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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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Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 31927
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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Condition: May have some marks or highlights.
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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 70 more reviews...
 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.
My daughter loves this book June 24, 2008
Our 2 year old daughter, adopted from China, asks us to read this one again and again. She always points out the page where the baby is handed to her mommy for the first time and touches the tears of the baby... "sad eyes." It's all she can do to wait until the final pages where she exclaims "now happy!"
I think this book captures that special and amazing "birth" really well. The process for an international adoption... paperwork, waiting, travel, uncertainty... all becomes a distant memory the minute that baby is placed in your arms. This book brings me back to that glorious day that we will never forget-- and a day that is important to celebrate. I think part of why my daughter loves it is that she sees how it touches me (it's a hugging book, for sure!)
If you're considering adopting from China, BUY THIS BOOK! June 15, 2008
After reading this book with our two daughters hundreds of times, I still get choked up at certain parts. Lewis does an amazing job of telling this realistic story that is not overwhelming for children, yet still interesting to adults. I first read this book when my husband and I were very early in the adoption process and had narrowed our possible "country list" down to 2 or 3. After bursting into tears halfway through the book in a Barnes and Noble, I told my husband, "Buy this book for me and we're going to China!" You will definitely want a copy to save and a copy to share; it's that important of a book if you are adopting from China.
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