Archive for Children’s Literature
I Read Aloud a Review of *The Three Lads and the Lizard King*
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Read moreUpdate on *Three Lads and the Lizard King*
Just a reminder that the children’s book I wrote (originally for my son) is available on Amazon.. (Incidentally, Amazon was using the wrong ink on the books for the first 20 copies or so until they fixed it, so if you ordered early on and got some funny results on the inside, just notify Amazon […]
Read moreThomas, Bourgeois Hero
Today at Mises I have an article talking about Thomas the Tank Engine: Even Thomas himself has flaws. Sometimes he argues and even gets haughty with the other engines, overreacting to slight transgressions. (For a while my son — echoing Thomas — would announce that he was “very cross” with us when he didn’t get […]
Read moreThoughts on Dr. Seuss
* Although in many respects The Cat in the Hat is his classic work, I can’t help but feel that he spent too much time on plot development and not enough on the internal cadence. It was no One fish two fish red fish blue fish, that’s for sure. * Speaking of the Cat (the […]
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