tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post486720594286264616..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: More Grammar (or lack thereof in Junie B. Jones)CLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-37902462302129545512007-08-02T16:13:00.000-04:002007-08-02T16:13:00.000-04:00I wrote a piece about this myself this week--title...I wrote a piece about this myself this week--titled "Let Junie BE"<BR/><BR/>I don't like the books either--they make me gag. But both my (fairly grammatical) girls have loved them. And while I'll never ascribe to the "at least they're reading" crew, I will say "well, it's a start".<BR/><BR/>And some of the Junie haters in the NY Times article were reading them OUT LOUD to kids who are too little to get the jokes or the grammar. If they're dumb enough to pick those for read alouds, they deserve to wince at the books!<BR/><BR/>You're right, some children will NOT learn proper grammar at home, but that is what (hopefully) schools are there to amend. And I really don't think reading Junie B Jones books alone is going to scar a child's education permanently. <BR/>And it MIGHT just get them hooked enough on reading that we can hand them :) "Betsy-Tacy" and other really GOOD books.<BR/><BR/>And that is beneficial!The Library Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321601076252214546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-74627679443414588472007-07-31T09:25:00.000-04:002007-07-31T09:25:00.000-04:00YES YES YES! I have the same issue with Miss Juni...YES YES YES! I have the same issue with Miss Junie B. I refused to let my daughter read it, but of course once she started going to the library herself, that's all she wanted to read. Thankfully it was a phase and she's over it now. But how it putting books like that into the hands of children at all beneficial?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com