Would Coraline be too scary? Is she ready for Harry Potter yet? Maybe Goosebumps?
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:49:02 pm PDT #7043 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 2:53:34 pm PDT #7044 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
How about The Search for Delicious? I read that in third grade, I think.
Gadget_Girl - Aug 27, 2008 2:53:55 pm PDT #7045 of 28393
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
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.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 2:55:36 pm PDT #7046 of 28393
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
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.
amych - Aug 27, 2008 2:56:52 pm PDT #7047 of 28393
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
she's more the dying of consumption than eaten by monsters sort of reader.
Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?
flea - Aug 27, 2008 3:01:52 pm PDT #7048 of 28393
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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.
Fay - Aug 27, 2008 3:08:44 pm PDT #7049 of 28393
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
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).
Ginger - Aug 27, 2008 3:10:42 pm PDT #7050 of 28393
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
Hil R. - Aug 27, 2008 3:12:47 pm PDT #7051 of 28393
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have no idea what the Search for Delicious is, but I'll check on it.
It's a great book. Someone in the king's court is compiling a dictionary, and no one can agree on what the definition for "delicious" should be. (By "definition," they seem to mean "ultimate example.") So the young prince goes on a quest across the kingdom to talk to everyone and try to figure out what "delicious" should be. Gathers a bunch of other people along the way, means all kinds of neat creatures in the forest, and basically a classic quest story, but on a kid level.
Deena - Aug 27, 2008 3:19:51 pm PDT #7052 of 28393
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I couldn't find Coraline on the shelf, so I handed her Half-Magic (I have the whole set of Eager books from some lovely Buffista). She's head deep in it right now. I have 13 Clocks standing by as well, which was also a Buffista gift.
Fay, she is! Crazy, isn't it? I think MM folded time when he was supposed to be transporting someone or something.
That sounds awesome, Hil. I'd like it whether she would or not.
Spiderwick Chronicles is a great idea. She loved the movie. I'll try her on Lemony Snicket, and I'm glad to get the Skulduggery Pleasant rec again because I've been meaning to read that myself.