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Try Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings. Very readable, good introduction to every major chess opening and several minor ones too. He explains the theory behind each opening as well as some traps not to fall for.
You can also grab Pandolfini's Traps and Zaps books to find some good zingers to hit young players with and keep from falling into some pitfalls yourself.
ive been playing chess long enough to know that your opening dictates the rest of your game. the only problem is that ive only been tought one opening(queens gam.). i want to learn new openings and the ideas, tactics advanteges and disadvantages behind them . ive been to chess databases but the only show moves and none of the other things i want and need to know. can anyone tell me of a site or book that will simply tell me the ideas, tactics, advantages and disadvantages behind different openings.