Title: Love Is Strong
Product review: This Caldecott-Award-winning picture book was selected as one of the 100 Best Books of the Century by the National Education Association, and deservedly so. A young donkey, Sylvester, finds a magic pebble, one that grants his every wish. Through a logical chain of events which make sense, Sylvester wishes he were a rock. Instantly, he is turned into a rock, unable to move, unable to speak. His parents search for him but cannot find him, and their lives seem without meaning. This, the center part of the book, is very sad. But through another logical chain of events, Sylvester the rock is able to make a wish that comes true. Thus he and his parents are reunited, and all three realize that, having each other, there is nothing else to wish for, because "They all had all that they wanted. A wonderful story: funny, then sad, then joyous and uplifting.
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