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I learned three things.
1. The Going-to-Bed Book apparently has an original, longer version that's recently back in print.
2. "Forest Dance" is now for sale.
3. One star reviews on picture books are still hilarious!
Just yesterday I was telling somebody about the Amazon reviewer who was upset that "Sheep in a Jeep" uses the word "heap" because, after all, two year olds don't know that word. (The percentage of reviewers who are scared of their children learning new words, or actively resent having to learn/teach new words themselves is astonishing.) Today there's two, both paraphrased:
A. The line and they dance and they dance and they dance and they dance is an example of telling and not showing!
Me: Your kid is two.
B. I wanted to like this book, but it's just too silly, especially that song at the end which might teach my child that owls say moo!
Me: First of all, your child will never ever need to know what sound owls make, nor cows. It's not actually a life skill. Secondly, owls appear frequently enough in media that you have nothing to fear on that front anyway.
1. The Going-to-Bed Book apparently has an original, longer version that's recently back in print.
2. "Forest Dance" is now for sale.
3. One star reviews on picture books are still hilarious!
Just yesterday I was telling somebody about the Amazon reviewer who was upset that "Sheep in a Jeep" uses the word "heap" because, after all, two year olds don't know that word. (The percentage of reviewers who are scared of their children learning new words, or actively resent having to learn/teach new words themselves is astonishing.) Today there's two, both paraphrased:
A. The line and they dance and they dance and they dance and they dance is an example of telling and not showing!
Me: Your kid is two.
B. I wanted to like this book, but it's just too silly, especially that song at the end which might teach my child that owls say moo!
Me: First of all, your child will never ever need to know what sound owls make, nor cows. It's not actually a life skill. Secondly, owls appear frequently enough in media that you have nothing to fear on that front anyway.
