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Kiked Children’s Books

submitted by recon_johnny to books 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 18:58:47 ago (+5/-0)     (books)

Had the granddaughter this weekend, read her stories at night. Seems that there’s some weirdly described themes in some of these newer books.

One of those was this little number called Kitty Corn, about a kitten trying to be a unicorn. For reference:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itty-Bitty_Kitty-Corn

In it, this little cat made a paper horn and tried to present herself to her friends as a unicorn. Those two friends told her she would never be one. She just wasn’t a unicorn. Lo and behold a real unicorn showed up, and the little cat saw the differences between her and it. She realized she could never be a unicorn, no matter what she did. However in an odd twist, the unicorn told her that she always wanted to be a kitten, and with the kitten, wanting to be a unicorn, ergo, kitty – corn. it ends with the two of them laying together and their shadows blending so you couldn’t tell either one apart.

One of the lines repeated several times was: “I see you”. Not sure what that is, but seem to be important enough to say, over and over.

Checked out the author she’s not a jew, oddly enough. Has a couple other books that don’t seem to be along the same lines, but I haven’t looked into everything. I had to interrupt the story to tell the granddaughter that the kitten was just pretending. Because she clearly couldn’t be a real unicorn. No matter what she did she couldn’t be a real unicorn.

Needless to say, that book is now off the list of nighttime stories.


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[ - ] SumerBreeze 2 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 21:50:52 ago (+2/-0)

Maybe “I see you” is reinforcing the idea that people can clearly see that you are a man and can never be a woman. You, as a parent, can take any story and add more to it as you go along, telling the kid these important lessons (a boy is always going to be a man, a girl is always going to be a woman) even though it’s not written there. The kid won’t tell the difference if you read the story right.

[ - ] Artificial_Intelligentile 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 23:05:19 ago (+1/-0)

isnt the moral of the story positive?

accept yourself the way you are instead of pretending to be someone else?

[ - ] Clubberlang 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 20:33:13 ago (+1/-0)

Now tell her Santa's real story

[ - ] Trope 1 point 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 20:17:23 ago (+1/-0)

My favorite book as a kid was Morris Goes to School.

No idea why a book about a moose on his first day of school was such an enjoyable read but oh well. Might see if it’s available on ebay.

[ - ] Gowithit 0 points 4 monthsDec 3, 2023 20:24:11 ago (+0/-0)

Morris was always a fun read.