BooksPosted by Tim on June 20, 2005 at 9:15 AM
Last week, Slate had an article about how children should be taught to read literature. My daughter and I tried out the “treat each book as a mystery” approach on Goodnight Gorilla with mixed results. We decided that the gorilla represented man’s complex relationship with nature, but we’re still not sure what to make of the mouse with the banana on a string.
In yesterday’s NYT Book Review, Neal Pollack (who is on book 28 for the year) had an essay about his McSweeney Years and losing his persona.
June 20th, 2005 at 7:38 pm
If you can’t figure out that the mouse with the banana on a string represents underclass academia’s attempt to show superiority over the working class by baiting them into stereotypes, primarily through reliance on their confusion regarding evolution, then I don’t know that you’re fit to be reading to your one year-old. Somebody call a professional.
June 24th, 2005 at 10:15 am
My favorite book to read to my pre-schooler is “No, David”. Because it only has two words….”no” and “David” and it goes really quick. Then David gets stuck in the corner for being rowdy, but in the end his Mom hugs him and then it’s lights out ! Whoo Hoo !!
Seriously though…did anyoen read as much Nancy Drew as I did when I was about 8 ? I loved those books !!
June 24th, 2005 at 10:30 pm
I was more of a Hardy Boys fan myself.