But Dad teaches him a strategy that enables Little Bill to save face while remaining the nice kid that he really is!

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Cosby tells "stories about situations children often face.".......2007-03-15

The Meanest Thing To Say is not about saying mean things back to mean people. And it isn't even about mean people. What it IS about is children learning self-control, level-headedness and heart. When the new kid, Michael, calls Little Bill names, and says he has to think of the meanest things to say back the next day, Bill is frustrated and anxious. This comes up at home and his dad tells him to just say, "So?" to everything. Little Bill does this and it halts Michael. It takes two people to fight. But the moral of the story doesn't stop here. Bill observes Michael is a new student and maybe just needs a friend. So he invites him to play basketball with him and they become friends.

Unfortunately it is reality that children can be very mean and hurtful. As parents, we need to teach our children how to handle bullies and it's equally as important to teach them not to BE a bully. Also, just ignoring mean actions and words doesn't always work. Everyone has good in them and we all, ages 2-102 need to offer kindness instead of anger. Great job, Cosby! Thank you and please keep writing. Peace & Soar!o8E

LEARN HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE.......2006-11-10

THIS BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT LEARNING TOOL. IT IS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT AND I AM SURE IT WILL BE READ AND EACH CHILD WILL LEARN FROM IT!

Great lesson.......2006-03-16

I just got this book yesterday for my son who just turned 3 years old. He really enjoyed it and after reading it, he kept asking me to read it over. He was very interested because he started asking questions at the end. He just started preschool and I wanted to introduce him to possible situations he might go through while in school. This story gives a great lesson on how to handle a situation when someone says something mean to you. My son also enjoyed it because the situation takes place in school and at a basketball court, which he can relate to because he started school and he loves to play basketball.

Secret Weapon Against Bullies.......2006-03-03

I was looking for a book to help my 9 year-old deal with other kids who say cruel and demeaning things. My son and I sat down and read the book together and then discussed how saying "so" when mean things are said takes away the bullies power. We decided that "so" was his new secret weapon.

My son was so excited when the very next day at school he used his secret weapon and it worked. He has also shared the book with a few of his classmates and it has helped them too.

GREAT BOOK!

Excellent Message -.......2006-02-22

An excellent message and a good chapter book for those readers who are starting to gain confidence.

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Enjoyable.
Endearing tales
Fatherhood
Hilarious
The title says it all!

Fatherhood
Bill Cosby
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The perennial #1 nationwide bestseller-and now, a hit animated series on Nick at Nite.

From Bill Cosby, America's favorite TV dad, comes the ideal gift for Father's Day...

Fatherhood is...

- Pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope
- Helping your children learn English as a foreign language
- Knowing that "Everything's okay, Dad" means "I haven't killed anyone"
- ...and more priceless advice and hilarious wisdom.

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Enjoyable........2007-01-02

"Fatherhood" is the second book I've read by Bill Cosby, and I greatly enjoyed it more than "Childhood," as this book covers both what it's like to be a child and a parent. The humor is funny, and while it's not sidesplitting funny, it'll make you chuckle and smile. A good quick read. I recommend.

Endearing tales.......2005-12-24

Bill Cosby's warm and gentle humor is a pleasure to read, and his observations on the travails of parenting will ring true to almost any parent. He highlights kids who don't listen, kids who don't study, kids who won't move out -- and he admits to having a soft heart for all of them. While there are few hard laughs in this book, there are many chuckles and knowing smiles.

By contrast, the introduction and afterword by Alvin F. Poussaint are overlong, stuffy and completely unnecessary. Skip them.

Fatherhood.......2005-05-10

I am a senior in high school, and I have just finished the popular book Fatherhood by Bill Cosby. As most of us already know, Bill Cosby is a comical man. He puts a comedic twist on most everything he says, yet in a serious way. I enjoy how he can mix reailty with comedy, which is why I enjoyed this book so much. I give this book a very high rating and hope others will also.

