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Summary: NOT THE PBS BOOK!!!
Review: Becareful, I read a review here that said that this is the book from PBS... It IS NOT. I bought the book after reading the review and just sent it back. It is not even by the same authors who wrote the PBS book. I agree with some of the other reviewers, this sounds like a scam job at the expense of children and their parents. I may have kept the book if I wasn't so upset about being deceived. If you are looking for the PBS book it is called "The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions" by John & Danita Thomas. I have sent an email to the authors about this rip off book, I hope they take some type of action.
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Summary: Can you all read??
Review: For all of you out there who thought you were buying the PBS book...can you read??! The authors are completely different! And each book on Amazon lists the author of each and every book. It's nobody's fault but your own that you purchased the wrong book...not the publisher, not the author, not Amazon.com. Don't blame other people for your own mistakes, and then write a bad review for a perfectly wonderful book. If you had been paying attention to the titles, you would also notice that they are NOT the same. Spend a little more time on PBS watching Read Between the Lions and you may not make the same mistake again.
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Summary: This was published LONG before the PBS book!
Review: I am about to order this book because I have others from the series and it looks great. I started to skim the reviews just to make sure it was going to be as good as all the other books I have from this publisher which are fantastic -- and I came across a bunch of angry reviews from people claiming this book to be a rip off!! :0
I have seen the PBS show these people are refering to - and it too is very good. However, I am very upset to see negative reviews of this book -- just because people *thought* they were ordering the PBS series book. The books they were looking for published in 2000+ The book the are *claiming* to be a *rip off* was published in 1998 -- and others in the series, long before that!!!
If you order this book, you will find excellent projects I am sure. It will not be the projects from the PBS show -- but that is NOT because this book is a rip off!
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Summary: The Kids Like It!
Review: I bought this book thinking it was another book I saw on TV called "The Ultimate Book of Kid Concoctions". At first I was very dissapointed with the book because it didn't have the exciting secret toy store recipes like the book on TV, but after 3 weeks on our book shelf my kids have already made two projects and seem to be enjoying the book.
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Summary: Very average at best.
Review: I have not read the othe concoctions books people are talking about, but I did buy this one after seeing a woman on Living It Up with Ali & Jack. I could only remember the book had the name concoctions in it. My neighbor then informed me that I had purchased the wrong book. Oh well, I am not returning the book, but I am a little concerned that other people are making the same unfortunate mistake. In an age where money is hard to come by it is very sad that publishers would create look a like books wiht similar names. This book seems to benefit from the overwhelming success of the other series, I am sure that is not by mistake. In any event I will be purchasing the other books because that is what I was looking for. I looked over this book with by children and there was very little interest on their part, they only want to make the projects they saw on TV, which are NOT in this book. The book is a good concept, but is very average at best.
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Summary: Not a bad book, but not what I expected either!
Review: I met these authors at an education conference, and they are really genuinely nice people. I am an author of similar type activity books, so it was refreshing to share ideas and book plans in a friendly, open manner. Often authors are a bit secretive or possessive of their work, but these two were very open to sharing, which we did with big smiles. Again, refreshing! ... :o)
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Summary: Very average at best.
Review: This is a great basic book of art and craft recipes. I checked it out of the library after seeing it at a friend's house, and now I want my own copy. Besides recipes, project ideas, notes on early art and art materials and bits of art history are included.Some of the other reviewers have been a little unfair, slamming the book or the publisher for their not knowing what they had ordered. This book is not a knock off or trying to capitalize on something else. The original copyright of this book, as in the old library book I have in my hands, is 1995 -- which would keep it from being a knock off by the publisher or author. On top of that, if you go to the PBS website, and search for Kids' Concoctions, this is the book that shows up.
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Summary: Great Basic Book of art/craft recipes
Review: This is a great basic book of art and craft recipes. I checked it out of the library after seeing it at a friend's house, and now I want my own copy. Besides recipes, project ideas, notes on early art and art materials and bits of art history are included. Some of the other reviewers have been a little unfair, slamming the book or the publisher for their not knowing what they had ordered. This book is not a knock off or trying to capitalize on something else. The original copyright of this book, as in the old library book I have in my hands, is 1995 -- which would keep it from being a knock off by the publisher or author. On top of that, if you go to the PBS website, and search for Kids' Concoctions, this is the book that shows up.
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