Dandelion Wine

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Summary: I was Douglas Spalding.
Review: I grew up in a small Midwestern town, hearing screen doors bang, smelling the summer air, playing in the ravine and sensing the presence of something just beyond what my eyes could see and my mouth could taste. I made a vow to grow up and try to describe this to other people. I could not because it was so elusive. Then I read Dandelion Wine. As an adult can't detect the presence of whatever that was anymore but I know it was real because Bradbury, and some of you, felt it too.

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Summary: A very good book
Review: This book is very well written. I loved it. It made me think about the good things in life. Good summers, bad summers, the feel of summer. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading. Its a wonderful book.

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Summary: The absolute best book I have ever read.
Review: I read the reviews of other readers and I was upset that all the teenagers hated it (almost). I just turned 15, and Dandelion Wine has got to be the best book I have ever read. It was a research project for school, but I picked this book because I love Ray Bradbury. This story is not dull and slow. It is full of the truths of life, even I can tell that. It is a beautifully written story, and it really touched my life. Doug and Toms tablet is full of everything you need to know about life. The happiness machine ws a very poignant scene, I thoought. This story is wonderful, and no matter who you are, where you're from, and what you like to read, you will probably love this book.

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Summary: nostaligic, beautifully written
Review: the best thing I can say of any book is that if it evoked a strong emotional reaction in me, made me think about it and feel it, perhaps even made me think of my own life in terms of it. Mr Bradbury's boom has done all these things for me. I first read it in the early 80s when i was in 8th grade and never forgot it. Last summer, as I turned 30 and started myself to look back on the summers of my youth, i picked this book up again. It was quite a treasure. it could be 1928, it could be 1978 for me, different eras but same idea - the old disappearing, the new emerging. the thoughts and feelings of a boy seeing the world change, watching his life change with it. Younger people may not fully appreciate this book for it's value - looking back, when I read it circa 1980, i didn't see it the same way either

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Summary: Times not yet forgotten.
Review: There are few books that I reread. However this is one. I patiently wait for the coming of Summer and like a child on Christmas I open my gift. How I would love to be with Douglas Spaulding and have one more golden endless Summer. This is more than a mere book it's a way of life. That the smallest things around us should be "RELISHED". There are many scenes that remind me of my own childhood. And it is not true that "Youth is wasted on the young". Sometimes children see and do more in a Summer than most adults do in a life time. This is now the month of March and it's not quite time yet. I almost mark off the days of the calendar waiting. I would love to hear from other fans of "Dandelion Wine". This is a book full of magic and I would highly recommend it to anyone young or old. You never think that Summer will end but before you know it, it's gone. This is the next closest thing. Take it out side and sit in the grass and think about nothing but Summer and maybe just maybe you can be there for awhile.

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Summary: Pure magic.
Review: Wondrous, delightful, comfortable and touching. I can't imagine a more perfect book. To read it is to be reminded about how every day has some magic in it.

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Summary: Sweet Wine of Memory
Review: Do you think Ray Bradbury only wrote science fiction? Think again. The lucent story shines through the clutter of mediocre books. The summer of 1928 still exists. If you don't believe that the past is forever, read this.Do you think Ray Bradbury only wrote science fiction? Think again. The lucent story shines through the clutter of mediocre books. The summer of 1928 still exists. If you don't believe that the past is forever, read these words of light.

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Summary: This is my favorite book
Review: I have to admit that in school I was forced to read some of Ray Bradbury's science fiction stories and, not being a science fiction fan, decided I did not like him. Then one day a co-worker told me her favorite book was Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. I read it and found she was right. This is a book I have read again and again. Although it is set in 1928, long before I was born, it instantly takes me back to my childhood; the porch at my aunt and uncle's house, the feel of running barefoot and the sadness as Labor Day announced the end of summer. This is a book to treasure.

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Summary: The best "summer book" ever written.
Review: Do you remember what summer was like when you were a child -how endless and magical it seemed and how different from your"real life" then or now? See those summers of wonder again through the eyes of two young brothers. Dandelion Wine will evoke those old feelings of timelessness, curiosity, hope, and the beginnings of self-knowledge. It also brings to life the sights, sounds, people and activities of a time and place from the American past that is worth your visit, especially in the summer!

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Summary: A True Winner: Dandelion Wine Shines All the Way Through
Review: Filled with gorgeous, lyrical language, Dandelion Wine revealsthe stories of the inhabitants of Green Town, Illinois, in thememorable summer of 1928. Each story within the novel is poignant, each with a theme of what it means to live and die, what it means to grow old, to be young. Douglas Spaulding and his younger brother Tom give us the chance to discover through their eyes how the littlest things can be so pertubing---such as the 'erasing' of an old woman's youth, and the death of an elderly man . What a novel is this that can provoke such feelings!