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As a new parent the agriculture propaganda from the very start is crazy! Look at this happy farmer and his cute pig its so happy in its mudpit, what a wholesome picture!
ya, my sister is raising kids atm and she's had to hunt for books that don't associate farming with cuddly-happy—funtimes
Its tough finding good media, almost anything pre 2000 is out because of some sort of bigotry and even after that it gets iffy sometimes, and if you filter for copaganda, zoo propaganda, agri propaganda and corporate propaganda there is not a lot left...
There's loads of good children's fantasy like Rowan of Rin etc. This one is still at "what does Bunny like?" level though :p
oh mine is learning animal noises still, cat goes "ma" sheep go "ba" dogs go "wa" elephants go "pffffff" lol.
But simply finding good picture books is already a pain.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Childrens-Books-Touch-Feel/s?rh=n%3A4893846051%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A4910122051 these are pretty nice. They've got like texture patches and stuff to play and learn with.
All the ones I've read to her have been unproblematic.
thank you genuinely, now I need to find them in german as well🤣😭
I was going to ask about your home language, as dogs definitely do not "wa" in the US 😹 I love those differences.
Edit: Also, I think of German children's stories as being very bloody: kids get maimed, and the world is generally dangerous. Is that still present at all, or am I out of date by 100+ years?
Edit 2: For anyone interested, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-struwwelpeter-illustrations-childrens-moral-lesson-book
the latter lol it's just been bog-standard racism the past century. There's quite the movement to create inclusive childrens books though, to normalize different family structures and cultures right from the start, but animal books for vegans are still quite sparse.
edit: there's one book where spousal abuse is played for laughs a couple times though, by a very popular author too, extremely weird shit