I'm kind of over these sorts of stories.
2 stars
Cute enough, I guess. The rhyming scheme mostly works (a few glitches made me twitch), but I'm just kind of tired of children's books with:
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Heterosexual weddings as the theme (when there are still too few books about queer couples or queer children). It's also one of those things that I feel subtly teaches kids as they age that romance is more important than friendship, and I think we need a lot more education regarding relationships that teach them that romantic partners should also be your best friends. (And that it's okay to be asexual or that you can focus on friendships, etc.)
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People who clearly are jerks not suffering any consequences. A second male scarecrow is constructed, tries to get Betty to go with him and leave Harry, refuses to listen to her say no, sets the field on fire (sort of by accident but he's a scarecrow who …
Cute enough, I guess. The rhyming scheme mostly works (a few glitches made me twitch), but I'm just kind of tired of children's books with:
-
Heterosexual weddings as the theme (when there are still too few books about queer couples or queer children). It's also one of those things that I feel subtly teaches kids as they age that romance is more important than friendship, and I think we need a lot more education regarding relationships that teach them that romantic partners should also be your best friends. (And that it's okay to be asexual or that you can focus on friendships, etc.)
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People who clearly are jerks not suffering any consequences. A second male scarecrow is constructed, tries to get Betty to go with him and leave Harry, refuses to listen to her say no, sets the field on fire (sort of by accident but he's a scarecrow who doesn't know how fire works?), and then runs away. No consequences for being a scarecrow with a crappy personality who refuses to respect boundaries.