(Not)-new Moody book! Where will they explore?

[Patsy]

Not only is Mom experiencing morning sickness, but Maple, the eleven-week-old puppy, adds her twist of excitement. Packed into the book, you'll find the Moodys helping their grandparents move nearby, an emergency trip to the doctor's office...

SO. AWKWARD.

[Triplet3]

Has anyone else noticed that on page 112 of the sample, the animal they'll be looking after for neighbours is a cat, but on page 113 it's magically changed into a guinea pig? If the book is full of continuity errors like that, no wonder Sarah feels the need to make changes. Maybe she'd been getting comments about it from readers. I also noticed that 'are' is spelt as 'awe' at one point.

[Patsy]

I also noticed that 'are' is spelt as 'awe' at one point.

I think that's the toddler's adowable accent.

[Triplet3]

I think that's the toddler's adowable accent.

Oh, ok. My mistake. Maybe 'are' and 'awe' are pronounced more similarly in their part of the US than it is in England (where I am)? Anyway, regardless of that, I think if you're going to try to spell out toddler pronunciation, you should avoid changing the spelling of one word so that it looks like another word that means something completely different.

[WanderingStar]

Has anyone else noticed that on page 112 of the sample, the animal they'll be looking after for neighbours is a cat, but on page 113 it's magically changed into a guinea pig? If the book is full of continuity errors like that, no wonder Sarah feels the need to make changes. Maybe she'd been getting comments about it from readers. I also noticed that 'are' is spelt as 'awe' at one point.

On page 112, the Russells want the Moody kids to watch their cat. On page 113, the Bells are coming by to drop off their guinea pig just after the Russells' phone call. It confused me majorly at first too. Also, Patsy is right that "awe" is Maddie trying to say "are". I thought it was a typo at first too but she also says "I so sahwy", "what's that hawd wud?" and "she wipped my jumpah!" (referring to Maple the dog)

The text is so awkward that I can't believe I was able to figure out that the two instances you pointed out weren't mistakes.

[Triplet3]

On page 112, the Russells want the Moody kids to watch their cat. On page 113, the Bells are coming by to drop off their guinea pig just after the Russells' phone call. It confused me majorly at first too. Also, Patsy is right that "awe" is Maddie trying to say "are". I thought it was a typo at first too but she also says "I so sahwy", "what's that hawd wud?" and "she wipped my jumpah!" (referring to Maple the dog)

The text is so awkward that I can't believe I was able to figure out that the two instances you pointed out weren't mistakes.

Ah ok, so my brain just wasn't working properly this morning! I did catch the other examples of baby speech you mention, I just didn't connect the 'awe' with them owing to it being a proper word in itself.

[Creaky Mom]

I'm not sure what's the purpose of revising a relatively new book with new pictures and "inserts". Aren't those typically reserved for "classics" or bestsellers? It honestly sounds like a quick way to earn more money. The excerpts are so....bland. I keep waiting for something to happen and the story just platter on about these weird kids who can't think anything more fun than memorizing scriptures.

A while back, I remember someone asking on their blog what the Maxwell kids are reading. The reply was that while their youngest children were still reading, the older ones "don't read, they write"....I think that says it all. Who in their right mind think depriving their children of reading material would make good writers?

I suggest it was a diversionary tactic to keep Poor Sarah from thinking much about what's been going on around her of late.

[Hane]

I feel a similar way about their minions fawning over the Trust eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen Obey CD. I don't know how Steve, in all his good Christian conscience, can actually ask people to pay him money for that. The singing is so bad compared to what else is out there. Essentially he is just counting on people buying it as it comes from the almighty Maxwells, the left and right hands of God. Unfortunately, it seems to work quite well.

Agree 100%!

Does anyone else remember when Steve put the awkward Scripture posters on clearance? He said that they weren't selling well, and threw in a passive-aggressive comment insinuating that people weren't "Godly" enough to want things like those. Um, Steve? Maybe it's because they're not worth looking at.

But people should RUN to buy "Trust eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen Obey" because it's a CD of FUNDIE HYMNS. That means it's automatically good and worth the money!

[LucySnowe]

I suggest it was a diversionary tactic to keep Poor Sarah from thinking much about what's been going on around her of late.

What a horrible metaphor for her life. She doesn't even get to write a NEW book - just has to rehash the old one and maybe polish it up a little.

You know, the evil Harry Potter series started off short and then the later books bulked out, yet no one expects J.K. Rowling to go back and edit the first ones so that they match the others.

This is busywork of the worst kind.

[jockosmom]

Well, the Lord laid it on her heart to revise that book; whatcha gonna do? When it's laid on your heart . . . .

[LucySnowe]

Well, the Lord laid it on her heart to revise that book; whatcha gonna do? When it's laid on your heart . . . .

Sarah needs to fire the Lord and get herself a new agent!

[Terrie]

. Also, Patsy is right that "awe" is Maddie trying to say "are". I thought it was a typo at first too but she also says "I so sahwy", "what's that hawd wud?" and "she wipped my jumpah!" (referring to Maple the dog)

The text is so awkward that I can't believe I was able to figure out that the two instances you pointed out weren't mistakes.

Isn't the kid supposed to be four? Maybe the new outing is to the speech therapist.

[jockosmom]

Isn't the kid supposed to be four? Maybe the new outing is to the speech therapist.

I don't think kids get speech therapy in school anymore. My 18-year-old niece just graduated from high school and I've always been surprised by how juvenile-sounding her speech is. She has a slight lisp all the time and slightly garbled speech sometimes. No one else in the family seems to notice any problem.

