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Summary: Every Mother Should Own This Book!
Review: I loved this book. It still touches me after reading it countless times over the past 4 years. This book makes a great gift to a "mom to be". The artwork is lovely. Well worth the (money).
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Summary: Still makes me cry...
Review: I love this book. I first read many years ago, when my much younger (12 years) brother was a child. He loved it, and I loved to read it to him. Now I read it to my 3 year old niece. I cried when I first read it, and I cry now. This book is about the unconditional love between parents (and even grandparents or other family members depending how closely knit you are) and children. It speaks to the notion of knowing that the bond between a parent and a child is something that is hard to break. The beauty of this book is that it isn't corny or fake. Everything about the story has a ring of truth to it, even the whimsical bits like the mother going to the son's house and sneaking in. It was sweet and it gave me a chuckle, and it was a poignant metaphor for the notion that no matter how far away we are from our families, we carry them with us everywhere. I know that as I get older, and watch my parents aging, and see them dealing with the aging of their own parents, I can begin to understand in a new way the ending of the book, where the son sings the song to his mother. The illustrations are exquisite - I love all the details that are included, like, as another reviewer mentioned, the way the cat ages. I think any parent would do well to own this book. I know that it is now my favorite baby shower gift.
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Summary: Love You Forever
Review: This book was given to me at my baby shower by a very dear late friend. The first time I read it I cried my eyes out. The book is about the unconditional love between and mother and son until the end of life. Because it is so special to me, I now give this book as a gift at every baby shower I attend.
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Summary: A must read for all sons
Review: I purchased this book many years ago, one for each of my two sons, who are now 24 and 27 years of age. My sons love the story and the concept and still refer to the book often. I cannot even look at the cover without breaking down. The book relates how the parent is the nurturer when the child is young, illustrates the trials and tribulations of parenting, its joys and pains and, finally, how parent and child reverse roles, with the son becoming caretaker to his elderly and fragile mother. This pattern will, of course, be repeated by the son and his son and by all future generations. It is a story of birth, love, sickness, life - anyone who is not deeply touched by this story has no heart.
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Summary: WOW--SUCH PR/CON REACTIONS--KINDA FUNNY!
Review: WELL, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK, BUT AS I CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THE OTHER REVIEWS,SOME DIDNT! I, TO AM REALLY CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE REACTIONS TO THIS STORY ARE SO EXTREME?? MY BOYFRIEND AND I WERE BORED ONE NIGHT AND WENT TO THE BOOK STORE AND I MADE HIM READ IT. HE HATED IT AND SAID IT WAS FREAKY. I, ON THE OTHER HAND, LOVE IT AND SO DOES MY NIECE. I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON THE WAY U LOOK AT IT...I ONLY SEE THE MOTHER DOING THESE THINGS AS A SYMBOL OF LOVE, NOT TO PUSH MOTHERS TO ACTUALLY HAUL UP A LADDER INTO HER SONS WINDOW. MAYBE WE SHOULDNT LOOK THAT FAR INTO IT, ITS A KIDS BOOK. THEY THINK ITS CUTE! :)
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Summary: love you forever
Review: This book will touch the hearts of the old and the young forever.
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Summary: This Book Will Really Grow On You
Review: I truely believe this is one of the best books ever written. I grew up having this book read to me, and later, reading it myself. The pictures seem to captivate small children and part of the book is singing and kids love that. Its is a great bed time story because the singing will put any child to sleep. The story is simple and very repeating so kids will be able to follow along and join in saying each line. It is funny at times and at the end it is kind of sad. It is absolutly great for all ages. It will become a tradition in any family. I just can not say how wonderful this book is for everyone and every age.
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Summary: Excellent book about life and a parents love for their child
Review: I see many differing opinions written here about this book. I think the book is wonderful. The book is about the cycle of life. It describes a Mother's unconditional love for her Son through the years. No matter what he does and how frustrated she is with him, that love never goes away and is eventually passed on from Parent to Child to Parent through the generations. It really gets to the bottom of a parents feelings for their children. I have read the reviews that have given this book low marks. Some people have even went so far as to call this book creepy. While I agree if a Mother in the "real world" drove across town and crept into her Son's room to rock him, it would be disturbing. In this book though, it shows that the Mother continues to love her Son through his whole life even even though there are boundaries separating them. I view this in the same spirit as I do Cinderella. A Step-Daughter that is used like a slave until a fairy god-mother comes and rescues her so she can fall in love with a Prince after one dance. One of Cinderella's messages among many others is just because people treat you bad, what matters is the person you are on the inside and that there is always hope. (unfortunately there are not fairy god-mothers because there sure are a lot of people that could use one.)
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Summary: Can Never Read It Without Tears
Review: I received this book as a shower gift for my quadruplets.
They are 9yrs.old now and still love hearing me read it to them, although I've never been able to finish it yet without weeping.
It's message is powerful and written with such love and emotion.
As tradition now, I give this book to every baby shower I am invited to. No new mother should be without this touching story!
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Summary: READ IT AND WEEP!!!
Review: I first hear this story read at a funeral for my dear friend's father. I can't believe what other readers are seeing; the lewdness of society. To me, this story just reiterates the unconditional love a mother has for her child. As a mother, of a nine-year-old, sometimes I do feel like selling her to a zoo. But I always feel like the luckiest person on earth to be blessed with such a wonderful child. Sometimes I hope that she never grows up; I'm going to miss tucking her in at night. The ending of the book is especially touching. A lot of my friends are caring for their elderly parents now, and it seems that their parents are more and more childlike as they slip away, and the children take on the role of the parents. So, I hope my child will love me when I am old as much as I love her.
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