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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 I did not care for it. Dec 08, 2010
By Barbara Hightower
"BabsBookBistro"
I never thought I would have to give a children's book 1 star review, but here it is. There are so many errors in this book I could not get past page 8. One page 8 it has 78 words before a period, no commas just and over and over.
Quote from page 8.
"As the truck moves slowly down the street from her old house to her new house Liza smiles because she is the only one who knows that her wish can and will come true once she is inside her new house in the tiny town of chili junction little liza runs out of the back door to her back yard and pray that since it is so hot outside her magical ice cream cone tree will not melt."
As you can see only two words capitalized, the 2nd Liza is not capitalized and names of towns are all lower case etc.
Ok I might be picky, but really this book needs more editing before anyone can really enjoy this book.
The illustrations are good though.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
This is a "cute" book! Dec 07, 2010
By Betty L. Dravis
"BETTY DRAVIS, author/reviewer"
The best thing I can say about this book is that it's "cute." The cuteness comes from the artwork created by the author's young niece. Of course, they're amateurish--as expected from a child artist--but they're fun, imaginative, colorful and silly. I'm sure they'll make your kids giggle...
The plot is also imaginative and magical, but the idea was not fully or professionally developed by this author. It's loaded with punctuation errors, run-on sentences and repetition. The formatting needs much more thought and fine-tuning to make it work.
Sure, it's sad that little Liza is worried about moving and making new friends, and it's a clever idea to have her family relocate to a magical town where her wish for ice-cream-cone trees is granted. New friends pop up from everywhere for free ice cream, so Liza's worries about friends are over.
But that and the sweet, little-kid drawings are not enough to make Little Liza Freeze and The Magical Ice Cream Cone Tree: Little Liza's Magical Ice Cream Cone Tree a five-star book.
My apologies to author Barbara Walker for giving only three stars: one for the art, one for the book idea, and the other one for the quality of the paper and cover. I already explained why I deducted two stars...
Also, the price is double that of mainstream children's books. However, if you can spring for that, then I must say that I think very young children will enjoy it...by your reading it aloud to them and by viewing the cheerful illustrations. How much are childish giggles worth, anyway? They're priceless to us parents. :-)
Reviewed by Betty Dravis, December 7, 2010
Author of "Dream Reachers" (with Chase Von) and other books
 Needs Work Jun 06, 2011
By Shannon M. Mcgee
"Confuzzled Books"
I have seen books like this (example young author Dalton James) with child like art and free flowing story.
While I understand the process of letting the mind flow freely to tell a story in written form this book just does not come together on the page. The story of Liza Freeze finding friends and making them through her magical ice cream cone tree is confusing. I just didn't understand the story completely and at the end felt lost.
I do usually like children art in book that are freely told like this but even the art gets confusing. I dislike giving low ratings but this book just needed to to be guided more once it got to the page and edited.
 AN INTERSTING CHILDREN'S FANTASY! Dec 13, 2010
By April A. Renn
"aarenn(AprilR)"
LITTLE LIZA FREEZE AND THE MAGICAL ICE CREAM CONE TREE by Barbara Walker is a children's fantasy read aloud. "The characters are real, believable and I especially like that Liza Freeze mad friends with Samantha. This is a magical story of moving to a new town and making new friends". I would like to learn more of Samantha and Liza's surprise". This is per my six year old granddaughter. As for me I thought is was interesting, we both thought the illustrations where interesting and nicely done. The book held my granddaughter's interest, who was very excited and enjoyed the story. It is age appropriate for a read aloud for 0-6 years.This book was received for review from Bostick Communications and the author and details can be found at Booksurge and My Book Addiction and More.
 The underdone images add a great deal of charm to an imaginative story Dec 04, 2010
By Charles Ashbacher
One of the best aspects of this book is that the images are colorful, but appear as if they were made using crayons by a nine-year-old. I am one that is often turned off by the blast of colors sometimes used in children's books; it is as if the illustrator is trying to overwhelm their young sensory systems. The premise is also one that many young children can relate to, the fear of moving to a new town and school.
Liza Freeze is "celebrating" her sixth birthday by moving to a new house in a new town. That scary thought is mitigated by the fulfillment of her wish that she have a magical ice cream cone tree. This gathers children around her new house very quickly and within a short time she has many new friends. Samantha is now her special friend forever and they go to the local playground and have lots and lots of fun. In only a short time Liza is once again happy in her new town of Chill Junction.
To young children, moving can be terrifying, even if that move is only to a different class. There is a little magic in this book as it presents a move in a gentle and special light. The thought of an ice cream cone tree is both silly and imaginative.
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