tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post613122115177378031..comments2023-09-28T05:56:51.582-04:00Comments on Titanic Deck Chairs: My Favorite Book... When I Was FiveC. Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-45848821096521801352010-01-08T13:36:02.492-05:002010-01-08T13:36:02.492-05:00This post got me going on a net-search for “childr...This post got me going on a net-search for “children’s books work ethic” for my 7yo. My search turned up this disgusting screed from Down Under: http://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/secular.html<br /><br />A telling quote: <br /><br /><i>Despite the dysfunctionality of the work ethic it continues to be promoted and praised, accepted and acquiesced to. It is one of the least challenged aspects of threeLegDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04370272565224382555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-9789198337015211972010-01-05T07:04:08.545-05:002010-01-05T07:04:08.545-05:00So you agree about the virtues of the children'...So you agree about the virtues of the children's book, but fault either it or the value I place on it because it doesn't also share your cynical view of human nature, and your misunderstanding of Rand, free market capitalism, and the role of voluntary, value for value trade in a free and rights-respecting society. That doesn't make much sense. <br /><br />In addition, you then put C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-47092415346420553862010-01-04T17:06:08.967-05:002010-01-04T17:06:08.967-05:00I found your connection to your love of the story ...I found your connection to your love of the story of Diddle Daddle Duckling as a child to your love of Ayn Rand hysterically funny...and absurd.<br /><br />Yeah, Diddle Daddle's story does extol the virtues of productive work, honesty, integrity, and pride. He does identify a problem and the values the problem is harming, develop a plan, work hard to execute it, achieve his goals and feel Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-87636806795113502442009-10-17T01:03:14.292-04:002009-10-17T01:03:14.292-04:00I would love to see a scanned copy of Mimi the Mer...I would love to see a scanned copy of Mimi the Merry Go Round Cat. I loved that book and have been looking for it for quite a while. I have seen it places like Ebay and amazon used but the prices are so high!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15733158678531861019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-40755752898005313892008-12-09T08:12:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:12:00.000-05:00Kyle, that's a good point about the differences in...Kyle, that's a good point about the differences in the culture then to now. And interestingly, "then" was during the Great Depression -- 1934. I wonder what a modern version of the story would be like? I'm envisioning Diddle Daddle wearing a tattered Obama t-shirt... <BR/><BR/>Elisheva, you're the first person I've encountered who knows the story too!C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-89110900074256267312008-12-08T22:27:00.000-05:002008-12-08T22:27:00.000-05:00Amazing! I remember Diddle Daddle Duckling from my...Amazing! I remember Diddle Daddle Duckling from my childhood, although my favorite book at the time was The Little House.<BR/><BR/>You are right that many children's books were much more matter-of-fact about the realities of the world.Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-41136495907168247692008-12-05T02:08:00.000-05:002008-12-05T02:08:00.000-05:00Wonderful. A children's book whose last line brou...Wonderful. A children's book whose last line brought a literal tear to my eye with its simplicity, beauty and truth. It's stumbling across such gems from the past that really brings home the extent of what Rand called "our cultural value deprivation".<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting.Kyle Haighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608497826478356055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-31058496010457052092008-12-03T11:03:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:03:00.000-05:00Piz, thanks for the reminder about The Boxcar Chil...Piz, thanks for the reminder about <I>The Boxcar Children</I>. I read that as a kid too, but had forgotten about it. I'll put it on my list for my kids!<BR/><BR/>Gideon, now that I think about it... I can't think of anything BUT praise for "believing in yourself" in kid's movies. It always rang hollow to me, but I never put my finger on it. I think you're right that it's tied to the C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-33512093972156786522008-12-03T09:22:00.000-05:002008-12-03T09:22:00.000-05:00I had never seen this book - I love it. Pickles th...I had never seen this book - I love it. <BR/><BR/><I>Pickles the Fire Cat</I> was my very favorite library book I checked out over and over and over again in the first grade. He was a hard-edged alley cat who begins to work very hard to contribute to the efforts of a fire station. (I was thrilled to find that it became an "Easy Reader" that I happily bought - for my children - years later.)<BR/>Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-26541414336101274562008-12-02T03:22:00.000-05:002008-12-02T03:22:00.000-05:00Oh, how adorable! My favourite children's book is ...Oh, how adorable! My favourite children's book is <I>The Digging-est Dog</I> by Al Perkins. I read it over and over until it fell apart. When I was a teacher myself, I brought it to school for Book Week and our lovely librarian repaired it for me! It's lovely to be able to share parts of our childhood with children today.Caffeinated Wekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07235662962500264686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-67286940916490844512008-12-01T19:17:00.000-05:002008-12-01T19:17:00.000-05:00I find that praise of hard work and pride in it ha...I find that praise of hard work and pride in it hardly every shows up in American children's movies. Instead, you get a lot of "you've just got to believe in yourself" which I take to be inspired by the pseudo-self-esteem movement. On the other hand, some Japanese Anime, particularly the ones made by Hayao Miyazaki have strong emphasis on worthiness of hard work: See for example the fantasy <I>Gideonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806423185226885594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-30666347558609472382008-12-01T19:08:00.000-05:002008-12-01T19:08:00.000-05:00What a fantastic book!When I was in third grade, m...What a fantastic book!<BR/><BR/>When I was in third grade, my teacher read <I>The Boxcar Children</I> to the class. I was <I>mesmerized</I>. When she finished and put the book back on the shelf, I got up in the middle of class and went and got it so no one else could get it first. I read it over and over again.<BR/><BR/>If you're not familiar with it, it's the story of four orphaned children, theZerzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810323151734135913noreply@blogger.com