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<p>Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My! Is your child a good listener? Rosemary is a little girl who is worried about returning to school after her teacher warns the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders, and webs in the classroom. Could Rosemary have misunderstood something? How can mice and spiders and webs belong at school? Full of "Computer Speak," this story introduces young readers to basic computer terms in a delightful way! See if your child can discover the mystery of the misunderstood words, and learn about the fun of computers with Rosemary. This is the seventh rhyming children's book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won twenty-eight awards for her six previous rhyming books, and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "a modern day Dr. Seuss" by GTMA Review. "I love to teach, and this book teaches basic computer terms in a fun way. I am retired and spend six months of the year with my husband of 55 years, traveling from coast to coast and sharing books along the way. I grew up in The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. , where my father was the manager. I'm the original Eloise!" Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="font:15px Palatino;letter-spacing:0px;">β</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">This is utterly intriguing, well paced and beautifully written. It is also wonderfully louche.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:15px Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βI would pick this up in the store in a second...This is a just slightly over-the-top satire/thriller that succeeds on both fronts... Bernard and Danny are two former True Believers who've had their wings clipped by life. They could be deeply depressing characters. That makes them ripe for comedy, whee!, and you make them very, very funny, with an obvious deep understanding of the social/intellectual landscape that they're coming fromβ</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="font:15px Palatino;letter-spacing:0px;">β</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">I love this; it's sharp, witty satire, perfect for the modern world. In fact, since I first read this I do believe that the gap between the satire and the real world has narrowed a little. I'm not sure if I should be amused or worried about this. Great stuff, anyway. I'd love to read the whole thing.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:15px Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βWhy on earth haven't i read this before? It's so good. I've just finished the third chapter and apart from the immediate response of just gulping down the words because the story is pulling me along so swiftly I am also hugely impressed by what you are doing with the words. There is such assurance in your great figurative language... what I like even more, is your sense of restraint. The linguistic pyrotechnics are so carefully embedded in strong accomplished, flowing prose that the narration is fast and uncluttered. Your skill here is like a master class.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:15px Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="font:15px Palatino;letter-spacing:0px;">β</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Tight prose, smart, and flawless -- a great read with a fabulous sense of humor. Wonderful.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">β.. smart, funny, caustic... A sardonic, subversive take on all things New Age and the futility of belief. Excellent. Nuff said.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:15px Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="font:15px Palatino;letter-spacing:0px;">β</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">I can sum this book up in one word. Mindblowing! β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:15px Palatino;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βIt's a wonderful mixture of absurdism, politics, philosophy and hipness... a style that is wonderfully slick, and a playfulness with and enjoyment of language so lacking in much fiction.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βIt joins the strands of narrative, characterisation and plot in a way which is superbly professional and richly deserving of publication, fame, fortune and a thin little government file on the author somewhere... captured the zeitgeist absolutely perfectly. Post-credibility is a fantastic concept - we know they're lying, but they've given us credit cards so we don't give a shit. And now that we're all fed up with dinner party conversations about house values and Tuscany, there is a growing popularity in all things alternative, which corporate powers will doubtless pounce upon and exploit before society can catch up with it.β </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βIt feels like you put The Matrix, Iain Banks and a healthy slosh of Amis into this Bloody Mary, but the spirit is all your own. The disaffected hero</span><span style="font:12px Helvetica;letter-spacing:0px;">es, Cyn</span><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">icism and Pessimism, have substance and interest. The philosophy behind it is what really makes this exciting, but I have to say, detailed settings, colourful (if not entirely trustworthy) characters and a plot so tightly tied to your concept shakes something special from the mix.β </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βA master story-teller at the top of his game.β</span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;"></span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">βThis is a historical novel about now: 'The Era of Post-Credibility.' </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">Post-everything philosophy, perfectionist costume detail, the minutiae of middle-class drug uptake, urban bombs, mechanised newspapers, the whiff of arrant sexism flip-siding male failure - it's all so well done. </span></p> <p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;font:12px Arial;"><span style="letter-spacing:0px;">If this book ever makes it into mainstream publication the author will doubtless be sued, with good reason. The rest of us will be too busy laughing as the doom-laden Bernard makes his phantasmagoric journey though 21st-century liggerland. Shamefully funny. Bloody funny. Very, very funny</span><span style="font:11px Verdana;letter-spacing:0px;">.β</span></p><div><span style="font-family:Verdana, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:normal;"><br /></span></span></div>