'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I'm hoping for some recs. Kara is tired of Grizzwold, Beatrix Potter, Junie B. Jones, etc. After having been banned from reading her daddy's books, she says she wants "DEATH BOOKS!, Romantic! Exciting! Death books!"
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
Anyone? Jilli?
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
I was reading Narnia at that age (with occasional consultation with my mother and our British English Dictionary). I misremember the vocab level, but they're certainly romantic & exciting.
Would Coraline be too scary? Is she ready for Harry Potter yet? Maybe Goosebumps?
How about The Search for Delicious? I read that in third grade, I think.
Several of my students are reading various Twilight books. We had a fairly decent discussion about them after school today. Most of them clung to the high school girl romance of the books but could see my frustration and annoyance with them. One or two actually liked Breaking Dawn and were strong enough to accept the horror their friends responded with at the revelation. One of my students has stated she isn't going to read any of the series simply because the vampires sparkle.
Some of them were not familiar with a lot of other vampire fiction. Our conversation then turned to 'Dracula' and 'Salem's Lot'. There is probably going to be a run on those from the school library, now.
Ooh, we own Coraline. That is certainly romantic and scary. We have the first HP, too. I'll try them and see what happens. Narnia would be lovely. That's a great idea. I have no idea what the Search for Delicious is, but I'll check on it. She might like some Goosebumps, but she's more the dying of consumption than eaten by monsters sort of reader.
she's more the dying of consumption than eaten by monsters sort of reader.
Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?
The Spiderwick Chronicles are a big hit in our house - trolls, goblins, and fairies, but nothing really scary or too gross. I LOVE Search for Delicious; it's by the author of Tuck Everlasting, which is good too (and mos def romantic). Is she old enough for Lemony Snicket? I've never read them. The Hobbit?
My father read me an abridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo aloud when I was maybe 8, and while it is a romantic DEATH book, I don't think it's really appropriate for the age.
She's almost 7, reading at about 7/8/9ish age in vocab, a little older in concept.
Anyone? Jilli?
SHE IS NOT ALMOST SEVEN!!! NO WAY!!! OMG!!!
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Ahem. That aside (!!!!!!!), I second the Lemony Snicket rec, and the Spiderwick rec. Skulduggery Pleasant is maybe a bit too tricky just now, but check it out - I definitely think it will be Kara's cup of tea (feisty 13 year old lass becomes trainee wizard/detective as the sidekick to an animated skeleton who bears a striking resemblance to Remmington Steel. Also features the fabulous swashbuckling lass Tanith Low, who rocks my socks).
I never read anything age appropriate, and I don't know what these new-fangled kids are reading. I thought of a couple, though. Caddie Woodlawn is about a pioneer girl. There's Rumor Godden's The Dolls' House, which does have the tragic sacrifice of a highly flammable doll. I read Edward Eager's magic books, which are all about ordinary children who stumbled on magic. I loved those, and, in the wake of Harry Potter, they have reissued them all, but I do wonder if today's children are put off by the '50s setting. Still, I just looked up Seven-Day Magic to see what age it's recommended for and the Inside the Book feature showed the first line: "The best kind of book is a magic book." It made me want to read them again.