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Product Details
Age Range: 5 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; Reprint edition (March 1, 2011)
"The Crows of Pearlblossom" is a beautifully produced children's book originally published in 1944. Aldous Huxley is a famous author and essayist. Thus two stars. The book depicts the only female character as unthinking and unrespected. The story is really more gruesome than modern Grime Tales. (not more so than the original Grime which was 1600 - 1700 cautionary tales in a dangerous time. This is not a cautionary tale). Nest Eggs and children are eaten. (scary) The snake suffers a painful, lingering death and becomes a clothes line (a cold shiver at this).
This book is very out of touch with modern children's literature and is only interesting as a curio of WWII era reflecting mid 1800's mentality, and as a odd piece by Aldous Huxley. There are clear parallels in nature (snakes do climb in trees and eat nest eggs), but these can be better taught by such books as "What the Robin Knows" and at much more advanced age.
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This is a cute story, and fun to read. It's fun to do the voices for the characters and to see the little hilarities in the artwork, such as the snake's fangs in a glass of water on his nightstand, or his framed picture of snake Jesus, or Old Man Owl's pants pulled up to his armpits, the curlers in Mrs. Crow's hair, Mr. Crow telling screaming Amelia to hush from behind the safety of an alarmed-looking owl. My 21 month old loves this book. The voices and artwork hold her attention. I don't find the book sexist at all. The characters are stereotypes but that's what makes the book so funny.
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Who knew that Huxley disdains women? Not I, else I wouldn't have purchased this children's (?) book. Wouldn't read it to any child of mine, or anyone else's. Teaches that women are only good for house chores and have no mind. Some Brave New World he's conceived......where women have no voice. Do not purchase, especially if any girls are present.
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17 of 24 people found the following review helpful
This book was handed in as a donation for a book drive. I threw it away. No child should read trash like this, and here's why: Mr. Crow is a jerk who treats his wife like trash. He finds her in distress and asks her if she's forgotten not to eat too much, y'know, like a child that's had too much ice cream. When she has a good idea, he tells her it's a bad idea, then goes to his buddy's house to see how he can use his wife's idea and claim it as his own, but not before telling her to shut up about it. Twice.
Here's a play-by-play of the mean, sexist nonsense that runs through the whole book:
Mrs. Crow lays an egg every day, then goes to the store (she doesn't have a job) while her husband, Mr. Crow, goes to work as an assistant manager at a drug store.
WHY THE WEIRD DETAIL ABOUT HIS JOB? Good question. It never comes up again.
Whenever Mrs. Crow gets back from the store, the egg is gone. Turns out a rattlesnake has been eating her eggs every day for the past year while she's out. She discovers him doing this one day, and is in tears when Mr. Crow comes home. The first thing he says when he sees his wife in tears is, "What's wrong, did you over-eat?"
WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT? Good question. If you think he sounds like a jerk, you're right. Mr. Crow is a jerk.
Mrs. Crow explains that the snake has literally eaten hundreds of her eggs, killing all of their babies and making all the effort of laying all those eggs worthless. "Kill the snake," she says. Mr. Crow's response: "You don't have good ideas," and "Shut your beak."
WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT? Good question. If you're starting to think Mr. Crow is a wife-hating crazypants, you're probably right.
We discovered this delightful story when the book was handed down to us by our children's uncle--his copy when he was a child. The story unfolds as Mrs. Crow is distraught that the eggs she's laid keep disappearing each afternoon. We learn why they disappear and hear the clever way the problem is solved.
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Absolutely LOVE this book. Ordered it for my great grandson. My husband and I used to read this at bedtime for our granddaughter when she would spend the night. Now her son has a copy of this wonderful book.
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