This was one of my favourites as a child, and now that I've reached the ripe old age of 19, I still read it now and then. This book is brilliantly written from a kid's point of view (i.e. "juice tastes better in the red cup"), so all kids will enjoy it. I thought it was a nice touch that Kelly's mom lost patience about having everything red. That is SO true!

And just for the record, my red sweater keeps me warmer, my red mitts make better snowballs, my red shoes make my feet dance, my red socks make my toes wiggle.....

This is a "feel good" book! I first bought this for my niece, and I loved it so much, I had to get one myself! I think Stinson really hits on the way a child's imagination works. The little girl, Kelly, can do anything when she is wearing her favorite color red. It makes me want to go buy everything red!

Our five year old son, who happens to be high functioning autistic, loved this book. He loves to play dress up, which is probably why he liked this book so much. He liked matching the descriptive questions with the child that is dressed that way.

When I sat down with my son to read this book I was prepared to read about body parts including the "private" ones. It was a real treat to see these parts on a wide variety on bodies. After I read it I sat and thought about how much it really means to share a book like this with my son. For him to see moms with thick tummies and dads with double chins. How unique the characters' facial features and body types were. Slowly it began to occur to me that something was not quite right. Everyone in this book is white.

Normally I do not notice when books have primarily white characters. Our family is caucasion and so we naturally identify with white characters. But when a book like this comes along, and I can see how much the illutrator has made a point of depicting such a wide variety of people, it really feels like something is missing when the characters all have basically light skin.

It is still a very good book, and I highly recommend it.

I bought this book after hearing about it from friends and it certainly lives up to the praise. Both my kids love it and it's very matter of fact about our bodies and how we are different and the same.

I like this book!

A very simple concept: name the parts of the body, from head to toe, and don't leave out the "forbidden" region between the belly button and the knees.

The illustrations are wonderful, and they portray a wide array of people: old, young, different colors, some in wheelchairs, some "bare naked" (as the title implies). The unstated message is that bodies are wonderful as a whole, and as a sum of their parts.

My only gripe (and it's a small one) is that girls are said to have "vaginas." Since the external genitals are collectively known as the "vulva" (the vagina being an internal organ), it's not exactly accurate -- though this is what a lot of families call girl's external genitals. Oh, well. I guess this is offset by the amusement I got at the very Canadian use of the term "bum" for the buttocks!

Great for all ages!

This is a good book to familiarize your children with the spanish language and it's a cute story.

This is a great children's book on adoption. It was a quick read and to-the-point. Great for short attention spans.

I found this an extremely dull and stilted story with no sense of humour or appreciation of a child's wit at all. It read like a school book with its clinical political correctness. If you're looking for a picture book about divorce for young kids I would recommend a book like Babette Cole's The Un-Wedding (also published as "Two of Everything") or Emily Haughton's Rainy Day. Cole's book is full of humour and yet deals with serious issues - my 4 y.o. wanted me to read it for her again and again in the months after the separation. Haughton's book is more dreamy and has a double meaning that appeals more to me than to my 4 y.o. but has a far higher quality than this book.

I guess the point of this book was to get kids to identify with the lead character, know that their feelings around divorce are not unique, and help them to discuss how they are feeling. While it may succeed in those aims (if those were the aims), it manages to paint a rather bleak and depressing picture, and just made our family feel sad with very little positive to focus on. To give you an idea, the final words of the book are: "My mommy and my daddy love me too. Just not together."

If I were to read only one book in the whole world, I would choose "Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Anymore". I was a teenager when my parents divorced, and I felt devestated, like my heart was being ripped in half. I first read this book when I was in my late twenties. I felt so much healing from reading this book, the words on the page allowed me to cry and know that it was o.k. Then towards the end of the book the author gives you a positive way to think and act about your feelings. This book is truely inspirational and has changed my life

This is a really boring book which only deals with every-day stories.It is written from two perspectives and both of them write emotionally and you think they are really crazy.O.K.now my comment of this book.The story is and the action,too.E.g.when Jill and Chad are at the beach and Jill wants to go swimming.Normally here the scene must continue in other ways......

The story is about two teenagers who have problems with their parents. The girl, Jill, who is 17 years old runs away from home because her relationship to her father becomes worse, since he steals her dancing money. She stays in the Fish House for three days where she meets Chad, a fifteen-year-old boy, whose mother died in a car accident. As they recognize that they have the same problems they fall in love. The book is written from Jill's and Chad's perspective and is divided up in three diary entries.

Reading the book you are confrontated with the two protagonists Jill and Chad. The story(s)are written in form of a diary from two perspectives. So in the beginning the reader would not expect this two stories having anything to do with each other. However, they finally meet. The start of a beautiful friendship...

We think the book has to get four stars because it is written in a very good and emotional style.That's why you can imagine protagonists` innermost feelings and think about your own feelings. Enjoy reading!

All my friends told me that I absoloutly HAD to read this book and that it was sooooo great. I took it home to read it and...it wasn't worth all that praise. It was pretty boring actually. I think maybe it's a love it or hate it type of book. I was the latter.