Monday, December 22, 2008

Turning To Children's Books For...Comfort?

I don't know what it is about well-known children's titles that seems to beg for this kind of treatment. But, you know, they do.

My favorites were the old-time classics, Lassie Can't Come Home and The Pauper and the Other Pauper.

Thanks to the child_lit listserv for this one.
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5 comments:

  1. Sarah Rettger2:03 PM

    But just think of the illustrations for If You Give a Bear Stearns a Bailout!

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  2. Gail Gauthier3:30 PM

    I'm thinking maybe a flow-chart?

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  3. Sarah Rettger3:33 PM

    I'm leaning towards anthropomorphism, just like the original. The bear from the California state flag would make a nice mascot.

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  4. Civilguy12:09 PM

    How about the Berenstain Bears wonder why they didn't get a bailout when Bern Stearns does.

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  5. Gail Gauthier1:17 PM

    I've never actually read the If You Give A Bear book, which makes it difficult for me to come up with good material for that one.

    I'm much more familiar with The Berenstain Bears, though I can't say I've ever been one hundred percent clear on what Papa Bear does. Perhaps he bought a company a couple of years ago in a leveraged deal and now can't make the payments because the bottom has fallen out of the economy? The family is going to lose the treehouse?

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