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Tim J. Myers

Auteur de Basho and the Fox

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Tim J. Myers knows all about being a stay-at-home parent. He knows the most effective cleaning products, which snacks to buy, and has developed a "housemaid's knee." He has experienced firsthand the profound influence fathers have on their children along with the challenges of being a committed afficher plus parent. By recounting personal experiences and offering honest and sincere opinions, Myers emphasizes the importance of fatherly contribution and influence in the home. He shows fathers that they are not only vital to home life but that fatherhood brings great joy into men's lives -and a surprising amount of plain old fun. afficher moins

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Simple story about trust and fears. Has all the dinosaur names.
 
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klnbennett | 2 autres critiques | Oct 7, 2020 |
Basho and the River Stones is a folktale that is dedicated to Basho who was the most famous Poet in Japan and creator of Haiku Poems. This story about trickery, forgiveness and how when you do good, good comes back to you. This is a great story to read when teaching about Japan, Poems (Haiku) and kindness and forgiveness. This would be great for 4-5th graders.
 
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SavG. | 5 autres critiques | Sep 19, 2018 |
The Christmas Stick by Tim J. Myers (illustrated by Necdet Yilmaz) is a ‘Christmas’ story, but it isn’t a peculiarly ‘Christian’ story. Any child and family that enjoys this season will be able to latch onto the books central themes. It is a tale which illustrates the joy of giving and the power of imagination. Here is a synopsis (spoiler alert):

Synopsis:

There once was a spoiled young prince who opened his many magnificent presents one Christmas without an ounce of gratitude. He is not one bit grateful and is complaining when his grandmother limps in and gives him a stick. The stick is as long as he is tall and sturdy, but is just a stick. So the prince puts the stick in the corner and plays with his other toys until they break or bore him.

Then one day a visiting cousin picks up the stick and pretends it is a broadsword. From that moment on the prince takes up the stick and wields it imaginatively as a sword, a lance, a flag pole, q shepherd’s crook, a paddle, a club, a bow, a trumpet, a snake, etc. He swung from it between the battlements and beat off ogres.

Somehow the stick changed him. When the next Christmas rolled around, the price opened presents with sincere gratitude. He also gave presents to his parents for the first time. And he gives his grandmother a stick as long as she is tall and sturdy. It had a wrist loop on one end and a metal tip on the other. The perfect gift for a hobbling old woman so she can get around better.

This is a simple story that all three of my kids enjoyed. It speaks of the power of giving, gratitude and imagination. Kind of a fun little picture book. They liked words and pictures. My daughter’s one objection is that the stick the prince gives to his grandmother, is not pictured as long as his grandmother is tall, as the words suggest. But generally the illustrations complimented the words well. The limping grandmother, may have given up her cane to her spoiled grandson. This is never spelled out in the story, but certainly the arc of the story suggests it (this will be lost on most children but says something about ‘self sacrificial giving).

This is a short picture book. I give it four stars and recommend it as an edition to your kid’s Christmas book collection.

Notice of material connection: I received this book from the publisher for the purposes of this review.
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Jamichuk | May 22, 2017 |
This is a book about a boy whom washes dinosaurs. He gets word that the TREX is in town and wanting a wash. He is terrified. In the end, the TREX turns out to be nice and the boy is no longer worried of being eaten.
 
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