The youngest girls and I are reading the Little House Books as part of our morning school work this year. It's been about 8 years since I read the series. Today, we were reading Little House in the Big Woods when Laura gets a spanking from Pa for slapping Mary in the face.
After I finished reading the chapter aloud, my youngest two daughters immediately mentioned that Mary was mean and deserved to get slapped because she was trying to make Laura feel bad. Yes, Mary is a bit of a snot, but Laura deserved to get punished because of her actions. The girls and I spent about 20 minutes discussing Mary and Laura's behavior. Great children's literature provides wonderful opportunities for families to discuss situations that occur in people's lives. More and more, I'm finding that many of the current best-sellers or popular children's book series are shallow and simplistic in content and style. The phrase, "Well, at least they are reading SOMETHING." is regularly touted to defend book series that contain little or no plot, minor character development, and poor grammar. I'm not even going to get into the book series that feature the current child star of the day.
There are many living children's authors who write wonder books. By no means do I believe that the only good children's literature was written before I was born. I just wish the publishers would spend more money promoting quality that glitz.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Laugh-Out-Loud Book
Yesterday, I picked up Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank and Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom. The author, Celia Rivenbark writes with a sarcastic tone discussing everything from taking your kid to Disney World to statement that a "Mrs. Wonderful" doll should say.
I tend to read myself to sleep and woke my poor husband with poorly muffled laughter. Mike asked what was so funny, so I read excerpts of the book aloud. Mike thought they were hilarious also.
There is some bad language used throughout the book, but it isn't constant and tends to be an occasional h*** or sh**. I certainly wouldn't listen to the book on tape, but enjoyed the authors pithy comments. If you need a quick, humorous book written from a mom's perspective, Don't Dress..... might be what you need.
I tend to read myself to sleep and woke my poor husband with poorly muffled laughter. Mike asked what was so funny, so I read excerpts of the book aloud. Mike thought they were hilarious also.
There is some bad language used throughout the book, but it isn't constant and tends to be an occasional h*** or sh**. I certainly wouldn't listen to the book on tape, but enjoyed the authors pithy comments. If you need a quick, humorous book written from a mom's perspective, Don't Dress..... might be what you need.
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