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  <title><![CDATA[Monster Mama]]></title>
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  <date_added>Tue Nov 11 19:01:28 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome illustrations!<br/>Touching and Strange.<br/>There are no notes in the book, but when I began reading it I immediately wondered if it had been written by someone who has been affected in some way by a bipolar disorder, manic depression, or some other up down and all around mental illness. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37475970">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Glorious illustrations. Warm story of maternal love and what a wonderful support that is for a child and how it colors the child's interactions in the world. Kids love the surprising twists in this story as much as the adult who reads it to them. ]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 21:14:39 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to think of this book.  I love the story, the illustrations are amazing, but I believe they are too scary for my two year old.<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[GREAT illustrations and an all-time family favorite]]></body>
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    <review id="52590933">
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  <date_added>Mon Apr 13 21:08:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun book to read with children. Very unique illustrations. ]]></body>
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    <review id="42542386">
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    <body><![CDATA[best book of all time.]]></body>
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    <review id="26606">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 08 12:02:46 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Unusual allegory for a kid’s picture book: a child’s relationship with an “impaired” parent. In this case an actual monster mama who doesn’t like to leave the cave in the back of the house. The boy in the story looks small for his age, but he’s independent, resourceful and resilient. Fun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26606">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a boy whose mom is a monster in the best possible sense.  She's disheveled and interesting and passionately loves and protects her son.  <br/><br/>I picked the book up when the cover caught my eye. All of the illustrations in the book are vivid watercolors with splashes and slas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26688093">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best picture books that I have ever read.  Ever.  It's one of the few picture books that honestly addresses what it's like to have a parent who isn't perfect.  And maybe way less than perfect.  I've given it to adults and read it with kids, and everyone likes it.  I appreciate pic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10563207">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will never stop reading or buying childrens books.  Now that I have a Niece I have an &quot;excuse&quot;, but it really just means I have to buy TWO  :-) This book has amazing illustrations and the proclamation &quot;Death to all Tyrants!&quot;... really... couldn't be better!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a picture book with some depth to it, the kind of book that sticks in your memory and ripens with age.  it presents a whole view of mothering and the beautiful nurturing that real, imperfect mothers can provide for their children.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books to read to my son.  It tells the story of a mother who is not perfect, but loves her child.]]></body>
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