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I think it is important to show kids the classics, as long as you have the discussion concerning a woman's places back then. I'm sure there are many people not too thrilled about this story, unless it's to point out the history of hierarchy during these times.
I have a hard time with the father initially. To think that a father would brag about his daughter having a skill she clearly did not have, and to blatantly lie to a King, putting both his and her life in jeopardy. Did he even care about his daughters life, let alone his own. Dad must have been clearly off his head, and without a clue what the King was capable of. The King clearly tells her after showing her the straw, "if you value your life," you will have this spun to gold before morning. She didn't even have a say so in the matter. I would have told the King, my father is a drunken peasant with no scruples let alone brains. Lol It clearly shows a lack of women's rights during this era.
I love the scene where the daughter outwits the wizard or imp of magic by having the nursemaid spy on him. It shows her clever wit and determination to save her baby. You rock Queen!
There Goes Peter Cottontail, Hopping down the Bunny Trail... "Eerrrrrt!" Oh! No! He's Heading Toward the PARSNIPS!
The printing of this Little Golden Book is dated 1968 as a 5th printing. It has the copyright year of 1958 by the author, Beatrix Potter with illustrator Driana Mazza Saviozzi and is printed in the USA.
Synopsis: A rabbit doesn't listen to his mother's rules and finds himself getting into big trouble!
There always seems to be one child in the family that gets into more mischief than the others. I know some kids just can't control the temptations set before them. We've all been there, ie; "Don't touch the paint it's still wet... Don't eat the cookie it has to cool... Don't play with the toys' they are not ours."
We all are curious, it's a known human trait. As babies, it's how we discover our world. If we didn't have parents or elders looking out for us, more than most likely we wouldn't survive. There are too many elements working against us in our known world. We need protection until we can understand the dangers.
Peter's mother knew her brood was at the age of making good decisions for themselves, but she had to throw in that little reminder, "don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden, your father was put into a pie."
The idea of being put in a pie is not only revolting, but it's also quite shocking to hear spoken in such a matter-of-fact way. It was meant to give the wee ones a jolt, to be sure! Here are the consequences spelled out to you if you get caught you will be eaten, so why take the risk. I also wonder whether or not Mother bunny was a bit miffed at Father bunny for being self-indulgent, careless, and so unthoughtful in his choices; especially now because she would be raising the family on her own.
With Peter, his mother's words only made him more curious. Peter needed to identify with his Father's choices. "Why would my Father risk his life for the goodies in McGregor's garden? They must be mighty tasty if he was willing to do it." Maybe I too, need to go find out. We all identify with this in many ways, our curiosity is a given, it is built-in.
Without curiosity, even if it leads to an unfortunate event, where would we be in this world? If no one took a chance, no one would ever move forward into discovering new things! It's the risk-takers, the so-called entrepreneurs, who push the envelope that opens new doors and opportunities.
As a child, yes it's true, parents know what is best for their children. After Peter's close escape, the mother handled the situation well by not going on chastising Peter for being naughty. She knew that what he went through, encountering McGregor and a near-death experience, was punishment enough and a lesson well learned. She didn't have to scold or get angry at him.
We have all been in the "should I or shouldn't I" decision-making process. Peter had plenty of growing up time to delve over his father's particular misfortune, he knew what the outcome would be if caught. All risks have their repercussions if taken. We learn by mistakes as long as we have a second chance.
This is an Activity Lesson Plan idea for the classroom, homeschool, individual interest.
Rug, Porridge, Character Measurements
Furniture: Chairs and Table Measurements
Activity Lesson Plan for an indoor project; Goldilocks and Three Bears. Read the story or listen to the story here on video at Tumpsky and Mrs. Small channel. Then go further by viewing the project activity live in order to witness more details of the project. (More for the teacher, but students might enjoy it as well).
Looking through some collected Little Golden picture books from my youth, I found the story of "Bambi." I always thought that the story of "Bambi," had originated with Disney Studios, but apparently, it did not.
I wanted to see if there were any other versions and images of the picture book and discovered that there are, and they did not originate in the U.S. According to Wikipedia, The original author of the story was a person by the name of Felix Salten. The title was called Bambi, a Life in the Woods and was originally published in Berlin by Ullstein Verlag as Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde. It is a 1923 Austrian coming-of-age novel. I believe the author did not intend it to be a kids/children's story, per se like Walt Disney made it into. This is what the original cover art looked like.
I believe the author also wrote a sequel to the original, where Bambi and Faline have a family together involving other characters not so readily known, as "Thumper" the rabbit and "Flower" the skunk as in the Disney depiction of the story. It makes me wonder how Disney came to find the story. Here's more on the topic of Walt Disney and Bambi.
As a child, I was presented to the animated motion picture first and then the book as it was released. It meant a lot to me to have the tangible pictures that I could look at over and over again. I loved Bambi tremendously, but I also fell in love with Thumper the little rabbit. Thumper was so silly and his voice, so irresistibly adorable. The story truly captured our young impressionable hearts.
I thought I'd read my original book still in pretty great shape for you, but truly every child needs a copy of there own.
