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    <body><![CDATA[This book is in the top five of books that were integral to my childhood reading experience.  (The others include: <u>Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs</u>, <u>D'Aulaire's Greek Myths</u>, <u>Grimm's Fairy Tales</u> and various Dr. Seuss books).  Odds are you've heard of most of these, but the Serendipity books don't se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50282437">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Serendipity series has been a part of my life since they first started being published.  As a child the vivid artwork by Robin James and the magic of the story was more than enough to ensnare my imagination.  At one point I owned all of the books.  Each book contains a &quot;moral&quot; that alt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58232191">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This is a very nice book, well written and with illustrations from Robin James that fit the text agreeably.<br/> Stephen Cosgrove's text is spare, but delivers his intelligently-felt points with dead-on ability. &quot;Serendipity&quot; is, in my view, a significantly notable book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not going to comment on each individual book by this author but I grew up reading them all as a child.  I have a huge collection of these books, which are mostly out of print.  They were by far my favorite childhood stories and the illustrations are beautiful.  Each tale has a moral at the end, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28252883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think my review is much like that of the others, I read this book as a child. I think if there are books that we have read as children that standout in our minds today they are noteworthy.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this series of books.  I collected them as a child...wish I still had them all.  Each teaches a great lesson to the children.  (They are a little long for the real young ones.)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just because I actually remember it means it was worth a five star.  My love of big eyed animals began with the Cosgrove books.]]></body>
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    <review id="53780533">
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful illustrations. Very impactful for children to understand the importance of taking care of our planet!]]></body>
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    <review id="44660675">
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    <body><![CDATA[When I saw this at work, I couldn't help but to buy it, as I remembered it from my childhood.]]></body>
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    <review id="76586391">
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    <body><![CDATA[ALL in this series are wonderful]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad read all of these books to me growing up.  I loved the little rhyme at the beginning and the moral at the end of the story.  Terrific stories and illustrations; a multitude of characters to love.  I also remember learning to read these books for the first time and struggling with the vocabula...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34724426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[oh man!<br/>these are horrible! but wonderful!<br/>every library day in elementary school I was there -<br/>with my ruler in hand (which we used to mark the spot where we took out a book to put them back in the right spot for the evil, lazy Mrs.E...) for more serendipity books like a wee little toe-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52000945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was read this book by my mother and I always liked paging thru it.  She was a pink water horse which appealed to my girliness and now as I read it to my kids, I like the message, be nice to everyone and everything.  The planet is worth taking care of cuz how we treat it affects all of us.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books as a child. The pictures just really stuck in my head. The story is about kindness and doing the right thing, so hey, you can't go wrong there. But best of all, it features a bright pink water dragon creature! Whoo-hoo!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely ADORED these books as a child.  I read and reread them I don't know how many times.  They had gorgeous artwork, and sweet lessons to learn.  Any parent should hunt down as many of these as possible for your kids!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was read and read on my own these books as some of the very first books I read. These books taught me how to be a grownup and they shaped my world. My favorite books were the Morgan series, but there isn't one I didn't like. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Serendipity books were much loved when I was a child.  I still have a few sitting on my shelf and this is one of them.  The art is wonderful and the stories beautiful.  You can't help but get lost in their teardrop eyes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have always been one to be conscious of what I am throwing into the ocean, and this book encourages children to do the same.<br/><br/>Stephen has a way with incorporating a lot of knowledge into so few pages.<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My Auntie Calley got me this book for my birthday.  I read it with my Mom today.  It was really good.  I like Serendipity alot, because she is hot pink &amp; she is really nice.  I think she is a water horse.]]></body>
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