Title: I loved this book
Review: I bought this book before reading any reviews, because I found it as a book club selection and loved other volumes illustrated by Lane Smith (e.g., Stinky Cheese Man, Squids Will be Squids, and, especially, Math Curse).I felt that the reader who felt there were prejudicial overtones is suffering from an excess of political correctness. The "targets" of the story (if, indeed, there is one) seems to be persons who believe that they better than anyone else for whatever reason. As an alternative to her (or his) interpretation, I would suggest that the stereotypes be opera lovers and fundamentalists of any religion.I will give this book to my stepkids and my only reason to doubt that they will enjoy it is that they might think it was intended only for younger children.It's been referred to as a "fable". If that is so, then the moral is clearly "Be willing to accept change." And that is a very good lesson indeed.
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