{"id":1758,"date":"2013-01-24T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2013-01-24T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T02:40:09","slug":"the-worst-kids-book-ever-and-not-because-its-about-the-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/the-worst-kids-book-ever-and-not-because-its-about-the-maple-leafs\/","title":{"rendered":"The worst kids book ever, and not because it’s about the Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lucky for us, Kyle LOVES books.\u00a0 He can literally sit down for a full hour and listen to me read book after book.\u00a0 I actually read the entire page, no short-cuts, from start to end.\u00a0 If anything, I’m the one that has to ask him if it’s okay to stop reading books because I just can’t continue reading out loud after an hour.<\/p>\n

To fill his love for reading and books, I always seek out new exciting books for him to read.\u00a0 My parents hunt for all Cat in the Hat \/ Dr Seuss books, and I search for books that relate to his most recent love and hobbies (i.e. anything to do with sports).\"books2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We probably own close to 200 children books and they are literally scattered all over our house as we never know when the mood might strike.<\/p>\n

There is one book that I purchased that I just HATE.\u00a0 It is really one of the worst children books that I’ve ever read.\u00a0 I’m a little embarrassed to admit it because it’s a Canadian book and it’s about the Maple Leafs.\u00a0 But there’s just no sugar-coating around this one.\u00a0 It’s a major failure, and here’s why:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The book is called “Maple Leafs A-Z”.\u00a0 So you can expect that it’s going to be an ABC book of all things hockey.\u00a0 However, within the first page, you realize that it’s not exactly so.\u00a0 Specifically, “A is for…. George Armstrong”.\u00a0 I’m sorry, George starts with a “G”, not an “A”.\u00a0 But maybe they’re doing it by the players last name.\u00a0 Okay… fast forward to the letter “E”.\u00a0 “E\u00a0is for… Ted kEnnedy”.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 The guy has an E somewhere in his name so that’s what you’re going to pick to represent E???\u00a0 How is this supposed to teach kids about ABC’s?\u00a0 If anything, you’re confusing them.\u00a0 I know I’m confused!\"Maple<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 The whole book is comprised of\u00a0players’ names.\u00a0 Nothing else about the Maple Leafs or hockey. Just players names.\u00a0 I know I’m bored after the letter A, I can only imagine what my two-year old son feels after A.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 The images are bland.\u00a0 Children love picture books, but the whole book is composed of three colours.\u00a0 Blue, White and Brown.\u00a0 And the pictures are of just hockey players.\u00a0 While this is repetitive, which children like, it’s also boring and bland.\u00a0 Maybe if each letter was a different picture of a Zamboni my son would be more into it.\u00a0 But hockey players?\u00a0 How boring!<\/p>\n

If you haven’t figured it out yet, this book does not get a lot of “out of shelf” time in our house.\u00a0 In fact, I had to dust it off as I took it out for this post.<\/p>\n

Here’s a few lessons I learned after purchasing and reading this book:<\/p>\n

1. Don’t judge a book by its cover!\u00a0 When I bought the book, I didn’t open it up. I just saw that it was about hockey, Maple Leafs specifically, and the ABC’s.\u00a0 I figured I couldn’t go wrong.\u00a0 How surely mistaken I was.<\/p>\n

2. Do your research! Next time, before I purchase a book, I will not only open it first, but I will read it to my son before I buy it.\u00a0 I will gauge his interest in the book and ask him what his opinion is of the book.\u00a0 Does he want me to read it to him again? Or is he already eyeing a different book on the shelves?<\/p>\n

3. If something is too good to be true, it probably is!\u00a0 I should confess… I purchased this book at the dollar store.\u00a0 This probably explains the “crappiness” of this book.\u00a0 It couldn’t sell in regular book stores, so that’s why it’s being sold in the dollar store, for a dollar!\"books1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s the worst children book you’ve ever purchased or read?\u00a0 Any lessons learned you can share?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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