tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post9166731214374391424..comments2023-04-13T13:19:51.726+01:00Comments on Life happens between books: The Post That Vanished... spooky...!Lucy Fishwifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-82969635548378180162008-06-13T07:16:00.000+01:002008-06-13T07:16:00.000+01:00Our boy Ben is a good reader and advanced for his ...Our boy Ben is a good reader and advanced for his age... but emotionally he just wouldn't be able to cope with older books. However we've got round it by buying him lots of encyclopaedia type books which stretch him a bit without scaring the pants of him. His current favourite is an encyclopaedia of Bionicles. When I try to read it I wonder if <I>my</I> reading age has fallen behind what it used to be...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-42869663061719734492008-06-12T12:54:00.000+01:002008-06-12T12:54:00.000+01:00I know exactly what you mean - I think kids instin...I know exactly what you mean - I think kids instinctively know what they're ready for and what will give them nightmares. And there's so much well-written and uncondescending kids' stuff around these days they don't need to be overwhelmed! I worry that when/if they bring in the suggested compulsory age-rating on books it might put a lot of kids off reading things that may SAY "8-10years" when it's still enjoyable by older (and possibly younger) children...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-31295722276445065692008-06-12T12:45:00.000+01:002008-06-12T12:45:00.000+01:00Oh that's a bit weird - spooky indeed. Probably O...Oh that's a bit weird - spooky indeed. Probably Osama himself - he thought you were on to him.<BR/><BR/>My sons have always been advanced readers (well two of them - my youngest takes about half an hour to work out that c-a-t spells cat) and I have always let them read anything they choose. It always amazes me that they don't choose anything inappropriate - they go for books featuring boys of much the same age that they are. But other people make horrendous choices with regard to books for them - my MIL bought my 11-year-old a book recently that was surely aimed at a late teen. Fortunately he read about two pages and then put it down and has not picked it up again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1352411146204226127.post-61549620345933500912008-06-12T12:15:00.000+01:002008-06-12T12:15:00.000+01:00Hi there RB - oddly it published my post as if I'd...Hi there RB - oddly it published my post as if I'd written it on May 15th. So I had to find it in the archives. Freakish. Go figure.Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.com