tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post7280373670915205985..comments2023-11-05T17:34:53.515+08:00Comments on Realm of the Lone Grey Squirrel: Grumpy after ChristmasLone Grey Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-55604610622690674362007-05-07T02:23:00.000+08:002007-05-07T02:23:00.000+08:00Hi - a children's librarian chiming in here - just...Hi - a children's librarian chiming in here - just as in the world of adult literature, there are fantastic children's books, mediocre children's books, and truly dreadful children's books. But mind you, there are still a good many wonderful ones - so before deciding that all children's books are awful - get to a library and let a children's librarian help you find the good ones!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-21675890787699970082007-01-04T10:18:00.000+08:002007-01-04T10:18:00.000+08:00hahha....at least it was only for a day. If not Ho...hahha....at least it was only for a day. If not Hoong-hoong would have to kick you out of your room for being grumpy :)<br />If ever you get to travel to Mynamar/Burma, try and find briyani rice there. They are superb and less oily than the ones in Malaysia. I had it on my 24th birthday when I was there for a mission trip.adelymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277188186279222468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-13144440086710938862007-01-03T20:04:00.000+08:002007-01-03T20:04:00.000+08:00Hi Adeline,
Thanks for visit and for correction. ...Hi Adeline,<br />Thanks for visit and for correction. I really should have checked on spelling but perhaps at that time I was ......too grumpy?Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-22095990907419821222007-01-03T14:26:00.000+08:002007-01-03T14:26:00.000+08:00HIya... Uncle Leong... books are nothing..it's not...HIya... Uncle Leong... books are nothing..it's not as bad the tv/mtv the children watch. Parents watching with them too. I mean look at what Harry Potter represents. Don't like your parent/guardian, just say a spell and they will would have to suffer.Thank goodness there are still parents who explain to the children why some things are not good for them. If children are not told or explain, they will do it behind your back. Btw it's Briyani Rice kind of yummy but fattening?adelymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277188186279222468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-67483535816005968932006-12-28T17:43:00.000+08:002006-12-28T17:43:00.000+08:00Then again folks, my god-daughter's mom, used to t...Then again folks, my god-daughter's mom, used to think I was a bad influence for letting her hold "unclean" tadpoles in her hands. (kat, can you imagine?).<br /><br />Bringing up children is a very personal matter I guess.Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-17526513645229521802006-12-28T17:40:00.000+08:002006-12-28T17:40:00.000+08:00Josie,
I am completely ignorant about 7 year old ...Josie,<br />I am completely ignorant about 7 year old girl's music and fashion. So far, I am freaking out on children's books. Do I have to worry about music and fashion too? My God-daughter is 6. Do I have to increase Grumpy the watchdog's job specs?Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-43974946668093759602006-12-28T17:36:00.000+08:002006-12-28T17:36:00.000+08:00Dear Fred,
Thanks for leaving one of your rare com...Dear Fred,<br />Thanks for leaving one of your rare comments. I've only just discovered your other sites other than Timbits. Will visit soon. I wish you God's rich blessings for the season and the new year too.<br /><br />Trust you gave a good answer with a historical perspective. I suppose ring around a rosie was a kind of cautionary rhyme i.e. don't get sick! Red Riding Hood ends well with the woodsman somehow cutting the wolf and rescuing the grandma. Violent, yes; but all's well that end's well. Now rock-a -bye-baby - still gives me the creeps and I am scared of heights too.<br /><br />I guess we all survive our childhoods somehow.Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-2713322633081622952006-12-28T12:53:00.000+08:002006-12-28T12:53:00.000+08:00You know, it's not just children's books that have...You know, it's not just children's books that have lost their innocence, but children's clothes and music as well. I felt depressed when I was shopping for the munchkins. When I was seven years old I was still playing with dolls. Now seven year-old girls are playing with makeup and listening to Hillary Duff and Mandy Moore. That's for teenagers as far as I'm concerned, not for seven year-old girls. Children need to stay innocent for as long as they can.<br /><br />JosieyJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979114933441527890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-14663092554987420452006-12-28T11:41:00.000+08:002006-12-28T11:41:00.000+08:00Crappy inappropriate children’s books and rhymes h...Crappy inappropriate children’s books and rhymes have a long history and I’m afraid they will probably have a long future. Mother Goose’s Ring-a-round a rosie rhyme is about the Great Plague, the Big Bad Wolf eating Little Red Ridding Hood’s Grandma?, and let’s not even mention Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree top – heck I’m still afraid of heights. But teaching kids to call others Stupid takes the award of being the worst.<br /><br />Glad you had a good Christmas and I’d also like to wish you and your family and friends a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’m also one that doesn’t post many comments but I read your blog regularly too and have links to your blog on my 4 blogs.<br /><br />Hope your feeling a little less grumpy – Freddie jr.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111462465802608259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-48168745409431428072006-12-28T08:34:00.000+08:002006-12-28T08:34:00.000+08:00Dear kat, dave, canada & ellie,
Thank you for your...Dear kat, dave, canada & ellie,<br />Thank you for your comments. I realise there will always be some individuals who will write something outside the acceptable norms for children but I expected the editors and the publishers to be responsible enough to weed them out. Well, I will be vigilant about children's books from now on. I agree with kat that we should be empowering children and not burdening them with our phobias and neurosis.Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-81577487056437319302006-12-28T01:51:00.000+08:002006-12-28T01:51:00.000+08:00Lots of questions to think about...who would write...Lots of questions to think about...who would write such a book? what about the publisher? and what is the agenda behind such a book? <br /><br />I do like Grumpy the watchdog...he/she is so cute!<br /><br />EllieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-13404062754623220762006-12-27T13:41:00.000+08:002006-12-27T13:41:00.000+08:00Ooooh, bad book. Make that books. I can't stand ...Ooooh, bad book. Make that books. I can't stand it when books for kids have words like stupid in them, uless it's telling the kids how unacceptable it is to call anyone by that (or any other name-calling). <br /><br />Give me Robert Munsch or Dr Seuss any day!!Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796690909739634912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-87220943894119042692006-12-27T11:59:00.000+08:002006-12-27T11:59:00.000+08:00Unfortunately,nothing surprises me anymore ... I d...Unfortunately,nothing surprises me anymore ... I don't believe in censorship but I do believe in protecting our children ... Sorry you had to read that to an innocent mind.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371849934851785096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697944.post-86136209769347789042006-12-27T11:19:00.000+08:002006-12-27T11:19:00.000+08:00Adults who write for children but who have obvious...Adults who write for children but who have obviously lost along the way a child's heart themselves.....these are such that write such a travesty as that anteater's book. I am dismayed!<br /><br />What a warped psychology such is. I know little of the study of child development....<br />the rearing of children is in many cases a misguided wrong-headed logic.... as in: not answering a child's cries will foster an independent and self-reliant spirit. No no no! All that such would instruct is that the world is malevolent unfeeling unresponsive and I am powerless within it. A parent who responds to a child's cries informs rather<br />the more empowering cause and effect for the child and the confidence to act and achieve.<br /><br />It is not the "violence" at the heart of that story...children's fairy tales and stories are filled with such.... it is the treachery that is disgusting.StayAtHomeKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928360317084517038noreply@blogger.com