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New Book Coming Out: Alice in Wonderland Made Simple for Kids
"Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... When I wrote that it is coming out soon, I really meant soon. It is coming out tomorrow. The entire original book has been re-written by Sam Sloan in short sentences and easy words that even an adult can understand.snip You wouldn't be biased would you? My 6 year old girl enjoyed the original format anyway. Debbie |
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New Book Coming Out: Alice in Wonderland Made Simple for Kids
On Dec 9, 1:52 pm, "Welches"
wrote: "Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... When I wrote that it is coming out soon, I really meant soon. It is coming out tomorrow. The entire original book has been re-written by Sam Sloan in short sentences and easy words that even an adult can understand.snip You wouldn't be biased would you? My 6 year old girl enjoyed the original format anyway. Debbie Thank you for your feedback. My six-year-old can only read a few of the words. However, my six-year- old is way behind in her reading, so I imagine that there are some six- year-olds who can read it. On the other hand, I am a 63 year old and I have trouble getting through it. Are you sure that your six-year-old can read it by herself and is not having it read to her by you? I wrote this book to make it possible for my own daughter to read it. I have blown up all the drawings to make them almost completely fill up a 8.25 x 10.5 page, so that it can be used as a coloring book. The actual text as re-written by me would only be 10 pages long in normal 10 point type, but I have used very large 24 point type and put only words on even-numbered pages and drawings on only odd-numbered pages and made sure that the words on the left match the pictures on the right. This has expanded the book to 120 pages. Thank you again for your feedback. Sam Sloan |
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New Book Coming Out: Alice in Wonderland Made Simple for Kids
"samsloan" wrote in message ... On Dec 9, 1:52 pm, "Welches" wrote: "Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... When I wrote that it is coming out soon, I really meant soon. It is coming out tomorrow. The entire original book has been re-written by Sam Sloan in short sentences and easy words that even an adult can understand.snip You wouldn't be biased would you? My 6 year old girl enjoyed the original format anyway. Debbie Thank you for your feedback. My six-year-old can only read a few of the words. However, my six-year- old is way behind in her reading, so I imagine that there are some six- year-olds who can read it. On the other hand, I am a 63 year old and I have trouble getting through it. Are you sure that your six-year-old can read it by herself and is not having it read to her by you? I wrote this book to make it possible for my own daughter to read it. I have blown up all the drawings to make them almost completely fill up a 8.25 x 10.5 page, so that it can be used as a coloring book. The actual text as re-written by me would only be 10 pages long in normal 10 point type, but I have used very large 24 point type and put only words on even-numbered pages and drawings on only odd-numbered pages and made sure that the words on the left match the pictures on the right. This has expanded the book to 120 pages. Thank you again for your feedback. Sam Sloan Personally, I'd rather have my child encounter rich stories as readalouds, then read them herself later. My 3 yr old LOVES hearing the original Winnie the Pooh stories, even though there is language in them which is not commonly used in day to day life, and she can certainly follow the stories. I remember hearing, and reading Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, many of the OZ books, and a lot of other pretty detailed stories in elementary school, and even when I could read them aloud, I still loved being read to. There is a place for simplified books-Margaret Hillert's easy readers are favorites of my 3 yr old's, including "The Three Little Pigs", "Cinderella at the Ball" and the like. She is very excited when she can read these books all by herself, so I understand what you're trying to do. But in no way does "Cinderella at the Ball" come near to the detail and magic of a more full retelling of the story. |
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