The Happy Endings Foundation (THEF) believes children's books should only have happy endings. It urges parents to buy positive books for their children.
THEF was originally founded in 2000 by Adrienne Small after she read the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to her daughter. As well as making her feel thoroughly miserable, Mrs Small noticed her daughter seemed to take a more negative approach to life. Sadly, this situation worsened substantially, as her daughter subsequently read all 13 books in the series.
Mrs Small has now left her career as a tax inspector to focus on THEF full-time. She plans to rewrite all 13 Lemony Snicket books to give them happy endings. Her versions will be published on-line - watch this website!
I encourage each and every one of you to go ahead and visit the nice people at the Happy Endings Foundation.
I wonder just how many happy endings Ms. Small was responsible for in her career as a tax inspector. 10? 5? None?
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