FOAK: Books for (bright) 7-yr-old
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From: TOG on 21 Jun 2010 04:19 On 21 June, 09:01, "sweller" <swel...(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > c...(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: > > Indeed, it helps if the kids have some idea of context before they can > > really enjoy books about messing around in boats. Get them on the > > water (even briefly) then give them some Ransome books. > > > In general, modern children spend far too much time indoors and lack > > a sense of adventure. > > Slightly misses the point as reading tends to be a solitary indoor > activity. > > ...anyway, in your mythical 1930s existence, how many children went round > solving mysteries involving "people who look a bit foreign" or even, for > that matter, set up an island home in the Lake District. > I think this misses the point as well. How many kids would *not* like their own island home? It's fiction: wish-fulfilment.
From: TOG on 21 Jun 2010 04:20 On 21 June, 09:17, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > But isn't that sort of the point of reading - to venture into other > worlds? I sometimes think that it certainly works that way when browsing ukrm
From: Lozzo on 21 Jun 2010 04:40 Champ wrote: > On 21 Jun 2010 05:32:19 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Ben wrote: > > > >> Famous Five > >> Swallows & Amazons > >> Secret Seven > >> etc > > > I recall absolutely loathing all of them. > > Really? I loved them. I only really enjoyed Arthur Ransome, I think because we spent a holiday on the Broads while I was going through his books, so could relate to the places and boats. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Lozzo on 21 Jun 2010 04:44 sweller wrote: > how many children went round solving mysteries > involving "people who look a bit foreign" You never lived in Bedford, did you? Kid 1 - "Who nicked my bike?" Kid 2 - "Some Indian kid, I saw him" Kid 1 - "Get the lads, we're going to Queens Park to get it back". -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Colin Irvine on 21 Jun 2010 05:27
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:17:03 +0100, Champ squeezed out the following: >On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:46:44 +0100, stephen.packer(a)gonemail.com wrote: > >>> Arthur Ransome. If he's not ready yet he should be soon and they are a >>> cracking good read. > >>I'm really not sure that Swallows and Amazons works now. It seemed a >>little dated (in retrospect) when I read it close to 40 years ago; and >>to be honest I don't think that 70-80 year old books will encourage a >>voracious reader. > ><shrug> > >They were already a complete anachronism when I read them, and the >class they were set in (upper-middle class in the country) was so >different from my life (lower-middle class boy from the suburbs) that >they might have been set on another planet. > >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. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk |