Oak Knoll Mom Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 That's all.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I thought the same. My tot likes the poetry though. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm so sorry you haven't had a good experience with them! We love the WtP books, and several of us find them quite hilarious, but maybe it's just our sense of humor. I do have to say, though, that they become funnier to the dc as they get older, and yours are still quite young. My 11 yo thinks they are terribly funny, my 9yo smiles and chuckles, and my 5yo just listens. Maybe if you try again in a couple of years, it will go better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 There were times we were all laughing aloud at the antics of Tigger, Pooh and the other. I don't know the age of your children, but mine were 9 and 8 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvonne Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh, my! We loved them, too. I read them when the boys were 7 and my dd was 5. I think I tried them before that, and they didn't go over as well. But at 7 and 5, they were great! yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh, no! I really think it might be a matter of "getting" the rhythm in them. They *can* be delightful -- but I can see how they would also make tough read-alouds. Still, they're one of my favorites -- right there with the Frances books, lol -- to read aloud, 'cause if you *do* find the rhythm of them, the way the various characters speak, they're just hilarious! So much fun. :) But, you know, if you're not enjoying a book, there are plenty of others out there. ;) You can always do Winnie the Pooh at some other time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 My kids loved these as read-alouds! They were 6 and 4...a lot of the humor went over the younger one's head but my dd really got it. Some of our favorite funny lines are from these books. Maybe you could try one again when your children are a little older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 We love Pooh. They weren't as popular when the kids were very young but now they adore them, and so do I. There is some wry humor in the Pooh books that littles would probably miss. I love to do the voices of the different characters. Be sure to use the older books - the Disney-ized versions are not even Pooh in my opinion. Funny, I'm finding that with a lot of other books too. Books that were not tolerated at 4 years old are wonderful at 7. My advice - keep trying, and don't stop reading picture books - ever. I subject my kids to all types of books (read alouds) - picture, chapter, and (sometimes edited on the fly for mature content) adult level books. Well I know you didn't ask for advice but I've put it out there anyway. Good reading. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Have you listened to the audio book version? It's hilarious! So much dry sarcasm from Eeyore, with just the right British accent, is incomparably funny. :001_smile: I've never done it as a mom read- aloud, but I can see how it might be tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Really? My children loved them!! We couldn't get enough of them. My husband reads the Complete Winnie-the-Pooh to his first grade class every year. LOL. Guess folks are just different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 I guess I should clarify. :001_smile: The books are hilarious and cute and we love them. Some of our favorite saying come from the Pooh books. I just have a very hard time reading them aloud. So much of the humor comes from Capitalization of Very Important Words and similar things. I think I just posted what I did because I'm having a tough day/week/month and muddling through a tough read aloud is not on my list of fun things to do. (My dad is very ill and I'm exhausted and worried and all the other things that go along with that.) Really, though, there's a lot that we love about Pooh.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jami Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 There are some great recordings of the Pooh stories. I didn't really get the rhythm and flow of reading them aloud until I'd listened to the audiobooks. We have Jim Broadbent reading, but there are others that are also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 We love them too! The cookie monster books with terrible grammar and mixed up words, umm...not so much. If my DS says, 'me want...' one more time I will scream. He never went through that phase when he learned to talk, grrr... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 We love them! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Dh's Granny read them to her three children so many times that they all memorized lines and poems. They loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I had the same experience when mine were little. We couldn't get into them at all. I haven't tried in a long time. I should find them. I hope we didn't miss the 'window'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh my gosh. I just finished my third time through them. Enjoy them more each time. But I'm sure there's some book I don't like that everyone else loves. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 :iagree: There's so much that is done with *words* that you have to see for yourself. I feel the same way about Anne of Green Gables. And Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Oh, thank you for being brave and posting this. I had an awful time finding that rhythm too. We muddled through and I improved a bit. I do think the suggestion to find a recording would help. I'll try that myself next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Have you listened to the audio book version? It's hilarious! So much dry sarcasm from Eeyore, with just the right British accent, is incomparably funny. :001_smile: Now there's a plan! I just don't have the right accent, I guess! :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Really? We loved to read them aloud. Another idea is the audio tapes/CDs read by Alan Bennett: wonderful. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Another enthusiastic recommendation that you try one of the audiobooks. We listened to the one done by Charles Kuralt on a long car trip and loved it. He did a great Eeyore. My dds 5.5 and 7 were in fits of giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 ...they are really intended to be TOLD, not READ. And that makes all the difference. Once I became a story teller, I loved them. Before that, they drove me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I wanted to share, as some others have, that my oldest son really enjoys these books now at age 10. My younger ones will listen but much of the humor is over their heads. My ds10 will laugh out loud if he is the one reading! Maybe you will have the same experience if you revisit these books in a few years.:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Just another vote for the audiobook version, unless you're a talented mimic. I find I laugh a lot more than the kids, so I think there's something to saving them until they're older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Oh, I feel your pain. I only read one, but now, the boys either listen to them on audio or read them themselves. I love hearing my son Nathan recite them, though -- with the same voices as the audio narrator. I think A. A. Milne knew what he was doing, as my boys just love the way they read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Definitely get the audio version. I read some aloud but we enjoyed it much more with Peter Dennis reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I guess I should clarify. :001_smile: The books are hilarious and cute and we love them. Some of our favorite saying come from the Pooh books. I just have a very hard time reading them aloud. So much of the humor comes from Capitalization of Very Important Words and similar things. I think I just posted what I did because I'm having a tough day/week/month and muddling through a tough read aloud is not on my list of fun things to do. (My dad is very ill and I'm exhausted and worried and all the other things that go along with that.) Really, though, there's a lot that we love about Pooh.:D I've never read Pooh, but wanted to give you a :grouphug:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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