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When I was a kid, I had the Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts companion books, and I read them over and over. I didn't know a lot of the more technical terms, but I could either look t...
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When I was a kid, I had the _Walking With Dinosaurs_ and _Walking With Beasts_ companion books, and I read them over and over. I didn't know a lot of the more technical terms, but I could either look them up in the dictionary, or just guess what they meant based on context. It didn't affect my enjoyment of, or engrossment in, the stories in the slightest. I personally wouldn't worry about including footnotes _or_ a glossary. If a child reading your book doesn't know what a word means, they can always ask their parents/teacher/dictionary/Google what it means. I _would_ worry about making them do this too often, though: they will either get bored of having to look things up, or simply get confused. Either way, they'll stop reading. (Disclaimer: I was a fairly precocious child so my experience may not be true of all children, but that's also partly why I advise making sure you don't overuse technical language.)
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2019-11-08T14:16:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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