I've discovered that they changed Elizabeth's hair and eye color in later printings of the books as well! That surprised me! Which version of Elizabeth are you familiar with?
It's like a transition between picture books and graded readers and your standard middle grade. At the time, most books for that demographic were the Junie B. Jones, Captain Underwear kind of books. I think they don't see now how good these books are as first, true, genuine independent reading books. They educate without being like the storybooks that parents and teachers love but kids generally find boring, didactic and textbook-y.
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I've discovered that they changed Elizabeth's hair and eye color in later printings of the books as well! That surprised me! Which version of Elizabeth are you familiar with?
Interesting!
It's like a transition between picture books and graded readers and your standard middle grade. At the time, most books for that demographic were the Junie B. Jones, Captain Underwear kind of books. I think they don't see now how good these books are as first, true, genuine independent reading books. They educate without being like the storybooks that parents and teachers love but kids generally find boring, didactic and textbook-y.
Yes, I think they've acted as a great stepping stone for a lot of younger readers (and probably helped ignite a love of history in quite a few too)!