One of the wonderful things about this winter holiday (2 weeks off from school, having Daddy home more than usual) is that we've had a lot more time to sit down and read books with the kids. I think we pretty much have all of our library's Magic School Bus books checked out.
But one of the things I've noticed, is that stories I loved as a child look a little different to me now.
In the classic Curious George Goes to the Hospital, the man with the yellow hat has to go home at night and George just sat there and cried. Awful! I skip that page when reading it to my kids. :-)
And the story of the Five Chinese Brothers is one I remember well from childhood, requesting it again and again. It horrifies me now! A children's story about 4 different ways to execute someone??
Luckily, you can't go wrong with Clifford the Big Red Dog. [I now interrupt my typing to read The Baby Blue Cat and the Whole Batch of Cookies that my 3-year-old just brought to me. The mother cat is a lovely example of gentle parenting in this one.]
I just ordered The Warmest Place of All, a book recommended on the Attachment Parenting International website, so I'm very excited to cuddle up and read that one when it arrives. I'm also taking a look at this list of children's books about sustainability.
Happy reading and snuggling!
Sunday, January 03, 2010
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One of my friends bought the complete set of Babar stories and was horrified by the racist and imperialist messages. They only read a few of them to their kids.
We have been enjoying listening to the new Winnie the Pooh stories by David Benedictus. He wrote them in the style of the old stories by AA Milne, and they are fabulous--nothing like the awful Disneyfied Pooh books.
It will be great to watch Curious George, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Curious_George-tickets looking forward to it.
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