Reviews for Cinderella dressed in yella

The average rating for Cinderella dressed in yella based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-21 00:00:00 Laurence Bassett Childhood. It ain't for sissies. Let's face it, kids are thugs. They are obsessed with sex, violence and all things gross. Just listen to some of the crap that comes out of the mouths of babes: A boy's occupation Is to stick his preparation Into a girl's separation To increase the population Of the younger generation. Do you want a demonstration? Wow! That was from a Bronx sixth grader in 1966. Or how 'bout this one you may have sung yourself: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the burning of the school. We have tortured every teacher, we have broken every rule. We have thrown away our homework and we hanged the principal. Our school is burning down. Torture? Hanging authority figures? What's next? Guns? Glory, glory, hallelujah, Teacher hit me with a ruler. I met here at the door with a loaded .44, Now she don't teach no more. Aaaaa! Published in 1995, this book is a wealth of children's rhymes, some dating back to World War II - Hitler has only got one ball... It was a great sentimental journey for me to revisit all my old favorites - Found a Peanut, The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out, and Miss Mary Mack. The authors include every possible variant, so it does get a little repetitive, but it's an enjoyable read all the same. Do kids still sing these songs? Or, in these days of politically correct classrooms and hyper-sensitivity to potential violence (like peanut-butter sandwich guns), would a song about hanging the principal merit a trip to the principal's office...or worse? Are we stifling their creativity or taking away a valuable outlet for stress? As the authors mention in their introduction: The world can be a frightening, confusing place for children. Hemmed in by all its rules, whether natural laws or those laid down by adults, bombarded on all sides by entertainment and advertisements, scared and fascinated by such specters as death, natural disasters and crime, they strike back against chaos the only way they can: through folklore. Their songs and rhymes fearlessly take on the taboos and terrors of the adult world and turn them into things that can be safely mocked. It seems weird to say that this book about children is probably NOT FOR CHILDREN, but it is one of the more obscene books I've read. It's also incredibly funny and may bring back some great or painful memories for you depending on who you ending up K-I-S-S-I-N-G during third grade recess. I'd like to share this rhyme from the seventies that was new to me. It's either unbelievably dirty or amazingly innocent, depending on what goes on in YOUR mind, I guess... Suzanne was a lady with plenty of class, Who drove the boys mad when she wiggled her ... Eyes at the fellows as girls sometimes do, To make it quite plain she was ready to ... Go for a walk or a stroll through the grass, And then hurry home for a nice piece of ... Ice cream and cake and a piece of roast duck, And after each meal she was ready to ... Go for a walk or a stroll on the dock With any young man with a sizeable ... Roll of green bills and a pretty good front And if he talked fast she would show him her ... Little pet dog that was subject to fits And maybe let him grab a hold of her ... Little white hand with a movement so quick, Then she'd lean over and tickle his ... Chin while she showed what she learned in France, And ask the poor fellow to take of his ... Coat while she sang "Off the Mandalay Shore." For whatever she was, Suzanne was no bore. Remember - it's all in YOUR minds, people.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-12-17 00:00:00 Sandra Haywood Mary had a little lamb. She gave it castor oil. And everywhere that Mary went, It fertilized the soil. I worked in a bookstore for about a year after university, while deciding where and how to embark on my career, and this book (and several like it) was one of the hidden treasures of the children's department, in a tiny section called "Children's Anthropology." I finally got around to reading it cover to cover, and it was a lot of fun.