From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:12:16 -0600

I've discussed this book with several people who've shared it with children, from preschool through grade 2. The reference to the bra came up in one of the discussions, not as anything negative but as something the kids who knew what it was (and the adults) got a kick out of, along with the pants on the head. We more frequently saw the question raised as to what a Laundromat was. Many kids around here had never been to one and had never seen front-loading washers and dryers. But neither thing seemed to detract from their obvious enjoyment of the story.
  KT Horning
  Kathleen T. Horning, Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
  horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608&3721 Fax: 608&2I33 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/


7:45:10 PM >>>

When talking recently with some teacher friends, the book Knuffle Bunny came up. We didn't really discuss its Caldecott worthiness because we couldn't get past the fact that it is flat-out hilarious. Right away on the copyright and title page we were giggling at the father's glasses and beard changes and the length of Mom's hair in the family photos. We also loved the expressions on Trixie's face.
  However, here's the clincher. One of the mom teachers was reading it to her young daughter, and when they got to the page where "Trixie helped her daddy put the laundry into the machine," her daughter asked, quite innocently, "Why are they washing goggles?"
  For those of you who haven't seen it yet, Trixie has a pair of pants on her head, a sock on one hand, and the other hand is waving a particular female undergarment.
  Brian
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