The Rainbabies

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Summary: A Must for Pagan/Wiccan Families
Review: I bought Rainbabies initially for the illustrations. I was in a hurry to pick a couple books out and it was beautiful. Imagine my suprise and delight when I got to the end and you discover that the babies were actually sent to earth by The Goddess! (Portrayed as a beautiful silver maiden wearing a moonstone necklace). For my son, age 3, this gave a lovely and nurturing image of Her that he can conjure whenever She is mentioned. (Which is alot in our home!)If you like this one you also might try Nicola's Grapes (I am unsure of the Author)...Blessed Be! Moss

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Summary: A pretty story
Review: I like this story because it's cute and the rainbabies are so cute. The parents were loving and kind and then this girl came to their house and gave them a real daughter and the girl took the rainbabies to live with her because they would not grow properly with the old man and woman. Their daughter grew up and she was beautiful and gave them a lot of happiness. I think you would all like this book! Hannah, aged 7

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Summary: Beautiful, touching
Review: I loved this book. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is very touching. The kids seemed to like it, too.

Some child educational experts think that the advent of full color illustrations on every page of children's books decreases children's ability to form mental images on their own, therefore making it harder for those children to learn to read. I think my kids did have some of this kind of problem. My older son remarked on it, when I was reading older books to him that lacked illustrations. Still, the beautiful pictures here are very enticing and well worth the risk.

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Summary: Beautiful, touching
Review: I loved this book. The illustrations are beautiful. The story is very touching. The kids seemed to like it, too.

Some child educational experts think that the advent of full color illustrations on every page of children's books decreases children's ability to form mental images on their own, therefore making it harder for those children to learn to read. I think my kids did have some of this kind of problem. My older son remarked on it, when I was reading older books to him that lacked illustrations. Still, the beautiful pictures here are very enticing and well worth the risk.

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Summary: A pretty story
Review: I read this book to myself prior tho reading it to my daughter and desided to remove the book form the house! In the story a couple is blessed with twelve tiny "rainbabies" but then after the couple (and you as the reader) fall in love with the babies; the "rain princess" comes and takes all twelve babies and gives the couple a new "human" child to keep. I fell that the story could lead a child to believe that he/she could at any given time be "traded" for a different one. This is not a good message to convey to a child!

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Summary: A heartfelt, loving, reminder of what is really important!!!
Review: Laughter, tears and engaging text are all here in this touching story about an old couple that wish for a child and find themselves with a dozen, very teeny, tiny babies! Everything you can imagine, happens. The story is excitng enough for an older child and the soft, inviting, pallette of colors on each page will captivate a younger audience. This story is very beautifully written and I have found myself, wiping away a tear at how lovingly the couple cares for the babies and at what length they will go to; to keep the little babies out of harm's way. My two girls love this book (ages 2-4). You will find yourself holding tightly to your little one as you read this endearing story about REALLY little ones!!

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Summary: Adoption magic
Review: This heartwarming story begins in a plain enough fashion. An older couple live a lively and productive farm life, but long for children they cannot have.

Then the magic begins. One March night, rain pattering on their roof arouses the woman. "Wake up, old man, I've heard the moonshower brings good fortune to everyone it touches!" They go out and stand in the rain. There, in the grass and wildflowers are shining drops of water, each holding a baby.

The couple care diligently for their found little poems. They carry their babies in a willow basket while they do their chores, saving them from several near-disasters--a sudden storm, a weasel, and lightening-set fire. The babies sleep in a dresser drawer, covered gently by a scarf.

One night a man arrives, placing on their table a basket of silvery twigs filled with tiny pearls. He offers them an enormous jewel for their babies. "Thank you," says the woman, "but the babies will stay with us." The man transforms into Mother Moonshower, who must take her babies home. "You musn't," cries the woman. The woman kisses her sleeping rainbabies goodbye and they disappear.

But not before Mother Moonshower gives them, in the rainbabies' place, an infant girl. Rayna grows stronger and more lovely each year, and the couple feel their happiness complete.

Few if any children were ever adopted this way. But those adopted more normally adore this story, which helps them see how love alone makes families real. The tale also makes them comfortable with their own magical difference. Alyssa A. Lappen

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Summary: beautiful, touching, slips off your fingertips like dew
Review: This is a book that will touch children of all ages. An older couple wish for a child. The rainbabies are sent to them from above. The couple are tested beyond the limits one might imagine parents to possess. In the end they become the parents of the rainbabies. An especially beautiful tale for people considering adoption.

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Summary: Most Beautiful Children's Book...
Review: This is the most lovely book...the pictures are divine and the whole thing is so touching. I would recommend it to anyone from 0-100!