tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post7218432760757869408..comments2024-03-26T01:18:41.528-04:00Comments on Bonnie's Books: Epaminondas and His Auntie ~ BBW #3Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-9892956953227601622016-08-23T15:25:24.305-04:002016-08-23T15:25:24.305-04:00I loved this book as a child. I am 68 and firm Yor...I loved this book as a child. I am 68 and firm Yorkshire many old people I knew only spoke the dialect in those days so the language in this book didn't worry me. And truck was a word in use. I call my husband Epaminondas because he is hopeless in domestic situations and only does what he is told to do without applying thought or sense.<br />I never felt this book to be racist. Just a small child and his mum and auntie.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623550520295953573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-81669626594361656232011-09-28T11:49:04.240-04:002011-09-28T11:49:04.240-04:00Anita, in my review of Little Black Sambo, I point...Anita, in my review of <b>Little Black Sambo</b>, I pointed out that the original child is from India and the book wasn't racist until someone in the mid-20th century changed the drawings.<br /><br />http://bonniesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/10/little-black-sambo-by-helen-bannerman.htmlBonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-37544819577273723422011-09-28T06:30:05.799-04:002011-09-28T06:30:05.799-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.merryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122017238804355729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-64458628500553498372011-09-27T21:28:05.996-04:002011-09-27T21:28:05.996-04:00Short answer: It doesn't.Short answer: It doesn't.Bonnie Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07813549471704485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2991243497567962852.post-4395563004101062452011-09-27T19:04:09.715-04:002011-09-27T19:04:09.715-04:00I have heard versions of that story in many forms ...I have heard versions of that story in many forms and I always assumed it was a child being literal and that it was cute and funny. How does making the child an animal improve things? :-)Helen's Book Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01404788769349792460noreply@blogger.com