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Summary: Good Book About Friendship and Accepting You for You
Review: As I've stated in several other reviews, I used to read this series of books to my much-younger adopted sisters back when they were first in print in the 80s and early 90s. Now that I have a child of my own I have been re-collecting these books to read to him. Don't Cry Big Bird centers around Big Bird and his frustration with his large size -- he's too big to jump rope, too big to play hopscotch, and can never find a good hiding place. One day it just gets to be too much and he starts to cry, that is until Snuffy sees him and tries to cheer him up, telling him "you are a very nice size -- big, like me." Big Bird's friends are also concerned about him not being able to play their games, that is until they start to change their games -- tying two ropes together, making super-size hopscotch boxes, etc. They run to get Big Bird who is delighted to finally be able to join in, and discovers he can be great at being "IT" in hide and seek. His height even comes in handy when Betty Lou's kite gets stuck in a tree. While the writing in this book is not quite as strong as in the ones in this series by Elliott and Hautzig, it is still a very positive story with good artwork to support it.
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