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After that, the phrases get better. My favorite line being "Before you, I read books with a thousand pages. After you, I read the same book a thousand times."
The shining glory of the book is the illustrations. Artist Estelle Corke has drawn scenes straight out of a mother's life. Playing dress up, going on an outing, reading the same book over and over and over again... she captures the tenderness that a mother has for her child, the little scenes that make life magical.
All in all, it was a pretty good story, but the illustrations are why you should check it out.