Luz Shosie and Ned Vare

on 8/9/02 12:40 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:55:23 -0400 <ElissaJC@...> writes:
>
>> Does anyone
>> have
>> ideas on easy readers that are a little more interesting for tweens?

Yes. There are two great ones Get the Asterix series and/or the Tin Tin
series of comix style books. Go to www.CommonReader.com
They are so good, they've been translated into dozens of languages and sold,
of course, around the world. The absolute best. Kids can't put them down.

NV

Fetteroll

on 8/9/02 8:00 PM, Luz Shosie and Ned Vare at nedvare@... wrote:

> Yes. There are two great ones Get the Asterix series and/or the Tin Tin
> series of comix style books. Go to www.CommonReader.com
> They are so good, they've been translated into dozens of languages and sold,
> of course, around the world. The absolute best. Kids can't put them down.

Definitely good! But definitely not easy readers though! In the case of Tin
Tin, the type is dense and the vocabulary is definitely above elementary.
And you'll probably want to be there to provide some historical commentary
on the black faces with big red lips and opium dens. And as I recall Asterix
has a lot of sophisticated (but low brow ;-) jokes that it would be a shame
she'd miss without someone there to explain them!

Joyce