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which childrens' books do you NOT like

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 12:23

I know we're grateful if they read anything at all etc etc, but there are some books which make me howl with misery at the thought of MY having to read and others which I just wish they wouldn't read.

For me: any of those fairy books, The Secret Seven and (from long ago) anything featuring that dog, Spot or that blimmin sheep Wooly who lives on that farm with Mrs Boot and her children.

for them: Captain Underpants, Horrid Henry - everybody is so darn nasty - and that one that's a bit like Captain Underpants but is about robots.

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Clary · 24/05/2007 14:22

Oh cod all of mine (includign DD) loved Dig Dig Digging.

DS2 is 4 and still really likes it. We have to find all the vehicles at the end tho in a bit of a Mr Man stylee.

I know Pants as well. (we have to cont the pants at the end which is a bit tricky for DS2) Did you know there's a new version? Surely just cashing in tho.

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 14:20

And you know what, I'm on my third round of ORT books. That takes some stamina. Have noticed through repeptitive reading some odd things in these books though -

  1. why so many spectacles abandoned on the ground (go and look, they're always there. Why? Who loses this many pairs of glasses?
  2. What's the story with the creepy janitor in the baseball cap who works at the school, but oddly pops up in other places, lurking in the background?

There's subtext there, I'm telling you.

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bozza · 24/05/2007 14:18

Well if no-one buys geuss how much, how come everyone has it? Actually DD has developed an obsession with I love you books... So is always trying to wangle for:

I forgot to say I love you
Hey I love you
Guess how much I love you

IdreamofClooney · 24/05/2007 14:18

I like Owl babies!

Agree on the Mr Men though - I remember them from when I was little but the writing is bizarre for young children.

I don't like the old lady who swallowed a fly - the illustrations annoy me and I just think the whole premise of the story is mad.

MrsWeasley · 24/05/2007 14:14

I dont like
Thomas the Tank,
the Mr men drive me insane and I cant stand and refuse to read "green bloody eggs and bloody ham"

Dogsby · 24/05/2007 14:09

no one buys guess i love you
tis shit

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Kathyis6incheshigh · 24/05/2007 14:06

Dogsby my dd loves Diggers. I threw away Mr Small and have hidden Guess How Much.... as that was a present. I am ruthless.

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IdrisTheDragon · 24/05/2007 14:03

At least "old" Thomas is better than the new versions. There are occasional moments of linguistic fun in the old ones - Jeramiah Jobling with his boot lace for example .

TheArmadillo · 24/05/2007 13:55

Toddler books I hate with a pure and furious passion (which is why dp reads the bedtime story).
Spot
Miffy the rabbit (why did my mum have to get him hooked on these).
Thomas (not only boring but oh so long)
Topsy and Tim

I don't give ds a choice when I read to him.

Dogsby · 24/05/2007 13:52

god so glad to haev boys and be stuck wiht diggers are good at( suspense) dig dig dgigin

motherinferior · 24/05/2007 13:51

So can I

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 13:49

I'm not that mad about Angelina. It's the cottage she lives in and all that dancing in the flowers business that gets me. Don't mind it so much when they're in the lessons taking instruction.

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Clary · 24/05/2007 13:44

I don't like Mr Men either - find them really hard to read out loud for some reason. DD loves them tho and she reads them out to me given half a chance.

MI lol at Ancient Text of Reverence.

Quite like Topsy and Tim.

TBH any books I'm really not keen on don't tend to stay around long or else I refuse to read them (mean old mummy - but we do have an awful lot of books)

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 13:40

oooh yes, 'that's not my . . .' well find your farking puppy then and stop picking up other peoples.

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Dogsby · 24/05/2007 13:30

lol at bucket
ds3 said to em " mummy, balck isnt a colour you knwo tis a shade"

PONCE

Blackduck · 24/05/2007 13:29

Harry Potter - badly written rubbish.. (ducks)
Thomas the bl**dy tank - badly written rubbish
Thats not my....(complete the blank)

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ScottishThistle · 24/05/2007 13:17

Mr Men, can't stand them but I have been reading them for 15yrs so I think I've done my time!

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 13:16

I really hate the colour ones. Look! The Bucket is . . .(turn page, unbelievable suspense) RED!

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bozza · 24/05/2007 13:15

It's all those counting ones I am not keen on. You know - count with fiver - where there is one turnip on the first page, two carrots on the second etc.. Does that really help children learn to count?

Issy · 24/05/2007 13:12

Thank you Cod - it is Cod isn't it? I'm just using my new moniker to be a little more direct.

I stand corrected MI!

Sigh! It's such a sign of aging when you find yourself slightly bug-eyed at a cultural phenomenon which is unremarkable and familiar to everybody else.

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ahundredtimes · 24/05/2007 13:07

Defo NOT

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