Where Is Baby's Belly Button?
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  • Gustamos esto libro!
  • my son loves this book
  • My daughters FAVORITE!
  • Fun book with flaps
  • The best!
Where Is Baby's Belly Button?

Manufacturer: Little Simon
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ASIN: 0689835604

Book Description

Where are Baby's hands?
Under the bubbles!

Where are baby's eyes?
Under her hat!

Karen Katz's adorable babies play peekaboo in this delightful interactive book. The sturdy format and easy-to-lift flaps are perfect for parents and children to share.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gustamos esto libro!.......2007-10-25

My baby girl and I love this book. The illustrations are colorful, cute and culturally diverse. It is a fun way to teach her spanish!

5 out of 5 stars my son loves this book.......2007-10-22

it has made him obessed with his belly
lol
i love this book so much we have several copys
so we will never loose it
it has helped in teaching my 19mth old some of his body parts

5 out of 5 stars My daughters FAVORITE!.......2007-10-14

My daughter recieved this as a gift when she was about 6 months old, She is now 18 months old and still loves it more than ever! We travel A LOT! 15-20 hour plane rides 2 to 3 times a year, and this book was the best toy I could have possibly given her. When shes "reading" this book she is amused and quiet for hours on end!

4 out of 5 stars Fun book with flaps.......2007-10-14

This lift the flap book is fun for my 13 month old grand daughter. I do have to help her be gentle with the flaps so she won't tear them, but she likes to look under the flaps and point out the belly button, eyes, etc.

5 out of 5 stars The best!.......2007-10-08

This book has been my baby's favorite book from age 3 months to now (11 months)!
Baby's Box of Fun: A Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Gift Set: Where Is Baby's Belly Button; Where Is Baby's Mommy?; Toes, Ears, & Nose
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  • Baby's Box of Fun
  • LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!
  • Never received mine, bought from 'oktrbks'
Baby's Box of Fun: A Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Gift Set: Where Is Baby's Belly Button; Where Is Baby's Mommy?; Toes, Ears, & Nose
Marion Dane Bauer
Manufacturer: Little Simon
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ASIN: 0689038623

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars GREAT babyshower gift........2007-06-27

Newborns and 4 year olds all love these books. I give them to all of my friends as a baby shower gift.

4 out of 5 stars We <3 Karen Katz.......2007-05-16

These are, hands down, our daughter's favorite books. She enjoys them over and over. The illustrations are bright and cute -- highly recommend these books -- especially the lift the flap -- she LOVES them.

5 out of 5 stars Baby's Box of Fun.......2007-05-13

I purchased this book set for my grandson when he was 12 months old. Listening to books is the only time he actually sits still. His favorite book was Toes, Ears, & Nose although he likes all the books because they are interactive. The only problem with the books is if he is left unsupervised or even when holding him, he rips off the flaps in the books. We have had to glue them back on numerous times. I would highly recommend these books but you must be careful with babies that are aggressively interactive with the books.

5 out of 5 stars LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!.......2007-03-28

This item was received as a gift and my 2 yr old loves her lift the flaps books. Her favorite out of this collection is "Where is Mommy". I have also purchased them for my friends children and they love them.

1 out of 5 stars Never received mine, bought from 'oktrbks'.......2007-01-05

I bought this from 'oktrbks' and never received.
Contacted the seller and was asked if I want another copy so I said 'yes'
I have not received this yet. I was waiting for this because I believed the seller will send me an another copy. But now It's been more than 90 days so I can not even get my money back.
Not a big money but doesn't feel good at all about the seller's feedback.
Will see if the seller will contact me about this item or not.
I sent an memo to seller today again.
Karen Katz Collection (Where is Baby's Belly Button? & ¿Dónde está el ombliguito?)
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    Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults: Some Methodological Approaches and Substantive Analyses
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      Causes, Correlates and Consequences of Death Among Older Adults: Some Methodological Approaches and Substantive Analyses
      Jere R. Behrman , Robin C. Sickles , and Paul Taubman
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          1 out of 5 stars This is a joke.......2006-02-07

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            • The Magic Number?
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            Customer Reviews:

            2 out of 5 stars not very good.......2007-08-11

            This is exactly one of those kinds of books you see in the "bargain" or "discount" section of a large book store, right next to the calendars that are about to become outdated.

            The chosen battles aren't described very well (often in just one page), and if the reader doesn't have some foreknowledge of the battle being read about he or she might end up confused rather than more informed.

            I don't know why the book's editors decided that there are "seventy" great battles in world history, nor do I know why they've chosen to include months-long campaigns (Battle of Britain) or years-long campaigns (Battle of the Atlantic) right next to the battles that took place in only one day or so. It's confusing. Perhaps if the authors just described the big daylight aerial battles that took place on September 15, 1940 for the Battle of britain, or the chase for the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 for the Battle of the Atlantic it would have been more in keeping with the spirit of the rest of the book. Trying to call the "American Air Attack on Japan" of 1944-45 or the "Western Front" of 1918 a "battle" in the same sense that the Battle of Trafalgar was a battle is ludicrous. The editors attempt to do too much, and, predictably, make a shoddy job of it. This book doesn't even do a good job of sparking interest in the reader to find more thorough books of greater scholastic merit on the same subjects.

