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44 voters
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
This story of a woman who travels to China to adopt a baby girl, based on the author's own experiences, is a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the home. Full color.
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 1st 2000
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
(first published 2000)
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As an adoptive parent, I am always on the search books to help reinforce or validate my children's experience with adoption.
My daughter loved the illustrations, and could really connect with the story as it was similar to her own in many ways.
Although we are a 2 parent family, I was pleased to find this story shared from a single adoptive mother's view, as that is so rarely the case with adoption books.
I would note a word of caution to those anticipating sharing it with your adopted child, howev...more
My daughter loved the illustrations, and could really connect with the story as it was similar to her own in many ways.
Although we are a 2 parent family, I was pleased to find this story shared from a single adoptive mother's view, as that is so rarely the case with adoption books.
I would note a word of caution to those anticipating sharing it with your adopted child, howev...more
I recently reread this story, and it is a beautiful book for any child's library. "I Love You Like Crazy Cakes" presents the adoptive process in a personal and touching way. At once multicultural and alternative in its approach to building a family (the narrator is a single Caucasian mother who has adopted a Chinese baby girl,)the story speaks of longing and mutual need and a perfect fit made across the oceans, not just by governmental authorities but seemingly by something deeper and far more s...more
Grade/interest level: Early Elementary
Reading level: 550 Lexile
Genre: Picture Book (non-fiction)
Main Characters: Mother, daughter.
Setting: Mother's home, China
POV: Mother
This story is about a true story of a single mother who adopts a baby girl from China. First, the mom writes a letter to the people in China to ask for a child to adopt. They say yes and so the mother travels to a Chinese orphanage to get her new little baby. Here she meets other babies and cries when she gets to hold her ow...more
Reading level: 550 Lexile
Genre: Picture Book (non-fiction)
Main Characters: Mother, daughter.
Setting: Mother's home, China
POV: Mother
This story is about a true story of a single mother who adopts a baby girl from China. First, the mom writes a letter to the people in China to ask for a child to adopt. They say yes and so the mother travels to a Chinese orphanage to get her new little baby. Here she meets other babies and cries when she gets to hold her ow...more
This is a sweet story of the connection made between a baby girl in China with no mother and a young American woman with no daughter. The story is told by the mother to her daughter of how the both cried when they met. They each knew then that they were destined to be together. Both were falling in love with one another. The mother describes how she took pictures and they played dress up with hats. When they flew home, they met her new American family. There were many visitors who brought her pr...more
Ages 3-8
From Booklist
Ages 4-8. The title sounds sweet, but this autobiographical story of a woman journalist's trip to China to adopt a baby girl seems less fictional sentiment than reportage. In a gentle manner just right for a picture-book audience, Lewis first explains China's current adoption and placement policies for baby girls. She then goes on to write about one special Chinese baby girl who had everything but a mother, and one American woman who had everything but a baby. "How did someo...more
From Booklist
Ages 4-8. The title sounds sweet, but this autobiographical story of a woman journalist's trip to China to adopt a baby girl seems less fictional sentiment than reportage. In a gentle manner just right for a picture-book audience, Lewis first explains China's current adoption and placement policies for baby girls. She then goes on to write about one special Chinese baby girl who had everything but a mother, and one American woman who had everything but a baby. "How did someo...more
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes is Rose Lewis's love letter to her adopted Chinese daughter, documenting Lewis's desire for a baby, the adoption process and the journey home. The story is mostly sweet and tender, and those moods are emphasized by Jane Dyers wonderful illustrations. However I found several lines in the book to be jarringly dispruptive. One of these, the most jarring, is "How did someone make this perfect match a world away? Did the Chinese people have a special window to my soul." Ha...more
Adopting a child is a hopeful and exciting time in a new parent’s life. This book is told from the perspective of a mother explaining her story to her new baby girl. She tells about the “big room” in China where her baby was kept with numerous other baby girls in shared cribs. All of them were taken care of by nannies but were missing what they really needed. She tells her daughter of their first few days together and about the excitement from friends and family when they returned home. Perhaps...more
This is a cute book about adoption and the ultimate reconciliation between the birth family and the adopted family, and I'm sure it's valuable for children to have some look at their parents' view of the adoption. The illustrations are also beautiful. That said, at times I felt that the book's story was more generic than specific--this could be any adoption story (or at least any adoption story where the baby comes from China), and I wanted a better idea of how this mother and daughter, in parti...more
I've always heard this book mentioned, so when my friend adopted a baby girl I decided to purchase it for her. I was disappointed. The illustrations were dull and uninteresting. The text was also on the same bland level.
