On May 3, 2012 8:40 PM, "wren ng thornton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5/3/12 1:26 AM, Richard O'Keefe wrote: >> >> The Little Lisper (and the other books >> like The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer) are >> presumably meant to be funny, but to me come across as >> offensively patronising > > > Tis a pity. I know the authors and they certainly didn't mean it to be patronizing. I wouldn't say funny was the goal either, just cute perhaps.
FWIW, I loved the tone of those books, and I think it helps many people learn the material. It's nice to have a little reminder every once in a while: "good job! Now go take a break; make some cookies - here's a recipe" Tom
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