I really like to lean to better/classic writing..
I can't stand the cheap writing that was so common in early readers..ie level 0-5 DK reader type of things. Yeah, they were "leveled" progressive reads, but BLAH!
I also preferred better/classic writing... but my kids were exposed to less-than-my-ideal at school, and fwiw in the end, it all worked out ok (still does). My ds, for instance, didn't choose to read anything on his own that was "fiction" until he discovered Captain Underpants. His kindergarten teacher used to read Junie B. Jones to the class which drove me nuts! But we were able to expose ds to higher-level better qualify reading at home when *we* read to him - becuase we got to choose the books. He *heard* a lot of great books before he started choosing them on his own, and I think that, in the end, that was every bit as useful as if we'd been able to convince him to read something a little bit less Captain-Underpants.
polarbear
