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As a kid, I loved to read, and I am enjoying sharing that with McBaby. I am starting to realize though, that many of the books I loved as a child now give me the SUPER-CREEPS. This is the second book I have discussed; click here to read about The Cat in the Hat . This is how my perception of the characters has changed: As a kid I didn't really see any link between a flock of birds, a hungry fox, and any kind of humans. As an adult I am pretty disturbed that a whole group of innocent, though gullible, characters were massacred (one of them was a baby), and that was it... No justice, no hope, just a happy killer fox. Sure if this was Law and Order Special Victims Unit I could see that happening, but this is a kid's book! As an adult I am filled with questions. What are we supposed to take away from this? Don't panic about everything, except for serious things like being eaten, but by that time it is pointless because there is no escape anyway? Don't trust yourself abou...

As a kid, I loved to read, and I am enjoying sharing that with McBaby. I am starting to realize though, that many of the books I loved as a child now give me the SUPER-CREEPS. Thus, I present: Here is how my perception of the characters has changed: His size is what first struck me when I read this story as an adult. Dr. Seuss features cat-sized cats that walk on four legs in some of his stories. This cat could easily have been cat or even child-sized, but he is not he is human-adult-sized. This makes him more powerful than the children. It also makes him super scary: A. GIANT. BI-PEDAL. CAT. Also he is wearing a hat, gloves, and a tie but no pants...what the heck?  The cat does whatever he wants, regardless of what the fish says. The fish constantly says that the cat "should not be here when your mother is not." It is clear that the cat would not behave this way if their  mother were there to protect them. He makes a huge mess. I do no even want to think about what "Thi...