I am not a father myself, but reading this book gave me advice for the future. The book was set up in chapters that coordinated with the different stages in his kids lives. Bill Cosby talked about the joys of having kids, along with the bad experiences he had with them. He also explained the relationship that he had with his wife, which was interesting. There were many parts in the book that I could relate to within my family. The book was just extraordinary in the details included.

The thing that I liked the most about this book was the fact that he used life like details instead of making his family seem like the Brady Bunch. He wasn't afraid to add embarassing moments he had, or times that frustrated him. The book was overall very intellegently put together. I liked this book, and would reccomend it to others in hopes for help from this expert.

Hilarious.......2004-11-15

I don't even want kids, but I love Bill Cosby so much that I bought the book anyway. I've read both of Ellen's books and Wanda Sykes books, but none of them compare to the humor in Bill Cosby's book. As I read the book, I figured out quickly where several ideas for the Cosby Show derived from--his entertaining FIVE children. From Theo saying "No problem" when it came to his future to the amount of money spent on college to children leaving home to be with their loved ones, Bill Cosby has a way of making the most serious situation hilarious. I loved this book from beginning to end and I read it in two days--both on the treadmill. Note: I can appreciate any book that can make my health club trips seem quick!

The title says it all!.......2004-10-04

This book would be very helpful for all fathers. Nobody knows more about FATHERHOOD than Dr. William H. Cosby Jr. In Cosby's case,FATHERHOOD followed marriage. It could be the opposite but many do not recommend it. This book inspired the original Nick At Nite animated sitcom of the same title,which premiered in June 2004. One of the voices heard is Sabrina LeBeauf's,who was one of Cosby's Cosby Show daughters. Many people who read this book also read TIME FLIES and LOVE & MARRIAGE,also written by Cosby. Cosby in real life and on the Cosby Show is a father of five. I dedicate this book to the memory of Cosby's son Ennis who was murdered in January 1997 at age 27.

Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?

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us or them
Dyson never makes excuses, he creates a influence of thought.
Father knows best, even when the spanking hurts.
A solid argument, but not his best work
Wealthy educated or wealthy undereducated? Choose...

Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?
Michael Eric Dyson
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ASIN: 0465017207

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The best-selling book that sparked a national debate about the class divide in black America

Michael Eric Dyson took America by storm with this provocative exposŽ of the class and generational divide that is tearing black America apart.

"A fascinating journey through black thought, American history and the psyche of an uptight, easily embarrassed, tittering black aristocracy.... Dyson does a brilliant job dissecting and demolishing Cosby's rhetoric."(Newsweek)

"Dyson is best when he vaults from particular Cosby comments into a wide-ranging review of current scholarship on black social issues.... Dyson effectively damns Cosby with his own words.... After this fight, Cosby needs a good cut man." (New York Times Book Review)

"Michael Eric Dyson is an ace rhetorician.... Far from despairing or keeping silent about black issues that feel to many of us like existential riddles, Dyson savors them. He eats them for lunch." (Los Angeles Times)

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us or them.......2007-10-16

in mr. dyson's world, every black man who would suggest taking self-responsibility over the things one CAN control, is simply a pawn of the evil white overlord who stands in purposeful oppression of black self-awareness. mr. dyson is a divisive separatist who seeks to promote the 'us against them' mantra that continues to wall us off from one another; from communication; from healing. he carries a great talent for distributing blame.

Dyson never makes excuses, he creates a influence of thought........2007-09-19

I thought the book was great. I don't believe that Dyson makes excuses for the stupid and evil stuff we as black people do. Bill Cosby was out of order in his approach about things. Correction, discipline and rebuking all have there context as to where,when and how it is applied, even the Bible makes this clear. This country is an expert at telling minorities what we do wrong, but a passive novice at what the majority does wrong. Dyson's book only challenges the reader to ask questions to Bill Cosby as to "Why?" Why wait so long to rebuke us? Why wait decades to decide to be a Black Leader, when we could have used you decades earlier? Why do you speak with such bitterness about and towards your on people? People who believe delivery of speech doesn't matter as long as your speaking the truth live on another planet. A person's words should always have balance with their actions. Who are you more likely to listen to and believe? A person who is repeatedly saying "I Love You," while they are stabbing you,or, a person who is repeatedly saying "I Love You," while they are there to discipline you?

