Mini boob used when travelling when kids were small.

ohhhhh this book. My kid loves this book. I am deeply annoyed by this book. The moral of the story is to LITERALLY STAY ON THE TRACK (determined by your benevolent overseers) and don't smell flowers with wild horses. wtf? ( )

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Maybe it's because it was the forties and the war was on and shit, but this book actually manages to make the moral "stay on the rails at all times" semi-palatable. And it does it while being very lovely about Tootle (a more lovable precursor to Thomas the Tank Engine) playing in the field and making flower wreaths. It understands, in other words, and it wishes the war wasn't on, but it is. ( )

This story teaches children what will happen if they do not obey their parents or teachers. It teaches them a life lesson as well. This book is great for kindergarten through second grade.