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If you like anthropomorphic tales...
This lands somewhere between Briar Rabbit and Animal Farm. Completely ridiculous but fun for children, and you can squeeze some lessons about humanity out of it if you make an effort.
This one is anthropomorphic to the extreme. Not just talking animals, but animals using tools, eating from tins, riding in boats, horsedrawn carriages, trains, and automobiles, as well as having an intervention, getting religion, and even having a court system complete with a pri ...more
This lands somewhere between Briar Rabbit and Animal Farm. Completely ridiculous but fun for children, and you can squeeze some lessons about humanity out of it if you make an effort.
This one is anthropomorphic to the extreme. Not just talking animals, but animals using tools, eating from tins, riding in boats, horsedrawn carriages, trains, and automobiles, as well as having an intervention, getting religion, and even having a court system complete with a pri ...more
A darling little story with gentle-animals as protagonists. And because there is a focus on Society and how gentle-animals should behave, it's basically all bachelor's who do not actually work? Yes, it's a children's tale so applying logic is a bit silly but hard not to notice that detail.
Cute and of its time, worth a read to follow these animals in their adventures. ...more
Cute and of its time, worth a read to follow these animals in their adventures. ...more
Oct 30, 2018
Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
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Feb 28, 2024
Lauren
marked it as to-read