Father knows best, even when the spanking hurts........2007-09-07

Someone asked Bill Cosy "How could you be a high-paid comic in the 1960's without using racial stereotypes or vulgarity? What's the secret of your success?"

"I spoke English," said Bill cosby.

I understand that Cosby's "Pound Cake" speech ruffled some feathers, and opened a can of worms, yet it's all true, not just about African Americans. It's about all of us.

Fewer and fewer teens (of both races) have jobs after school or on weekends. I taught in Harlem for two years, and had a stack of job applications in my desk, but none of my students got jobs. They'd fill out the application and never turn it in. Dr. Rudy Crew (former NYC schools chancellor) told me it's the "bling-bling" culture of today; kids can't see the connection between having beautifull things and paying for them. When it comes to teen pregnancy, they can't see the connection with having a child and having to take care of it.

Whites are not without social ills. Instead of trying to be the star student or basketball player, white girls want to be Paris Hilton. Women are making huge accomplishements today in sports, politics, NASA, and even boxing, yet girls would rather emulate a stupid rich bimbo.

I saw the same problems in schools with black AND white kids. Your child won't be a sucess unless you shut off the damn TV, pull the iPods out of their ears, and say "YOU WANT THESE THINGS, YOU"LL WORK FOR THEM!!!!"

A solid argument, but not his best work.......2007-06-02

First, I feel it necessary to state the obvious. The book has a political charge. As a result, some people, indeed some of the people who have 'read' his book will immediately shun his argument because it does not appeal to their own political tastes. This book will cut some people. Yet, in my opinion, any piece of scholarship deserves to be judged on its research and argument, not whether or not you happen to agree with the book. For this reason, I would implore those on the left, the right and the center to at least give the book a chance before judging it.

That said, I do not believe this was one of Dyson's stronger works. The issue is pertinent -- what is the division between upper-class and lower-class blacks, and what is the cause of this division. Fairly, he uses Bill Cosby, a cultural icon as his entry point into his argument. Unfortunately, for reasons unknown, he pays too much attention to "Bill Cosby" as opposed to the larger and more important issue of the "black middle class."

Some of his points are valid, and he does a solid job of making a deconstructive argument against Cosby's speeches, as well as demonstrating some of the contradications in his professional career. I also find his notion of the "Afrostcricy" fasinating -- I have used this in my own academic work.

That said, Dyson's work doesn't go into depth regarding any single issue, which is why it does at times seem like he is making excuses for the black underclass. He does not give a comprehensive economic analysis, nor does he trace the history and development of the black middle class as a social category within the United States. Furthermore, while I am no fan of "balance," the failure of Dyson to explore issues of "personal responsibility" in greater depth only adds to the notion that he is making excuses for the black underclass.

But, as a whole, the argument is there, and the book is very accessible. I only wish that Dyson, who is clearly a great public intellectual, would take more time in developing his arguments as opposed to rushing for timeliness, and I also wish he would rely upon theorhetical basis for his arguments more, much like Cornell West. He seems to be drifting too far away from his academic roots, and this, I believe, is taking a toll on his arguments.

Nevertheless, I don't regret buying the book, and I do believe it makes many solid, if not spectacular arguments in defense of the black underclass. I just wish he would spend more time developing his arguments.

