最喜欢这条评价,很客观:
I had these books as a child and have bought them now because I was a little unimpressed with the modern reading books.
The modern reading books seem to have no science behind them at all. For example, a modern book for a 5 year old will throw in the word 'invisible' or 'skeleton' because it suits the story. It certainly doesn't suit the 5 year old trying to read it. And they will frequently use hard to read fonts, italics, words like 'yeah', 'Kaboooooom!!!!!' and litter the pages with exclamation marks. You can tell that they have no educational basis behind them at all.
The peter and jane books were designed by a teacher with experience of teaching the 'hard to teach'. Simple repetition gives the child a feeling of success. The specially designed font is the easiest font for young readers to see (and has become a classic). The illustrations are simple and not distracting. And the key thing, the books get incrementally more advanced. They never throw in unreadable words for the sake of the story. Instead they bend the story to suit the words.
You simply can't get better books for teaching your children to read. Ignore all the comments about them being old fashioned. If making reading easier for kids is old fashioned, then call me old fashioned. (我也喜欢这个old fashioned,哈哈,彼得兔也 old fashioned 呀,经典的东西才可以 old fashioned)
亚马逊上的评价:
I used the set to teach both of my kids to read. My elder daughter is ADD and had a hard time in school. Her reading was falling behind. I started this series with her when she was 5 1/2. She finished it in half a year. The teacher commented that her reading skills improved rapidly in less than 2 months after we started.
My son started reading this series when he turned 4. He knew basic consonant sounds, but couldn't understand blending and more complicated phonics. (I use the book The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons) I couldn't even go through one page of phonics reading with him when it came to blending! After he read the Peter and Jane series for a few months, I decided to give phonics a go again. This time, he grasped the concept quickly. We could easily breeze through 5 to 6 pages at a time. He will finish both 12 levels of P&J and the phonics book in another 2 months -- only when he is 4 years and 9 months.
I like this series as it starts with very simple words and keep building up more vocabulary. Kids get good reading practice and have a sense a achievement as well. However, I think the series is probably more attractive to girls than boys.