            It is boring and superficial on the topics, even more so than a poorly written middle school textbook, and at times the text lacks academic professionalism (example: on page 15, in the introduction, a photograph of an RAF Spitfire is captioned with "... during the Battle of Britain, summer 1940, the Spitfire fighter proved more than a match for the German Messerschmitts." The statement is arguable to begin with, and the corresponding Battle of Britain article on pages 245-249 makes no such bold claim -- stating only that the fighter planes were about equal).

            In limiting themselves to only "The" 70 greatest battles of history, the editors curiously leave out some significant battles that at least equal the chosen ones for historical significance and impact on future events. This is made even more obvious since the editors curiously include the aforementioned lengthy campaings in addition to the one-day battles. Also, some of the battles included in this book depend on previous battles or campaigns occuring first, that are more historically significant.

            Of interest, some missing battles might include:

            Ancient World:

            - Thermopylae (heroic and strategically important blocking action against Persian takeover of Athens)
            - Zama (removed Carthaginian presence from Southern Europe for good)
            - Ceasar's conquest of Gaul (triumph of tactics and logistics)
            - Constantine the Great's military campaign against rivals to become Roman Emperor (significantly, shifted power from Rome to Constantinople)

            Medieval World:

            - First Crusade and capture of Jerusalem
            - Charlemagne's campaign to unite the Frankish empire

            Sixteenth Century

            - Ivan IV ("The Terrible") creates Russian Empire

            Nineteenth Centuy:

            - Austerlitz (still studied in military academies as a masterwork of strategy)
            - Napoleon's campaign of 1812 in Russia (one of the greatest military disasters ever)
            - Monitor versus Virginia (revolutionized naval warfare as the first slogging match between armored, steam-powered warships)
            - 54th Massachussetts Regiment storming Fort Wagner (first significant action of freed African American regiments in Civil War)
            - Charge of the Light Brigade at Bacalava (heralded the end of the massed cavalry charge on the battlefield as a battle-wining tactic)
            - Franco Prussian war 1870 (created the Second Reich of Wilhelm II)

            Modern Times:

            - Zeppelin + Gotha bomber offensive against England (not materially significant, but demonstrated incontrovertibly that England was vulnerable to air attack)
            - Somme (bloodiest day in the history of British arms)
            - Marne
            - Ypres
            - Guernica (makes the world fear "terror bombing" and the end of the world at one stroke from the sky -- a fear many still have today of ICBMs and SLBMs)
            - Nanking (see guernica)
            - Pearl Harbor (stunning display of military deception, and a demonstration of the aircraft carrier's displacement of the battleship as the primary naval unit)
            - Taranto, 1940 (England scores big against Axis naval might at the low ebb of her own fortunes)
            - Germany's Spring/Summer sweep through France and low countries (everyone said Hitler couldn't, or wouldn't do it. But he could, and did)
            - El Alamein or any of the battles for Tobruk
            - the struggle for Malta
            - Operation Barbarossa 1941 (far and away the largest military invasion in the history of the world, and very likely to remain so)
            - American daylight bomber offensive 1942-45
            - German paratrooper conquest of Crete 1941 (paratroopers mount a major operation with heavy losses, and succeed)
            - Arnhem, 1944 (paratroopers mount a major operation with heavy losses, and fail)
            - Kiev 1941
            - British night bomber offensive 1941-45
            - Kursk (largest armored battle in history)
            - Battle of the Philippine Sea (Japanese naval and air power crushed)
            - Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) 1944-45
            - Linebacker II 1972 (brought North Vietnam to the peace table)
            - Falklands 1982 (England demonstrates its navy still has global reach)

            The sheer number of historically significant battles and campaigns not mentioned in this book -- and those named above are just a few of the more obvious -- casts doubts about this book's credibility as some kind of historical authority. As an introductory piece it is paltry and far too vague; as a serious study it is woefully inadequate. Slapdash in every sense, to be avoided if you can find something better.

            2 out of 5 stars Disappointing coffee-table fluff.......2007-08-05

            As the first reviewer here notes, choosing "the" 70 great battles is bound to be controversial. I for one have to wonder about the absence of such great battles as Zama, the Catalaunian Plains and -- amazingly -- Austerlitz. Or the inclusion of Bosworth, Inkerman and Omdurman. I agree with including Manzikert, although the narrative glosses over the main consequence of the Byzantine defeat -- the permanent and ultimately fatal loss of Anatolia with its essential manpower. But Ankara shouldn't be here...yes, Timur won a great victory, but its effects were quite brief, and hardly slowed the rise of the Ottoman Empire.

