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Posted: Jan 16 2009 at 11:03am | IP Logged Quote hopalenik
I never read his books, so what age is appropriate to begin reading his books. I have a 9 year old who is behind in everything but say reading and history. She has literally read through the entire Sonlight and MODG book list for 3 and 4th grade as well as the Seton and CHC readers for 3rd adn 4th grade. So I am trying to figure out whether the following books are age appropriate?...

The Tolkein trilogy-Lord of the Rings
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George MacDonald? books-The Princess and the Curdie and others by him.

Thanks. Mind you my daughter can't spell and can barely write a complete sentence of her own origin but based on some reading comp books and vocab books that she has done her reading level is at least 5th grade.

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Posted: Jan 16 2009 at 1:01pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
I would hold off on Lord of the Rings a bit.. I tend to think of those as more 8th grade.. not so much for the reading level as the complexity of the storyline (and some of the maturity level for the story). It can be hard for adults to follow. BUT The Hobbit would be good.

Mixed up Files.. would be good.

Haven't read the George MacDonald books myself.

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Posted: Jan 16 2009 at 2:06pm | IP Logged Quote Bridget
Our kids read Tolkien at about this age. Mainly because they are allowed to watch the movies at age 10 IF they have read the books first. So they work hard on the books. From the very casual narrations they give me and the details I overhear in their discussions, they 'get' a lot of it. I'm sure the child has to enjoy this style of story to be able to stick with it though.

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Posted: Jan 16 2009 at 7:46pm | IP Logged Quote LeeAnn
I loved "The Princess and the Goblin" and "The Princess and Curdie." I think I read them around 4th or 5th grade, but there's nothing in them inappropriate for a younger reader (that I remember! slight disclaimer: it's been 20+ years!).


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Posted: Jan 17 2009 at 7:58am | IP Logged Quote EmilyC
My dd (9) is reading Lord of the Rings now. She's seen the movies and we read The Hobbit last year, so I let her try out the trilogy. I didn't expect her to make it past the first chapter, but she's more than halfway through already, and she seems to be understanding the plot. I'm sure it helps that she saw the movies first though. I would think a child would have to be highly motivated to get into Tolkien's books...they are difficult reading.



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