We should ban children's books with unhappy endings

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RosaTransylvania · 05/10/2007 10:25

Says this lady deluded bint

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FCH · 05/10/2007 10:40

Well, now I know what's wrong with me... Obviously being encouraged to read and read and read as a child must have brought me into contact with all sorts of "unsuitable" endings leaving me completely unbalanced...

Sobernow · 05/10/2007 10:40

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Kathyis6incheshigh · 05/10/2007 10:38

Does it just apply to fiction, or should we ban the Diary of Anne Frank?

snowleopard · 05/10/2007 10:37

I think they're wrong. But OTOH if the snowman is allowed on their list of OK books, I don't think there's much to worry about. It's the saddest ending ever, I can't read it with DS without bursting into tears! I start crying when they take off into the sky and by the time he melts I'm a blubbering wreck. So the ones they've banned must be pretty bloody traumatic.

themildmanneredaxemurderer · 05/10/2007 10:34

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HairyIrene · 05/10/2007 10:31

scary! them, not the book endings

book bonfire ..wtf ..

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