The Ickabog Book

[StormcloakNord]

Is the Ickabog book by JK Rowling appropriate for a 6 yo? She's on chapter 4 and just said "guess what? Someone just died" and something else about a button being sewn onto a costume...

She got it for Xmas and didn't think anything of letting her read it

I haven't read it but so many stories and fairy tales (Cindella, little Mermaid, even the Frozen movie) so I wouldn't be bothered by that.
Why don't you just read it and judge by yourself.

A chance of my post disappeared. It was meant to say that many stories and movies for children have death in them

It gets quite dark. There are a fair few deaths, children being orphaned and then abused mentally/physically.

I'm reading it with my 6 year old. It is getting pretty dark but it's also very much a fairytale in tone.

@Cormoran because she is quite keen on reading it during her 'reading hours' at school and quite frankly I don't have time to read that whole book to judge its appropriateness.

I think she'll be fine with it, thanks everyone

Also, fairytales are meant to be dark; don't let her near the original Grimm or Anderson ones if you're worried! In Cinderella the ugly sisters get their eyes pecked out by birds!