From: Janice Del Negro <delnegro>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:09:38 -0600 (CST)

This is a very interesting question. My daughters (ages 6 and 4) are greatly enamored of "The Magic School Bus" in all its varied forms. We change our approach nearly every time we read the books, depending on the mood (of the girls, not me). Sometimes we read the narrative and not thebubbles or other "info-bytes"; sometimes we read everything on the page, narrative be dashed (they don't seem to have any problem following the "story", even after we've digressed); sometimes they selectively pick what they want to read about.

It's an eclectic sort of approach, especially for someone (ie. me) who's very attached to linear narrative. They pick up- and retain- a tremendous amount of information, that surfaces in their day to day conversation, and while this approach to books and reading might unsettle their mother, it doesn't seem to bother them at all.

It's a very interesting question.

Janice Del Negro BCCB

On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Kathleen Horning wrote:
Received on Thu 21 Nov 1996 02:09:38 PM CST