Mannequin on the Moon by Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra for May 17, 2021

He obviously didn’t know that book or he’d never have offered it up as bedtime material. Good save, though.

Them bunny rabbits all lived happily ever after. Until a bear came to walk in the woods, that is.

I’ve mentioned it elsewhere before, but the Australian classic children’s story Blinky Bill (about a young koala) features Blinky’s father being shot by a farmer, told from the point of view of Blinky’s father as the bullets hit him.

That explains a lot about Australians of a certain generation.

BUNNIES!

I have a copy of this sitting on the bookshelf beside me. One of the few books I own I’ve yet to read.

My dad read this to me before bed when I was 9. It was great. Just do it Dad! She’ll be mostly fine

Yeah, well I hated Voldemort. I mean Woundwort.

Wait till she finds out that “Old Yeller” is a rather longer movie.

I think it’s entirely appropriate for children of five or older. Don’t “protect” children from reality. Explain it to them.

In some situations a little censorship can be a good thing.

“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” -Orson Welles

“Watership Downer”