Tricksters

I have been blogging consistently for the past 4 hours and sadly, it was all for class. I figured I would take a break from blogging to... blog. A friend facebooked me the link to Slate.com's description of how children's books became wild. I was thoroughly delighted at the prospect of seeing this transition, but was definitely disappointed once I opened the link. There was only two measly paragraphs! I can't fathom how a change as drastic as children's books moving from purely instructional volumes to pleasurable and down-right silly materials is going to fit into that teeny, tiny package.

Well, that's because I didn't realize the slide show was going to contain the meat of the information. Now, I don't know about you, but when I read the words slide show, I imagine pictures. End of story. Apparently I am wrong in that assumption. No, there were about two paragraphs per picture of the eleven images included. I feel a little let down by the web site since it did'nt tell me this. What if I wasn't in the mood to look at the images, but simply wanted the goods? The two paragraphs don't help you one single drop. Once I accessed the pictures, the website became worth my trip. So, this may be the only time I suggest this, but forget the description and dive right into the pictures!