tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588283.post6386434042226375448..comments2023-09-15T11:23:50.345-05:00Comments on I shouldn't be doin' this...: Glendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14707408587652111070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588283.post-11910510659193168072009-06-11T10:47:33.762-05:002009-06-11T10:47:33.762-05:00Ahh that makes sense. I know I always grab lots o...Ahh that makes sense. I know I always grab lots of books from the library on a particular topic and the girls say, Mom this all repeats and it is getting very boring!Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707408587652111070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588283.post-51901149003917479242009-06-11T10:39:18.596-05:002009-06-11T10:39:18.596-05:00It wasn't that dd couldn't handle it, she ...It wasn't that dd couldn't handle it, she just didn't enjoy the book itself. We read it aloud and we just couldn't get into it. We read it last after a number of other books on the subject so we were probably just burnt out.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02978749642618639273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588283.post-89860104695182075972009-06-10T13:52:35.637-05:002009-06-10T13:52:35.637-05:00Kim,
Our 2nd daughter didn't like it either a...Kim,<br /><br />Our 2nd daughter didn't like it either and didn't want to read it. It definitely tells what Stalin was like (purely evil!) and how awful he was. I encouraged her to keep reading it and talk to us about it. The thing that bothered her the most was how they encouraged the children to rat out the parents. We talked about that quite a bit. I think overall the two Marrin books do a good job to help a person have a basic understanding of Hitler, Nazism, Stalin, and Communism. I definitely have a better understanding and will most likely tackle my college book, "Stalin" by Ulam sometime this summer.<br /><br />So my advice to you is maybe you read it first (it really isn't a hard or slow read), and then decide what you think your kids can handle.Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707408587652111070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588283.post-61349999225742524932009-06-10T11:41:52.388-05:002009-06-10T11:41:52.388-05:00We have the Stalin book you mention, we didn't...We have the Stalin book you mention, we didn't like it when we read through it. Maybe I need to try it again :)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02978749642618639273noreply@blogger.com