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[quote=Anonymous]Love "The Taking Stream."  I would buy that.

Also agree that it's funny that schools and preschools always read Rainbow Fish, while talking constantly about bullying.  That book is pro-bullying!

I remember loving The Giving Tree as a child but DH hates that book so I hadn't read it in a while.  I don't even remember the last time I read it to my kids, and this thread made me curious as to what their reaction would be.  So I pulled it out and asked the 5 yo if he would like me to read it.  And he said, "Not that book.  That book makes me cry."

Then the 3 yo wanted to hear it, of course, and when the boy cut off the trees branches, her eyes got super wide and filled with tears.  At the end of the book, she asked in a tremulous voice, "Is the tree *really* happy?" and I said, "What do you think?  Would you be happy if you were the tree?"  Pause. Normal voice, "Yes!"

Then she calls out to her brother, "Does that book make you cry?  When the boy cuts off the branches --"

"Stop talking about it!  You're going to make me cry!"

"Well, it doesn't make *me* cry."

LOL, these kids.  [/quote]

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