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0. Toddleri'm having a really hard time with Junie B. Jones and her, um, "voice" (11 replies)
   posted on 3/10/10 3:37pm stickypermalinkfavoritehidereply
   • hate her
     posted on 3/10/10 3:38pm hidereply
   • I agree--I don't know any child who's that consistently incorrect.
     posted on 3/10/10 3:38pm hidereply
     • such bad modeling for our kids!
       posted on 3/10/10 3:38pm hidereply
       • first OR: i see nothing wrong with dialogue in the vernacular of a young kid, but her character is just grating. obnoxious and grating
         posted on 3/10/10 3:40pm hidereply
         • It's not a child's vernacular (lol). It's bullshit.
           posted on 3/10/10 3:41pm hidereply
           • my point is it's not WHAT she is saying, it's WHO she is. the whole character turns me off
             posted on 3/10/10 3:42pm hidereply
   • i do to
     posted on 3/10/10 3:38pm hidereply
   • agreed
     posted on 3/10/10 3:38pm hidereply
   • 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)
     I decided to let my kids read them if it kept them reading. So far, so good.

     posted on 3/10/10 3:39pm hidereply
     • but her speech is grammatically incorrect.
       posted on 3/10/10 3:43pm hidereply
   • Can't stand intentional wrong grammar. Yuck.
     posted on 3/10/10 3:41pm hidereply