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From: briggs at tweedledee.sr.unh.edu <briggs>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:49:15 -0500 (EST)
I see that Cathy Norman has used this book with young children and they were not scared by the pictures. I was "scared" or perhaps uneasy is a better word. I found especially troubling the picture of the fly all wrapped up in the spider's threads, eyes wide open in horror as the spider's shadow dances on the wall (lovely artwork, but good for kids?)
If children don't mind, then we adults should not complain. Has anyone used this book with negative results?
Barbara Briggs
Received on Sat 15 Feb 2003 01:49:15 PM CST
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:49:15 -0500 (EST)
I see that Cathy Norman has used this book with young children and they were not scared by the pictures. I was "scared" or perhaps uneasy is a better word. I found especially troubling the picture of the fly all wrapped up in the spider's threads, eyes wide open in horror as the spider's shadow dances on the wall (lovely artwork, but good for kids?)
If children don't mind, then we adults should not complain. Has anyone used this book with negative results?
Barbara Briggs
Received on Sat 15 Feb 2003 01:49:15 PM CST
