Katy and the Big Snow

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Summary: Still the best
Review: This book is still one of my favorite children's books. I remember asking my mother to read this book over and over again to me. It didn't matter whether it was summer or winter, it was my favorite book! This will be a book I will pass on to my children.

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Summary: Simplicity makes this classic wonderful
Review: This was one of my favorite books when I was little, and now my two year old loves it. It is simple enough that he likes to hear the whole story, yet it still captures his interest. I still enjoy this story after all these years!

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Summary: it doesn't snow as much as it used to
Review: when i was 6 or so i would ride my bike to the library and just read this book. i had all but forgotten about it when i saw it in a store the other day. about 25 years later i think i see some lessons i learned from katy. i also remeber fondly, the giving tree and where the wild things are, as well as schoolhouse rock as positive mental stimulants.

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Summary: This is one of my favorite books
Review: When I was little I used to have my mom read me this book every night. One of my favorite things about the book is the personification that Virginia Lee Burton uses when illustrating her characters. I love those little pictures on the border of the pages also. I used to imagine that I was Katy because that's my name also. Even now, at 15, I still like to read that book. I've been searching for a book to get my godson for Christmas and I think I just found it. There's a quality in this book that many of today's children's books don't have. It seems to me like people today don't want their children to grow up smart, so they give them books that are spin-offs of television shows- like all those teletubbie books. I can't stand them! Teletubbies, the show, is horrible itself because it doesn't do anything for a child's mind. I'm not sure if they make teletubbie books, but if they do I will really get mad. Why can't anybody just watch Sesame Street anymore? In that show, people are intelligent and even the puppets can say a lot more than "big hug." What I think is that people should encourage growth of mind in their children even when they are just a baby. TV isn't good for little kids, but I understand that parents sometimes need a break, so they send the kids to the TV. Thats fine, just don't give them teletubbies to watch, for gods sake! I feel really bad for the generations of kids who are growing up with that show, because they wont be very bright at all. Here's what I have to say to all the parents who let their kids watch teletubbies and other really cr***y kids shows: do your kids (and yourself) a favor and allow your kids to grow up smart, dont let them watch that crap anymore! After all, one of them might be our president someday. I'm dreading that. (Oh, and give them this book, too.)

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Summary: Perserverance
Review: Wonderful childrens book, enjoyable machinery come to life displaying a snow truck as a child. Lovely illustrations although remincent of the 50's.