Beezus and Ramona

Love this book series, my daughter enjoyed the characters. It was easy to read and had good quality messages about good morals and values.

Me encantan los 7 libros de la saga. Este no es el mejor pero es bastante bueno. Ramona tiene 4 años y sus trastadas son una verdadera pesadilla para su hermana Beezus que es la que tiene que cuidar de ella la mayor parte del tiempo.

私の買い求めた品は "Intl.Std.Book Number-10: 0061774057" で、Audio CD（２枚組）です。これは2010年に映画化された"B&R" (1955) の Audiobook (by HarperAudio) で音声版では2 CDs (duration=2h15m)、元本の省き読み無し。読みあげている女性は Stockard Channing (1944-, NYC, actress) 声は若いので録音は古いはず、、、　（とオンウエブで記事を探してみると、、、）　1968年録音？（たぶん）。でもしかし、こうしてみるとこんなに古くからオーディオ本の販売があったのですね (Harper出版)。英語だと音声だけで用が足りて満足だからなのでしょう。もし日本語なら、込み入った話になったときには、、、　「字でどう書く？（同音意義の漢語、さらに地名や人名も）」と、目で見ないことには音声だけなら不安な不確かさがどんどん残るので「音声本」の独り立ちなんてできません。 ま、これは一般書籍のうえの話ですが、子ども向けの本なら日本語でもこのような音声の本でヨシかな。でも子どもになら、印刷した本は（ややこしい）字に慣れて覚えるためにか (hahaha)本の中味は子ども向けですが「読み速度」がはやい、、、　いや「はやい読み」というより自然な「語り」の速度でしょうか。

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Lovely, timeless story. Lighthearted and funny, but touches on common childhood issues as well, and therapeutic for kids in that aspect. Stockard Channing is just incredible as the voice actress for this series. A pleasure to listen to for all ages.My 8-year-old, who dislikes reading, was so entertained with this book on CD that I am buying the entire series. (We are in the car a lot.) She identifies with Beezus, since she has a younger brother, and laughs every time Ramona speaks, thanks to Channing's hilarious, adorable 4-year-old "Ramona" persona.Be prepared to explain to your child what a lot of the toys are that the kids play with in the book - the story is indeed timeless, but it was well before widespread electronic entertainment. (Reminded me of some good ideas for electronic-free entertainment for my own kids.)Product was shipped quickly and in new condition. Case was plastic-wrapped. Entire story was on 2 CDs, a few hours' running time.