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leigh_ann_15_deaf's review
1.0
Deaf reader reviewing books with deaf characters.
In this children's story, Ladybug grants a girl's wishes, but can’t make out exactly what she wants. Pet—pest, sardines—carpenter bees. Obviously these "mistakes" are ludicrous, hyperbolic. When the parents come out and see the mess and start screaming, we get the line: “For the first time all night, the ladybug could hear perfectly.” So, selective hearing?
It’s not entirely clear whether the ladybug was pretending not to understand Angelina, but either way, the miscommunication was a little bit *too* silly for my tastes.
I think if the ladybug had made one big mistake--i.e., hearing "pest" rather than "pet," and then spent the rest of the book trying to fix it, it would have been fairly funny. But it's the repetitive mistakes, especially when it's obvious Angelina was upset, that takes what could have been an innocent mistake and showing it to be mischievous intent.
In this children's story, Ladybug grants a girl's wishes, but can’t make out exactly what she wants. Pet—pest, sardines—carpenter bees. Obviously these "mistakes" are ludicrous, hyperbolic. When the parents come out and see the mess and start screaming, we get the line: “For the first time all night, the ladybug could hear perfectly.” So, selective hearing?
It’s not entirely clear whether the ladybug was pretending not to understand Angelina, but either way, the miscommunication was a little bit *too* silly for my tastes.
I think if the ladybug had made one big mistake--i.e., hearing "pest" rather than "pet," and then spent the rest of the book trying to fix it, it would have been fairly funny. But it's the repetitive mistakes, especially when it's obvious Angelina was upset, that takes what could have been an innocent mistake and showing it to be mischievous intent.
vzrivera's review
2.0
Oh my. What a story. I don't feel comfortable about the way the parents treated their daughter. It worked out in the end. It was very wordy. Don't think I could use it for storytime.
booksandbosox's review against another edition
2.0
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