am i a lone in my intense hatred of that " we are going on a bear hunt" book?

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i cant stand it
ds3loves it

Jez Albrough

Who I have always thought of as being strangly hunky and attractive

Please don't shatter the illusion if you know better

throckenholt, yes, jez alborough

ther is a pic of him in the front of captain duck...
popsy runs to check

must be downstairs

but i did find a FAB book
hurry hurry mary dear

anyone read that

hmmm, not bad. I spent bloody ages thinking about him as I read the book, that is for sure

OK, MI - he didn't deserve to be eaten, but he should have expected to be eaten. The fact that he didn't (expect to be eaten), and lived in a little tent in the middle of a load of hungry bears means he was a nutter.

I rest my case.

Don't know about being compared to cod though - should I be flattered or insulted In my defence, I haven't left the house in days and I am slowly losing my mind. In fact I'm thinking of taking the tent and pitching it in amongst some big old bears...

Jez Alborough looks sort of sleazy but not quite sleazy enough, IMO. I find his books curiously off-putting, too.

I do see Bear Bloke was a nutter, really, SL...

no not my type

like a jester hat wearting glastonbury type

needs to be a bit dirtier or rugged

Do you have empathy for Bear Guy, MI? I think you do...

Do you have any urges to swim with dolphins, or embrace snakes, or tickle tarantulas?

I'll admit it, I'm sad and need to get out more

OK so who is a hunky children's writer then?

(bet you wouldn't kick him out of bed tho......)

anyone for Owl Babies?

My voice wobbles when I read Owl Babies...

Are you selling them on eBay, HC? Think that's very likely illeagle.

God, I'm tired - I'm snorting at that

Illeagle owls?

HM
they are all legit, guv'ner
orphaned innit?

Owl Babies is very sweet

and she came

Duck in a Truck....
What IS that line about 'here are the feet that jump the duck down'!.....

Now have an image of you opening one side of your coat on busy London street like a man selling knocked-off watches - only your coat lining is festooned with little owls.

Must sleep.

Love Farmer duck
Gruffalo and Bear hunt overrated
snail and whale and hairy maclarey ok

hate all the "where's my mummy" books such as owl babies. encouraging the assumption that poor mummies are not allowed to be out of sight.

the dds favourite for ages as toddlers was a 70s school text book "how is lego brick made". wordy, no rhymes. long story of oil production. they still like it very much.

Farmer Duck has a very odd rhythm, though; I can never quite work out whether it's meant to be rhyming text or not. 'There once was a DUCK who had the bad LUCK to live with a grumpy old farmer.' I do like the message of Overthrowing the Exploitative Oppressor, if a little Orwellian, though.

Loathe Hairy Maclary. Something rather sinister about the illustrations, like Giles cartoons. and I think the author is spinning out the line somewhat.

yes MI, farmer Duck is very hard to read, I sometimes adapt it to a rather ponderous versical rhythm. Don't like children's books that don't rhyme.
Will make an exception for Storybook Wolves tho.

I think my favourite read aloud author is Dr Seuss - I'm quite proud of my Fox in Socks