Does anyone know about Tintin books?

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I want to get some Tintin books for DS1 for Christmas (he's 10 at the end of December) but after looking at Amazon I'm not sure where to start. I don't want to get the Congo one, I don't fancy having to address those attitudes with him over something I've given him as a present, and I don't want to get him one that he won't understand because he hasn't read an earlier one. IYSWIM!

So, any suggestions for a good introduction?

Thanks.

The crab with the golden claws is quite exciting as a one off (it's about drug smuggling!)

If you want a couple, then there's a 2 parter if you get the secret of the unicorn and Red Rackham's treasure.

I read them in a totally random order though and it didn't spoil my enjoyment - they work in their own right

am a bit of a tintin afficionado

The Black Island or Read Rackham's Treasure.

hi, i will find out for you from dh who was a big fan when he was younger.so mush so that our ds1 and 2 have three huge posters in their bedroom.

oh and various clothing items and a snowy dog!

mush??? probably!

My fav is "The Castafiore Emerald". I don't think it really matters what order you read them in.

DS has the TinTin DVD's (box set from Amazon a few years ago) - they are fab. He loves them all - if you find out what is in the set, that might give you an idea?

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Tintin is wildly un-PC through and through.

I've got all of them in English and many of them in other languages- every time I go abroad, I buy one in the language of the country I'm visiting.

I think at 10, unless he's led a very sheltered life, he's old enough to realise that some of the attitudes in the books are rather bigoted of their time.

I read Babar to my DD (4) which is also wildly un-PC. I think it is good to expose children to the literature of another era that reflects the values of times gone by - it is a great way to understand how culture changes and adapts over time (and across borders).

We have all the books and the literature behind them - DH a huge Tintin fan (hence my name) - we even been to exhibitions - DS has all of the books but he is only 4 so doesn't ask questions - he also has all the DVDs and loves them.

His fave is Castafiore Emerald and the Red Island one.

Mind you you get them saying smashing and blistering barnacles a lot which is weird when they do it in public.

Oh you lot are fantastic!

Tissy, actually he is a bit sheltered culturally: we live in rural Devon and he has limited direct experience of other nationalities/cultures/religions, and even less idea of old-fashioned attitudes to said differences. And it's not that we don't try and deal with that, it's just that I don't want to give him a book like the Congo one and then spend the whole time he's reading it harping on about negative stereotypes! it might just take the fun out of it!

But I love these suggestions, lots of cross-over, which makes it easier. And good to know it doesn't matter what order we do them in, I did wonder whether there was some sort of backstory at the beginning. But if it doesn't matter...great!