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September 05, 2006
A few comments on the reading material at the pediatrician's office
-- One Twin Too Many from the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen "Two of a Kind" book series
While I didn't have time to read One Twin Too Many, I can only assume it chronicles a spat between the two sisters that turns into an all-out brawl culminating in a fratricidal bloodbath. And by "assume" I mean "hope."
-- The picture book Do You Want To Be My Friend?
The wordless plot, such as it is, involves a lonely mouse searching for companionship. He (or perhaps she: questions of gender go unaddressed) approaches various animals -- a kangaroo, an elephant, a monkey, etc. -- and tries to be friends with them. In each case the mouse is rejected. In the end, the mouse befriends another mouse. Message: Reaching out to those who are different results in certain disappointment. Stick to your own kind.
-- The back page in Highlights magazine titled "How many silly things can you find in this picture?"
Let's see, there's the goat on the roof. I guess that's silly. On the other hand, goats are famously good climbers and I'm sure find their way onto roofs from time to time. So that's not "silly" in the same sense as the boy in the foreground wearing an astronaut's helmet. Although even that's not really squirrel-wearing-a-tuxedo kind of silly. Actually I'm not sure a squirrel in a tuxedo is silly either. Strikes me as just plain awesome.
Posted by teb at September 5, 2006 04:19 PM