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Review title: Not for us
Product review: This 1988 book did not work for us. As has been noted by another, the sister repeatedly calls the brother's hat dumb and says it makes the boy look stupid. The boy ultimately accepts this critique. Might children say these things? Yes. Do we teach them to say them? No.I found the language bloated. Blocks of text that were repeated for effect were too long; rather than function as refrain, the repeats just bore. Couple that with the absence of any meter or rhythm in the language, and this book both offended and bored me.The clumsy writing left me thinking fondly of some of the elegant writing out there (Harold and the Purple Crayon comes to mind), and also refreshing my appreciation for books like The Runaway Bunny and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, both of which use repetition as an effective story tool.There are many better works out there for your child.
