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mysteryofeternity's review against another edition
5.0
buku ini heartwarming bangettt. animasinya juga lucuu pollll. di masa berita-berita di luar nalar —yang kadang bikin parno sendiri, buku ini sangat bisa jadi penyegaran bahwa masih banyak orang baik dan sangat baik di dunia ini, dan mungkin kita adlah salah satunya?
yukk, jadi orang baik ituu ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
yukk, jadi orang baik ituu ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
catgirl_luna's review
hopeful
fast-paced
2.0
A good portion of this book had a decent message going. It had a lot of positivity and showed a great deal of care in the illustrations, showing diversity in family structures and humanity as a whole. Some lines could have been better and represented the diverse cast better, such as better lines to match with those illustrated with disabilities. The part where this book suffered and left a negative feeling in me was a specific passage that was dealing with the "bad people" part of the book, "A person who is frowning and mad, or sad, or mean is like a sour grape in a bunch of sweet grapes...Everyone looks nicer when they smile and laugh."
This hit me as encouraging children not to express any negative emotions, which are healthy to express. This bothered me a lot because healthy expression of these emotions as a child leads to a healthy expression as an adult. Telling children that these emotions would make them a 'bad person' is really detrimental to them and their emotional growth and development. This will give children unnecessary anxiety about being a 'good person' and masking or repressing the negative emotions because they don't want to be seen as a 'bad person'.
This hit me as encouraging children not to express any negative emotions, which are healthy to express. This bothered me a lot because healthy expression of these emotions as a child leads to a healthy expression as an adult. Telling children that these emotions would make them a 'bad person' is really detrimental to them and their emotional growth and development. This will give children unnecessary anxiety about being a 'good person' and masking or repressing the negative emotions because they don't want to be seen as a 'bad person'.
geekwayne's review
5.0
'Most People' by Michael Leannah with illustrations by Jennifer E. Morris is a book that feels like a breath of calm in troubled times.
This is a picture book for young children. The premise is that the bad people in the world are outnumbered by the good ones. Most people like to smile and hug and watch things grow. Some people do bad things and yell bad words, but usually you will then see someone who is trying to help.
It's such a gently told story. It reminds me in the best ways of how Fred Rogers used to talk. The pictures go along perfectly with the text. In a world of yelling, angry grownups, this is the book a child needs to read.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Tilbury House, Myrick Marketing & Media LLC, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
This is a picture book for young children. The premise is that the bad people in the world are outnumbered by the good ones. Most people like to smile and hug and watch things grow. Some people do bad things and yell bad words, but usually you will then see someone who is trying to help.
It's such a gently told story. It reminds me in the best ways of how Fred Rogers used to talk. The pictures go along perfectly with the text. In a world of yelling, angry grownups, this is the book a child needs to read.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Tilbury House, Myrick Marketing & Media LLC, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
bickie's review
1.0
While I appreciate the intent to, as Mr. Rogers suggested, focus on the "helpers," I really did not like the emphasis on good v. bad. Even for little children, there is no need to set things up with such a binary lens. The statements that someone being grumpy is like a "sour grape" and that everyone "looks better" when they are smiling and happy (who cares what they look like for other people?) imply that being grumpy is bad and that showing your grumpiness makes you look ugly; this is a terrible message to give to children. I also did not like the statement that "people who do bad things can change." It would have been better to say "most people who do bad things can change." Some people's "seed of goodness" is never going to sprout no matter what. The visual of "people who want to be good" forming a line up to the tallest mountain and "people who want to be bad" crowding together in a dark and gloomy room is just baseless. I did appreciate the diversity of "good" people shown (including, among various ethnicities/implied family structures/ability, the person with spiked blue hair and the motorcycle guy). Good idea; poor execution. Not recommended.
amibunk's review
2.0
I really enjoyed 90% of this gently charming picture book designed to remind adults and children alike that most people are decent people. Why exactly did I like?
1. This was a lovely breath of positivity in a world that is overly obsessed with stranger danger. Caution is something our kids need, but paralyzing fear is not.
2. I liked the diversity of the illustrations. People of different sizes, ages, genders, and colors were interspersed nicely in this book. Really, the only thing there's a lack of would be physical disabilities- and you can't include everything in a 32 page book.
3. I liked the message that people who do some (slightly gentle, after all it is a younger kid's book) "bad" behavior can change. "There is a seed of goodness inside them, waiting to sprout."
Now here is the one sentenced that bothered me GREATLY. "Everyone looks nicer when they smile and laugh."
This just raised every feminist hair on my head. (Really, what woman hasn't been told, often condescendingly or patronizingly "Smile! You look so pretty when you smile!")
What message is this line in the book sending to kids? Smile, even if you're sad, because you just look nicer. Laugh, even if you don't want to, because you'll just be nicer to look at.
It seems to me that this is dangerous because it encourages kids to hide or fake their emotions AND that appearance if very important. Neither of these are good things.
I know one sentence shouldn't ruin a book but in this case it really does for me. Why an editor didn't catch this and suggest a different re-wording I don't know.
My advice, read this picture book to your kids, but skip this sentence.
1. This was a lovely breath of positivity in a world that is overly obsessed with stranger danger. Caution is something our kids need, but paralyzing fear is not.
2. I liked the diversity of the illustrations. People of different sizes, ages, genders, and colors were interspersed nicely in this book. Really, the only thing there's a lack of would be physical disabilities- and you can't include everything in a 32 page book.
3. I liked the message that people who do some (slightly gentle, after all it is a younger kid's book) "bad" behavior can change. "There is a seed of goodness inside them, waiting to sprout."
Now here is the one sentenced that bothered me GREATLY. "Everyone looks nicer when they smile and laugh."
This just raised every feminist hair on my head. (Really, what woman hasn't been told, often condescendingly or patronizingly "Smile! You look so pretty when you smile!")
What message is this line in the book sending to kids? Smile, even if you're sad, because you just look nicer. Laugh, even if you don't want to, because you'll just be nicer to look at.
It seems to me that this is dangerous because it encourages kids to hide or fake their emotions AND that appearance if very important. Neither of these are good things.
I know one sentence shouldn't ruin a book but in this case it really does for me. Why an editor didn't catch this and suggest a different re-wording I don't know.
My advice, read this picture book to your kids, but skip this sentence.
kfernandez's review
3.0
Basic story about altruism! Encourages students to connect and think beyond their monkey sphere. The language is very straightforward and I would enjoy it more if it was more poetic.