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snowelf's review against another edition
4.0
A good early reader about the sympathetic Robert the Rose Horse. My five year old is sensitive, so I was watching him very carefully for reactions to the harsher elements of the story: separation from your parents, loosing your nice job, coming across bad guy robbers, etc. He held it together although I could tell he was touched by the story. We just made sure to flip the pages quick enough to discover the good outcomes. All in all a good, eventful story with a happy ending. It's a bit long for a beginner reader, but there's plenty of repetition and overall it's an easy read. It's a memorable story to read again at some point.
calistareads's review against another edition
5.0
What a lovely story this fun and winsome story is. It’s about a horse who loves roses and lives on a rose farm. He goes to the city to get away from roses and loses job after job due to a rose popping up somewhere.
This is a beginning book from the 60s with P. D. Eastman here and his digging-nest dog shows up in a part of the story. The kids loved it and we all recognized him. There is a charm here that is timeless. The kids loved this story. They did. They rooted for the horse and they knew when a big sneeze disaster was about to hit. When the horse made all the people and things scatter with a mighty blow, the kids howled with laughter and they figured out how the horse would end the last scene. This book still charms the next generation. I did not read this as a kid, but as an adult, I still enjoyed this book. It is a wonder.
The niece gave this 4 stars and the nephew gave this 5. I say, if a book from the 60s can still entertain, then it is timeless and I give it 5 stars.
This is a beginning book from the 60s with P. D. Eastman here and his digging-nest dog shows up in a part of the story. The kids loved it and we all recognized him. There is a charm here that is timeless. The kids loved this story. They did. They rooted for the horse and they knew when a big sneeze disaster was about to hit. When the horse made all the people and things scatter with a mighty blow, the kids howled with laughter and they figured out how the horse would end the last scene. This book still charms the next generation. I did not read this as a kid, but as an adult, I still enjoyed this book. It is a wonder.
The niece gave this 4 stars and the nephew gave this 5. I say, if a book from the 60s can still entertain, then it is timeless and I give it 5 stars.
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