6 year old reading about holocaust!

[IsabelleRinging]

My dd is in year 2 and reading about level 3. However the school use Oxford reading tree (tree tops) and the books in the non fiction are just too mature for her. The one she had tonight was about world war II (War Children) and went into lots of detail about the torture of the Jews and the Nazis 'final solution' and I felt it was just inappropriate for a 6.5 year old. We always have this problem with non-fiction as the reading scheme books are aimed at 8-9 year olds.

Can anyone recommend a set of non-fiction which are around level 3 NC reading level (lime level) but with topics/content aimed at younger children?

What I did was return books to school unread and explained that it wasn't suitable.

Yup, I sent Anne Frank (not the diary, but basically a biography, with a chapter on the concentration camps) back unread when it came home with DS1 (then age 5) last term, with a note saying he was not mature enough even though he could read the words. We don't have reading scheme books so can't advise on those specifically, but if you go to the local library, there are lots of things to choose from, which might not be aimed at younger children per se, but are not "difficult" in that way.

Just no, DD1 was made to watch the end of Anne Franks diary twice when she did WW2 in Y5/6
It really up set her then.

It's like the other threads about reading lord of the flies in primary or graphic accounts of the crucifixion in reception.

Just why? Surely there is time enough for our children to learn the evils of the world without studying them at primary school.

Well, yes, the book is going back with a polite note explaining why we haven't read it.

If the book is sent home then there's obviously a chance for parental intervention. But if they study it in class, or watch an unsuitable film/video, then what can parents do? By the time you complain it's already too late.

Why can't teachers be more sensitive to what parents are likely not to want their children to learn about at a young age? Surely it's not rocket science.