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Old 04-14-2012, 11:00 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by LuvReadin View Post
a good story is timeless.
But outmoded language will send kids running and screaming to the TV faster than anything. And I can't really blame them. When they have to stop twice per paragraph to ask what some turn-of-the-19th-century idiom means, how can they get involved in the story?

A good contemporary children's library ebook is a rare find.

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