i'm having a really hard time with Junie B. Jones and her, um, "voice"

posted March 10th, 2010 at 3:37pm in Toddler

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hate her 3-10-2010 3:38pm
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I agree--I don't know any child who's that consistently incorrect. 3-10-2010 3:38pm
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- such bad modeling for our kids! 3-10-2010 3:38pm
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  - first OR: i see nothing wrong with dialogue in the vernacular of a young kid, but her character is just grating. obnoxious and grating 3-10-2010 3:40pm
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    - It's not a child's vernacular (lol). It's bullshit. 3-10-2010 3:41pm
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      - my point is it's not WHAT she is saying, it's WHO she is. the whole character turns me off 3-10-2010 3:42pm
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i do to 3-10-2010 3:38pm
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agreed 3-10-2010 3:38pm
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i did too, at first. and when dd started calling her sister things that clearly came from the book, i almost banned it. but JBJ is written at the perfect level for beginning readers....(more) 3-10-2010 3:39pm
I decided to let my kids read them if it kept them reading. So far, so good.
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- but her speech is grammatically incorrect. 3-10-2010 3:43pm
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Can't stand intentional wrong grammar. Yuck. 3-10-2010 3:41pm
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