Reading Rainbow Story Winners

January 15, 2005 1:16 PM

Eight years of Reading Rainbow's children's story winners. (This one's a gem.)
posted by Pinwheel (8 comments total)

Duncan was a little furry hedgehog. One day Duncan said to his mother, "I want to play the bagpipes."
posted by hopeless romantique at 1:23 PM on January 15, 2005

Aww. These are great.
posted by sciurus at 1:30 PM on January 15, 2005

...but you don't have to take my word for it...
posted by Robot Johnny at 1:46 PM on January 15, 2005

They're written like a madman. I love the unencumbered child's mind.

/obligatory [TIG]
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:06 PM on January 15, 2005

great stuff. thank goodness for pbs and levar burton.
posted by blendor at 6:02 PM on January 15, 2005

"I want to play the bagpipes."

Or "I want to shoot my uvula with an AK-47."
posted by NickDouglas at 6:52 PM on January 15, 2005

When I see hedgehogs and bagpipes, I can't help but think of Hans.

These are wonderful.
posted by Marit at 1:20 AM on January 16, 2005

But a lot of them (like The New Student) are poisoned by improvement and moralizing.
posted by pracowity at 2:15 AM on January 16, 2005