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Title: Kids don't get it
Review: I hate to post a negative review, especially since the author is someone I respect, but I just need to put this out there so other librarians like me won't make the same mistake--we just don't have the budget to afford books that won't circulate. I was excited to order this book--the premise is great and I figured teachers would love this in their classrooms--but it's so old-fashioned that kids today just don't get the jokes and haven't heard the sayings. Like sheep gambling on the lawn and the family coat-of-arms. It's targeted for young children but even the fourth-graders at my school didn't get most of the text. I think this book is amusing to adults, but is not for today's kids.
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