Wealthy educated or wealthy undereducated? Choose..........2007-05-18

I think we all should go back and see the movie 'A Soldier's Story', because Bill Cosby's attitude is eeriely similar to that of Sarge who feels a sort of twisted moral obligation to protect the Negro from embarrassment by keeping 'ignorant' Blacks in line. Yes, some of Cosby's depictions of a certain segment of Black society are somewhat accurate. But accurate or not, they were nontheless meanspirited and insulting. I wonder if he would have the nerve to say that at a welfare office in Compton, CA? What bothers me is how he allowed the success of a few overnight Black millionaires to infect him with a case of 'Haterade', if you will allow the expression. But more than that, this books points out a more glaring problem: the struggle for leadership and role models in the Black community. Doctors and lawyers are being supplanted as role models in favor of rappers and pro athletes, this you already know. The issue is how this impacts our culture and our youth(all of them regardless of pedigree). Mr. Dyson brings all the important issues to the forefront. The fact is that as America has become more hedonistic and self indulgent, a segment of Black America has chosen to follow suit reminiscent of the conspicious consumption by White people in the 80's. Many Black youths are in essence telling Cosby and his TV father alter ego, and the Afristocracy, in true Ghetto fashion, 'You can't tell me what to do; you ain't my Daddy'. And realistically speaking, we aren't their daddy. Many of their fathers are in prison now. But we have an obligation to try and teach them some sense. And that's the damnable misery of it all. Whether you agree with Mr. Dyson or not, if you are concerned about where Black America is right now, this book is a must-read.

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A Book of Quotes
Another Charles Schulz Favorite
A compilation drawn from more than fifty years of the cast of cartoon characters created by the late Charles Schultz
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The Peanuts' Guide To Life
Charles M. Schulz
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ASIN: 0762423374
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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Essentially, this is the best of the best 50 years of Peanuts, the comic strip by the late Charles Schulz featuring Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, and the rest of the beguiling little gang. Peanuts debuted in 1950 and became a global phenomenon, with book collections selling more than 300 million copies in 26 languages and television specials rerun year after year. To create this all-new Peanuts Guide to Life we've combed through decades of comic strips to find those single panels which contain such pithy observations as "Babysitters are like used cars. You never know what you're going to get," and bits of wisdom like "Never lick ice cream off a hot sidewalk." Each droll, stand-alone "speech bubble" or punchline appears with cartoon art. The panels are organized into short chapters, such as "Love" and "Life's Little Quirks." For the millions of faithful Peanuts fans, this is a collection of "greatest hits" to cherish and enjoy again and again.

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A Book of Quotes.......2007-08-03

This is not a book of Strips. It is really a book of quotes sorted by subject matter... this could almost be made into Hallmark cards
For example the subject is Effort and the quote is Some of my best school papers have been written before breakfast.......Sally Brown
and on the opposing page is her examining her written work
The book is 128 pages
Probably one thing I was able to enjoy a little more in this book is Charles Schulz's artwork Like a close-up of Charlie Brown looking into an empty mailbox
And Charlie Brown laying flat on his back with circles around his head
Just little things like that.....
I did enjoy this book I gave it three stars cause I was disappointed it wasn't a book of strips, I like the new way they have of sorting the strips for us Baseball, other sports, School and of course Love and I thought this was another one.....
Maybe it didn't get four stars cause it was done too soon One quote a page You feel like a speed reader.

Another Charles Schulz Favorite.......2007-02-22

I love this book. I still smile even at my age when I go through the pages.

A compilation drawn from more than fifty years of the cast of cartoon characters created by the late Charles Schultz.......2005-07-04

The Peanuts Guide To Life: Wit And Wisdom From The World's Favorite Cartoon Characters is a compilation drawn from more than fifty years of the cast of cartoon characters created by the late Charles Schultz. The focus is on bringing back to the attention of Peanuts fans a nostalgic look at the philosophy and insights so deftly revealed in the humor of small children and their observances on and about each other and the world in which they existed. The Peanuts Guide To Life will also admirably serve to introduce a whole new generation to the lively humor and pity quotes that were a large part of the newspaper cartoon strip's enduring popularity. A quick and easy read that is often inspired and occasionally inspiring, we are once again reminded of such clever truism as "Baby-sitters are like used cares...you never know what you're getting." and such earthy advice as "Never lick ice cream off a hot sidewalk." The Peanuts Guide To Life should be on the shelves of every community library in the country -- if only as a public and much appreciated service to the new generation of kids who will one day grow up to be parents with kids of their own!

