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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another vote for Love You Forever, though it was given to us by my own overbearing mom.  (We are fans of Paper Bag Princess -- I'm Canadian, so Munsch is obligatory -- but don't like when she calls Ronald a bum.)

Giving Tree works for me in two ways:  sort of a cautionary tale about the wrong way to relate to others (you have to supply your own consequences for the boy) and as an ecological parable.  (Pretty literal interpretation, actually.)

On the subject of embarrassing "classics":  most of Babar, when Harry the dirty dog "walks in the shade that a fat lady made," and [b]the minstrel show in Little House.  "Darkies"?!?  Oh, Pa.[/b]

We also have an old potty book that flushes, along with other sounds, but the worst part is that it's crazy loud.

Pinkalicious must die![/quote]

Yes. We were happily reading The Little House in the Big Woods to our biracial children, when we came to the "darkie"part. WTF. I clapped the book shut 6 years ago and haven't opened it since. I am white as is DH, kids are adopted. I just could not go on reading it to them. It brings tears to my eyes to recall the memory. It ruined the book for me. I know, strong reaction, but it was during a time when race dynamics were coming on strong in our family and it just upset me.[/quote]

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