One little monster waits for the first birthday guest to arrive. . . . There's a knock on the door, and now there are two! Now three! Now four! The guests keep arriving until fifty partying monsters wreak havoc and Monster Mom decides that enough is enough. The partygoers reluctantly depart until just that one little monster remains--after the best birthday party ever. Little ones can learn counting and basic math concepts while they're laughing over the rollicking rhymes and hilarious, energetic illustrations.
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13 - 17 Years 9 - 12 Years Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Literature & FictionBest book on the Fox sisters i have read. Explores their relationship which is as interesting as the paranormal aspects of the story.
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Barbara Weisberg has created the first must-read nonfiction title of the year. This is an assured and satisfying work which vividly brings to life a remarkable episode in the cultural history of the United States. In March, 1848, mysterious knocks are suddenly heard in a small house located in rural, upstate New York. No one is certain who or what is creating the strange sounds, but they recur night after night. Are Kate and...
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Although at first this book appears to deal with a somewhat esoteric topic, it has much appeal for the general reader. The fluid articulate prose probes the details of the Fox sisters' lives and their impact on spiritualism without burdensome discussion of that movement's inner workings. The focus remains on the sisters and, most interestingly, regularly throughout the text placing their story in the wider context of other...
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This comprehensively researched biography of the Fox sisters, founders of modern spiritualism in America, not only provides details of their private lives but also explains the mores of the era in which they lived and how that affected them.Conclusions about whether they were talented mediums, talented con artists or a little of both is left up to the reader. However, after reading the book, you will have the necessary facts...
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Talking To The Dead is an excellent history of spiritualism and the Fox family. Kate and Maggie Fox (and older sister Leah) are mediums who converse with the dead. This started when they were young girls and progressed to the point where they were famous through the Americas and in Europe. They were wined and dined by nobility and common folk alike for many years. Everywhere they went they seemingly spread their powers...
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