Glad y'all liked it.
I disagree that the series went downhill because they got married. The series went downhill because it wasn't as well written--that has nothing to do with when they got married.
Bakasi, it makes sense that you have to look up more words to read the easy reader stories. I have to use my thesaurus far more often to find simpler words. Words that are easy to read are not necessarily the most common words used. It's easier for me to explain that "wed" means "to get married to" than it would be to teach my child to read all of that. "Friend" is another tough word, so I substitute "pal" or "chum", even though it's been 50 years since those terms were commonly used.
Thanks for reading along with my kids.
Elisabeth
