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No, we've been doggedly plodding through Anne of Green Gables. It took us two different copies (and, at least twice, Project Gutenberg) but we finally made it through the entire book of little print and absurdly descriptive landscapes. You have no idea how many passages I just cut from that book in the hopes of making it through a little faster. "No, we don't need three pages on the trees, Anne, let's move along to the action already!"
Ana loved the book, and Evangeline sat through it happily enough, but by the time we were done (this evening) I was more than ready to move to something a lot lighter.
So now we're reading Ten Kids, No Pets.
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Why on earth did Ann M. Martin give the twins their own twin language? It's actually not as common as all that, and my understanding is the words are generally real words that happen to be babytalked, so you can generally figure out the "etymology" of the words if you pay attention. And the kids are in the fourth grade when the book starts... so shouldn't they mostly not be doing that in public too much? Speaking in a private language in a new school strikes me as a good way to not get friends.
What is it with her and twins anyway? There were like three or four sets of twins (and the triplets) in the BSC books as well, weren't there?
Ana loved the book, and Evangeline sat through it happily enough, but by the time we were done (this evening) I was more than ready to move to something a lot lighter.
So now we're reading Ten Kids, No Pets.
...
Why on earth did Ann M. Martin give the twins their own twin language? It's actually not as common as all that, and my understanding is the words are generally real words that happen to be babytalked, so you can generally figure out the "etymology" of the words if you pay attention. And the kids are in the fourth grade when the book starts... so shouldn't they mostly not be doing that in public too much? Speaking in a private language in a new school strikes me as a good way to not get friends.
What is it with her and twins anyway? There were like three or four sets of twins (and the triplets) in the BSC books as well, weren't there?