[slickcat79]

Isn't the kid supposed to be four? Maybe the new outing is to the speech therapist.

Hahaha, that's what I was thinking. That kid has way too extensive a vocabulary to still be speaking like that. And it just sounds weird in a book where no one else has any kind of accent or a realistic tone of voice.

My sister talked like that until after she started school. The ebil public school teachers wanted to send her to speech class, but my mom said no. She eventually grew out of it, but it was worth an intervention...

[CanadianHippie]

I don't think kids get speech therapy in school anymore. My 18-year-old niece just graduated from high school and I've always been surprised by how juvenile-sounding her speech is. She has a slight lisp all the time and slightly garbled speech sometimes. No one else in the family seems to notice any problem.

It's possible you niece had speech therapy while in school and it simply hasn't completely fixed the problem and no one else in the family "notices" because they know it's not important.

[NurseNell]

I don't think kids get speech therapy in school anymore. My 18-year-old niece just graduated from high school and I've always been surprised by how juvenile-sounding her speech is. She has a slight lisp all the time and slightly garbled speech sometimes. No one else in the family seems to notice any problem.

Saint Paul Public Schools still have speech therapists on staff, several in fact. Their caseloads include students in special ed as well as regular ed.

[jockosmom]

It's possible you niece had speech therapy while in school and it simply hasn't completely fixed the problem and no one else in the family "notices" because they know it's not important.

Could be. I've never asked my sister specifically about my niece's speech or whether therapy has ever been recommended. She's a smart girl and off to college in the fall. I'm sure she'll do fine regardless. Just seemed strange to me. I remember kids leaving class regularly to go with the speech therapist for their sessions when I was in the elementary grades.

[WonderingInWA]

Could be. I've never asked my sister specifically about my niece's speech or whether therapy has ever been recommended. She's a smart girl and off to college in the fall. I'm sure she'll do fine regardless. Just seemed strange to me. I remember kids leaving class regularly to go with the speech therapist for their sessions when I was in the elementary grades.

My 10yo son is in evil public school and has been in speech therapy for 2 years. We are finally working with an orthodontist who is helping correct his palate in hopes of improving his garbled "marbles in his mouth" speech. I think it all depends on what your public school district offers. Even though my son had poor diction from very early on (and I had him tested privately as well), the school districts have wider standards for qualification of treatment so he didn't qualify for treatment until he was 8 (but needed it, in my opinion, since he was 5). Such are the "evils" of public school.

[mirele]

I think we could suggest some new Moody books to Sarah and the Maxwells!

* The Moodys Go To The Food Bank (because they're too stubborn to get the food stamps they're entitled to)!

* The Moodys Learn About Porn (because Mamma found pr0n on Daddy's laptop)!

* The Moodys Learn About Divorce and Child Custody!

* The Moodys Take a Serious Bible Class (and not that fundy crap)!

* The Moody Women (NOT GIRLS) Learn To Sew Something Besides Frumpers!

* The Moodys Get Visits from Child Protective Services and the Humane Society!

* The Moodys Cook Meth to Supplement Their Income!

I'm sure you all can come up with even more! (And yes, I'm evil and headed straight to hell, thanks for asking.)

[TMS]

My son had a lisp when he was little. I asked his pediatrician about it, and the pediatrician said he sounded fine and did not need speech therapy and wouldn't refer us to a therapist (our insurance would have covered it if he had). Anyway, his speech has improved a lot on its own (he's 17 now), but I do wish he could have had therapy when he was younger because I still notice a slight lisp - even though other people say they don't.

[WonderingInWA]

I think we could suggest some new Moody books to Sarah and the Maxwells!

* The Moodys Go To The Food Bank (because they're too stubborn to get the food stamps they're entitled to)!

* The Moodys Learn About Porn (because Mamma found pr0n on Daddy's laptop)!

* The Moodys Learn About Divorce and Child Custody!

* The Moodys Take a Serious Bible Class (and not that fundy crap)!

* The Moody Women (NOT GIRLS) Learn To Sew Something Besides Frumpers!

* The Moodys Get Visits from Child Protective Services and the Humane Society!

* The Moodys Cook Meth to Supplement Their Income!

I'm sure you all can come up with even more! (And yes, I'm evil and headed straight to hell, thanks for asking.)

OMG, this is hilarious! And I wish I had time to add to this list -- must come back later. But you've got me thinking! LOLOLOL.

[Hane]

When I was new to kindergarten (1957), my teacher called my mom to offer me a speech therapy referral (I couldn't pronounce the "er" sound). The minute she heard Mom's voice, she said, "Oh! Hane doesn't have a speech impediment--she has a Brooklyn accent!" :lol: It wore off within a year or so, but some folks can still detect it over 50 years later.

[TMS]

When I was new to kindergarten (1957), my teacher called my mom to offer me a speech therapy referral (I couldn't pronounce the "er" sound). The minute she heard Mom's voice, she said, "Oh! Hane doesn't have a speech impediment--she has a Brooklyn accent!" :lol: It wore off within a year or so, but some folks can still detect it over 50 years later.

Almost the same exact story happened to a friend of mine when we were kids - but she moved from Texas to New Jersey. The NJ teachers thought she had a speech impediment, but turned out it was just a good ol' southern accent.

[johnhugh]

Okay, which one of us is "Miss Ellie"? LOLOLOL! LOVE the comment on their blog! Ha ha ha ha!

;) :eusa-shhh:

[WonderingInWA]

;) :eusa-shhh:

Kudos!