to have thrown away 'Mr Small'?

[KathyMCMLXXII]

It's a dreadful book and I hate it but dd likes it. There seems to be a MN consensus against it too - it came up many times on those 'which children's books do you hate?' threads last week.

No-one argued that it is in fact deceptively complex and a classic of modern literature.

It came free with a newspaper so it's not like someone bought it for her.

(I mean the Mr Men books in general came up, not Mr Small in particular.)

I would not throw something away just because of a MN consensus, of course, but it did seem to suggest I am right and it really is rubbish.

But it is in fact deceptively complex and a classic of modern literature
We have it on CD in the car and listen to it every morning LOL

Oh b*gger.
Shall I get it out?
Then you can write a 500 word post explaining the deeper meaning which I have missed

unreasonable, yes.

I love mr small.

Not unreasonable at all. They were written to sell by a marketing man (literally). I might "lose" something like that for a while to check how gutted/otherwise the DC in question was, but that's cos I can't stand the broken-hearted tears when they decide it was in fact their most treasured possession.

Any suggestions on what to do with a complete set of Disney Ladybird books (books of the films) which I hate cos they are so badly written, but which were given to DS by SIL?

She's only 21 months so she won't remember it ever existed.
Your Disney Ladybirds sounds like a much harder one [frown]

That's a tough one exbury. We face a similar dilemma with a hateful-but-given-with-love set of Disney Grolier stories too. They are just dreadful, but as it happens dd's only access to princess drivel at the moment.

Yes - I did try hiding them fairly quickly after they arrived but DS found them and made me read them - why can't Disney employ people who can actually write for these things?!

The only unreasonable bit was if you actuall thrown it in the bin!
Charity shops or readitswapit!

It was in the bin - not even the paper recycling in case dh finds it and gets it out.

i actually like the mr men, and my ds loves them. But I don't like the newer ones - mr cool, mr good, can't remember the other one but it's dreadful.

Is there really a Mr Cool?

We still have several from when I was a child. The kids like them but the only one I really appreciate now is Mr Noisy. Good for teaching children not to shout and to say please.

are you not embarrassed? To be this much of a loser?

Mr Forgetful is the best 😁

Given that the OPs daughter is 18 now, if she was upset she's probably over it