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Originally Posted by HarryT

And yet the very start of the first book mentions "Guy Fawkes' Night" (which coincidentally is tomorrow). Will that be familiar to American children?

I find the idea that children will be put off a book by the introduction of things unfamiliar to them to be a slightly condescending one, I must admit.

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I agree. A read a lot at a young age precisely because I wanted to be introduced to as many new and unfamiliar things as possible. That included words, ideas and cultures.

Me too.
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