tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848368561527727823.post8723930755059945037..comments2009-09-14T18:43:27.025-07:00GladDads Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169094964850188626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848368561527727823.post-78382699530720598992009-09-14T18:43:27.025-07:002009-09-14T18:43:27.025-07:00We read a lot of chapter books when the kids where super little (too little to care about pictures) and have picked it back up again as they are becoming early readers. Since I&#39;ve become a good aloud reader with chapter books, haha, I might have to follow your advice and try a few of the classics. It could certainly benefit us all. :)Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17337526409533575392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848368561527727823.post-63656564646037723112009-09-14T14:57:27.518-07:002009-09-14T14:57:27.518-07:00Do you ever have to stop to look up the meaning of a word? I&#39;ve read a lot of good books but remain a bit of a verbal thug. :-)Studebaker Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14357851834459102561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848368561527727823.post-77660130323603296802009-09-14T04:11:45.958-07:002009-09-14T04:11:45.958-07:00So glad you liked it! I hadn&#39;t thought of your angle on it. But, you&#39;re right. Reading good novels teaches people to not talk like idiots. Lot&#39;s of idiots these days.Keith Wilcoxhttp://www.almightydad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4848368561527727823.post-45314160526805092762009-09-14T02:41:11.074-07:002009-09-14T02:41:11.074-07:00Keith,<br /><br />A great lesson to parents and kids alike, who may have forgotten the joy of reading.<br /><br />Reading &quot;adult&quot; books is how kids can learn to speak intelligently, as opposed to speaking like thugs.<br /><br />We have co-workers that slur their speech so bad that it&#39;s clear what they did or didn&#39;t read-- in childhood or even now.Dennis Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09565213520173863678noreply@blogger.com