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Title: NO, you cannot get children to read just about anything...
Review: The captain underpants series entices children to read. The adults who are critical of this series have no idea how difficult it is to get some children to read. NO, you cannot get children to read just about anything. And that's the point. Not only do these reluctant readers read this series, but they come back begging to read more. These are the kids who might never have picked up a book willingly. It has been my experience as a children's librarian that the complaints about this book are made mostly by uptight parents who never learned that reading is fun! Lighten up you adults and get over the bodily functions issues that you are obviously still struggling with. The entire Captain Underpants series gets more kids into reading than any other beginning chapter book in our library. And YES, once these children learn that reading doesn't have to be torture, they continue reading. Thank you Dav Pilkey for providing a lower level "Hatchet".
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