FOAK: Books for (bright) 7-yr-old
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From: Mike Barnard on 20 Jun 2010 16:10 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 :) > >tia > >Derek My son is 8 and an avid reader. We're doing Enid Blyton, the (Sea, River, Castle etc.) adventure series and he's lapping it up. HTH.
From: zymurgy on 20 Jun 2010 16:29 On 20 June, 19:43, Derek Turner <frde...(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 :) Me too, but i've a few nieces and nephews who are good readers. Suggestions are : Roald Dahl : James and the giant peach George's marvellous medicine Danny champion of the world Matilda Charlie and the chocolate factory Charlie and the great glass elevator The witches Any of the Invisible Detectives books by Justin Richards Adventure books by Willard Price Next : Horrible Histories Cheers, Paul.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 20 Jun 2010 16:50 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember zymurgy <zymurgy(a)technologist.com> saying something like: >Next : Horrible Histories > >Cheers, Isn't Cheers a bit adult?
From: malc on 20 Jun 2010 17:10 wessie wrote: >> > > At that age I was given a relatively free hand with a library card. I > read some fiction but I was more interested in non-fiction. I suggest > your friend takes both children to the library frequently as the one > that is less interested in books at the moment may be able to discover > their niche. > That would be my solution too. What you also have to remember is that having a reading age in advance of your actual age (like my youngest) doesn't equate to emotional maturity. In other words he may be able to read something and understand the words but miss the whole point of the book. -- Malc Rusted and ropy. Dog-eared old copy. Vintage and classic, or just plain Jurassic: all words to describe me.
From: SIRPip on 20 Jun 2010 17:11
Derek Turner wrote: > 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? I've spoken to Elly, and she suggests: All the Harry Potters Anything by Roald Dahl The Hobbit As Catman suggested, the Pratchett kids books: Truckers/Diggers/Wings and I'd add the Johnny and The Bomb/Only You Can Save The World ones Possibly the Lemony Snicket books Anything by Michael Morpurgo Followed by the Alex Rider books when he's done that lot. I think the library ticket job is a great suggestion: that's how I started and I cleaned them out - but it didn't cost anything, that's the real biggie when you have a kid who is a voracious reader. -- SIRPip : B12 |