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ilex_cassineI was searching on google for another book I liked a lot as a kid, "And it rained", its out of print so I was hoping that someone had put it up online or whatnot, and I discovered it on a list of "suggested tsunami disaster reading K-3"
Plot summary of the book "And it rained":
"A pig, a parrot and potto try to solve the problem of rain during their tea parties. The rain makes
their tea too weak and their biscuits too soft. They finally decide to start with strong tea and
very hard biscuits, then when it rains on their party they are very happy."
This reading recommendation is absurd. The book is really inappropriate as pertaining to the disaster, because it has a "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade" message. A message which, when pointed at something as gigantic as the tsunami disaster, is just crass. Moreover, a mild monsoon rain as depicted in the book is not even remotely comparable to a tsunami, nor is the disaster of having a failed teaparty even roughly comparable to the aftermath of the tsunami. I can imagine what the idiot comprising the list was thinking: "huh, what books can I think of that have to do with water and trouble?" As if any kids book would be able to really confront the enormity of the disaster. "Oh, look kids, a miles high wall of water is descending on us, let's be like the pig, the parrot and the potto and make strong tea!" Maybe its a "we have to reassure the children that water won't kill them" attempt.
I'm glad I don't have children in school, I'd be an unholy terror parent regarding their education. No, scratch that. I'd have to start my own school with other sensible people. Which might not be a terrible thing, but it'd be time consuming and difficult.
Plot summary of the book "And it rained":
"A pig, a parrot and potto try to solve the problem of rain during their tea parties. The rain makes
their tea too weak and their biscuits too soft. They finally decide to start with strong tea and
very hard biscuits, then when it rains on their party they are very happy."
This reading recommendation is absurd. The book is really inappropriate as pertaining to the disaster, because it has a "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade" message. A message which, when pointed at something as gigantic as the tsunami disaster, is just crass. Moreover, a mild monsoon rain as depicted in the book is not even remotely comparable to a tsunami, nor is the disaster of having a failed teaparty even roughly comparable to the aftermath of the tsunami. I can imagine what the idiot comprising the list was thinking: "huh, what books can I think of that have to do with water and trouble?" As if any kids book would be able to really confront the enormity of the disaster. "Oh, look kids, a miles high wall of water is descending on us, let's be like the pig, the parrot and the potto and make strong tea!" Maybe its a "we have to reassure the children that water won't kill them" attempt.
I'm glad I don't have children in school, I'd be an unholy terror parent regarding their education. No, scratch that. I'd have to start my own school with other sensible people. Which might not be a terrible thing, but it'd be time consuming and difficult.