Children's books and Crime

[Mark M]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

Don't even get me started on "the pokey Puppy". They dig under the fence, destroying property, they're out past curfew, tell lies, and steal food.

Yet the pokey little puppy gets over -- twice he gets dessert all to himself, and only once is he caught or punished. In fact, the message I get out of it is, "If you're lazy, you'll wind benefiting from it two out of three times!"

Other than that, The Boy reads a lot of books centered on the movie Cars, (which contains excessive speeding, reckless driving, false imprisonment, trespassing and harassment) or the Backyardigans (who do lots of jobs in violation of child labor laws).

The others have already been mentioned (Cat in the Hat, etc.)

MM
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