Is it me or is this a really odd reading book to give to a reception child?

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DD brings home a reading book from school once or twice a week which she is supposed to read aloud to me and answer questions about. She is very good at it and is doing well, improving all the time. This week's book is a factual book about cars. It contains the words 'Ferrari' and 'Bugatti' several times, as well as a whole page about James Bond films, with details of ejector seats etc. Do most 5 year olds watch Bond films?! DD certainly doesn't! She did read the book quite well but found it difficult and I found it really hard trying to explain to her what it was all about.

I'm not going to do anything about it (apart from a brief note in her reading record to say she didn't enjoy the book) but I did find it very odd!

lol was a bit naff really, called rotten apples from oxford reading tree, dont think dd understood what it was about really although it made me giggle.

Think ds has had that or similar.

Kept asking 'Is that a Bugatti?' all the time after. Nope, it's a Fiesta my love.

Was going to say that ds is learning how to choose and decide if he likes a book much more now he's in reception.

Guess your dd didn't like it. I wouldn't either.Ds thought it was ok ish!

There is a point to these books, they're to make sure that kids can read non-fiction as well as all the endless stories...because the vocabulary between the two is so varied.

we have had the rotten apples one, ds2 loved it

I think they are just trying to make sure there is a wide range of reading matter. The odd wild card won't hurt your dd.