Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: distressing to children

I do not like this book. Don't hate it, but I don't like it, either. This is my mother's favorite children's book, and I vividly recall her reading it to me for the first time when I was 3 years old. It was very distressing because I didn't want to think about my mother dying AND because my mom always cried when she read it- didn't like that, either! My older brother felt the same way. Young kids aren't good at differentiating between sad tears and happy/emotional tears. Every once in a while I would let her read it because I knew she liked it, but I did not at all. Do you really want your child to feel like they have to submit to something that distresses them just because they want to make you happy? Also now that I'm adult, I too find the whole "creeping into adult son's bed" disturbing. I didn't pick up on that as a child (and I doubt most children would), but it's the final nail in the coffin for this book in my mind.