Worst Quality.......2005-05-29

The contents are OK, although not great. The paper used for this book and the
printing quality is the worst quality I have ever seen in my life.
You even don't want to use this kind of paper in the restroom.
It's a shame that our beloved Peanuts characters had to printed in there. It's a crime.
The publishers should be sued for Peanut characters molestation.
I'm an avid Peanuts fan and I'm greatly disappointed. I somehow expected
the similar quality of the Series: Friendship is ..", "Love is ..", "Happiness is ..."
"Hope is ..."

American Schools: The 100 Billion Dollar Challenge

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Great Proposal - But Not Very Realisitic
An answer to the plight of our school system

American Schools: The 100 Billion Dollar Challenge
William H. Cosby , and Dwight Allen
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From Bill Cosby, New York Times bestselling author, and Dr. Dwight Allen, Eminent Professor of Education Reform, comes a bold new proposal to overhaul the American public school system.

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Great Proposal - But Not Very Realisitic.......2002-05-26

The topic of school reform and paying teachers as professional is not a new topic. The proposals put forth in the book written by Allen and Cosby are fairly detailed and generous to educational reform. Many of the proposals, such as the infusion of technology into the curriculum, higher pay for teachers, etc., sound like current practices within Edison Schools, Inc. However, current views would include that there never seems to be money set aside for education, and local and state legislatures have been cutting educational funding over the past few years. I have doubts that the amount of funding required for a project of this magnitude could actually be undertaken.

After additional research on this book, I would like to note that it was published in October 2000, over 1½ years ago. The website listed in the book for further updates, support of this project, etc., lists that nearly every one of its pages is under constructions. Readers are not able to read survey results or add their own opinions concerning this project. Is this a legitimate proposal or just a dream? With out follow through for this text, I am inclined to believe that this is not a legitimate proposal developed by Allen and Cosby.

An answer to the plight of our school system.......2001-08-23

Drs. Allen and Cosby have written a magnificent book detailing a workable answer to our school system plight. Now it is up to us to take the challenge. Do we understand how important is it to truly educate our youth? Are we ready to take the challenge or are we just going to say yes its nice, or too much work and just let things fall by the wayside. All parents should read this book and join together to demand a change to our schools so the children of today will be the well-educated leaders of the future.

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This is only for very Christian two parent families
Not for kids adopted at older age
r is for redundant
WOW!!
A beautifully written tribute to an adopted child

"A" is for Adopted
Eileen Tucker Cosby , and Norma S. Strange
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This is only for very Christian two parent families.......2006-09-19

H is for "Heavenly Father..." I almost choked. This book is geared towards families with moms and dads that arranged to get a baby from the birthmother.
Not only that, my 5 yo and 4 you thought it was boring. So did I.
Thumbs Down!

Not for kids adopted at older age.......2004-04-14

This book starts out talking about adoption and how the birthmom loves the baby so much and makes a plan for the adoptive parents. This is really only appropriate if the reader was adopted at birth. For so many of us this is not the story! I chose not to let my kids read this!

r is for redundant.......2003-08-23

while this book has some nice touches, it really does not have enough themes to take it through the alphabet and it a little more religious than the name implies.

WOW!!.......2002-12-28

What a BEAUTIFUL book!! I think it will be the perfect way to introduce the concept of adoption to our son. It starts with references to a special birthmom and tells how God had a special plan for a special baby. I cried the first time I read this book. I am so glad I bought it!!

A beautifully written tribute to an adopted child.......2002-07-04

What a lovely way to explain to a child how special adoption is. Every adopted child, whether small or grown, should have this book.

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Vibrant!