            Some of the graphics and maps are useful, and others repetitive or frustratingly skimpy, but the narratives of each battle are really too flimsy to provide anything new to all but military history novices. This is a big, hefty volume of History-Lite which serious readers can easily live without.

            3 out of 5 stars The Magic Number?.......2006-01-24

            Within its seven major divisions, The Seventy Great Battles in History contains concise descriptions and evaluations of important battles and campaigns beginning with Marathon and ending with the Gulf War. In his introduction to the text, Editor Jeremy Black explains that his reasons for compiling the work include noting changes in the nature of warfare and explaining battles which changed history. Individual entries, within this lavishly-illustrated omnibus volume, are written by 25 contributors, including Editor Black.

            Now, if any two readers were to agree with the writers, the editor or with each other about which were the seventy most important or greatest battles, it would be a stone wonder. That being said, I do take serious exception to a couple of battles Mr. Black chose to omit. They are exceptions with which I believe many readers will concur.

            World War 1 analysis is included within the book's "Modern Times" section. There is one entry lumping 1918 campaigns together. The battles of Tannenberg (1914) and Verdun (1916) rate individual entries. So does Jutland (1916). On the other hand, the First Battle of the Marne (1914) doesn't make Editor Black's cut.


            Let's look at the First Marne omission. If the French had failed during that exchange and the Germans had gone on and taken Paris, the war in the West would have effectively been over right then. The small British Regular Army would not have been able to stand against the huge German force of professionals and reservists without French participation. There would have been no Somme, no Verdun, no Passchendaele and the battle of Jutland wouldn't have happened. Had the French been knocked out of the war, the Germans would then have been able to turn the entire weight of their army against the Russians. A battle such as Tannenberg might have happened a little later than it did or, perhaps, the Russians would simply have sued for peace. The potential political ramifications of a German Marne victory are also staggering. The Ottoman Turks would have remained in control of the Middle East. The royal houses of Hohenzollern, Romanoff and Hapsburg would not have fallen when they did. In short, the world as we know it simply wouldn't exist.

            Because of its consequences, the First Marne was a pivotal event in world history. Jutland was an indecisive exchange that changed nothing. Granted, it was the only significant fleet engagement of the Great War. It was also the last great battle in which vast numbers of huge gun ships fought it out. (The night contests between American and Japanese cruisers off Guadalcanal, during WW 11, were far more important to that war's outcome, but involved fewer and smaller ships.) I have no quibble with including Jutland in the book. It's a worthwhile footnote in naval warfare. I do, however, more than quibble with including Jutland while ignoring the First Battle of the Marne.

            The editor includes Two American Revolutionary War battles, Saratoga and Yorktown, within the "Eighteenth Century" umbrella. These are obviously good calls; but he mentions only a few words about the Second Battle of the Virginia Capes which made the French/American Yorktown victory possible. That naval engagement, between Admiral De Grasse's French fleet and the British, left the French in Control of the Chesapeake at a critical time. It meant that the French could move troops and land artillery to support the Continental Line during the Yorktown siege. It also meant that the British could neither withdraw their Yorktown troops (to fight in another place on another day) or resupply them by sea. Admiral De Grasse's stunning upset victory off the Chesapeake meant that the Yorktown outcome became as much of a sure thing as is possible in any human undertaking.

            Had the French lost the Second Battle of the Virginia Capes, the Revolutionary War would probably have dragged on with potentially unhappy consequences for the United States when American politicians eventually concluded a peace or negotiated settlement with the mother country. Because it was an upset victory and because it made Yorktown possible, I believe that French achievement at sea should have its own section, not just a passing (and somewhat biased) reference within the Yorktown analysis. I don't understand how it could be excluded from Seventy Battles.

            In writing this review, I've cherry picked the Great War and Revolutionary War eras to discuss because they're periods about which I have a modest knowledge. I'm sure other readers will do the same thing with other sections of the book.

            With other similar battle compendiums from which one may choose, this reader wonders 1) if seventy is really the magic number for battles; 2) if Editor Black chose battles in other historical epochs as eccentrically as he seems to have done in both the Great War and Revolutionary eras and; 3) if there aren't better treatments of great battles in print.

            Come to think of it, one of the books I used to check my facts for this piece would make a much better one-volume warfare compilation than The Seventy Great Battles in History. Depending on the edition, the book is known either as The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present or The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present. Written by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy, the work makes no attempt to stuff the history of warfare into a collection of seventy battles. Instead, its 1400 pages of text do a rather thorough job of being comprehensive. The down side to this work is that it's not currently in print. The up side is that it's usually available through Amazon used book sources.
            MY SEVENTY-FIVE: The Journal of a French Gunner August-September 1914 (Helion Library of the Great War)
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