Hollowfox, I don't think there should be ANY translation from one English dialect to another. If the kids are too lazy to pick up a dictionary and look up a couple of words (as I enjoyed doing when I read "unusual" English words as a boy), I don't think they deserve to enjoy the book, anyways. It only makes them lazy readers. Same with the LotR movie, with the whole Arwen thing, and with the use of American accents (which, as you've all read, they're not going to do now, but which they originally HAD planned to use). It's dumbing it down so us dumb Americans don't have to try with anything, or to think too hard. Still very depressing. For me, at least. If those books are still around when my niece gets to whatever age group those are written for, I'll be sure to order her books from England. A few years after I buy her a couple really good dictionaries... :)

---Lepus Rex