Teeny Tiny: Another book that is wrong > Rexroad.com

On out way to Minnesota for vacation we break out Abbie's back pack full of books. We have 3 hours with a 3 year old so reading has got to be part of breaking up the time.

Abbie pulls out a new book -- "Teeny Tiny" by Jill Bennett/Tomie dePaola. If I am writing about it here -- it is crazy. So prepare.

Here is my least favorite passage --

So the teeny tiny woman
opened a teeny tiny gate
and went into a
teeny tiny churchyard.

In the teeny tiny churchyard
she saw a teeny tiny bone
on a teeny tiny grave
and the teeny tiny woman
said to her teeny tiny self,

"This teeny tiny bone
will make some
teeny tiny soup
for my teeny tiny supper."

Note: Right. I want to teach Abbie to take a bone she finds on a grave and take it home for her soup.

When will this stuff end?

Later on in the book some ghosts hunt the teeny tiny woman down and bother her so much in her sleep by saying "GIVE ME MY BONE" that she eventually gives in and tells them, "TAKE IT!"

Great stories for a 3 year old.

Teaching all the great points about grave desecration, potential cannibalism, scavenging, and giving up to ghosts. Lovely.

Comments

By JK @ Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:24 AM

Totally unrelated, but I thought you'd be interested to know - The Bee has extended their pool on the state budget, since Max Rexroad didn't claim his prize for the previous pool.

If you know any Max Rexroads, you should let them know. Maybe you two are related?

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