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I Love You Like Crazy Cakes | 
 enlarge | Author: Rose A. Lewis
Creator: Jane Dyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 99078
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 10.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0316525383
EAN: 9780316525381
ASIN: 0316525383
Publication Date: September 1, 2000
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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 all her family and friends, and they begin their life together. A touching love story, I Love You Like Crazy Cakes will warm the cockles of any new parent's heart, especially those who have recently adopted a child. It's an ideal story for lap-time reading, and will inspire parents and kids to talk about their own first "meetings," whether at birth or in an adoption agency. Jane Dyer, illustrator of the bestselling Time for Bed by Mem Fox, Oh My Baby, Little One by Kathi Appelt, and many other marvelous picture books, uses a pastel palette of watercolors to capture the tender moments between the American mom and her rosy-cheeked Chinese baby. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
"Based on the author's own experience, this heartfelt story follows a woman on her journey to adopt a baby girl from China. From paperwork to plane flight, the narrative chronicles the baby's trip from a crib in a big room shared with many other babies to her own crib in her own room in her new room. Jane Dyer's delicate watercolors perfectly complement this charming text, a celebration of the love and joy a baby brings into the world."
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| Customer Reviews: Read 72 more reviews...
 A Beautiful Book December 24, 2008
This book was beautifully written and illustrated. The story will be incredibly helpful for families who have adopted from China, however, my criticism is that there is no mention at all about fathers. In fact, I believe now, single mothers can no longer adopt from China. I gave this as a gift to my friend who just adopted and we talked about editing as they read it to their new daughter to add the father into it. All in all, this book was very sweet.
 Excellent Chinese Adoption Story! December 16, 2008
If you are thinking about Chinese adoption...or have adopted...this is the perfect story for you and/or your child to read! Beautiful words and beautiful pictures!
A great book August 26, 2008
This is an excellent book and I received in such good condition I gave it as
a gift.
What a beautiful book! August 25, 2008
The other night I was at a friend's house and had the privelege of having her 9 year old adoptive son read me this book! We talked about the pictures, how they reminded me of China and the orphanage my in-laws frequently visited when they lived there, and we talked about how the baby's Chinese Mom would like to know her baby was safe and happy, just like his birth mom knows he is safe and happy.
As someone considering adoption, I was deeply touched by the book, and since my young friend chose it to read to me, he too obviously likes it. I am grateful to this author for sharing her experiences and feelings in such a beautiful, heartwarming book!
 silly story August 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't like it. Story was silly and stupid. It writes like a first grader, very choppy. There are such great stories out there with nice happy meanings - this was just a woman who wanted a child, nothing really special beyond that. Sorry, not sure what the big deal is about this book.
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