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Re:Beverly Cleary has died by lr4444lr on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:34PM (#26598282)
Because a lot of people are soothed by empathy, even as children.
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Re:Beverly Cleary has died by mimixco on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:51PM (#26599761)
The original comment is right. Cleary's books do often speak about children (and with children's voices) in a very adult manner. So do Roald Dahl's. For me this was fascinating as a kid, to see how we were viewed by adults and, wanting to be an adult, to see how that was viewed.
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Re:Beverly Cleary has died by jimbob45 on Saturday March 27, 2021 @02:59AM (#26600526)
That’s a solid point. Who’s to say that I did or didn’t benefit from the viewpoint of the books?
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