tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post303859955864316258..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Deal-Breakers in Children's BooksSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-72981260214770178182007-09-26T15:26:00.000-07:002007-09-26T15:26:00.000-07:00I agree with almost everyone here! The Berenstein ...I agree with almost everyone here! The Berenstein Bears are drawn too weird. That's why I don't like them.<BR/><BR/>Disneyfied stories are the worst.ever. and books based on a television series or movie --not LOTR or Indian in the Cupboard or Holes or anything like that but a book with, say, the characters of Toy Story.xxxxxxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08568937298222307017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-49230284766349631062007-09-25T09:42:00.000-07:002007-09-25T09:42:00.000-07:00Deal breakers for me in children's books and TV sh...Deal breakers for me in children's books and TV shows are anything where the lead characters (or too many of the characters in general) are more negative than positive. Even as a kid I couldn't stomach Judy Blume books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-5190176308869732542007-09-20T22:27:00.000-07:002007-09-20T22:27:00.000-07:00I tend to avoid books that are written in present ...I tend to avoid books that are written in present tense. Oooh, and I won't do those teen series things like It Girl and Gossip Girl. <BR/><BR/>For the younger crowd, I stay away from books based on television shows or movies: Dora, Barbie, and any number of Disney stories.Noodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313570354851840693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-21058364301425008962007-09-19T18:05:00.000-07:002007-09-19T18:05:00.000-07:00What I really don't like about the B. Bears is tha...What I really don't like about the B. Bears is that the dad is an idiot. Competence may not totally be what the y-chromosome is known for, but really, if I can respect dads more than that, anyone can.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-33795112747841762222007-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:002007-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:00Jules-- I'm glad you're back! Yes, the Disneyfied ...Jules-- I'm glad you're back! Yes, the Disneyfied fairytales are irksome, if for no other reason that they take out the appropriate violence that's already there and inject it with cartoon violence. Cinderalla's sisters should have totally got what was coming to them, and the Wicked Queen in Snow White should have had to dance in red hot iron shoes (offstage, of course).Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-29985874576948908552007-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:002007-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:00I also distrust the sparkling. I distruct the Disn...I also distrust the sparkling. I distruct the Disney-fied fairy tales with the distrustful anorexic princesses. <BR/><BR/>Dude, I've missed so many great posts at your blog in all my busy-ness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-77638447471216983082007-09-18T20:43:00.000-07:002007-09-18T20:43:00.000-07:00hmmm.... i LOVE steven kellogg, but i am right the...hmmm.... i LOVE steven kellogg, but i am right there with you on celebrity authors. the only exceptions might be jamie lee curtis or john lithgow. maybe.<BR/><BR/>deal breakers for me are the nickelodeon logo on the front of the book or any other "based on the tv series" sort of phrases.<BR/><BR/>i also have a hard time convincing myself to read historical fiction from the pilgrim era up until, say, the little house books.abcgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593605851309123829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-86751050488004080632007-09-18T17:36:00.000-07:002007-09-18T17:36:00.000-07:00I don't like books with clowns, either, which is k...I don't like books with clowns, either, which is kind of an extension of the circus. <BR/><BR/>I also distrust any book that sparkles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-91606547729398049772007-09-18T07:26:00.000-07:002007-09-18T07:26:00.000-07:00Sam-- Inside Outside Upside Down and Bears on Whee...Sam-- <I>Inside Outside Upside Down</I> and <I>Bears on Wheels</I> are classic and have dramatic tension mixed with humor. Those didactic "Berenstain Bear" books, on the other hand, tend to be a bit heavy-handed for the little ones, i.e. "Berenstain Bears and the Drug-Free Zone."<BR/><BR/>LSM-- I decided to read the book plot summary to see what you would have disliked so much about Sister's Keeper, and yeah, I'd be pretty peeved too!Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-45689579644750433582007-09-18T05:43:00.000-07:002007-09-18T05:43:00.000-07:00Oh, man, don't rag on the Bere. Bears! How can you...Oh, man, don't rag on the Bere. Bears! How can you beat "Inside Outside Upside Down" or whatnot?<BR/><BR/>And Bears Out at night is THE great spine-tingling easy reader story.<BR/><BR/>Dealbreakers for me: Books aimed directly at boys or directly at girls. i.e. Roundin' Third or The Lip Gloss Club.<BR/>(I made those up. I hope they aren't real books.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-90690027394021742672007-09-18T04:19:00.000-07:002007-09-18T04:19:00.000-07:00I'm good with dragons and Kellogg and haven't noti...I'm good with dragons and Kellogg and haven't noticed too many circuses in anything I've read. I don't know that I have any hard and fast deal breakers, but I tend to not want to read books about animals (excepting always Charlotte's Web, and I was also cool with NIMH and The Cricket In Times Square)...so I've not done the whole Redwall thing. In terms of adult books, I didn't want to ever read anything by Jodi Picoult again after what she DID in Sister's Keeper, but my sister has me reading a book of hers again, so I guess I have no real deal breakers...haven't really been interested in the "brave young girl" subgenre of fantasy a la Tamora Pierce much, but I did like those Dragon's Milk books by someone or other, which would certainly be that sort. Oh, wait. I don't do Berenstein Bears - there we go.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com