What’s the magic word?

November 29, 2007 by Barbara.

Imagine Reid, Ken and me sitting at our table…

Reid: I want the beans. (Maybe not beans but there’s a really good chance there were beans on *our* table.)
Ken: What is the magic word?
Reid: [pauses] Abracadabra?
Ken: You need to say, “please.” (Now why didn’t he say that straight out ;+)

I was surprised that Reid didn’t answer, “A la peanut butter sandwiches,” like the Amazing Mumford does in Amazing Mumford Forgets the Magic Word. That’s the only book that I can think of that references a magic world and it isn’t the sort of thing that we discuss otherwise.

Speaking of Sesame Street, Postcards from the Mothership wrote last week about a Sesame Street highlights video being labelled as unsuitable for preschool children. That’s just crazy! Such a position makes me want to obtain them all the more - but then I have a long history of seeking out banned books simply because they were banned. I sure hope that wasn’t the intent of the label.

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