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From: HarrySpenc at aol.com <HarrySpenc>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:45:01 EST
I've been using Click Clack Moo as a read aloud, trying it out with various children in K-5. I find it very funny and I love the illustrations. It fell flat, though, with a couple of the Kindergarten classes. Not all of them have seen a typewriter. "My grandma has one" was a typical response. The vocabulary (neutral and ultimatum) went over a little better with older children. Everybody liked the illustrations.
I haven't had a chance to read Joey Pigza Loses Control, but have had some interesting discussion over Joey Pigza Swallows the Key. I had a friend read it as a parent of a grown child with ADHD. She hated it. And went so far as to say she hoped no one would read it and ever think that it was accurate. No one gets into Special Ed. that easily, not to mention many inaccuracies about medication and sugar, and school nurses that have an awful lot of freedom without parent consent. She was quite upset to see a Joey Pigza book on the Newbery list, without even reading it.
It's the same basic question. Can we like a book if it seems inaccurate to us? If the inaccuracies are about Wisconsin or Pakistan or hyperactivity, it's had to get past the things that don't ring true. My apologies for commenting without reading, but time is short and I wondered what other list members thought.
Bridget Hill Spence Elementary La Crosse, WI
Received on Mon 29 Jan 2001 10:45:01 PM CST
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:45:01 EST
I've been using Click Clack Moo as a read aloud, trying it out with various children in K-5. I find it very funny and I love the illustrations. It fell flat, though, with a couple of the Kindergarten classes. Not all of them have seen a typewriter. "My grandma has one" was a typical response. The vocabulary (neutral and ultimatum) went over a little better with older children. Everybody liked the illustrations.
I haven't had a chance to read Joey Pigza Loses Control, but have had some interesting discussion over Joey Pigza Swallows the Key. I had a friend read it as a parent of a grown child with ADHD. She hated it. And went so far as to say she hoped no one would read it and ever think that it was accurate. No one gets into Special Ed. that easily, not to mention many inaccuracies about medication and sugar, and school nurses that have an awful lot of freedom without parent consent. She was quite upset to see a Joey Pigza book on the Newbery list, without even reading it.
It's the same basic question. Can we like a book if it seems inaccurate to us? If the inaccuracies are about Wisconsin or Pakistan or hyperactivity, it's had to get past the things that don't ring true. My apologies for commenting without reading, but time is short and I wondered what other list members thought.
Bridget Hill Spence Elementary La Crosse, WI
Received on Mon 29 Jan 2001 10:45:01 PM CST
