reading first chapter book
Ed Wendell
Zachariah is 16.5 and has read his first chapter book(s). He has been reading Japanese Manga for a few years and has always loved books with great pictures and captions under the pictures but would always say he was not capable of reading chapter books. I had gotten the first book in a series called "Eragon" when if first came out several years ago before he "found" Japanese Manga. He was not interested in Eragon nor any of the other books I'd picked up for him and they went to the book shelf. He eventually found a love for Japanese Manga and has spent the last couple of years reading tons of Manga. Fast forward a few years and one night he picked up Eragon and began to read it. He read that book and asked for the other two in the series, which we got him. While reading this series he began to talk about what he would read next. He chose Lord of The Rings as his next reading adventure - I ordered it and it is on it's way (along with several more Manga on his reading list).
He is reading with pure joy - you can see it in his face! It just simply radiates joy! It is also evident in his enthusiastic discussions about what he is reading.
Side info: Zachariah was in a public Montessori school from age 3 to 8.5 (mid third grade). We never did school at home, so he has been unschooled since age 8.5. I don't think Zac ever really had to deschool - he has never said "But how will I learn such and such?" I think he already knew he learned what he knew outside of school. I'm a public Montessori school teacher so I constantly have to "let go" and shift my thinking. This list is vitally important in that process. 3 or 4 years ago I was concerned that when Zac hit his teen years I would start to worry "what about this or that" and I would need help. I searched for a good group to join and I found this one. Y-E-A !!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Saundra and all the other contributing members that help me and my family along our life's unschooling journey. Ed (dad), the stay at home parent, reads this list too.
Lisa W.
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He is reading with pure joy - you can see it in his face! It just simply radiates joy! It is also evident in his enthusiastic discussions about what he is reading.
Side info: Zachariah was in a public Montessori school from age 3 to 8.5 (mid third grade). We never did school at home, so he has been unschooled since age 8.5. I don't think Zac ever really had to deschool - he has never said "But how will I learn such and such?" I think he already knew he learned what he knew outside of school. I'm a public Montessori school teacher so I constantly have to "let go" and shift my thinking. This list is vitally important in that process. 3 or 4 years ago I was concerned that when Zac hit his teen years I would start to worry "what about this or that" and I would need help. I searched for a good group to join and I found this one. Y-E-A !!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Saundra and all the other contributing members that help me and my family along our life's unschooling journey. Ed (dad), the stay at home parent, reads this list too.
Lisa W.
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Claire
As an avid reader of fantasy fiction, I am happy to hear of Zachariah's foray into chapter books. It is wonderful that he enjoyed the Eragon series (the movie is pretty cool too), however in the fantasy genre there are books of far higher quality, eg.
- Lord of the Rings, which you already mentioned. He may want to read The Hobbit first, just to get the story in chronological order. LOTR can be hard going at times, but oh so worth it!
- The Thomas Covenant Series, by Stephen Donaldson
- The Earthsea series, by Ursula K LeGuin (my all-time favourite)
- various series by Michael Moorcock
- the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman (absolutely brilliant)
And many more...
Go Zac!!
Claire
Melbourne, Australia
- Lord of the Rings, which you already mentioned. He may want to read The Hobbit first, just to get the story in chronological order. LOTR can be hard going at times, but oh so worth it!
- The Thomas Covenant Series, by Stephen Donaldson
- The Earthsea series, by Ursula K LeGuin (my all-time favourite)
- various series by Michael Moorcock
- the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
- His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman (absolutely brilliant)
And many more...
Go Zac!!
Claire
Melbourne, Australia
Lisa E B
>>>" As an avid reader of fantasy fiction... however in the fantasy genre there are books of far higher quality, eg."Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
Lisa B
lylaw
what about audio books? my son has long loved to listen to audio books, even once he was capable of reading the same stories.
lyla
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Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
Lisa B
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lyla
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Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
Lisa B
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Pam Sorooshian
On 11/21/2010 9:34 AM, Lisa E B wrote:
-pam
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> Are there original fantasy books for young children that you wouldEnchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede.
> recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves
> stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female
> characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
-pam
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Elisa
My dd who is now 8.5 loved me reading her Harry potter the spiderwick chronicles and deltora quest she has now read them all again herself and we also listen to the audio books all the time children of the lamp is another good series along with legends of the guardians and artimus fowle my dd also like Molly moon
For older kids and adult Marion Zimmer Bradley is fantastic especially her darkover series but I also love her Avalon books to any star wars books are worth a read and there is a junior series in that also doctor who books are great as well
Elisa
NSW Australia
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For older kids and adult Marion Zimmer Bradley is fantastic especially her darkover series but I also love her Avalon books to any star wars books are worth a read and there is a junior series in that also doctor who books are great as well
Elisa
NSW Australia
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On 22/11/2010, at 4:34 AM, "Lisa E B" <l.biesemeyer@...> wrote:
> >>>" As an avid reader of fantasy fiction... however in the fantasy genre there are books of far higher quality, eg."
>
> Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
>
> Lisa B
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>
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Bernadette Lynn
On 21 November 2010 17:34, Lisa E B <l.biesemeyer@...> wrote:
Britain but a few of her books are good for younger readers, particularly
Wilkin's Tooth, The Ogre Downstairs and possibly Howl's Moving Castle and
its sequels. Many of her books are aimed at older teenagers or adults so not
everything you find by her would make sense to a small child but my children
love having those read to them.
Bernadette.
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> >>>" As an avid reader of fantasy fiction... however in the fantasy genreI don't know if Diana Wynne Jones books are readily available outside
> there are books of far higher quality, eg."
>
> Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would
> recommend?
>
Britain but a few of her books are good for younger readers, particularly
Wilkin's Tooth, The Ogre Downstairs and possibly Howl's Moving Castle and
its sequels. Many of her books are aimed at older teenagers or adults so not
everything you find by her would make sense to a small child but my children
love having those read to them.
Bernadette.
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Kirstin Eventyr
My daughters, ages 5 and 6, adored The Realm by Emily Rodda, it is a 10 book
series about a magical realm. The main character is a little girl named
Jessie and a higher proportion of characters are female than male which is
not typical and I really appreicate. I have really enjoyed these stories too
where the main character goes into the magical realm and often helps solve
problems with common sense and thoughtful problem solving.
We have also enjoyed:
Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary - funny and sweet also with a
female protagonist.
EB White's books - Stewart Little, The trumpet of the Swan,
The Little House on the Prairie books
Dragon Slippers (maybe for a little older than 4 - a few scary parts) also a
great strong female character and a great story
If anyone else has suggestions for books on faeries, strong female
characters, dragons we would Love to learn about more.
Kirstin
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Bernadette Lynn
<bernadette.lynn@...>wrote:
series about a magical realm. The main character is a little girl named
Jessie and a higher proportion of characters are female than male which is
not typical and I really appreicate. I have really enjoyed these stories too
where the main character goes into the magical realm and often helps solve
problems with common sense and thoughtful problem solving.
We have also enjoyed:
Emily's Runaway Imagination by Beverly Cleary - funny and sweet also with a
female protagonist.
EB White's books - Stewart Little, The trumpet of the Swan,
The Little House on the Prairie books
Dragon Slippers (maybe for a little older than 4 - a few scary parts) also a
great strong female character and a great story
If anyone else has suggestions for books on faeries, strong female
characters, dragons we would Love to learn about more.
Kirstin
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Bernadette Lynn
<bernadette.lynn@...>wrote:
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> On 21 November 2010 17:34, Lisa E B <l.biesemeyer@...<l.biesemeyer%40sbcglobal.net>>
> wrote:
>
> > >>>" As an avid reader of fantasy fiction... however in the fantasy genre
> > there are books of far higher quality, eg."
