tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post1189139762071833187..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Why I read kid books By Lori Rader-DayJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-23166997895573529502017-03-22T07:25:20.096-04:002017-03-22T07:25:20.096-04:00I grew up on Hardy Boys mysteries, and I get a big...I grew up on Hardy Boys mysteries, and I get a big kick out of Stuart Gibbs Spy School books. I'm reminded that suspending disbelief is part of the fun of reading. And that taking myself too seriously is a pitfall to be avoided at all costs. Enjoyed your post!C. T. Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056021289925210090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38649056737711023682017-03-21T22:44:02.093-04:002017-03-21T22:44:02.093-04:00Grace, my mother was always disappointed that none...Grace, my mother was always disappointed that none of her daughters read all that much or appreciated the books she'd so carefully saved for us. Then along came my daughter, her granddaughter, who started reading them and loved them.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-61607290909632301872017-03-21T21:26:49.401-04:002017-03-21T21:26:49.401-04:00Enjoyed your post. In the past couple of years, I&...Enjoyed your post. In the past couple of years, I've read a number of Beth Fine's Picaresque of Imagine Purple's books. They are for middle school age kids up until high school. I read them before sending them to my grand children and learned a lot. Kids learn while having fun reading the mystery in the heart of them. I don't think most kids books are too young for any of us. Sometimes they take us back.authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58079796809608011672017-03-21T21:13:09.178-04:002017-03-21T21:13:09.178-04:00How delightful. I confess to reading The Little Pr...How delightful. I confess to reading The Little Prince a gazillion times. I justify it by reading it in several languages. Then there's A Wrinkle in Time and The Secret Garden, the annual Little Women read. The book I pick up in B&N because it just feels right in my hand (and the cover art knocked my socks off). How much fun you must be having reading for the Edgars!Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-3149321978167401672017-03-21T20:04:30.679-04:002017-03-21T20:04:30.679-04:00I am a voracious reader, and it grieves me that ne...I am a voracious reader, and it grieves me that neither of my daughters enjoy reading that much. I read to them when they were young, took them to the library, and bought them books. You can lead a kid to books, but you can't make them read!! They are both now in their 30s. Occasionally, they will tell me about something they've read, and I feel like jumping for joy. One of my daughters drives a lot for her job and has discovered recorded books, which is great. The Harry Potter book that I bought them, I ended up reading. Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-90466223267609741292017-03-21T17:22:35.019-04:002017-03-21T17:22:35.019-04:00Hi Lori, I totally understand! In my previous life...Hi Lori, I totally understand! In my previous life I was a children's librarian and the best part of my job was that I HAD to read so many children's books. Great work is being done by authors who write primarily for young people. One of my personal favorites is The Westing Game - have you read it?<br /><br />And EB - I adore James Marshall's stuff - hilarious! He was a genius.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45204043501892374012017-03-21T15:05:46.248-04:002017-03-21T15:05:46.248-04:00A good book is a good book. While it may be aimed ...A good book is a good book. While it may be aimed at a certain age group, it will have universal appeal.<br /><br />When I was in 4th grade, the teacher started to read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. And we moved! I hadn't paid the least bit of attention to the title or the author, and it was several years before I could figure out what she had been reading and able to finish it myself.<br /><br />I often read the American Girls Addie series to my special ed classes. All the kids were interested in that story, and it certainly gave us a basis to discuss many aspects of history and current day issues.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-6501726425010356132017-03-21T12:40:49.801-04:002017-03-21T12:40:49.801-04:00I still remember my teacher in fourth grade readin...I still remember my teacher in fourth grade reading us Where the Red Fern Grows. How I didn't sob for the rest of that year, I have no idea.Lori Rader-Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261322825057374362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-19349581760117516612017-03-21T11:20:24.148-04:002017-03-21T11:20:24.148-04:00Lori, I taught third grade for 20 years not starti...Lori, I taught third grade for 20 years not starting until I was 48 years old. I had so many favorite children's chapter books that I read every year to each class, books that only the most gifted of children would read on their own, but ones that captivated all the students.<br />One of the ones I started with was a junior edition of Robinson Crusoe. Not that I thought that was a great book, although the kids liked it, but because I had a reason for that. I read the first several books of The Chronicles of Narnia, I read The Cay by Theodore Taylor, a book for older children, but because in Robinson Crusoe the native Friday was made to look inferior. In the Cay, Phillip,a young white boy made to think black people were inferior, when the ship he was on was torpedoed during WWII, he ended up on a raft with a black man named Timothy, who saved his life and taught him how to live on his own on an island after Phillip went blind. Later when we were studying Native Americans, I read to them The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spears in which a young boy was left behind by his father, on land his father had claimed in Maine and built a cabin on, while the father went back to Boston to get his wife, his little daughter and a new baby. Matt had problems. His gun was stolen, a bear got into the flour barrel, he fell out of a tree. Meanwhile, he had been watched by an Indian tribe, who started to help him, especially Attean, the grandson of the leader who was ordered to help him in exchange for Matt teaching Attean to read, which the Indian boy resented. My goal was to make a Venn diagram<br />in which each book was in the circle with something about the characters and the books for the students to see what was similar and what was different and which book was more real.<br />Robinson Crusoe was rated at the bottom of the list for not being realistic. These weren't the only chapter books I read to my students by any means. Some were light and funny ones,too. I still like young adult books and one I can't recommend high enough is WONDER<br />by R.J. Palacio. That should be read in every middle-grade or junior high classroom. It's no wonder it's a New York Times Bestseller. And yes, I loved the children's books I read to my own children when they were small especially Miss Twiggley's Tree, which is buried somewhere among my children's books minus the cover because it had been read so many times to my children and grandchildren. P.A. I can't tell you how many times when I was reading one of those books or The Door in The Wall, that I got so choked up I had to hand it off to one of my better readers seated on the floor near my rocking chair. And yes it was when Timothy died, but also when Phillip was finally rescued from the island after being blind and alone so long and his parents were there. And when Matt's family finally showed up at Christmas after the Indian tribe had gone west and he refused to go with him.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-40958316536213883752017-03-21T11:15:52.413-04:002017-03-21T11:15:52.413-04:00There is some wonderful literature written for you...There is some wonderful literature written for younger ages. I enjoy reading it too. I recommend a series that I don't recall the author of but it has snuffle bunny in the titles.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-9790374226144015572017-03-21T08:17:24.487-04:002017-03-21T08:17:24.487-04:00After James Marshall died, I bought the complete s...After James Marshall died, I bought the complete series of George and Martha, hippo friends. The target age was probably 3-9. These wonderful stories were designed to teach how to treat people in relationships--with kindness, insight, and sensitivity all the while acknowledging human foibles. I've often wondered if children got the message. James Marshall must have been a wonderful man.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-34325512129948548292017-03-21T01:37:14.840-04:002017-03-21T01:37:14.840-04:00Lori,
As my grandkids grew up, I had the pleasure...Lori,<br /><br />As my grandkids grew up, I had the pleasure of reading to and with them. My holiday gifts to them have usually been boatloads of books and then I get to read them too! And I have thoroughly enjoyed reading both MA and YA novels.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com