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to feel uneasy about my son reading Enid Blyton books

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frances5 · 22/06/2007 22:10

My son wants me to read him a book called the "Wishing Chair", I have read two chapters of it and it has a pixie in it called "Chinky". To make it worst the drawing of "Chinky" shows an elf like creature with slitted eyes. However I think my son is totally and utter oblivous to this.

Admitally Enid Blyton lived 50 years ago when people didn't know better. But do you think I am making a mistake letting my son enjoy this book? He is even trying to read it himself that he is so desperate to know what happens next.

When my son chose this book I had no idea that it had a pixie in it called "Chinky" other wise I would have diverted him towards something like Ronald Dahl.

OP posts:
NikkiBFG · 23/06/2007 22:51

Life is far to short to spend it taking yourself seriously!

Trust me on this one...I'm blonde....

kimi · 23/06/2007 22:50

You know I bet we could offend every single mumsnetter on here with out meaning to.
Everyone could take offence at something....but then again do we all take ourself s that seriously?

ronshar · 23/06/2007 22:50

Well thats it then EB has offended everybody.

NikkiBFG · 23/06/2007 22:49

pretending to be deaf.....bet he just wanted the benefits the sod!! This is getting worse!!!

MamaMaiasaura · 23/06/2007 22:49

did he join mensa aged 2 tho? lol

MamaMaiasaura · 23/06/2007 22:49

kimi

kimi · 23/06/2007 22:48

Um can we say white cliffs of dover???

Yes Nikki DS1 is very bright {despite reading ED at an early age}

It is hard going keeping up with him sometimes.
He was reading by 3 and as not stopped, he just won a story writing comp as well.

NikkiBFG · 23/06/2007 22:46

Ooooh......I'm going to get all offended now....I may even flounce!!! This implies that deaf people are sinister!!

I'm about as sinister as a baby lamb!!

Roffle!

tortoiseSHELL · 23/06/2007 22:46

Block was only pretending to be deaf. Am reading it atm.

Kathyis6incheshigh · 23/06/2007 22:46

LOL Kimi

TheArmadillo · 23/06/2007 22:46

I knew my brain wasn't working well today.

Time to retire methinks.

bookwormmum · 23/06/2007 22:45

Well there is Block Nikki (don't remember him myself)

herel

kimi · 23/06/2007 22:44

The famous 5 (2007 style)

Taylor "Ok so what we gonna do today, its lovely and sunny,"

Amber "well I can't go out as mum say's the bloke down the road s a bit iffy and I can't go near him"

Mohammed "well I would love to go to the shopping centre but they done have enough ramps and I need some one to hold the doors open for me"

Taylor "I got kicked out of there last week for wearing me hoody"

Gayle "Taylor your f pit bull is chewing my new uggs again, I'll call the RSPCA on you if you don't control it"

Amber " I'm going to the kitchen who wants a fruit shot?"

Mohammed,"lets link up our PSPs and play grand theft auto"

MamaMaiasaura · 23/06/2007 22:44

horrible histories - rotton romans on cd. Has got a song on it about give me back my legions and it calls the german swine.. my ds signs the song along to it.

Must be a very bad mother me

Desiderata · 23/06/2007 22:43

Oi! Armadillo!

It wasn't the White Cliffs.

It was ............. 'We'll Meet Again ..

NikkiBFG · 23/06/2007 22:43

Hey, it was a joke. I'm very chilled about my deafness...

bookwormmum · 23/06/2007 22:42

A brief History of Time is still partly unread on my bookshelf .

TheArmadillo · 23/06/2007 22:41

they'll be blue birds over the white cliffs of dover.

Nice fluffy image there.

MamaMaiasaura · 23/06/2007 22:41

ronshar you are soooo gingerist!!! All shops here shut and I need ginger beer...

TheArmadillo · 23/06/2007 22:40

sorry didn't think

Desiderata · 23/06/2007 22:40

I liked Xenia's post; it almost summed up Enid's appeal ... and thanks to others on here too for a nice, EB evening.

I really must go to bed now.

As Vera Lynn famously said .........

NikkiBFG · 23/06/2007 22:40

Lol!!! Audiobooks wasted on me though

MamaMaiasaura · 23/06/2007 22:39
TheArmadillo · 23/06/2007 22:39

I had a brief history of time on audiobook.

Didn't understand a word of it.

Was brilliant - sent me straight to sleep, my brain just shut down.

Would recommend it for insomniacs

ronshar · 23/06/2007 22:38

At the risk of being accused of being gingerist. All things ginger are supposed to help with the vomit problem.