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katiebtatton's review against another edition
5.0
Inside my hope chest, tucked way in the back next to my wedding album and my children's baby books is perhaps the most beautiful children's book ever written (certainly the illustrations are breath-taking!). I keep it in my hope chest because I cannot read The Dance without crying, and I don't want to lose that. Written by Richard Paul Evans and illustrated by Jonathan Linton, The Dance is the story of a father who watches his daughter dance her way through the stages of life, and while she cannot see him watching her, he is always close by, just out of sight, yearning for her to succeed and smiling with the radiant joy that her dancing brings to him.
I read this book when I miss my own father.
I read this book when I miss my own father.
plexbrarian's review
3.0
The sentimental side of me that loves the song "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle and the book "I Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch really liked this book.
The side of me that lost its innocence when people commented on how creepy and stalkerish ILYF was, was equally creeped out by this book.
I understand the idea of a hands-off but supervising father seeing his daughter grow up, but the way each section ends with a comment on her dad just passively watching her felt weird. :\
The side of me that lost its innocence when people commented on how creepy and stalkerish ILYF was, was equally creeped out by this book.
I understand the idea of a hands-off but supervising father seeing his daughter grow up, but the way each section ends with a comment on her dad just passively watching her felt weird. :\
luann's review against another edition
4.0
This is a tear-jerker! It may be one of those picture books that mostly adults love, but I don't think most children would dislike it. They just wouldn't quite understand the depth of the story. I could see this as a wonderful book for fathers to read to their daughters since it portrays such a loving father-daughter relationship. I particularly loved the illustrations. My favorite is the first picture with the little girl wearing a flowered hat and beads and dressing up her cat in a pink frilly dress.
apostrophen's review against another edition
5.0
So, are you feeling weepy? Are you feeling like your day could only be improved by blubbering, full on ugly-cry-mode complete with nose bubbles and choking noises? Need to be blotchy and incoherent with sheer sadness?
Have I got the book for you.
Now, I'm not a sucker for family stories. At all. In fact, they generally leave me cold (and a bit frustrated for those of us who didn't have anything of the sort), but this story doesn't project an "all dads are like this" nor an "all daughters are like this" but rather "here is a story of a father and his daughter." It's cute at the start, and there's a wee bit of overprotectiveness and typical borderline-girls-need-to-be-protected-from-all-boys dadishness in the teen years, but as the story progressed, I went from, "Huh, this is really beautifully illustrated," to "Okay, this is cute," to "Oh wow," to "Oh no," to "They wouldn't do this in a children's book..." to the above aforementioned public ugly-cry in the middle of the children's section at work.
Have I got the book for you.
Now, I'm not a sucker for family stories. At all. In fact, they generally leave me cold (and a bit frustrated for those of us who didn't have anything of the sort), but this story doesn't project an "all dads are like this" nor an "all daughters are like this" but rather "here is a story of a father and his daughter." It's cute at the start, and there's a wee bit of overprotectiveness and typical borderline-girls-need-to-be-protected-from-all-boys dadishness in the teen years, but as the story progressed, I went from, "Huh, this is really beautifully illustrated," to "Okay, this is cute," to "Oh wow," to "Oh no," to "They wouldn't do this in a children's book..." to the above aforementioned public ugly-cry in the middle of the children's section at work.
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