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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

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  “Perfect for all ages... this book, a story of love and friendship, but most of all a call to be yourself, whoever that might be. ”

  claredavina wrote this review Sunday, October 28 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

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  “illustrated books have this way of polarizing human complexities/frailties into chewable pulp, maybe its the clarity of simple visual aids instead of the usual creole of excess leaning to too much explanation spawning more questions than answers.. This read will blindside those who expect to see the silver lining to the ocean of questions we face in our finite view of how we want our tangled lives to be unspooled. almost like an anti-self help book, it seeps deeper, rather than burrow and shake our beliefs that all are basically driven for a desperate disparity of self-absorbed enlightenment, the pictures animate the words as if seeing children bask in blissful abandon, free of what is what and why is why peeking again through the forgotten corners of simple wisdom inside us we traded away for layers of popular culture. Hooray for Trina Paulus:)”

  enola wrote this review Friday, August 24 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “A great book, really meaningful and it tells u everything about the logo of life in a simple touching-heart way...
  Thanks to the author :)”

  rosesorkh wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 3 stars

  “It's a cute story of a caterpillar who wants to fly. A very transparent fable about the choices we make in life.”

  Andrew L wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  “So simple yet so deep. It will encrust your system. Like life, so simple yet full of mysteries to discover. ”

  tonette P wrote this review Friday, October 17 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Hope for the flowers is a book that can be read at many levels. Kids will love it as a tender story of adventure, adults will see it a tale of self-discovery. Trina Paulus' simple and clear illustrations are a wonderful addition to her simple and clear prose, that conveys the story of 2 caterpillars - Stripe & Yellow and uses their paths in life's journey to counterpoint against humanity's mad struggle for nothingness. Trina tells, in simple (not pedantic) words how true happiness lies inside of us, if only we had the courage to look inside and truly see. Much like Shel Silverstein's works, Trina Paulus captures the wonder of childhood and tells an inspiring and touching story that will appeal to all. "Hope for the Flowers" does more to puncture bourgeois denial than any Marxist treatise ever could. It cuts to the radical more deeply than the Anarchists can approach. This blessed fable challenges us to embrace the truly important and to become who we really are, instead of pursuing the carrots dangled in front of us by our Corporate Masters. Like that?”

  Heather C wrote this review Sunday, October 5 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “if you havent read this, put it at the top of your to do list! its got an amazing moral, it really gets you thinking (for a picture book)”

  embalinakabodidikins wrote this review Friday, June 20 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  “Very Nice book - I enjoyed it”

  Krish wrote this review Sunday, June 15 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “very simple yet very realistic,,
  i love the pictures,,”

  mark eldame d wrote this review Wednesday, June 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )