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Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Once Upon a More Enlightened Time More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
Author: James Finn Garner
ISBN-13: 9780028604190
ISBN-10: 0028604199
Publication Date: 5/1995
Pages: 84
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 80 ratings
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories on + 90 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This small book takes 'Political Correctness' to the extreme!For instance: "A Political Alphabet," and "Sleeping Person Of Better-Than-Average Attractiveness." Very funny!
reviewed Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
"Pigs everywhere can finally rest, knowing that the truth is out: We are the ultimate environmentalists,we recycle society's scraps, and we are pioneers in affordable housing. Three cheers for James Finn Garner." THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
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Helpful Score: 2
Funny, sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek. Sometimes naughty.
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Helpful Score: 1
I found this book to be really funny, It really taps into the whole we take everything way to serious these days.Laugh out loud funny for sure
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Helpful Score: 1
since politically correct seems to be in vogue these days, this is the book for you! fairy tales will never be quite the same!
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very funny
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Table of Contents:

A Politically Correct Alphabet
Hansel and Gretel
The Ant and The Grasshopper
The Princess and The Pea
The Little Mer-Persun
The Tortoise and The Hare
Puss in Boots
Sleeping Persun Of Better-Than-Average-Attractiveness
The City Mouse and The Suburban Mouse
chrisnsally avatar reviewed Once Upon a More Enlightened Time: More Politically Correct Bedtime Stories on + 113 more book reviews
I'm glad to see that others have enjoyed this book as it really was not my cup of tea. It took the simplest from of storytelling and twisted it into a Graduate level thesis. I can certainly appreciate this style of humor, satire, but it was all a bit too wordy for me.
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A sequel, the author still seeks to eliminate 'biases and prejudices' from the tales we all read as kids. There are seven stories.
I enjoyed The Princess and the Pea, it being well-written and amusing. The stories are probably best enjoyed by English majors and others with a good vocabulary.
From The Tortoise and the Hare: "So confident was the hare in his sulocity prerogative over the tortoise that he decided to accept the invitation of one of the film crew and grant an interview about his mid-race thoughts, reminiscences of childhood, and hopes for the future."