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Title: Can't Stand This Book--So Many Better Options
Review: If you are looking for a story to explain the mother-child bond and you live in an artificial society where all parents look like their children, then, perhaps this book is for you. However, if you are an adoptive parent, a step-parent, a foster-parent, or just a mom whose child doesn't mirror you, don't even bother with this book. I won't read it to my students (I am an elementary school teacher) or to my own children--who, incidentally, don't look like me. The book reinforces the notion that in order for a child and his mother to have a bond, they must look alike. Maybe I'm being a little overly sensitive or PC, but I simply loathe this book, which isn't even well written on top of everything else there is to dislike about it. If you're looking for a moving story, that truly shows what it's really like to be a mom, regardless of who you are or what you look like, A Mother For Choco by Keiko Kasza is a far superior choice.
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