A Little Boy Lost
(William Blake)

Nought loves another as itself,
Nor venerates another so,
Nor is it possible to thought
A greater than itself to know.

“And, father, how can I love you
Or any of my brothers more?
I love you like the little bird
That picks up crumbs around the door.”

The Priest sat by and heard the child;
In trembling zeal he seized his hair,
He led him by his little coat,
And all admired the priestly care.

And standing on the altar high,
“Lo, what a fiend is here!’ said he:
“One who sets reason up for judge
Of our most holy mystery.”

The weeping child could not be heard,
The weeping parents wept in vain:
They stripped him to his little shirt,
And bound him in an iron chain,

And burned him in a holy place
Where many had been burned before;
The weeping parents wept in vain.
Are such things done on Albion’s shore?

The reference to burning the child is a metaphorical reference to the Inquisition, but “in a holy place” could refer to the ‘holy place’ in his character where he dares think for himself

Suzuki is using that “lie” to blackmail parents.  He is being the opportunistic criminal who obtains plain evidence that a rich executive is cheating (with money or with a woman etc.) and then demands ‘hush’ money from the executive.

Some children’s books make a point of stylizing animals and plants to such a degree that they are only recognizable to people who already know the essential visual characteristics of the animal.  The Lucy Cousins books are a good example.

Small children have not acquired and automatized that knowledge, so it seems to follow that illustrations that show those characteristics clearly, and with considerable realism —as opposed to cartoon like exaggeration— would better help the child learn the animals.

I too considered its cadence. It seemed that I was giving it the cadence, as much as there was cadence in the sentences.

I cannot help but think Goodnight Moon is popular because it got a good start in modern book marketing, and is sold to those who already experienced it as children.  Arthur, Franklin, Berenstain Bears, Dora, are now favorites by a similar marketing effect, but through television.  Everyone has heard of them, so the market trend is for large numbers of people to keep buying “the titles or characters they know rather than the titles or characters they don’t.”