@NewYorker @Rebeccamead_NYC How about interviewing some actual children's literature or reading experts/researchers? Seems one-sided here.
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC We asked customers what they thought of "The Percy Jackson Problem." Their thoughts: https://www.facebook.com/parnassusbooks1/posts/870706949620615 … -
@ParnassusBooks1@newyorker Some interesting points here, thanks for doing it. (& I hope my piece was more nuanced than its title.) -
@Rebeccamead_NYC@NewYorker Opinions abound in all directions, but how wonderful that we all care enough about reading to talk about it!
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC What if reading is a pleasure/hobby and not always a way to prove one's intellect, sophistication, or ability?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC Not sure I'd recommend Mein Kampf before nap time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC Have yall read "Love you forever" by Robert Munsch#pureterrorThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Great piece—still not sure which side I'm on. “Is there such thing as a ‘bad book’ for children?” http://nyr.kr/1zkyXn2 via
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@NewYorker: Is there such thing as a “bad book” for children?@Rebeccamead_NYC considers the debate: http://nyr.kr/1zkyXn2 ”
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC Only the ones that bore them. Probably the ones the teacher assigned in high school English.#pleasure#choiceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC Excellent article on an interesting debate...Tricky...Still, let them read! And talk to them about it, perhapsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Percy Jackson makes the
@NewYorker but@Rebeccamead_NYC is no fan.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Secret passages & 'lashings of ginger beer'! Agreed - let Enid Blyton's young readers read in peace.
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You could combine your own childhood love with your son's
@Rebeccamead_NYC by reading Enid Blyton's Tales of Long Ago?@NewYorkerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yeah, I think there are some books are bad for children.
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC I read silence of the lambs when I was 11 and that clearly had no effect on my psychological well being.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker@Rebeccamead_NYC Sarah Palin's memoir. Scary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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