> >
> > Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would
> > recommend?
> >
>
> I don't know if Diana Wynne Jones books are readily available outside
> Britain but a few of her books are good for younger readers, particularly
> Wilkin's Tooth, The Ogre Downstairs and possibly Howl's Moving Castle and
> its sequels. Many of her books are aimed at older teenagers or adults so
> not
> everything you find by her would make sense to a small child but my
> children
> love having those read to them.
>
> Bernadette.
> --
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/U15459
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>
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Claire
> > On 21 November 2010 17:34, Lisa E B <l.biesemeyer@...<l.biesemeyer%40sbcglobal.net>>I think virtually any good quality children's book can be a 'fantasy' book as far as young kids are concerned. In addition to those recommended above (some of which are new to me and I'm very grateful to hear of), I would say to check out your local Steiner/Waldorf store because they usually carry beautiful children's books, many with a fantasy theme. (Not that I am promoting Waldorf educational philosophies, just that their books and toys are so gorgeous).
> > wrote:
> > > Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would
> > > recommend?
> > >
Some of my favourite children's books mix the fantastical and natural worlds, eg.
Billywise, by Judith Nicholls
Magic Night, by Isobelle Carmody
works by Beatrix Potter
Uno's Garden, by Graeme Base
works by Eric Carle
and of course, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Claire
Melbourne, Australia
Sarah
My 5th loved the Tiffany Aching series of Terry Pratchett books- written for kids but as good as his adult stuff. Am out and about so can't look up the name of the first- but should be easy to find. The last is called 'hat full of sky'
S
S
--- In [email protected], "Lisa E B" <l.biesemeyer@...> wrote:
>
> >>>" As an avid reader of fantasy fiction... however in the fantasy genre there are books of far higher quality, eg."
>
> Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would recommend? My dd, Rowan, 4.5yo, is not yet reading, but sooooo loves stories of fantasy, particularly those containing strong-willed female characters. Illustrations would be a bonus, but are not necessary.
>
> Lisa B
>
Schuyler
The first is Wee Free Men, the last is The Wintersmith. Very good books. Terry
Pratchett has a few different series aimed at
children. http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/books/books.php?ean=9780552557795&lib=1 has
them listed. And you can listen Tony Robinson otherwise known as Baldrick to
those with a knowledge of Blackadder (fortunately Linnaea is sitting on my lap
so she can fill in the blanks for me, I forgot the name Blackadder).
Schuyler
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From: Sarah <yahoo@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, 22 November, 2010 12:55:06
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: reading first chapter book
My 5th loved the Tiffany Aching series of Terry Pratchett books- written for
kids but as good as his adult stuff. Am out and about so can't look up the name
of the first- but should be easy to find. The last is called 'hat full of sky'
S
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Pratchett has a few different series aimed at
children. http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/books/books.php?ean=9780552557795&lib=1 has
them listed. And you can listen Tony Robinson otherwise known as Baldrick to
those with a knowledge of Blackadder (fortunately Linnaea is sitting on my lap
so she can fill in the blanks for me, I forgot the name Blackadder).
Schuyler
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From: Sarah <yahoo@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, 22 November, 2010 12:55:06
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: reading first chapter book
My 5th loved the Tiffany Aching series of Terry Pratchett books- written for
kids but as good as his adult stuff. Am out and about so can't look up the name
of the first- but should be easy to find. The last is called 'hat full of sky'
S
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Maribel
> > On 21 November 2010 17:34, Lisa E B <l.biesemeyer@...<l.biesemeyer%40sbcglobal.net>>We are enjoying The Sisters Eight series. Octuplet girls of almost 8 years old need to find their power and gift before they can find-out what has happened to their parents who are missing or dead. There are 8 books and only 6 of them have been published. Author is Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
> > wrote:
> > > Are there original fantasy books for young children that you would
> > > recommend?
> > >
>
Maribel
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