tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post115436256149645847..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: “Their Bodies Burned Away to Nothing”MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1154492214892243482006-08-02T00:16:00.000-04:002006-08-02T00:16:00.000-04:00Bleah! that's just a little too brutal. I know th...Bleah! that's just a little too brutal. I know that I usually espouse a bit of reality in childrens' reading material, but there's something I don't like about the tone of the pieces you quoted. I realize, of course, that if we had coexisted with dinosaurs, most of them would have looked at humans as the equivalent of Spam--a reasonably defenseless, effortless tasty snack. Nevertheless, I think that most kids perceive dinosaurs as these way cool animal friends. I sure did as a beginning reader; one of my fave books was a dinosaur book. So, in effect, reading about the unpleasant death of these cool animals is almost like reading about the death of the cute fuzzy animals we actually *do* live with, and especially when the description is phrased in such a...well, brutal way. I don't think I'd want to pick this one for my (theoretical) kids.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135037248050655121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1154383463110801012006-07-31T18:04:00.000-04:002006-07-31T18:04:00.000-04:00Oh, Jeez Louise. It's like the first ten minutes ...Oh, Jeez Louise. It's like the first ten minutes of <I>The Land Before Time</I>. Brutal.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188011497538767097noreply@blogger.com