Children’s books I hate:

[Anonymous]

Junie B. Jones and Amelie Bedelia. Are we trying to mess our kids academically!? I find these atrocious to read, and just don't understand why they were written in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Amelie Bedelia - I guess it’s supposed to be funny but I just find her annoyingly incompetent.

[Anonymous]

The Poky Little Puppy

What the moral? You can misbehave and still win?
And why is the mom dog feeding her puppies *chocolate* custard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pout, Pout Fish. Sexual assault cures depression!

Yes, it's awful! And it teaches kids they shouldn't have negative feelings.

[Anonymous]

I loved me some Freckleface Strawberry.

[Anonymous]

That book about the fish with beautiful scales and the other fish are so jealous. To make peace the unique fish ends up giving pieces of himself to all the other fish. Just so wrong.

[Anonymous]

Ping the Duck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really hated the "if you give a mouse a cookie" books. There's nothing cute about that kind of relentless pestering! Good grief mouse - go play by yourself and let me know how it goes later

I didn't like the kids books that featured rude or helpless characters

I hated reading this book to my kid 😭😭 but she’s loved it. So we read it over and over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything by Richard Scarry and Sandra Boynton's Bardyard Dance. I don't find any of these easy to read (don't flow well).

Richard Scarry isn’t for bedtime reading, more for them to point out things and learn vocabulary once they’re a little bigger

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That book about the fish with beautiful scales and the other fish are so jealous. To make peace the unique fish ends up giving pieces of himself to all the other fish. Just so wrong.

If give a mouse a cookie is Reaganomics, the fish book is mao-era communism for kids. Put all the unique and educated fish in jail and work camps and seize their property.

[Anonymous]

I hate anything by Dr. Seuss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good Night Moon. Who the hell is the old lady whispering “hush” and why is she there?

The Giving Tree. That tree has zero self-esteem and that boy is a total user. What’s the positive message there?

Anyone else?

1000%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pout, Pout Fish. Sexual assault cures depression!

I LOVE Pout, Pout Fish! It’s not assault - it’s a kiss! Plus it has the best rhymes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pout, Pout Fish. Sexual assault cures depression!

I LOVE Pout, Pout Fish! It’s not assault - it’s a kiss! Plus it has the best rhymes.

If you were swimming laps and some dude swam up and kissed you, you'd definitely think it was assault!

Mine is Berenstain bears--they are so long!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pout, Pout Fish. Sexual assault cures depression!

I LOVE Pout, Pout Fish! It’s not assault - it’s a kiss! Plus it has the best rhymes.

If you were swimming laps and some dude swam up and kissed you, you'd definitely think it was assault!

Mine is Berenstain bears--they are so long!

I was looking to see if anyone had Berenstain Bears. I couldn’t stand them as a child and never read them to my child. However, I admittedly can’t remember why I dislike them so much.