45. Charlotte's Web
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46. The Big Brown Bear
Another extremely dumb book and I loved it when I was three
Long-suffering wives with dumb husband's appears to be an ancient trope
Sorry we become the stories we read
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47. The Gashlycrumb Tinies
A firm, morally-upright traditional British alphabet book
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48. Bare Bear
An ethnographic extract regarding the vile sartorial habits of polar megafauna
Hilarious to four year olds
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49. Various Eric Carle books
Overall would rate:
Caterpillar: 10/10
Ladybug: 6/10
Bear: 7/10
Spider: 9/10
Rereading I was slightly irritated that they're overengineered pedagogical devices rather than just stories but the art is gorgeous
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50. The Story of Ferdinand,
The Bull Who Just Wanted to Grill, Por Deo's Sake
vaguely offensive to the entire Iberian Peninsula probably
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51. The Tyger Voyage
From the man who brought you Watership Down and Shardik, a Victorian tale of a father-son voyage (they are Tigers)
No horrifying animal deaths but there is an element of the occult
Newer versions have replaced the g-word with the preferred "Vistani"
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52. Dorrie's Magic
From a mutual's recommendation.
Very much a learn-to-read book, I found it charming
Dorrie just wants her room to be cleaned and she doesn't want to do it herself. Deeply relatable, with an ultimately Petersonesque message
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53. The Sleeping Beauty
Another Hyman retelling, very much not Disney-style
A story about the importance of party etiquette and the ineluctability of Fate
Illustrations include tasteful nudes and corpses
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54. Where the Sidewalk Ends
Various horrifying poems and illustrations by Shel Silverstein, a strange man
Beloved by third graders who have to read a poem for school
I have to say they have stuck with me
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i used to read all the shel silverstein poetry books constantly at costco while my parents shopped, good times