Who in Whoville called SHARK? Who called the cops? Who tipped off the cockfighters? Who wants to know? PINE KNOT, Kentucky––Whoville, the primary setting of the 1957 Dr. Suess fable How The Grinch Stole Christmas, huddled beneath the abandoned Star Studying Tower on Mount Crumpit, might almost have been modeled on the poverty-stricken former coal […]
“Good Dog Carl” books should be sold like cigarettes, with warnings
Promoting “nanny dogs” is a threat to public health by Barbara Kay Very young children do not see animals as “other.” It seems natural to them that stories should feature animals who speak and wear clothing. There is no harm in that. Babar, Curious George, Paddington Bear: toddlers don’t actually get up close and personal […]