Does anyone think that Terry Pratchett's version of World of Poo is different to Miss Beadle's book published on Discworld? Her stories sound like they should be read by a younger generation than the style Pratchett wrote in, which was altogether too weird for me. I'm ashamed to admit I stood in W H Smith's bestselling books aisle to read it.
I think Miss Beadle may be a better writer for very young children than Sir Terry Pratchett himself.
I think Miss Beadle may be a better writer for very young children than Sir Terry Pratchett himself.
and whilst yes it is based on the book referred to in Snuff it clearly isn't the same book although it is closer to what I imagine that book to be than Where's My Cow as the printed version of that has illustrations of the Vimes household which an 'original Discworld' book wouldn't.
so presumably it was written by the "Miss Beadle" subroutine in his head. I agree that the World of Poo as published in Roundworld has a more advanced vocabulary than was implied by the subject matter as represented in Snuff. However, the culture of Discworld is so far only in the very early Victorian era, when books for young children were considerably more advanced than modern ones. It is reliably reported that five-year-olds in 1865 loved Alice in Wonderland and understood it perfectly. The vocabulary in the Alice books is now considered suitable for ages 9-15. 