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Title: Out of date and race problems
Review: I remember reading the Bobbsey Twins books when I was seven, so when I babysat the other night, I was pleased when the seven year old there sat down and started to read this outloud to me. The text itself is just challenging enough for kids of that age, but what I had TOTALLY forgotten about was the whole fact that in the book, while there are black people, they're all household help or holding menial jobs. I'm not black, and I found this all very offputting when I started to re-read the book after the kid had gone to bed. I think it gives a very skewed view of how things were, and certainly of how things are, and I wholeheartedly can't recommend these books to anyone.
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