I would think that by trying to simplify the text you could unintentionally do just that. Talking down to the reader I mean. Not all children learn to read and understand the meaning of words at the same speed. My own mom started me on books at age 3 (when I got my 1st library card) and while I don't remember what age I was when 1st able to read a book on my own I was probably pretty young still. She would help me look up words in the dictionary when I had a question.
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