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Title: Questionable teaching material
Review: With so many books that offer rhyme patterns and beautiful illustrations, I cannot recommend this book simply because it lacks a strong teaching/moral component.The second son is ignored, mistreated and called "nothing". The first son is glorified and given his proud name. So much time is spent idolizing the first son, but when the first son falls in the well and is rescued by his younger brother, there is (in the story) the slightest blip of change, but never an apology or an outpouring of love for the second son (just relief that the first son is alive).Beyond that, it leads the listener to believe that this name practice existed in Asia. This is not an Asian folk tale.
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