When your child gets an inappropriate reading book

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This evening we had:

“Does that say bra?”
“What’s mutilation?”
“What’s infidelity?”
“Why does that say a bit on the side?”

Child is in Y2. It’s a dark-blue banded book, so I’m theory it should be suitable, but I’m not being unreasonable/overprotective asking the teacher if she can switch to something different tomorrow am I?

What! What’s the book called?

What book is it?

But adult for a Y2, Christ!

I'd write a little note in the reading record book and ask for it to be swapped as some of the vocabulary is a bit inappropriate. What is the book? We're all intrigued.

Dark blue(lv15) is for ks2, I believe. But still I think it's not really appropriate even for ks2.

Dark blue (navy?) is an upper KS2 band, accessible for younger able readers but more mature content.

Ooh, definitely not biff chip and kipper then! Let me guess... jacqueline Wilson? Or Louise Rennison?

I wouldn't mind "bra" but the others are not very KS1.

I'd assume it was new to the school and that the teacher hasn't actually read it through in detail. Note in the reading record saying you don't think the subject matter is appropriate to the child's age and maybe the book should be moved into a higher classroom.

It's very difficult to match easy subject matter to higher reading levels (and vice versa). Many schools will be buying packs of graded books rather than choosing them individually.

Simone’s letters. Written from the perspective of a Y6 child dealing with divorced parents. The subjects are dealt with in a way which is perfect for a Y6, but Y2 dd just asks us to explain everything. Including reference to getting drunk, and why someone was calling some women brainless hags.

I’m sure the teacher will understand!

It sounds like an 'easy' book for older students. We have a section in our school library of books aimed at y7-9 but for reading ages of y4-6.

It sounds like they've filed it by the literacy level.

Absolutely ask to change books and also mention it to the teacher as it might be other older easier books have been shelved that way too.

I had to remove a book of Roald Dahl''s adult short stories from our y2 classroom the other week! Helpful parent donation that no one had vetted properly!

I remember taking one off dd when she was pretty little, maybe year, that talked about famous murders and people being hacked to bits with an Axe. The book was from a series for much older children with low reading age. Sometimes a book gets misfiled and mistakes happen. Not ideal but always good as a parent to flick through the book first.

I took quite a few out when dd was a sensitive 5 yr old but reading at 8 yr old level. Having said that she's now a sensitive 8 yr old and I don't think she'd like them now !!

Oops. Yeah, I'd hand that one back to the teacher with a note to take it out of circulation.

Oh dear! I once had to hand a book back to the teacher because the children in it had beheaded a witch. Complete with a gory sketch. DS was in year 2. In their defence it was a Hanzel and Gretal type story and I'm sure they can't vet them all.

Teacher was mortified even though I didn't make a fuss.

It was really quite gory mind you.

This sort of thing has happened a few times with my DD. Not uncommon with more advanced readers. I now make sure I take a quick look in the book before DD starts reading!

I’m okay with a bit of gore: it was the “bit on the side” that tipped me over the edge.