The Block
Langston Hughes
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Vibrant!.......2001-08-09

An incredibly vibrant combination of words and images. Excellent poetry choices that emphasize the exhuberant and the life-affirming in Hughes' poetry without ignoring the hardships he was so brilliant at expressing. The collages are a perfect counter-point to the words--bringing to life the feelings and thoughts expressed in the verses.

The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 (Oprah's Book Club)

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Excellent message for youngsters
Pleased with product
A good imagination beats a video game (almost) any day
The Best Way to Play is the best!
My 4 1/2 year old LOVES it !

The Best Way to Play: A Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, Level 3 (Oprah's Book Club)
Bill Cosby
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, December 1997: Well-loved comedian Bill Cosby encourages kids to get creative in this simple story of how your own imagination can take you farther into outer space--and help you chase more aliens--than any TV show or video game ever could. In The Best Way to Play--one of Cosby's three Little Bill books for emerging readers--Little Bill tells his story from a friendly, first-person point of view, starting Saturday morning, when "All of the grown-ups were busy doing grown-up things."

He and the neighborhood kids are watching TV when they see an ad for a Space Explorers video game that instantly infuses desperate longing into their alien-catching little hearts. When Little Bill's friend Andrew gets a copy, everyone is thrilled. However, after quickly catching 100 aliens and getting perfect scores, the kids are bored with the game. They head for their trusty vacant lot where they chase an alien that looks like a cat and proceed to fly all the way to the moon! (Or at least they pretend to.) When Little Bill confesses to his mom that it was more fun to play outside than with the game, she says, "I'm glad. Now go to sleep. Space Explorers need their rest." While the engaging, upbeat story itself escapes heavy-handedness, the message is clear, clear, clear. Varnette P. Honeywood's flat, boldly colorful illustrations are full of life and expression, and early readers will welcome the spacious format, with large type and only a few short sentences on every page. (Ages 5 to 8)

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Little Bill and his friends LOVE the TV show Space Explorers. And so when the new Space Explorers video game comes out, they each want a copy. But when Little Bill asks his parents to buy him the game, they say no. So Little Bill and his friends go to their friend Andrew's house to play the game. What they discover, though, is that the video game isn't nearly as much fun nor as challenging as what their imaginations can dream up!

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Excellent message for youngsters .......2006-02-22

These level 3 chapter books are great confidence builders for those readers just getting comfortable with reading. The story is engaging and the chapters give a sense of accomplishment along with suspense (whats going to happen next). Funny with a good message also.

Pleased with product.......2005-09-17

I was very pleased on the speed of the delivery of the product. It was in excellent condition to be a used book. Thank you for your wonderful service!

A good imagination beats a video game (almost) any day.......2004-03-26

In "The Best Way to Play" Little Bill and his friends find out that their favorite television "Space Explorers" has a new video game, so they all go home and start hounding their parents to spend fifty bucks to buy it for them. However, Big Bill says for Little Bill to ask his mother, his mother thinks $50 is too much to spend on a toy, and Alice the Great thinks he should be asking his parents for a book. The situation is that Little Bill and his friends do not think that they can have any fun less they have the new game. But, as Little Bill's mother correctly points out, asking and getting are two different things.

The point of this Little Bill Book for Beginning Readers, which is illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood, is that Little Bill and his friends already had a great way of having fun without the new video game when they were waiting for "Space Explorers" to start and were imagining that they had their own space ship sailing through the galaxy. In his introductory letter to parents child psychiatry specialist Dr. Alvin Pouissant points out that using "television as a springboard for creative play" is a great way for children to develop their imaginations and to benefit from physical activity.

Bill Cosby's story also has a message about advertising hype that notes how the actual product is often disappointing. However, this particular point may well be the weak point in Cosby's argument. The "Space Explorers" video game is apparently easy enough that Little Bill and his friends can all get perfect scores. I am sure there are video games out there combine the twin sins of being expensive and not challenging, but my experience with such games has been that they can be the latter without being the former. It seems to me that many of the most popular video games are so challenging that you have to spend additional money to pick up a guidebook that teaches you how to get to the next level. Consequently, the potency of Cosby's argument in "The Best Way to Play" might hinge on the actual experience of beginning readers with video games in the real world.

