Blankie

Look, I don't want to be a killjoy, but I'm gonna have to on this one. There's something unnerving to me about a book that enforces and perpetuates a child's unhealthy obsession with a blanket. Not only does it treat tantrums as if they're totally acceptable and worth catering to, but it also shows a small child jumping off a couch using their blankie as a hero's cape and dragging a cat by the tail when it goes under the blankie.




I'm sorry, but no. Just plain no. This book is aimed at one of the most impressionable ages of children, so let's maybe don't give them ideas of having tantrums, getting hurt jumping off furniture, or dragging cats by their tails. Especially the last one, since you can cause irreparable damage to a kitty's spine if you drag them by the tail!

To make it worse, the book ends: “I love kitty. I love [teddy] bear. I LOVE (sic) birthday cake... But I love Blankie best of all. And Blankie loves me!” Very unhealthy mentality to encourage, in my opinion... and I say that as someone who has extremely strong mental attachments to inanimate possessions and had a blankie-equivalent from infancy through to an embarrassingly advanced age (though thankfully still in single digits).

Skip this one and find something better for your little ones to enjoy. They're sponges, and this isn't something they should absorb.