Customer Reviews

Real Love: The Drawings for Sean

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I love this book and even though some may not agree with what I'm doing with it, it turned out to be a great idea. The drawings are perfect for a baby's room so what I've done is taken the drawings in the book and framed them to make a border for our baby's bedroom. The captions at the bottom of each page are perfect and simple and relay a wonderful message. I was never a fan of the Beatles or John Lennon for that matter, but this book really caught my eye and I couldn't resist it.

I bought this book, while researching for a play "John Lennon and Me". This book is really cute, colorful, and VERY enjoyable. Not only did I enjoy it, but the cast of the play also enjoyed it as well, young and old, we all liked it. John Lennon's play on words is great. The captions are simple, but perfect. I would recomend this for any John Lennon fan, or just any one looking for a sweet/cute children's book.

The backgrounds are very pretty and colorful and John Lennon's drawings have a joyous and happy feel to them. The colorizations add a lot of happiness and fun and work well with his humorous linework. It's a very pleasing book to my 3 kids. Any kid would love it or any adult would appreciate it, for that matter. There's no story to the book but the titles are funny to repeat along to your kid.

I already owned this book, but I recently purchased it for a friend of mine who is about to have a baby. She chose "John Lennon's Musical Parade" for her nursery theme, a line of baby products based on this loving collaboration between John Lennon and his young son Sean; she had never seen the actual drawings and I wanted her to know where those images of animals and musical notes came from. The book is endearing and simple, revealing Lennon's creativity with words ("A turtle winning by a hare" under a drawing of a turtle and a rabbit; "A bird bath" under a picture of a bird in in the rain). In the short introduction, Yoko explains that Sean came up with some of the titles himself. All in all, a wonderful book for children, fans of John Lennon, and adults who are young at heart.

After purchasing some of the John Lennon line of clothing for my baby, I had to buy the book. It truly reminds you of what a great mind we lost. The drawings are adorable and colorful. The captions are cute and funny. My daughter loves looking at each page. Its really worth buying.

This book makes me think of the Frank Sinatra classic, "You Make Me Feel So Young." The lyrics to that 1951 classic are startlingly a propos in re this book.

This is an ideal book for all ages. Many people have been inspired to do a "John Lennon's Musical Parade" for a nursery theme have done their children a service by exposing them to high culture early. This book is the loving collaboration of a father and son. John's love for playing with words and stacking them in odd configurations much as young children enjoy stacking blocks is evident in this book as was the case in his 1964 book, "In His Own Write" and his 1965 follow up with "A Spaniard in the Works."

The drawings that accompany the writing are gentle and direct; people of all ages will certainly appreciate the collaborative creativity that went into this book. Yoko Ono said that their son Sean came up with many of the titles and John would then work around those titles to create the imagery. This is truly a delightful book that all will love, regardless of whether or not they are Beatle fans. (Although no doubt Beatle fans will derive an especial amount of pleasure from this one).

Beautiful, colorful illustrations, a few clever puns, and silly captions. This is more a picture book than a story book, but the drawings and plays on words can lead to rich discussions with a young child.

Cover was a little scuffed but in overall good condition. Such a cute book!

While I enjoy the whimsical aspect of this book, I would appreciate it without the text (even though I understand the historical nature of putting them both together). Overall, I'm not unhappy to have the book.

I purchased this book for gifts for two little girls in my family. Both of their parents loved the books, as did I. The drawings are enhanced with color which is much different from the original John Lennon works, but I think it adds some flavor to the pictures. The stories on some of them are really cute too. I am very happy with the purchase and know they will be a treasured favorite of the girls.