Comments on: Ethics, food chains, and stolen hats http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/ Publications about books for children and young adults Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: karl adams http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-37140 karl adams Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:19:12 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-37140 Are you able to guidebook us in your web marketer or the guy which manages your site, I must determine it would be possible to certainly be a invitee poster. Are you able to guidebook us in your web marketer or the guy which manages your site, I must determine it would be possible to certainly be a invitee poster.

]]> By: Jessi Peterson http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-31472 Jessi Peterson Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:17:16 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-31472 Well of course they got eaten. Both of them. This is what comes of being lightfingered. What I appreciate is the lightness with which it is handled and the ambiguity of it. A child who is innocent enough to expect that hats will be returned, the culprits will be chastened and life will go on can continue to think that while still appreciating the deadpan humor of the story. The child who has figured out that that is not always the way things go will be in on the likely outcome without it being spelled out. Which is such a thrill for a kid - to be in on the joke. Either reading is humorous, supported by the starkly simple illustrations, and either one is a platform for either laughter or a teachable moment about consequences, depending upon your kid, or both. Well of course they got eaten. Both of them. This is what comes of being lightfingered. What I appreciate is the lightness with which it is handled and the ambiguity of it. A child who is innocent enough to expect that hats will be returned, the culprits will be chastened and life will go on can continue to think that while still appreciating the deadpan humor of the story. The child who has figured out that that is not always the way things go will be in on the likely outcome without it being spelled out. Which is such a thrill for a kid – to be in on the joke. Either reading is humorous, supported by the starkly simple illustrations, and either one is a platform for either laughter or a teachable moment about consequences, depending upon your kid, or both.

]]> By: Nancy Van Camp http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-31317 Nancy Van Camp Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:54:01 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-31317 Have been in the bear-ate-the-rabbit camp from day one. Thought it was a gruesome, disturbing and random ending...consequently, passed on it for read aloud. ( Enjoyed the fish far more in that regard.) At the same time, I must agree that traditional fairytales are in a league of their own when it comes to violence and horror. Thank you, Interrupting Chicken, for saving us!!! Have been in the bear-ate-the-rabbit camp from day one. Thought it was a gruesome, disturbing and random ending…consequently, passed on it for read aloud. ( Enjoyed the fish far more in that regard.)

At the same time, I must agree that traditional fairytales are in a league of their own when it comes to violence and horror. Thank you, Interrupting Chicken, for saving us!!!

]]> By: Jonathan Hunt http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30977 Jonathan Hunt Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:49:08 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30977 While I am solidly in the bear-ate-the-rabbit camp, I know from my discussions with children that (a) the bear is so unfailingly polite throughout the text that it would be out of character for him to eat the rabbit, and (b) the bear is sitting in some bushes that look very much like the ones the rabbit was standing next to when he was last seen. Most of the children who think the bear is sitting on the rabbit just missed that final clue on the last page, but some have gone on to argue the aforementioned points with me. While I am solidly in the bear-ate-the-rabbit camp, I know from my discussions with children that (a) the bear is so unfailingly polite throughout the text that it would be out of character for him to eat the rabbit, and (b) the bear is sitting in some bushes that look very much like the ones the rabbit was standing next to when he was last seen. Most of the children who think the bear is sitting on the rabbit just missed that final clue on the last page, but some have gone on to argue the aforementioned points with me.

]]> By: Sam Bloom http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30973 Sam Bloom Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:16:20 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30973 I'm surprised that people think the bear didn't eat the rabbit in the first book - the bear basically admits to doing the deed by denying it (I'm just following the logic of the book here, based on the way the rabbit so vehemently denied stealing the hat earlier in the book). So I don't see any way the rabbit survived its bear encounter. I actually thought the endpapers were kind of lame - but maybe I'm expecting too much in that regard, because I want the beginning and end of the story arc to be present there (translation: I don't like the fact that the beginning and end are exactly the same... not that I want to be slapped across the face by, say, the bunny's tombstone at the end or something) I’m surprised that people think the bear didn’t eat the rabbit in the first book – the bear basically admits to doing the deed by denying it (I’m just following the logic of the book here, based on the way the rabbit so vehemently denied stealing the hat earlier in the book). So I don’t see any way the rabbit survived its bear encounter. I actually thought the endpapers were kind of lame – but maybe I’m expecting too much in that regard, because I want the beginning and end of the story arc to be present there (translation: I don’t like the fact that the beginning and end are exactly the same… not that I want to be slapped across the face by, say, the bunny’s tombstone at the end or something)

]]> By: Lolly Robinson http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30900 Lolly Robinson Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:47:58 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30900 Get outta town! That's so funny -- I absolutely remember but it didn't occur to me you were the same person. Instead I thought, Huh, that must be a more common name than I thought it was... Get outta town! That’s so funny — I absolutely remember but it didn’t occur to me you were the same person. Instead I thought, Huh, that must be a more common name than I thought it was…

]]> By: Minh http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30899 Minh Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:44:13 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30899 Also, Lolly: it's been a while so you probably don't remember, but I actually took your children's lit class at hgse in 2006. Small world! Also, Lolly: it’s been a while so you probably don’t remember, but I actually took your children’s lit class at hgse in 2006. Small world!

]]> By: Colleen http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30721 Colleen Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:09:23 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30721 I've read these to my 2nd - 5th graders and they all pretty much agree that the thieves get eaten. There's a few that want to believe otherwise, but they're outnumbered. My classes have loved them and they're really a treat to read aloud, too. I’ve read these to my 2nd – 5th graders and they all pretty much agree that the thieves get eaten. There’s a few that want to believe otherwise, but they’re outnumbered.

My classes have loved them and they’re really a treat to read aloud, too.

]]> By: Minh http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30671 Minh Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:02:40 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30671 Wow, love that the post led to this discussion. Thanks Jules for letting me know about this! Wow, love that the post led to this discussion. Thanks Jules for letting me know about this!

]]> By: Erin http://www.hbook.com/2013/01/blogs/calling-caldecott/on-ethics-food-chains-and-this-is-not-my-hat/#comment-30663 Erin Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:23:29 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=22805#comment-30663 A little side story about I Want my Hat Back. I fell in love with that book, and when that happens, I send it to my niece and nephew. My sister told me after reading it to them my nephew who was 5 at the time (I think) said at the end "I don't think he should have eaten the rabbit, I think they should have talked about it and tried to solve the problem." Now I do think the rabbit was eaten by the bear, I still find myself thinking the fish did not come to the same fate. I still do find the people who trash this book for its perceived messages and how it is corrupting young minds to be very amusing! A little side story about I Want my Hat Back.
I fell in love with that book, and when that happens, I send it to my niece and nephew. My sister told me after reading it to them my nephew who was 5 at the time (I think) said at the end “I don’t think he should have eaten the rabbit, I think they should have talked about it and tried to solve the problem.”
Now I do think the rabbit was eaten by the bear, I still find myself thinking the fish did not come to the same fate.
I still do find the people who trash this book for its perceived messages and how it is corrupting young minds to be very amusing!

]]>