[AccessD] Firday OT: What books do 8 years old kids reads and likes there?

Shamil,

The problem with recommended reading is that kids read at different levels, and perhaps even more so 
if they are reading in a foreign language.  Are you discussing buying books in English for your son 
to read, or books from the classics that have been translated into Russian.

I believe that part of my job as a parent is to select reading material that will keep Robbie's 
interest.  Sure the classics are essential.  I'm not sure why exactly but I am sure they are.  ;) 
However equally important to me is simply that my child enjoys reading and does so.  As long as it 
is not harmful material, just the fact that he is reading provides the practice and the vocabulary 
building that comes with reading.

As a child I read a set of books that were widely available back in the day which were short stories 
from all around the world.  The child craft series of which this is one of about 20 or so in the 
collection.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Childcraft-Folk-Fairy-Tales-1949-GREAT_W0QQitemZ290356320868QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAntiquarian_Collectible?hash=item439a95da64

However I also read the "children's pulp fiction" such as The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew and the like. 
I read short story collections by the famous authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, Jules Verne and so 
forth.  And of course the encyclopedia.

While it wasn't literature, when I was 8 years old the Hardy Boys was one of my favorite reads and 
kept me with my nose in a book for hundreds of hours.

I just feel that to some extent it is the reading as much as the content itself which is important. 
  As long as you provide a wide variety of material, the child can always select something that 
interests him that day.

JMO of course.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
> Hi All,
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> I wanted to order some books in English from Amazon for my son.
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> Well, I should note my son is awaiting for several "Bakugan Battle Brawlers
> Game Single LOOSE Figures" to come delivered from Amazon not books - the
> kids are "crazy" about Bakugans here now and the best choice of these toys
> is currently presented on Amazon.
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> And I wanted to use this opportunity to buy some books together with
> Bakugans but not the very well known here books as e.g of the following
> classic authors
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> Jack London, 
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> Mark Twain, 
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> Rudyard Kipling, 
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> Astrid Lindgren,
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> Brothers Grimm,
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> Charles Perrault, 
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> Hans Christian Andersen, 
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> Lewis Carroll, 
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> Frank Baum,
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> Carlo Collodi, 
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> James Fennimore Cooper, 
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> Jules Verne, 
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> Arthur Conan Doyle
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> But some other more rare books your kids read there at age of 8.
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> Could you please advise such books?
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> Would "The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in
> English" by Jack Zipes (Editor), Lissa Paul (Editor), Lynne Vallone
> (Editor), Peter Hunt (Editor), Gillian Avery (Editor)  be a good choice now
> for me to read it with my son to get more informed about your children's'
> literature, and to purchase some more books  in the future?
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> Thank you.
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> Shamil
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