Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: GREAT read-aloud

This has been an excellent read-aloud for my fifth grade classes over the last few years (as well as my own pre-teens). The descriptions of the characters and setting by Neil Gaiman are very well done. My students have learned to really use their imaginations to envision Coraline's "other" life beyond the drawing room. We were excited to hear of the movie coming out, but we were all terribly disappointed with that version....they held true to many of the "creepier" aspects, but added some scenes that took away from the true ambiance of the original story (original setting in England, so they had to remove any of the British vocabulary and settings to make it Americanized---yuck). Although a well-made 3-D movie, it just wasn't as magical as this wonderful book. I would suggest any parent get this and read it aloud to your child (10+)even if you have seen the movie (use it to compare both versions)