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I Mr “Please Hop In” Boy om dinner & get om at 2 Price Of equal or lesser value Not good with any other offer Exp i 1/1S/93 444 E. 3rd Eufrac 4*4 2927 Tm> A* jew iump.«« /uaf C Vrf**;/ /trf we vc got you covered. (naturally) (Uir own iic\ign\ lot ally madr garment d\rd natural fiber i lathing I l 1th £ Banyan Tee 4ft vom Mother Goose has come a long way After Northern Exposure the other night, my roommate and I sat down to road The New Adventures of Mother Goose, a hook hilled as "Gentle rhymes for happy times " And after we read The New Adventures of Mother Goose, wo could only shake our oh-so-adult heads and sigh What hap pened to those cheesy rhymes of yestor yoar? Author Bruce l-ansky rewrote the (.lasso Mother Goose rhymes so. according to the book's flyleaf, there are no more "mean spirited or frightening poems that may give impressionable young children night mares." And in many (.ases. this was true. I^nsky rewrote some of the more disturbing or frightening rhymes so they were more posi tive or upbeat. For example. “Kook-A-Bye-Hahy. which I learned ns "Rock-a-bye-baby, on the tree top,/When the wind blows, the cradle will rock/When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall./And do. •» will come baby, cradle and all." has been updated. The l-ansky version reads. "Rock-a-bye baby, on the troetop./When the wind blows, the cradle will rock./When the birds sing, the baby will smile./and fall asleep happy in a short while The farmer's wife no longer cuts off the tuils of the three blind mice; instead, they are "three kind mice" who "took out some cheese and they cut her a slice." And Georgia Porgie. the schoolyard Romeo, who in the original Mother (k>ose. “kissed the girls and made them cry." has finally learned his lesson: "Georgia Porgie, what a shame/Kids call you such a silly THE NEW ADVENTURES OF MOTHER GOOSE ** AUTHOR: Bruce Lansky PUBLISHER Meadowbrook Press COST $15 00 Hardbound I AVAILABLE: Area bookstores name/Now I think you know it's true/That leasing isn't nic* to do." But on the other hand. Lansky also rewrote several rhymes that had no appar ently negative messages. "How. row, row your boat." formerly a pleasant little ditty about floating down a stream, all daydreams and sunshine, is now a cautionary rhyme about the dangers of standing up in a boat "Row. row. row* your boat ./Gently 'round the lake/Don't stand up and rock the Ixwl —/That's a big mistake " Funnier to a five-year-old? Possibly. Necessary to prevent a child from getting nightmares? My roomate and I didn't think so. Neither of us wore really impressed with the quality of the poetry in the book; she thought it wouldn't spur a child’s imagina tion, and I thought the language was too bland. We also disagreed with the need to rewrite the original rhymes to make them happier and more pleasant. We'd both pre fer reading the original Mother Goose rhymes to a child and then explaining why some people might find them objection able. rather than reading oatmeal-bland children's poetry. It would have been better, we agreed. had I-ariskv just let Mother Goose alone and written new nursery rhymes instead Leave the old ones intact, let them retire I the history and values of the period in which they were originally written, whether these values still exist, and create some new poems to reflect life and beliefs today. In short, the book doesn't really succeed ns children's poetry, although some chil dren might find it amusing The illustra tions are full of round-faced tykes bursting with baby fat and overalls, and the kind, grav-haired grandmother on the cover is sporting cheap imitation Converse, to which my roomnte objected. The New Adventures of Mother Goose seems to be another example of adults ide alizing the world for children, creating a happy, Pollvnnnn-like place, rather than providing an opportunity for children to address their fears and worries through sto ries and poems. It's the Harney syndrome. Everyone's happy, we all love each other ... This is not to say that there is no place in children's literature for silly, happy poems, but at least make sure they're good silly, happy poems with exciting language and vibrant illustration. There is better children's poetry out there, goofy poetry, poetry that amuses without being cruel or poetry that’s about the sorts of slightly gross, not-at-the-din ner-table-dear, fears and fantasies kids seem to have. Unfortunately, it’s not between the cov ers of The New Adventures of Mother Goose. - Meg Dedolph Oregon Dotty Emerotd 1 e 1^ e t tr *. *iiA* *- f, I ' < •: f * ■ *1 t%*i. U*km t M# •*!< ‘ It *v**« t| < V * MtMf * TV W#f •. ( y M<Dff*w»4 »r*, '.4f. *1/ > CHANNEL - 53 presents MUSIC TELEVISION YOU CONTROL. Interactive Music Videos on Broadcast Television “It’s Your Call" New Beavis and Butt-Head book really sucks College students are. by definition, required each term to buy at least three or four books that suck. At least this book admits it sucks. This Book Sucks, the new book by Beavis and Butt-Head, those crazy MIA' delinquents, sucks really had. But it sucks in the same way the show does. Never, in the history of tele vision. with the exception of Beverly Hills 90210, have so many people watched a show that sucked so religiously. Admitting you like Beavis and Butt-Head will make you the laughing stock of your friends and family. So millions of people deny they have ever seen the show, and then go home and watch the back-to-back episodes on MTV and wallow in their pathetic-ness. while they laugh wildly at Beavis hangings B.A at the TV screen. This Book Sticks covers all the bases the show doesn't, from tracing the pair's family roots in the "Family Bush (Huh Huh)," to Beavis and Butt-Head's own "Hi Koo" poet ry - "This morning was cool/There was a huge thunderstorm/Then we blew up terds" — to ideas for cool tattoos — "Burritos Rule Yes. this book is demented and sad, hut hoy. these two guys have actually pushed Congress to the point of using the words "Beavis and Butt-Head" in conversations. That deserves some kind of respect. 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