Do you cry whilst reading to the children?

'Nothing' gets me.
Its worse if you haven't read ahead IMO. My mum bought ds 'Dr White' (about a dog in a hospital - based on a true story) I blithly start reading to ds and end up snivelling (trying not to), and snot filled. I try to avoid it now...
'Beegu' can also do it to me depending on how the hormones are behaving

I blubbed when Charlotte died in Charlottes Web. It was the bit about her only being able to weakly raise one leg to wave at Wilbur. 'And no one was with her when she died'. FFS I am welling up writing that, get a grip woman!

My MIL bought No Matter What for my DD1.

While I was in hospital having DD2.

I had to stay in hospital for around 5 days because of complications and DD1 wouldn't come and see me as she didn't like the hospital.

When I got home, 5 days postnatal, bent double by the CS scar, smack in baby blues territory, half mad with missing DD1, she thrust No Matter What into my hand and asked me to read it. In front of the assembled family masses.

Bt the time I reached the bit about the stars I was snorting big snotty sobs and clutching my scar. My in-laws didn't quite know what to do.

Yes Harpomanx yes!!!!!! That's the book I meant - not 'Seven for Silver', 'Seven for a Secret'!

It is so so sad.

I'm shocked that The big big Sea is out of print... it's such a beautiful book, gorgeous illustrations. I'm going upstairs now to put it on a higher shelf out of DS's (AKA 'The little shredder') way.

I surprise myself by finding that I wouldn't be willing to sell it for £35. I would snap up one of the £8.63 copies if I were you.

I'd not heard of the Big Big Sea before - but need to read it now. It sounds beautiful. I'll join the campaign!

Mind you, might remove my daughter's copy from toybox if it is going to be worth money.

You can pick up a copy for £8.63 as well, must be out of print. Shall we start a campaign to have it reprinted??

OMG The Big Big Sea is £33.26 on Amazon.

and totally agree about Peepo, god we are ridiculously over-sensitive, aren't we!

I have posted this before on a similar thread, but this book should be banned!

it has bereavement, redundancy, homelessness, rural idylls, lovable grandads (who die ) and stupid mums read it to their dds without having the least idea where it is going and then end up in a blubbering heap on the floor.

as someone already said. Gah!

Also "Some Dogs Do"...marvellous.

Oh, wow...the Big Big Sea, just the saddest book. What do you think has happened to Daddy?

I cried at the "Whale and the Snail"

Oh God, I'm always sniffling at the Big Big Sea. Sometimes DD hold my hand, in anticipation of me blubbing.

"And a mother with a baby just like him.." Sob. Whimper.

And "Dogger" is heartbreaking.

I'm just reading the boys "The Railway Children" (the sort of old-fashioned book they are far too 21st century and male to read to themselves) and the bit about their mother asking them not to walk on the railway made me sob:

"But, darlings, you don't know how fond I am of you. What should I do if you got hurt?"

"Are you fonder of us than Granny was of you when you were little?" Phyllis asked. Bobbie made signs to her to stop, but Phyllis never
did see signs, no matter how plain they might be.

Mother did not answer for a minute. She got up to put more water in the teapot.

"No one," she said at last, "ever loved anyone more than my mother loved me."

Boo hoo. Sniffle.

Paws..another Dogger crier here. Is it the bit when Bella swaps her bear?

I bought I collection of Mick Inkpen stories ages ago to read to DS - luckily, browsed through it first & found myself howling at Nothing oh its soooooo sad .....never did manage to read the story - its still here in pristine condition

HollyHobbie: well, I read the pinkle purr poem & I started crying!! Oh my god, this thread has reaaaaally got the tear ducts going...

By the way, not sure who mentioned ? the velveteen rabbit- I've cried when reading that several times too...

The other book that I find really wonderful- and always makes me cry for some strange reason is a little bit of winter by Paul Riddell...

And, oh yes: I too cry when I hear 'Slipping through my fingers!'

I cry at all of those. Especially Holly and Ivy, which I read to my two every year and cry almost all the way through - they are used to me now

All Michael Morpurgo's books make me cry, and Adolphus Tips is DD's all-time favourite, so if I am reading it to her, she has the hankies ready!

me too SmallerClanger - it's so obvious Christopher Robin is going to school and that it's the end of his childhood: "They won't let me do nothing any more" ...sob!

It's the first time I've ever cried reading a book to DD. She was surprised and a bit dismayed, I think. I had to just stop and read something jolly instead.

Haven't quite cried to this AA Milne poem (damn that man) but it does get me in the back of the throat: a sad but true summation of motherhood.

Only when DS#2 insists I read the 8th book

MollyCherry - 'Slipping through my fingers' brings the tears to my eyes every time as well... I am going to have to stop reading this thread as it's costing me a fortune on Amazon and I thought I was finished with the Christmas shopping