Gerald McBoing Boing (Classically Retro Tale)

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Summary: Sing-songy noise-making fun!
Review: This book caught my eye when I saw "Dr.Seuss" on the cover, but also because of the fantastic artwork by Mel Crawford. I absolutely love the rhymes and making all the various sounds which accompany the text. I have a 2 year old daughter who looks forward to each sound with eager anticipation! It's easy to slam this book for being trenched in 1950's family life, and to condemn it for painting Gerald as universally unaccepted. Reading to your child is supposed to be fun. Hopefully it will also foster a desire to learn to read. This book was not written to demonstrate to children that our lives can be unfair and unequal. If after reading this book you feel uneasy about its subtext then a few things are wrong: 1) you are reading too much into the book 2) you should examine your own relationship with your child and 3) you missed the point of the book -- to provide fun and lively reading material that just might inspire a child to pick up a book on his or her own.

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Summary: I'm a boing-boinger
Review: This book has fun noises and cute pictures. The story, however, is much to be desired. Basically, the story says that if you are different, no one, not even your parents or teachers like you or accept you, unless or until you become rich and famous. Only when you become rich and famous for the difference for which you were once scorned, punished, and ostricized, do your parents and other people like you. Perhaps, it is true to life, but the message [stinks].

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Summary: Cute Sounds, Bad Message
Review: This book has fun noises and cute pictures. The story, however, is much to be desired. Basically, the story says that if you are different, no one, not even your parents or teachers like you or accept you, unless or until you become rich and famous. Only when you become rich and famous for the difference for which you were once scorned, punished, and ostricized, do your parents and other people like you. Perhaps it reflects reality, but it is not a good message for kids.

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Summary: Boing,Zoom,Wow!
Review: This is a very cute book.