Single tired mom of four. Lover of chocolate and coffee - not necessarily in that order. Lover of Jesus, photographer by trade, Photoshop junkie and crime TV watcher.
Project 365 – day 35
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I had some beautiful photos to show you today.
Who knew my fancy camera would take pictures with no memory card?
And not save any of them.
So here is my desperation picture, which is good because it is pretty desperate.
Anyway, this benign looking little book of bunnies and other sweet furry things, totally threw me for a loop at bed time a couple of weeks ago.
Bella picked it out at the library and I never skimmed through it. It had bunnies and flowers.
It looked like something from Tasha Tudor’s hand. Aren’t bunnies supposed to be harmless?
Well they should be.
Carrot Cake was written and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian and published in 1977.
It started out with a marriage in the rabbit kingdom, (my first red flag was here.) No two year old needs to read books about marriage. Even in the rabbit kingdom.
It then proceeded to the mother rabbits telling their children to love, honor and care for one another. They then returned from their honeymoon to the realities of bunny life…..with each other.
From this point on, it went steadily down hill.
Mr. & Mrs. Bunny went for a walk and Mr. Bunny had lots of things to tell Mrs. Bunny about his day, but each time he told her something, she did not reply the way he thought she should and he became exasperated with her.
“I bought this new vest to wear when we go visiting.”
“Oh,” repeated Mrs. Rabbit.
“Is that all you can say?” said Mr. rabbit.
“Well, what should I say?”
“You might say, ‘Wear your new vest until it falls apart.’ “
“Well if you say so,” his shy wife said, “wear it with smiles until it falls apart.”
The conversation continued like this until Mr. Rabbit didn’t like something that Mrs. rabbit had said.
“Foolish wife! You should tell the baker how senseless he is,” Mr. rabbit shouted.
Then Mrs. rabbit finally has enough of his abuse and starts to hit him. Not kidding.
“Is that all you can say?” she cried.
“Well what should I say?”
“You should ask me about my day, and you should be patient with my shyness or even my stupidity.”
Huh?
Now she’s calling herself stupid?
Yeah, I’m not seeing the benefit of anything in this book.
So in case your wondering I started making up my own story by page four. And Nonny if your reading, you are a wonderful artist, but this is not appropriate reading for young children….or old. Could you skip the domestic violence and add a little more kindness and love. Children everywhere would benefit from it. Really.
Marsha says:
Besides the fact that someone actually wrote that, I am continually surprised that it was actually PUBLISHED. But then again, maybe I shouldn’t be surprised…
So if this is what gets published, then are books that DON’T get published better or worse? Makes you think…
March 20th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Embejo says:
Eeek! And it looks so sweet. Leaves a bad taste in the mouth though huh!?
March 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
carrie-the gremlin wrangler says:
Nonny was/is likely an angry feminist using innocent images to get her agenda into homes everywhere.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
photomommy says:
It looked like such a nice book from the cover…
Was this in the children’s section???
March 21st, 2008 at 9:37 am
Bahama Mama says:
Sounds like a disturbed lady projecting her private life on to the page that someone was actually dumb enough to publish. My daughter is reading way above her grade level so to find books that actually challenge her we have to worry about the content. I have to pre-read all these pre-teen angst fanstasy and sci-fi novels just to make sure they are appropriate. It stinks!
March 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Shutterbug says:
That is a truly SAD book. Children grow up fast enough as it is, we don’t need to rush it any.
I love the picture of Bella and the braids, she is so precious.
I like your Wordless Wednesday. Speaking of laundry, I’m doing a ton of it right now. My husband got poison ivy (Check out my blog)and the dog got the poison ivy oil on his coat and then slept in our bed and on and on… It’s not a pretty thing. It’s the worst case he’s ever had. Poor guy.
Anyway, I hope your all well there. I am so ready for warm weather and lots of sunshine!
Talk to ya later!
Marie
March 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 pm