When the Sky Is Like Lace

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Summary: THE PERFECT CHILDREN'S BOOK - FINALLY BACK IN PRINT
Review: Both the young and the young-at-heart will adore this wonderful and wondrous book. The bewitchingly lyrical text is complemented sublimely by the beautiful illustrations. My two children couldn't put their copies down and nor could I.

Every child should have the good fortune to be gifted with "When The Sky Is Like Lace". This book is a perfect - and delightfully "different" - gift for every occasion, from birthdays to baby showers. It's a rarity amongst children's books - a true keeper that will become a family favorite for generations to come.

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Summary: Please Reprint This Book!
Review: I first heard of this book while taking a Children's Lit course in college. When our professor read it aloud to us as an example of one of the finest pieces of children's literature she knew, I was stunned that it was out of print. I checked it out of the college library over and over and never tired of its flowing, musical, beautiful text and its equally inspiring pictures. I am crushed that I can't find an affordable copy to buy. Why is this amazing book out of print? I want to pass copies out to every child (and most adults) I know. I want to read it to my own children someday.

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Summary: All time best children's book
Review: The artwork in this book is beyond belief. The story evokes an imagination that goes on for weeks after the story has been read. As a child I often found myself looking through a Kleen-x to see if the man on the moon would wink at me and on good nights (when my mother was up for it) he 'would' wink, so we would immediately start the spaghetti!

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Summary: Magical, amazing, WONDERFUL book for children or adults
Review: This book should be brought back into print right away! I am fortunate enough to own a copy, but when I looked it up to buy a copy for a friend, I was saddened to find it out of print. This is definitely one of the top 3 children's books ever written that is generally unknown to the public. This is very sad, as every child should grow up reading this book! I was enchanted with it in my childhood, and still am. I could not wait until I could share this gem with my own children. My 3-year-old son now loves it as well. The fanciful storyline leads children into a wonderful land that is part real, part fantasy. The illustrations are magical. The words are wonderful...they add to the imagination of the story in a wonderfully lyrical way. An example: "the trees are aslant at the midnight end of the garden..." and even the recurring theme of a "bimulous night when the sky is like lace." Please, someone, re-print this amazing book! On nights when "the sky is like lace," my son now points out, "Look mommy...it's bimulous!" No child should be without this captivating, enchanting picture book.

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Summary: Wish I Had [$$$]
Review: This is such a beautiful book, one of my daughter's favorites. I don't know what happened to our copy, but I thought I'd buy one for my granddaughter. Truly memorable, I probably haven't seen the book for 25 years and I still remember the title and the pictures. I'll have to pray for a reprint.

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Summary: THE PERFECT CHILDREN'S BOOK - FINALLY BACK IN PRINT
Review: When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz should absolutely be reissued. I can't believe that it is out of print. A friend is having a baby shower and out of the hundred books my two year old loves to hear, this is an absolute favorite. We regularly read him my husband's copy from childhood and I wanted to be able to share this with my friend's child. The story is fabulous, fanciful, rhythmic, and utterly beyond my imagination. The drawings are so deeply rooted to the story that they seem to move as you read along (such as when the trees "eucalyptus" or when the sky is "bimulous"). I am so grateful to my mother-in-law for tucking this book away for all those years. Please please someone reissue this book so more children can relish the fantastic images and situations it creates for us. Much gratitude to the author for her tremendous gift that she shared with us back in 1975 and that I will continue to extend to other children as my son and his friends grow.

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Summary: The Most Extraordinary Children's Book
Review: When the Sky is Like Lace by Elinor Lander Horwitz should absolutely be reissued. I can't believe that it is out of print. A friend is having a baby shower and out of the hundred books my two year old loves to hear, this is an absolute favorite. We regularly read him my husband's copy from childhood and I wanted to be able to share this with my friend's child. The story is fabulous, fanciful, rhythmic, and utterly beyond my imagination. The drawings are so deeply rooted to the story that they seem to move as you read along (such as when the trees "eucalyptus" or when the sky is "bimulous"). I am so grateful to my mother-in-law for tucking this book away for all those years. Please please someone reissue this book so more children can relish the fantastic images and situations it creates for us. Much gratitude to the author for her tremendous gift that she shared with us back in 1975 and that I will continue to extend to other children as my son and his friends grow.