The Best Way to Play is the best!.......2000-05-22

Little Bill & his friends want the new Space Explorersvideo game! Their parents won't buy it so how can Little Bill &his friends have fun without it? Written by America's most beloved comedian & storyteller, Little Bill Books value of friendships & family. They encourage children to solve problems fairly & creatively...

My 4 1/2 year old LOVES it !.......2000-01-22

For the first time, my son has truly enjoyed story time/reading. I can't explain it, but he just adores these Little Bill books. We have tried EVERYTHING to get him interested in reading and listening to stories. Maybe a 4 1/2 yr. old can simply relate! We all like the values being taught as well as the illustrations. It is a real joy to see and hear our son "read" us Little Bill stories. What a blessing these stories/books have been to our family. Thank you Bill and Varnette!

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Companion book for a class turned out pretty good
Excellent read for parents and their children
How to hate racism and still think like a racist
a very one sided vision of "racism"
A must read

Racism Explained to My Daughter
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Manufacturer: New Press
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The prize-winning book of advice about racism from the bestselling author to his daughter, introduced by Bill Cosby.

When Tahar Ben Jelloun took his ten-year-old daughter to a street protest against anti-immigration laws in Paris, she asked question after question: "What is racism? What is an immigrant? What is discrimination?"

Out of their frank discussion comes this book, an international bestseller translated into twenty languages. Ben Jelloun has created a unique and compelling dialogue in which he explains difficult concepts from ghettos and genocide to slavery and anti-Semitism in language we can all understand, and adds an all-new chapter for this edition. Also included are personal essays from four prizewinning writers and educators who themselves are parents: Patricia Williams, David Mura, William Ayers, and Lisa D. Delpit.

Elegant and sensitive, and available now for the first time in paperback, Racism Explained to My Daughter is for all parents and educators who have struggled to engage their children in discussions of this complex issue. Winner of the 1998 United Nations Global Tolerance Award and the 2000 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award.

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Companion book for a class turned out pretty good.......2007-09-13

I purchased this book for a diversity in education class and actually quite enjoyed it. Jelloun's prose is almost lyrical and a pleasure to read, and the other authors complemented his writing well.

Excellent read for parents and their children.......2005-10-31

Another review on here rated this book as 1 star. Maybe that person should write their own book on racism. I believe the person who made this rating failed to see the perfect summation this book provides for parents who are struggling with a way to explain racism to their children. There are always more reasons, more explanation, and more views to be given, but in the big picture, this book hits all the bases. I think it does convey the message that any person, any color, any religion, can be racist.

How to hate racism and still think like a racist.......2001-12-21

"Racism Explained to My Daughter" is a maddening read. Its creditable intentions and seemingly careful explanations draw you in quickly, and Ben Jelloun's economical prose has all the virtues of a well-prepared lesson with none of the overwhelming preachiness. And it is this patience of demeanor that makes this such a dangerous book, for Ben Jelloun's argument here ends up reproducing, with a gentle and seductive touch, the same limited and limiting mindset of the racism he sets out to "explain."

The topic is, of course, timely, and as acclaimed a writer as Ben Jelloun is perhaps more prepared than most to take on the task. He proceeds step by step with his clarifications, defining difficult terms in often sensible ways, all the while using a form of prose that has very long roots as an expository genre: the dialogue. This format allows the daughter's voice to anticipate the very questions and demands for greater clarity that are simultaneously arising in the reader's mind. And her father is happy to simplify.

