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    Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Can we have some love for Ferdinand the Bull and The Velveteen Rabbit?
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    The fastest way to make myself feel better when I am feeling blue, is to head for a bookstore with a good children's section, pick a pile of books off the shelves, sit down on one of those tiny chairs and read, laugh and cry. Aahhhhhhhhhh.
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    Image of marymaryquitecontrary marymaryquitecontrary
    11/08/08

    @Xylo: you've seen me in Chapters, haven't you? Puff The Magic Dragon and The Giving Tree reduce me to a blubbering mess every time.
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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    11/08/08

    @marymaryquitecontrary: Awwww, yeah, like that. I think I left snot trails in my wake the day I discovered "Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?" years ago.
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    Image of Kakapo Kakapo
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Hmmm... I don't even find the tone patronizing. They just sound like New York Times reviews. What style of review would you suggest?
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    Image of BeRightBack BeRightBack
    11/08/08

    @Kakapo: I'm with you. I didn't see the problem with the quotes. The reviews aren't written for children, after all.
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    Image of Tammany_Fall Tammany_Fall
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    She said that the text (?) "has the FEELING of giving the right words in the right order with the right pacing." As opposed to just saying that it DOES, which wouldn't be, you know, profound. Such as.
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Someone write a Marxist analysis of the new AC/DC album.
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/08/08

    @Weegee's bored: I guess you are unfamiliar with a particular course that my university offers: Media Studies 205: 'Popular Music'.


    Easiest A's I have ever earned.

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    Image of SkittlesMcGee SkittlesMcGee
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! is incredibly relevant to my adult life.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/08/08

    @SkittlesMcGee:
    And the outgoing Administration.
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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/08/08

    @SkittlesMcGee: Personally, I have found that much of The Lion in the Meadow can be attributed to significantly shaping my views on domestic policy.
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    Image of ObtuseIntolerant ObtuseIntolerant
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    They would have a field day with my daughter's favorite, the SkippyJon Jones series. He's a Siamese little-boy cat who likes to pretend he's a Chihuahua. They are hilariously disjointed and, yes, he affects a Mexican accent.
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Little Penguino's response? "Whatever."
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Sounds like contemporary rock criticism.
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    Image of Daria: Wants a dollarmillionare Daria: Wants a dollarmillionare
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Everyone Poops: "This complex story takes the reader on a thrilling psychological expedition as the narcissistic protagonist comes to grips with an inescapable universal truth." Where is my job NYT?
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    Image of LatestBy LatestBy
    11/08/08

    @Daria: Wants the Gov't Cheese program back: While The Gas We Pass explores a facet of daily life that, while not heralded, connects us all in a celebration of common humanity. Also, it's come to my attention that whoever smelt this book, in fact dealt it.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    My son's main criteria for book enjoyment right now is talking animals with big butts.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/08/08

    In reply to Times Critics' Five Worst Lines About Children's Books
    Quotations like those console me for the omission of my book, and of many others from smaller presses.
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