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Posted: Aug 21 2010 at 3:23pm | IP Logged Quote kbfsc
My 8-yo ds has fallen in love with Illustrated Classics. He is reading them voraciously and this has taken his reading to a new level - so I'm delighted! Except yesterday he was telling me about some of the themes in these stories - and I was surprised and displeased! I guess I naively thought these were mostly innocent, pleasant stories. Where was my brain?! I didn't preview them and I should have. I know he needs to be able to navigate these books with more dramatic themes - but really, we weren't ready for this at all, and I think it has been troubling for him, too. Ugh.

So, my question for you all - what else could I give him? What else would you all recommend for a boy who has been loving adventure and drama - but for whom I'd rather not have mention of things like murder, suicide, wife-beating, etc...

Or, am I being weird and over-protective? You should have seen his little face when he told me that Olive Twist was beaten and made to sleep in a coffin.

Editing to add - I think what he really loves about the Illustrated Classics is that the font is a bit larger than other "big kid" books and the pictures make them less intimidating visually. Pages and pages of little words is just too much for him.

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Posted: Aug 24 2010 at 4:17pm | IP Logged Quote Lori
Mary Pope Osborne has a series about the Odyssey...and the older Hardy Boys books aren't terribly graphic in their descriptions of violence/action...or you could go with some more difficult reading levels but tamer content by doing audio books?

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Posted: Aug 24 2010 at 5:07pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
You know your child best and what is appropriate or can be handled at particular ages. You aren't being overly protective.

There are so many of the illustrated classics so you can pick and choose more selectively. Though some do have older themes (really written for an older audience) there are many that would be fine.

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Editing to add - I think what he really loves about the Illustrated Classics is that the font is a bit larger than other "big kid" books and the pictures make them less intimidating visually. Pages and pages of little words is just too much for him.


I know that stage - a full blown chapter book with regular print can be still overwhelming but they want something more than a reader or picturebook. I have found the Usborne Young Reading Series (2 and 3) has some good titles. YOu still have to pick and choose for the same reasons as the Illustrated Classics.

I think we have an old thread on good books for that in between reading stage. I'll check later.

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Posted: Aug 26 2010 at 7:21pm | IP Logged Quote Lori
I just discovered Clyde Robert Bulla's books...lots in the 90-100 page range...good stories, semi-large print...involving kids from about 8 yrs in age-young teens. Might want to look at those?

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Posted: Aug 27 2010 at 3:45am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Yes, Clyde Robert Bullas books are good for this category. We just got Riding the Pony Express for a current unit.

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