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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST READ for the youg boys and girls of America!, June 26, 2002
I first read this book when I was a kid growing up in Mexico. Once I picked it up, I could not stop reading. Images of parental love and life in late 19th century Italy still reverberate in my mind. Now that I have a child of my own I intent to read him short stories from this wonderful literary work. Your local university library ought to have a copy of the book if you can't find it anywhere else. There is a web site that has some of the stories in italian... if all else fails. Key word is "Edmondo de Amicis." This work deserves a NOBEL.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book, December 7, 2003
Though it is a little idealistic, this book tells you how to create heaven in this world of trouble. The boy Enrico is of fairly decent birthline and is blessed with wonderful parents who love him by teaching him what is right and wrong, and how to respect and give compassions to those who are not as blessed.
Most of the children in this book are very very poor, and their parents are just as troubled as their children. De Amicis gives warm, gentle, compassionate embrace to these people, no matter how wretched or bad they might be, and tries to bring hope and encouragement to them through how Enrico and his loving parents relate to them. Enrico is not a perfect boy, he makes lots of mistakes, behaves disrespectful at times, and receives corrections. His parents are very strict and they don't slack off in raising their boy. Their corrections sometimes seem too harsh, but one can tell they come from true love, and Enrico understands that.If all parents in this world teach their children this way, we would have a much much better world.
It's an ideal, but it can be real, and to make it real, one should start reading this book and learn how to make this world heaven, instead of wasting one's precious time watching violence-filled meaningless movies.
I would recommend parents and teachers to read it, though it's a very good book for your children as well.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A most needed book for all our today's children!, May 24, 2000
This is the book which all schools should make our youngsters read. In today's world, where respect, compassion, honesty, purity and tenderness come a terrible second at best, a book like Cuore: "Heart of a Boy" stands as the sincere beacon for our children to follow, a must-read for our kids. Just look around, what's happening to our youth, no one teach them all of these lofty values, no surprise then we have cases like the "Colunmbine" schools.......I'm very astonished that this book is completely out of print in the United States, what a grand deprivation for our kids...what a crime !
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