Not bad for a  Junior High School intro book
926684
Its okay for the beginner and maybe a refresher, but it seems like MM writes book that give you just enough information to promote and try to get you to purchase another one of his books..sort of like the monthly issue of Muscle mag that repeat itself every month ...
3337961
I bought this as a follow-up to the Monsters Love Colors book and....... it was nice, but fell short for me and my son.  I think we have only read it twice since we got it.  This book is just about what goes on during the school day and you really don't learn anything from it, like the color book.  It also doesn't have the fun wild side that I found with the other book and nothing for the child to participate in.

That being said, if you don't compare it to the "Colors" book or haven't read it, then is is a fun little book about going to school and what goes on.  Cool artwork and monsters in a monster school with various teachers.  It is a good introduction to what a kid should expect with a bit of silliness and fun times ahead mixed in.
4857980
Not bad, not great.  I'd recommend this for younger, say middle school,  readers with a taste for geography, wildlife, and hunting.  It's a journal, very basic and easy going.
2412322
Having both run a photo business and been a high school teacher (both science and photography), I tutor a lot of beginners in photography and I have been looking for a book to recommend to them.  Although this book is not organized the way I would prefer, it is reasonably good and will help the beginning photographer learn some of the fundamentals.  It's biggest faults are in the author's distain for any use of the histogram, saying nothing about computer processing (which is the second half of the photographer's task - just like learning the darkroom years ago), and giving such slight coverage to such topics as flash fill.  I am also disturbed that the book is of only two components: words and photographs.  He has ignored the usefulness of diagrams which can be such important learning tools.  One example: a diagram of a series of lens apertures, labeled with f/stops below them would be such an efficient way to get the idea across.  Instead he uses words, which can easily be misinterpreted.

It is OK for beginners, but I'll keep looking for something better.
2764741
Bought this book to use with my high school sophomores. It's digestible, written in an interesting way, and contains several short chapters of about 15 pages each, so I don't feel guilty assigning them a chapter every other night. This is my first introduction to this series, but there are a lot of books within this series that look promising. Hopefully they're all as well written as this one!
4882835
I belive that this book is better suited for the High school Jr. or Senior, Reason being.  I've noticed that most of the scholarships given were for Jr., Sr., or graduating high school students.  There were many other listings for undergaduate students and some graduate students.  Unfortunatley most scholarship were to award students in a 4-yr college or University in their Jr. or final year as an undergard.  I had a difficult time looking for scholarships under Business Administration. But if your looking for some where in the field of Art than this book have great listing.  Also If I were a parent and have a kid still in high school who is a freshman or Shopmore I highly suggest reading this book, because while your kid might not be old enough to get a scholarship.  You can prepare him or her to increase their chanses of geting one.  I also advise that if you have kids who are still in preschool you might want to start thinking of how you should start preparing them for college.  One book that helps with savings for school such as educations savings plan like a e-529 or 525 i think?  The book Title is Money Made Simple by Stacy Johnson.

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2781831
It's good but really for middle school. Also the documents are nice, but access to PDF s would be helpful.
37819
We like this book, it's not much of a story, but my 6yo seems to get it.  It does lecture a bit, but it seems to come across better from a book rather than from me.  Good situational tools for primary school age kids.
467113
It's a book for school.... so besides that I guess it's pretty good....
2168334
Not as excited about their other books for the other subjects, but this book was well done. The activities and layout were engaging and fun enough. It taught concepts easily and my son grasped them. Its an easy 6th grade book and should be a great addition to your language arts program or a great summer refresher.
3509410
We used it at my school for the beginner course and it covers all the basics.  I've looked at a few other books and it's not my favorite but a decent one for sure.  4 stars.
4872921
So far, I don't have many qualms with this book. It seems to fairly easily and in understandable terms teach economic math. However, after reading the first few chapters I have noticed the book expects a considerable established knowledge of math, especially notation. Without that introduction, it might be difficult for a reader to quickly read through the text. The second issue: the book might be improved by some real-world examples and anecdotes, which are more prevalent in modern textbooks. Lastly, the book can come off as a "wall-of-text", which some readers might find unappealing; a characteristic that has also changed with new iterations of textbooks. Other than that, worth the relatively small price tag.
3159575
As a homeschooler, I am always looking for books that will add interesting information to my children's days. I was drawn in by the title, because both of my kids love music. I wasn't sure of the age group focused on, so I planned to share it with both my 5 and 10 year old.
The good:
The pictures of the instruments are large and clear
A bit of explanation is given for each instrument
The bad:
"Then and now" is a misnomer... there aren't any instruments included that are not really in use any longer, and the now instruments are all electronic versions. If it was clearly titled "traditional and electronic," I would have known better what to expect.
Overall: The best age group for this book would be young children. The instruments are pretty basic and not high interest for older children. Also, the amount of text is light for the older student. This could be a fun book for beginning to talk about instruments and music, and to see what the instruments look like.
I received the Kindle edition of this book in exchange for giving my honest, unbiased review.
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Summary:  Young Bruce Wayne is looking forward to starting school at the prestigious Ducard Academy, but right from the first day, everyone seems incredibly mean, even the teachers.  He does manage to befriend two kids who are having similar struggles, a boy named Clark Kent and a girl named Diana Prince.  Together, they try to investigate the dark secrets of their new school and who is behind them.  The story is told through comics, letters, journal entries, school forms, and texts.  With the school mystery solved by the end, Bruces mention of an upcoming camp visit hints at a sequel.  176  pages; ages 8-12.

Pros:  Reluctant readers will flock to this book about the young Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.  The variety of formats (graphic novel, letters, texts, etc.) makes it an interesting and fast-paced read.

Cons:  The story was a little more complex than I was expecting, and the different types of text could make it a bit confusing.
3884866
Not bad. Certainly targeting a younger audience, but its good to start them young!
425337
First off, let me say that if you are a young woman in high school this is certainly worth your time reading, because that is basically who this book was written for. For the most part, this book does give the reader the basics of what engineering offers, but I think the book would have been more effective and entertaining if she either tried to limit her topics or increased the length of the book. I find that most of the book starts off interesting, gives you a vague glimpse and then spends the next 130 pages telling you where to go if you want to know anything about the topic, I thought that was the whole purpose of buying this book in the first place. In my opinion, this book is like Raymond Landis' " Studying Engineering"( a book I did enjoy), without the depth. If you're looking for a book that's written with junior high-schoolers in mind, this book will give them a starting point with which to explore their interest in engineering.
2086851
The Vanishings is the introduction to the kids Left Behind Series by Lahaye and Jenkins. This book introduces four teensJudd, Viki, Lionel, and Ryanand gives a brief background of each. Then it throws them, family-less, into the aftermath of the rapture.

The short book progresses as may be expected with few surprises, following along with the adult series and sometimes interacting with those adults. It is an interesting introduction to the series, promising much in the following dozens of books.

The first chapter is a little slow and has more a feel of narration than of being part of the character, but it gets better as the book progresses.

The book was written for kids and teens and is definitely appropriate for them. Drugs, disobedience, lies, and other sins are mentioned several times and even done by the main characters, but not described in detail. However, the authors only made the characters do these sins to prove the teens are sinful.

Also, the authors go to great lengths to show that none of the kids, despite two of the them growing up in Christian homes, never actually accepted Christ as their Saviorthey did not lose their salvation by rebelling or any other means.

Overall, The Vanishings was an interesting book, appropriate for kids.