I Can Read... Optimus Prime?

[elfs]

Okay, so let me get this straight. The Transformers is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. In theory, this means that parents with children under the age of 13 are "strongly advised" not to take their kids to see this film.

So why, oh why, is there an "I Can Read" Level 2 (Reading With Help: "For readers who are increasingly confident but still need some help") book entitled Meet The Autobots with a big banner on it, Based on the hit movie?

Or am I just spoiled with two girls for whom the Level 2 books were most appropriate somewhere around, oh, five years of age?

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[dossy.livejournal.com]

I think this speaks volumes about how illiterate many kids are.

My kids (7 and 4) are very advanced readers, too. I just wish my 7-year-old wouldn't read all that Junie B. Jones crap--guh! The main character is such an awful brat and speaks English like it's her second language or something.

But, I guess, this is the sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to cultivate that love of reading in our kids. Of course, she also loves to read Greek mythology--more from a "research" perspective, i.e., she feels that it's important that she knows how to kill a Gorgon, like Medusa, or a hydra, should she ever encounter one. This is the kind of thing she enjoys reading at bedtime.

I'm in trouble.