Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?!
And the scary troll, the horrible ogar and the nasty wolf. Well most 3-5 year olds I would imagine.
It occurred to me the other day when Baby B came running into the room to tell me “the monster was coming”. It’s no wonder he is scared – I read him a horror story almost every night.
Now I know that the stories have a happy ending, I mean they do state ‘they all lived happily ever after’ but to get there you, have to experience some sort of fear and/or trauma. It’s like when Nick Ross says ‘Don’t have nightmares’ at the end of Crimewatch. Too bloody late for that!
I just wanted to share these classic children’s stories that are B’s current favourite books…(as purchased by his Nonna!)
So we have Little Red Riding Hood and………The Big Bad Wolf
Next we have The Billy Goats Gruff and……..The Terrible Troll
Then have Jack and Bean Stalk and……..The Terrible Ogre
Not forgetting Hansel and Gretel and…..The Wicked Witch
And of course, The Three Little Pigs and……..another Big Bad Wolf with a hefty set of lungs on him!
You get the drift!
What with Daddy A introducing B to Dumbo recently, which ever so kindly deals with the issues of bullying, slave labour and child cruelty, I have one sensitive little boy on my hands!
Still at least he will be well armed should he ever encounter a troll.
Right, well it is clearly time to start to introducing him to the Scream trilogy. (Joking!)
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Aboslutely fab post. Lucas is obsessed with wolves – all types including Werewolves!!! He loves the fairytales and I wonder whether he should be supporting the Wolf so vocally! It always makes me laugh when they talk about violence in modern children’s literature/TV when we were brought up on the classics!!! Just another 12 months for the Scream trilogy then he’ll be fine – lol #pocolo
Fairy tales really do have a lot to answer for! Although, I think it is good for children to understand fear 🙂 Thanks for linking to PoCoLo x
I know what you mean, children’s stories are terrifying! We have a crazy one that my son loves, which goes “There’s a dragon on the doorstep and he wants to come inside. Let’s lock him in the cupboard, then run away and hide!” There is a long procession of terrifying beasts that turn up all over the house after that and the children lock them up in places and run away, only to be chased by them when they come out. What really gets me about it is that all the scary animals have scary sharp teeth AND a smile to make them more friendly. No one told the illustrator, clearly, that sharp teeth + grin = PURE EVIL. Also, the children have MATCHING SCARY SMILES. While they lock creatures up. The whole book is just generally traumatising.
The Billy Goats Gruff was a favorite of mine, too! It’s funny you posted this piece because my daughter Michala is studying Fairy Tales for her Reading studies!
She checked out some fabulous books about Giants, Dragons, and Monsters- one of the essential elements of a fairy tale. Maybe you could read Baby B a happy story about monsters and giants? There are so many cute stories out there! That way he can see that sometimes the “scary” things aren’t so scary after all! 🙂