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Don’t buy this edition! It is ruined!
I am livid!! I cannot believe they changed the words of this classic book!! This addition has been Americanized! Many phrases have been replaced with American terms. I (who am thoroughly American) read the original to my thoroughly American sons over and over again 10 years ago, and they loved it. They had no problem understanding that “ginger“ means redhead or that “plait” means braid. Why does this publisher think we are all so stupid that we can’t follow a few British terms? I will return this copy, which I had purchased for a friend’s baby, and try to buy the original from a British source. I have confidence that my friend’s American baby will be bright enough to follow along.
