Royal Diaries on Film

Since I finished the TOG Student Notebooks today, I allowed my self a few moments alone with a cold drink to surf the educational cable channels. What did I find but another episode of the Royal Diaries series. I had already allowed Clemmie to watch the Cleopatra installment a few weekends ago but there are more. It turns out Amazon has them in a DVD collection. I think the three installments are Cleopatra, Isabella, and Elizabeth (but don't hold me to that-I can't prove it).

I know many are on the fence as to whether these books are brain candy/twaddle or worth reading. I'm not sure they are entirely scholarly but compared to some of the fiction I see on the shelves of the big book chains I think I prefer these. They are in my middle ground, not exactly educational but I'm not ready to toss them out either. If Clemmie enjoys them I don't object too much; even I need to re-read an old favorite or have a book around just for fun instead of being a challenge or for improvement.

I keep being surprised by the number of fiction series that frequently show up on homeschoolers' shelves that are being made into movies and TV programs. Hmmm...are we driving a trend in television production for children with our book purchases? Imagine the power...