Toni's dislikes

[Kendra M Parker]

If this was a different sort of book, sure. As a basic sort of a reader for teaching kids to read, I think the author did just right in keeping it very simple. I also think focusing on the positive “likes” is far more important to kids than going over the dislikes. Kids have so much negativity already, so keeping the focus on the positive is important.

[LaurenHaupt]

It's a children's book. Probably is not a good idea if it just adds to a lot more pages. Kids loose interest.

[Surakshita-11]

It will be interesting to see what tony dislikes. I think other installation of book may focus a bit on this point

[Zain A Blade]

Including Toni's dislikes in the book would certainly have given the character more depth and made him more relatable. Perhaps this will be covered in the next series.

[Al Chakauya]

I don't see the use of 'dislikes' as proper to the intended reader. The word entails negativity and a bit complex for kids who are learning to read. The use of 'likes' makes the book simple and a pleasure to read. Young readers want simple literature to arouse their interest. I think it's always a good idea to teach positivity to children in their early years.

[Brittany J]

Since this book is intended to teach reading to young children, I think using only likes is best. The idea is for the child to see these repeated words and learn to sight-read them. Keeping a simple structure is important at first, but I think including what Toni doesn't like could be added to future books in this series.

[Carly-maricque]

Your idea to include dislikes is interesting! My thought is that the author didn't put dislikes because she did not want negativity in the book. It is more positive to read about what people like! I also think the author was using Toni's likes to show good values, so including dislikes wouldn't go along with the story.

[Samanthajayne12]

An interesting idea, although maybe the author didn't want to encourage children to dislike anything in particular just because Toni dislikes it.

[juliamenez]

Given the target age range of this book, I think it is ok to focus on the positive aspects and focusing on "likes". I agree that if it were for a slightly older age range, being able to show contrast of interests would be more appropriate.

[Riszell]

As it is a children's book, I think it is more suitable to focus on the positive first. Then little by little, as for the next volume and as young readers grow, then dislikes could be added as the subject matter as well.

[stacie k]

I think he could have disliked something to make him more interesting. "Toni dislikes cleaning his room, but he knows it's important to do."

It would help teach kids that sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

I agree! I think that it's possible to add some dislikes without detracting from the positivity of the book. It depends on how they are presented. They could provide just as much opportunity for teaching and training as the likes.

[Dahmy 10]

Because of the age bracket this book was written for, I don't think there is a necessity for 'Toni's dislikes'. Children this age - 2 to 4 years wouldn't be able to comprehend the depth that word as we adults do.

Children at that age range only need to understand the beauties and necessities of life. Great topic though!!!

[Eileen R]

I think because the target audience of the book is so young it would be too much to also add dislikes. This would detract from the main message of the story.

[sheeps44]

Adding dislikes would've made Toni more realistic but it would've also made it less relatable, like what if one of his dislikes were someone else's like? It would be hard to connect with a character if they dislike what you enjoy.

[lesler]

No, I don't think dislikes were needed. Of my understanding, this book was meant to provide a realistic current era role model for emergent readers, and the likes of Tony provided that.