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Be My Valentine Peter Rabbit (Potter)

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In this board book, Peter Rabbit scurries by his forest friends with nary a word or glance to deliver his valentine. The lesson here: it's OK to be rude to your friends.

Keeneye has always believed there should be a law against imitating Beatrix Potter and (true to form) this effort is a D- with the illustration featuring starchy-looking Jemima Puddleduck the least awkward.

The book is a tad too big for a wee hands but the tot will find a way to open and close the book a million times to hear Peter's brief recorded message on the last page.

All in all, a well-intended endeavour but (parents and guardians) ... proceed with caution! Start the tot with the real thing!

We got this from a friend whose daughter loved this book but had outgrown it. My son was 9 months old when we started reading this book to him. He loved pointing out the butterfly, the animals, flowers, bugs and anything else he recognized. The end message is Peter delivering a valentine to his mother and saying, "I Love You! I Love You!" Very sweet and everyone knows what I Love You means! As for the bad review that states "it teaches children to be rude to their friends" is ridiculous! It is a story about a bunny rabbit trying to get to his mother as quickly as possible because he is sooo excited about the valentine he is going to give her! The bunny is in a hurry; he is not being rude to his friends or neighbors as a matter a fact, he acknowledges them but then hurries off to see his mother. Now 2 1/2 years later, the message at the end of my book no longer works so I am on Amazon looking for one to replace it and to get one for my nephew.