We have just started reading 'real' books to our 4 year-old. i.e. longer books with text, no pictures, where he gets a chapter or two each evening, and has to wait for the next instalment to hear the conclusion.
We are really struggling to find appropriate material. Any suggestions?
We started with Roald Dahl: Fantastic Mr Fox, which was great (though caused a brief fixation with guns ..). But good length, good level of language, and not too scary. My son is quite sensitive, and is already rather worried at any mention of death. He finds Disney films terrifying, so many children's classics or fairytales, or the other Roald Dahl books are completely out. We have read him the Enid Blyton Faraway Tree stories, which were also excellent, though required a fair degree of parental editorial control to amend some of the sexist language/attitudes. I would prefer something more contemporary. Many books written for 7-9s to read to themselves are completely inappropriate for him at this stage.
I have ordered the Dick King-Smith 'Sophie' books from the library, on a recommendation from a friend. But many of the other King-Smith books are 'animal tales', which generally he doesn't get on with.
I would love to hear what has worked for you..?
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Kmg · 29/04/2001 13:03
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