The book only mentions a mother. Not really a problem since there are a lot of single parent adoptions, but my friend has a hubby and he felt left out. So she fixed this by typing up some cute little text and gluing it in the book. So, issue resolved for her.
So PROS for the book:...more
The book only mentions a mother. Not really a problem since there are a lot of single parent adoptions, but my friend has a hubby and he felt left out. So she fixed this by typing up some cute little text and gluing it in the book. So, issue resolved for her.
So PROS for the book:...more
Summary: This book is based on the true story of the author, who adopts a baby girl from China. While reading, you follow her journey through paperwork, the flight, being in the orphanage to finally being home with her new baby.
Reading Level: 2nd-5th
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: International Adoption
Use: Independent Reading & Read Aloud
Social Issues: Adoption
Literary Terms: This book shows sequence of events perfectly. You follow the author's adoption process step by step. If one step was take...more
Reading Level: 2nd-5th
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: International Adoption
Use: Independent Reading & Read Aloud
Social Issues: Adoption
Literary Terms: This book shows sequence of events perfectly. You follow the author's adoption process step by step. If one step was take...more
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From Amazon.com Review
"Mother-love is profound, however a baby comes into a woman's life. For Rose Lewis, the journey to motherhood begins with a letter to Chinese officials, asking if she can adopt from the "big room with lots of other babies." The infants in that room in China are each missing a mother, but Lewis is missing something, too--a baby. She travels to China to meet her new little girl and falls head over heels in love. Taking her baby home to America, Lewis introduces her to...more
From Amazon.com Review
"Mother-love is profound, however a baby comes into a woman's life. For Rose Lewis, the journey to motherhood begins with a letter to Chinese officials, asking if she can adopt from the "big room with lots of other babies." The infants in that room in China are each missing a mother, but Lewis is missing something, too--a baby. She travels to China to meet her new little girl and falls head over heels in love. Taking her baby home to America, Lewis introduces her to...more
This was a drive-by read for me. I don’t have children so don’t find myself reading children’s books on a regular basis. However, I walked past a display of children’s books and was drawn in by the title: I Love You Like Crazy Cakes.
The book itself is a hardboard book, perfect for toddlers or young people who are still learning how to be gentle with books. This is a very touching story about a mother who flew to China to adopt a little girl and how quickly she fell in love with her upon meeting...more
The book itself is a hardboard book, perfect for toddlers or young people who are still learning how to be gentle with books. This is a very touching story about a mother who flew to China to adopt a little girl and how quickly she fell in love with her upon meeting...more
Reviewed by Me for Kids @ TeensReadToo.com
With I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY CAKES, author Rose Lewis brings to lifer her true story of adopting a baby from China. What begins as a letter to Chinese officials ends with bringing home a baby girl, to the delight of her new mother and extended family.
Jane Dyer's illustrations are soft and dreamy, and perfectly compliment the story of Rose and her daughter, Alexandra Mae-Ming Lewis. From that first time of holding her new daughter, to the first night alone...more
With I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY CAKES, author Rose Lewis brings to lifer her true story of adopting a baby from China. What begins as a letter to Chinese officials ends with bringing home a baby girl, to the delight of her new mother and extended family.
