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Title: Repetition, repetition, repetition. Precious, perfect, pass on this.
Review: Kevin Henkes is an incredible illustrator and has produced wonderful children's stories. However, this book is not one of them. My husband and I dread the nights when my child finds this book and asks us to read it. In short, the use of repetition in this book is unbearable. The story is okay, except that the parents' fixation of how "perfect" their daughter is, what a perfect name, and so on, is what the older generation thinks of as Gen X parents run amok with the preciousness of their progeny. (It's way too precious for this Gen X parent.) The "mean girls in kindergarten" story line is not handled in a very constructive way either. It's only through a fluke that Chrysanthemum avoids being bullied permanently by a group of 5-year-olds about her name. I look forward to better stories from this author in the future.
