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Stuart Little
by E.B. White
After loving Charlotte’s Web as both a child and adult, I was hoping Stuart Little would be the same thing but sadly, I am disappointed. While this book is whimsical, I mean the main character is a mouse, it does a few things that I find questionable. The beginning of the book is very cute but then it kind of takes a turn around 70 pages in.
Margalo (a bird friend of Stuart’s) leaves suddenly after discovering that someone intends to kill her, and this prompts Stuart to run away from home to find her. He never tells his family where he is going, or that he is leaving, he just leaves.
He then convinces a superintendent to allow him to teach a class, and disregards all their lessons as nonsense, and plays make-believe about being Chairman of the World. Then when he gets tired he just leaves and dismisses the class for the day.
Finally, he stumbles into a town that has a girl the same size as him but she is human. He then writes her a letter asking her on a date but tells her not to tell her parents, on account of his appearance. When she shows up and he realizes all his grand plans have been ruined, he throws a fit, yells at her, and then leaves town the next day.
Honestly, this book is a good example of showing kids how not to behave. I’m so sad that this book does not stand up to the test of time. I still enjoy other works by this author, and am interested in reading The Trumpet of the Swan in the future still.
Margalo (a bird friend of Stuart’s) leaves suddenly after discovering that someone intends to kill her, and this prompts Stuart to run away from home to find her. He never tells his family where he is going, or that he is leaving, he just leaves.
He then convinces a superintendent to allow him to teach a class, and disregards all their lessons as nonsense, and plays make-believe about being Chairman of the World. Then when he gets tired he just leaves and dismisses the class for the day.
Finally, he stumbles into a town that has a girl the same size as him but she is human. He then writes her a letter asking her on a date but tells her not to tell her parents, on account of his appearance. When she shows up and he realizes all his grand plans have been ruined, he throws a fit, yells at her, and then leaves town the next day.
Honestly, this book is a good example of showing kids how not to behave. I’m so sad that this book does not stand up to the test of time. I still enjoy other works by this author, and am interested in reading The Trumpet of the Swan in the future still.