Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 06 July, 2016, 12:52:15 pmFor the under 5s, you can't beat a Richard Scarry book or several.I detest Richard Scarry. I find them virtually unreadable.
For the under 5s, you can't beat a Richard Scarry book or several.
Kim, you are very bad!
Quote from: Butterfly on 07 July, 2016, 07:00:36 pmQuote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 06 July, 2016, 12:52:15 pmFor the under 5s, you can't beat a Richard Scarry book or several.I detest Richard Scarry. I find them virtually unreadable.You're not supposed to *read* them.
^ This woman knows what she's talking about.
That would rule out Winnie the Pooh and all the Beatrix Potter books.
I'm all or ruling out beatrix potter. They're horrible. But I'll add Winnie the Pooh to the exceptions list, because they are clearly stories made up about toys, mostly by the child himself.
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 19 July, 2016, 10:12:59 amThat would rule out Winnie the Pooh and all the Beatrix Potter books. Indeed.I remember The Animals Of Farthing Wood being something of an antidote to all that when it came on the tellyscreenovision some time after I was too old to appreciate it. From what I saw, it was a sort of Watership Down meets Game Of Thrones, with a clear story arc and where much of the politics revolved around persuading the predators not to eat the others, and any of the main characters could be gorily killed off without warning.
Have you seen @forest_fr1ends?
The pictures are great, there's loads of detail, you can look for bugdozer, the stories are funny, and there are jokes that the adults will get. And, Mrs Farmer Alfalfa wears earrings in the shape of eggwhisks.
Duncton Wood.(Or any other of the Duncton trilogy)