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sra
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 5:11 pm
My school has it as part of the curriculum and the girls love it! The girls KNOW it is ridiculous and just a fun read
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Laiya
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 8:19 pm
zaq wrote: | Good question! I have always hated the Giving Tree, the moral lesson of which seems to be "be a doormat." |
I found Shel Silverstein's children's books in general to be part brilliant and part downright disturbing.
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chanatron1000
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 8:24 pm
BrisketBoss wrote: | I'm glad "Love You Forever" got fixed but let's be real, it was weird before her son moved out. She held a teenage boy and he kept sleeping? And she wasn't concerned that maybe for example, he had decided to sleep naked, or he was awake and doing something private? |
It doesn't hold up as a realistic story, but it makes sense to little kids.
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Boca00
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 8:29 pm
Ohh yes, I always found Shel Silverstein's books disturbing.
And I totally agree that the mother in "I Love You Forever" has major boundary issues (but I did cry when I read it).
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Laiya
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 8:29 pm
Roald Dahl is also pretty disturbing.
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keym
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Mon, Jan 03 2022, 8:33 pm
chanatron1000 wrote: | It doesn't hold up as a realistic story, but it makes sense to little kids. |
The first time I read it, my first reaction was "what type of idiot mother picks up a sleeping toddler to rock him".
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