I was irritated by this book today at Barnes and Noble. I might be just as irritated that I am promoting it on my blog and bringing to all your attentions. There are 3 characters in the book: Monkey, Mouse, and Jackass. Monkey is reading a book and (funny enough) Jackass is having a hard time understanding what a book it. He asks thing like:
Where's the scroll down button?
Can you blog with it?
Where's your mouse?
Text?
Tweet?
Wi-Fi?
Does it require a password?
What about a screen name?
After answering all of Jackass's question with, "No, it's a book," Monkey finally hands over the book to Jackass and Jackass decides he likes it so much that he isn't going to give it back.
Monkey says he was going to the library to get another book and Jackass assures him he will charge it so there's no need to get another one. And with that Monkey replies,
"No Jackass, it's a book!"
I have mixed feelings about this book. I do think it is funny to a point. Is the author assuming that kids don't know what a book is? That is mind boggling! Even in today's world, children read books! It is not a lost art! However it does bring up a hot topic in today's educational issues...
Is there a difference if a child is reading a book vs. a magazine vs. a blog vs. an ebook vs. a wikispace vs. a website, etc?
Personally I don't care what a kid reads for pleasure as LONG AS THEY ARE READING SOMETHING THEY ENJOY!
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