Jane Dyer's illustrations are soft and dreamy, and perfectly compliment the story of Rose and her daughter, Alexandra Mae-Ming Lewis. From that first time of holding her new daughter, to the first night alone...more
This touching story of a young woman’s journey to a far-away land is compelling and worrisome, yet joyous in the end. Although we do not know the young woman’s name, or the baby’s name, we have a sense that it could be any mother and child. All that truly matters is the love of parent for a child and child’s love for a parent, supplemented by the extended family’s love through support and acceptance.
This young mother wanted a child to love for as long as she could remember and so, many miles aw...more
This young mother wanted a child to love for as long as she could remember and so, many miles aw...more
This is a warm, fuzzy, sentimental story about the adoption of a Chinese daughter by a single parent, Rose Lewis. I love the way the entire family and culturally mixed friends welcome the new baby. I respect the way Ms. Lewis offers thanks and sweet references to the natural mother. It is a beautiful read-aloud and brings tears to the eyes of parents in my library. This book reminds me how I felt about the birth of my own two long-awaited children, who were born after 10 years of marriage.
Adoption
This is a beautifully written and illustrated story documenting the authors own tale of how her child came into her world. The soft watercolor illustrations are the perfect touch for this warm heartfelt story. I love that the author writes this from a first person perspective to her daughter. This only accentuates the love and emotion she feels as she meets and brings home her daughter. The reader feels as though they are a “fly on the wall” in this special mother daughter moment.
This i...more
This is a beautifully written and illustrated story documenting the authors own tale of how her child came into her world. The soft watercolor illustrations are the perfect touch for this warm heartfelt story. I love that the author writes this from a first person perspective to her daughter. This only accentuates the love and emotion she feels as she meets and brings home her daughter. The reader feels as though they are a “fly on the wall” in this special mother daughter moment.
This i...more
A lovely and beautiful book about a mother who travels to China to pick up her new baby girl. The story starts with all of the baby girls in cribs and ends with the baby girl sleeping in her new crib in the U.S.
The story is very sweet and heartwarming with beautiful illustrations. It's definitely one that adoptive moms will tear up while reading.
The story is very sweet and heartwarming with beautiful illustrations. It's definitely one that adoptive moms will tear up while reading.
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes is a great children's story about adoption. The story talks about a mother's journey to China to adopt a baby girl. I would probably read this book to a 1st or 2nd grade classroom especially if we're doing a unit on families. This book does a great job describing to children the international adoption process.
Definitely beautiful illustrations and a good story about the author's experience adopting a baby. I enjoyed reading it, but I thought it was a little long to read to a class, especially younger kids. Good choice for a family read, though!
This was such a sweet story. It's about a woman in the US who wants to adopt a orphan baby from China. When she brings her home, she loves her to death, and it's so sad and sweet at the end. It's a little tear-jerker but it's really good.
This was one of the first children's adoption books that we bought. And still my favourite. Lovely illustrations and heartwarming text. I defy to get to the end of this book without crying!
This is a book I read to my daughter when she was younger to introduce to her a little bit of her life story. She enjoyed it, and liked the pictures of a baby who looked like her.
I have NEVER been able to read this one to my children without crying.. it is a beautiful reminder to me of the gift that two women that I may never met have given to me.
This book explains the adaption process that occurred in order for the narrator to become the parent of the little girl. It explains the way she felt and how she was welcomed by the new family.
Adorable book to read over and over – Asian adoption journey ends with a snuggle and a bit of whimsy for the mother who could not keep the baby.
Adorable story about a mom who adopts her daughter from China. Based on a true story from the author's life. The pictures are great too!
This book is great for when explaining the journey to adopt a baby. Its great to demonstrate different family lifestyles.
Story so close to my own, how could I not LOVE it. Every time I would read it to my daughter, I would cry cry cry!
I read this to a little girl I babysat, who was adopted from Asia. What a perfect book for a chosen child. :)
This book made my mom cry. The character loved her before she even knew her. Submitted by GABRIEL ORTIZ
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Nov 19, 2009 11:32am