Review: questionable moral
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2013
This is literally the last page of the book - "The moral: sometimes it is worth investing a little more money to enjoy a new hat each year."How is that a moral?  And if it is, how is this relevant to children?  The author has failed to convince that it isn't better to keep the same hat each year and save your money.  The author hasn't convinced that you should judge people by appearances and be a slave to the latest fashions as this book displays and recommends.  The main character is as vain as a peacock, and is not someone I would want my children to emulate.  Crowds who judge on outward appearances strike me as shallow.You can extrapolate some value from the story by looking at the other character in the story - the one who is content with a second-hand hat.  Teaching kids that second-hand items in general still have worth.  But in general we don't go around sharing hats, and kids don't wear fancy hats, so this lesson could have used much, much better subject material to address that moral.