FOAK: Books for (bright) 7-yr-old
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From: Colin Irvine on 21 Jun 2010 09:49 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:31:24 -0700 (PDT), TOG(a)Toil squeezed out the following: >On 21 June, 11:03, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:39:26 -0700 (PDT), TOG(a)Toil squeezed out the >> following: >> >> >On 21 June, 10:27, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >> >> >> >But isn't that sort of the point of reading - to venture into other >> >> >worlds? >> >> >> Indeed. My favourite books as a boy were by GA Henty. And even I'm not >> >> that old. >> >> ><fx: raises quizzical eyebrow> >> >> >And you graduated to Sapper? >> >> No, although I'm not sure why. The Hentys I'd inherited from my >> father. The books I got hold of myself tended to be by the likes of >> Nevil Shute, WE Johns and Hammond Innes - and Richmal Crompton of >> course. >> >Wot, no Anthony Buckeridge? He only died recently - last year, I think. I don't actually remember reading any of the books, although I'm familar with the characters. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: DozynSleepy on 21 Jun 2010 09:54 On 21/06/2010 12:45, darsy wrote: > On 20 Jun 2010 18:43:50 GMT, Derek Turner<frderek(a)cesmail.net> wrote: > >> Someone on here will know. >> >> A friend of mine is in the process of adopting two children, one of whom >> is seven and at the top of his class in reading. He loves to read but has >> come from foster-parents with no books at all. Said friend has given him >> Asterix the Gaul from his own childhood (which he loves) but he's getting >> through them very quickly. What says the FOAK? is he too young yet for >> Harry Potter? Narnia? What suggestions do those with 7-9 yr-old boys have? >> >> Being childless I'm at a loss :) > > anything by Robert Heinlein. > > Well, it worked for me. Heh, you naughty man. I recently re-read Stranger in a Strange Land, although this time it was the uncut version. Exactly as I remembered, a teenage boys wank fest. Must nip down the library and get Time Enough for Love. -- DozynSleepy
From: darsy on 21 Jun 2010 10:20 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:54:00 +0100, DozynSleepy <nospamplease(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >On 21/06/2010 12:45, darsy wrote: >> On 20 Jun 2010 18:43:50 GMT, Derek Turner<frderek(a)cesmail.net> wrote: >> >>> Someone on here will know. >>> >>> A friend of mine is in the process of adopting two children, one of whom >>> is seven and at the top of his class in reading. He loves to read but has >>> come from foster-parents with no books at all. Said friend has given him >>> Asterix the Gaul from his own childhood (which he loves) but he's getting >>> through them very quickly. What says the FOAK? is he too young yet for >>> Harry Potter? Narnia? What suggestions do those with 7-9 yr-old boys have? >>> >>> Being childless I'm at a loss :) >> >> anything by Robert Heinlein. >> >> Well, it worked for me. > >Heh, you naughty man. > >I recently re-read Stranger in a Strange Land, although this time it was >the uncut version. Exactly as I remembered, a teenage boys wank fest. > >Must nip down the library and get Time Enough for Love. not /quite/ what I had in mind; I was thinking more along the lines of Podkayne of Mars or Space Family Stone. -- d.
From: sweller on 21 Jun 2010 10:36 Colin Irvine wrote: > > Wot, no Anthony Buckeridge? He only died recently - last year, I > > think. > > I don't actually remember reading any of the books, although I'm > familar with the characters. Perishing paint pots! -- Simon
From: Champ on 21 Jun 2010 12:07
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:39:33 +0100, darsy <darsy(a)sticky.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:28:07 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>Three Men in a Boat. >ugh. Really? Oh well, if I agree after having read it, I'll be able to do so from an informed position. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |