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BUT THIS IS A BOOK EVERY (or most) CHILDREN READ!!! For children this is a book about friendship and love and that that person will always be there for you.
Not for me. When it was read to me as a kid (8 or 9), I didn't like either character. That was even with the pressure I had, "knowing" there was "supposed to" be a character I was to identify with.
Don't get me wrong, the idea of having a Rich Uncle Pennybags was appealing, but the tree is a frikkin' stump at the end. It's hard to want to be the kid who does that.
And, certainly, at that age I simply couldn't imagine being someone who gives even when I didn't want to. I had a few altruistic streaks in me as a kid, but I had, and still have, a strong sense of self-preservation in the face of unreasonableness. (It never got me far, as a kid, since kids aren't supposed to have boundaries, but has served me well as an adult.)
I don't think children should read it either. It's creepy to have kids reading a book that basically just insults kids. And they don't even realize it.
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Feb 13, 2014 05:36PM
BUT THIS IS A BOOK EVERY (or most) CHILDREN READ!!! For children this is a book about friendship and love and that that person will always be there for you.
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Not for me. When it was read to me as a kid (8 or 9), I didn't like either character. That was even with the pressure I had, "knowing" there was "supposed to" be a character I was to identify with.Don't get me wrong, the idea of having a Rich Uncle Pennybags was appealing, but the tree is a frikkin' stump at the end. It's hard to want to be the kid who does that.
And, certainly, at that age I simply couldn't imagine being someone who gives even when I didn't want to. I had a few altruistic streaks in me as a kid, but I had, and still have, a strong sense of self-preservation in the face of unreasonableness. (It never got me far, as a kid, since kids aren't supposed to have boundaries, but has served me well as an adult.)
I don't think children should read it either. It's creepy to have kids reading a book that basically just insults kids. And they don't even realize it.