And that's just the problem. Racism is not a simple thing. Ben Jelloun is to be commended for his attempt, but there is strength in not knowing, and greater strength in admitting that one doesn't know-just ask Socrates, the ancient master of the dialogue. Socrates would have paled trying to explain racism. To his credit, Ben Jelloun includes numerous critiques (letters sent to him from readers, things said by students during his tour of schools in France and Italy) of the earlier edition of "Racism Explained" and, while these afford an opportunity for showing the real complexity of racism, they also reinforce the poverty of his own argument.

And what's wrong with his argument? Ben Jelloun wants to break things down very carefully and be fair, and he gives every appearance of doing so, but it is only an appearance. The problem with this project ultimately revolves around the fact that, in order to discredit racism, Ben Jelloun relies on the same reductive worldview that causes racism in the first place, the same lack of vision that only sees things in opposed pairs: black/white, good/bad, us/them. Thus can his daughter, at the book's end, declare that "racists are b**tards [salauds]." She has learned well how to ignore multifarious causes and use instead blanket judgments. Substitute any sub-group for "racists" in her equation, and you've got the beginnings of hate: for Hitler, it was "Jews," for Falwell it's "homosexuals," etc. Racists are many things, but not all racists are one thing.

Ben Jelloun once said of James Joyce that Joyce's work is so revolutionary because it "works on language," and Ben Jelloun's own novels have performed this revolution often over the last decade. Sadly, when a fine author decides to take on social issues at a more explicit and obvious level, the humanity and nuance fade, and all we're left with is a choice between two worldviews: that of the reductionist explainers, and that of the racist b**tards.

Precisely because of its pretensions to fairness, sober-mindedness and tolerance, this could very well be one of the most dangerous books I've read. It gets three stars for the discussion that forms around the critiques included at the end (the only sustained dose of reality in the book) and for the discussion I hope it will provoke here in the USA.

a very one sided vision of "racism".......2000-09-08

Mister Ben Jelloun means to talk simply about racism, yet, he has a very one-sided view on this problem. Indeed, while he spends great lenghts in talking about europeans or Euro-american racism, he stays mostly silent about others people's racism.

Exemple one. Mister Ben jelloun mention black slavery in the americas, but he is much more reluctant when it comes to talk about slavery in Marocco. Better yet: he carefully avoids to mention that many slaves in North Africa, up to the early 1800's, were Europeans abducted at sea, on the mediterranean shores of France, Spain and italy. He doesn't mention either that slavery was widespread in africa.

Exemple 2. The author spends much time dealing with colonialism. There again, why wouldn' he mention the current genocide in tibet? The japanese colonial policy until WW2? The invasions of Spain during the middle age?

Exemple 3. Mister Ben Jelloun mentions the crusads in 1095, but describs them as solely motivated by the will of christians to kill muslims. That's a historical falsehood! However, his book was written while fundamentalist Algérian muslims made several bombs explose in France, killing and wounding tens of people; that's a matter he quickly waves off. How come he is so willing to talk about intolerance that dates back a 1000 years when it gives him an opportunity to trash Europeans, but he's so unwilling to take as example of religious intolerance the fundamentalit muslims who put bombs in France, who veil women in afganisthan or iran?

In most depictions of racists, Ben jelloun allmost allways present auropeans as racists: about 20 exemples show them as racists. This should be opposed to Arabs who are depicted as racists in only 3 exemples...

Ben Jelloun book amounts mostly to white bashing. It's very sugarcoated with lofty feelings, but when one closely reads the book, one cannot but notice that exemples are carefully, selectivelly chosen. It is very surprising that Mister Ben Jelloun is so knowledgeable about european racism, but so forgetfull about Marocco's own past as slave traders, about marocco's discrimination against jews, about marocco's history of religious discrimination.

I do not recommand this book at any rate. It will either leave you and your child with an undue feeling of guilt. It is very One sided. Any Man, regardless of his origins, racial or ethnic, can be racist. Mister Ben Jelloun's book totally fails to pass that message.

A must read.......2000-07-06

Everyone must read this book. Especially people working with children, families and each other.

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