To boast about ds's book review

[balletgirlmum]

Not so long ago we struggled to get ds off the Xbox & reading. His reading age was very high, but if it wasn't captain underpants he wasn't interested.

However I signed him up to do childrens book reviews through lovereading4kids.com & cajoled him along. He found it difficult sometimes but he was sent preview copies of various books & had to send in reviews.

Last year he was chosen to review the entire Alex Rider series in preparation for a new edition being published this year. He didn't want to read them at first but I persuaded him to try & he loved them , he was hooked.

Yesterday he was sent a package from the publishes with a copy of one ofvthe new editions. A quote from one of his reviews has been printed inside the back cover. This book is on sale all over the UK

I'm so proud of him as he doesn't find writing easy!

So I'm having a little boast.

Well done to your DS. And enjoy your boast and a glass or two of .

Oops, pushed too soon. I'd be really proud of mine too.

Lovely :) Boast away. Well done to your DS!

No not unreasonable at all. Enjoy it.

Lovely. You must be so proud. :)

Well done your DS! And well done you too for finding a way to interest him in reading

Ah that's lovely!

Wow, that's absolutely fantastic bless him. Was about to get all knicker-twisty when I was first reading your post because there seemed to be a lot of 'i pushed him to do this' but he did enjoy it so your instincts were right, you weren't making him do something he disliked he just needed an x-box intervention
I'd tell bloody everyone, super achievement.

Be proud to be proud!
Well done BalletGirlMum's ds.

I do love a happy aibu.

That's amazing I too would be so proud. Well done to your DS.
I love to read and I think it is such an amazing hobby to have. My DS is just starting to read independently and I'm hoping he continues to do so and enjoys it as much as I did as a child.

Wow, that deserves a BIG boast. What an achievement Well done to you and to your ds.

That's brilliant!

BRILLIANT!!!!!!

Wonderful, what an achievement for your DS.

Aw thank you.

His face lit up when he got the letter & copy of the book. They only put his first name, not surname & I'm not going to say exactly which one of the series it is or I'll out myself.

He still plays on the Xbox. But we have a rule that it has to be switched off an hour before bedtime & he has to do some reading.

That's absolutely wonderful! He must be so talented, to write a review that catches the eye of the publishers and impresses them so much that they print it. Well done to him (and to you for pushing him to express his talent).

Great boast.

Plus, thank you for sharing the link. I struggle to find entertaining new reading materials for my DS in our local library.

Well done to your DS ? And we'll done to you for being so firm and bringing about such a great result. You're an inspiration!

Amazing - he'll be proud of it for years! I bet it keeps him reading and reviewing too. Well done Mum!