Children, and sometimes those of larger growth, will not read dialect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Readers in general are not fond of dialect, and I don't blame them. I've read books myself that I've had to put down because sounding out every speech gave me a headache.
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.
Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it's that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know that I'll never please everyone.
My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a different accent but has a totally different view of the world.
Kids can learn a lot by seeing things rather than reading it.
The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.
We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.