When I was 7 I had the reading age of a 12-year-old. I hated the books the school gave me to read.
I liked Roald Dahl books (still do!) and adored the Mallory Towers series (Enid Blyton). I remember the day after my 7th birthday, Mum had made me see visitors all day on my birthday and I hated that, I got up before everyone else in the house the day after and had finished my new Famous Five book before anyone else woke up!
Books aimed at junior school children - try the age 8-11 section in libraries and bookshops - will be pretty age-appropriate and fun to read. Don't make everything a challenge. My mum never pushed my reading and I had finished The Lord of the Rings by the time I finished primary school. How about some D!ckens?: great use of words, expands vocabulary and GREAT stories which often start off being about children. I first read David Copperfield and Great Expectations age 9 and loved those.
Having said that, if you are going to allow more adult books, always censor them first. No way will my pre-teen children read half of what I did!
Last edited by Ca Plane Pour Moi; July 22nd, 2009 at 09:29 PM.
: I can't suggest reading Charles D!ckens? What sort of censor do we have here?
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