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(Msg. 46) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:58 am
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Kat Hein wrote:
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> Yes, I've read some of the juvenile Heinleins, as an adult, and they
are
> good. Plus the Wrede's, Diane Duane's (In her blog today, she
announced
> that SHE is writing a screenplay for So You Want To Be a Wizard-
WOOHOO!)
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(Msg. 47) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:46 pm
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:39:30 -0500, Tristaan <tristaanus RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
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>There is that. Frankly, for us, it seems ABnormal for any kid
>NOT to be reading as good as Charis...
Know what you mean, Tris. BTDT, got the kids to prove it! I remember
what a stretch it was to find appropriate, challenging reading
material when the girls were younger! Now (aged 10 and 12) it's a
fair bit easier ... except that my girls are FUSSY about what they
read and won't read 'just anything'.
Athena is tackling Lord Of The Rings, interspersed with PTerry when
she gets bogged down in the language. Ishtar is reading her way
through the few Oz books I own (Wizard of, not Australiana), plus
Little House series which she adores, especially the ones about
Laura's daughter Rose.
>...and Talia is learning now, too. Reading simple sight words
>("the", "on", "no", "and", "etc") as well as phonically starting
>to sound out new words (like, at breakfast the other
>day..."Ssss....yyyy....rrr...uuu....ppppp")
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>Tristaan
<nodding> I remember my girls going through that strong pre-reading
phase around 3 or so. It made Mummy (and Daddy) very proud but their
teachers hated it because they were already so far ahead of their
classmates when they started in Reception.
Our next challenge is High School which Athena will start in January
of 2008...
Welcome home, Boss. I've kept the kitchen running while you've been
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(Msg. 48) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:54 pm
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In article <rsxrh.33731$QU1.17937@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net>,
Kat Hein <katenigma00.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I also can HIGHLY recommend Patricia Wrede/Caroline Stevermer's new-ish
> series. I just read the 3rd (latest) book and stayed up into the wee
> hours to finish it. (Yes, I admit it, some of my tastes are the same as
> your average 6 yr old.)
I share books now with my 7-year old 
My 10-year-old would LOVE some of the books on my sci-fi/fantasy
bookshelf, but unfortunately he is at an age where anything Mommy
recommends is immediately sent to the reject pile.
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(Msg. 49) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:56 pm
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In article <79zrh.12467$yx6.149@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
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> If she likes horses, Walter Farley's Black Stallion books... I
> think there is actually a wide body of "girl and her horse"
> literature that would be quite mellow, adult-material-wise. I
> recall plowing through bajillions of those books at around that age.
The only problem with reading those books is that you might not want to
give her ideas, unless you actually have room to keep a horse in the
future...
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(Msg. 50) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:31 pm
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In article <LmPrh.12803$yx6.8412@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net>
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> >> Oh, and for your impossible-to-find suggestion, the dog books
> >> by Albert Payson Terhune are great for young girls. All
> >> novels with a dog (or set of dogs) as the main characters...
> >> A lot of Heroic Collies saving Beloved Owners. Ok, not as
> >> impossible to find as they used to be. Amazon lists some
> >> modern reprints.
>
> (Replying to self) Oh, and a friend of mine used to adore the
> books about a vet in the UK... All Creatures Great and Small?
> Something like that. More doggies and whatnot.
My daugther loved the Terhune books I ordered for her last fall (she's
really into dogs right now). The James Herriot books were a little too
hard for her last year, but it's probably time to try them again (All
Creature Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things
Wise and Wonderful, and The Lord God Made Them All).
She is reading the Harry Potter books right now. She started Half Blood
Prince yesterday--soon we'll be able to talk freely again (keeping her
brother from discussing in front of her what happened at the end of that
book has been a chore).
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(Msg. 51) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:25 pm
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Purrt wrote:
> Kat Hein wrote:
> <snippage hath occurred>
>> Yes, I've read some of the juvenile Heinleins, as an adult, and they
> are
>> good. Plus the Wrede's, Diane Duane's (In her blog today, she
> announced
>> that SHE is writing a screenplay for So You Want To Be a Wizard-
> WOOHOO!)
>
> WOOHOO seconded! Wow! Yippee! Happy ghatta dance!
>
She further clarified that she has been in discussions with "a major
Hollywood entity" who have a good track record and she feels has the
right attitude towards the project. They wanted a screenplay, so she's
written one and is now tweaking the first draft before she submits the
second one to them.
Assuming they like it and the project goes forward she predicts late
2009 into 2010 as when it would likely hit the theaters.
But I'm so thrilled that there is interest and that she's writing the
screenplay herself.
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(Msg. 52) Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:16 pm
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> Nesbit's Five Children and It series! I also like her Railway Children-
> they remind me a lot of the Five Little Peppers.
>
> And of course, the whole slew of Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume books.
My problem with Beverly Cleary is that why on earth would I want to take
a child who is reading at an advanced level, learning great grammar and
vocabulary, and give them stuff with barely literate sentence structure
and lots of not-quite-right words? (Unless I'm thinking of some other
author-- Junie B Jones?)
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(Msg. 53) Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:05 am
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Edna wrote:
> In article <79zrh.12467$yx6.149@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" wrote:
>
>>If she likes horses, Walter Farley's Black Stallion books... I
>>think there is actually a wide body of "girl and her horse"
>>literature that would be quite mellow, adult-material-wise. I
>>recall plowing through bajillions of those books at around that age.
>
>
> The only problem with reading those books is that you might not want to
> give her ideas, unless you actually have room to keep a horse in the
> future...
Yeah, ok, parents are running the risk that they will need to both
research and explain zoning laws. Unless they actually live in an
area zoned for rural activities, in which case they will need to
research the costs attendant on owning a horse and compare them to
the hours of work it would take to pay those costs.
Details, details.
(Or parents could take my father's approach, and Just Say No.
Kids get told "no" a lot; they're kinda used to it.)
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"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" <"m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]"@earthlink.net>
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> Edna wrote:
> > In article <79zrh.12467$yx6.149@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> > "m_thomas[movies_in_LoTR]" wrote:
> >
> >>If she likes horses, Walter Farley's Black Stallion books... I
> >>think there is actually a wide body of "girl and her horse"
> >>literature that would be quite mellow, adult-material-wise. I
> >>recall plowing through bajillions of those books at around that age.
> >
> >
> > The only problem with reading those books is that you might not want to
> > give her ideas, unless you actually have room to keep a horse in the
> > future...
>
> Yeah, ok, parents are running the risk that they will need to both
> research and explain zoning laws. Unless they actually live in an
> area zoned for rural activities, in which case they will need to
> research the costs attendant on owning a horse and compare them to
> the hours of work it would take to pay those costs.
>
> Details, details.
>
> (Or parents could take my father's approach, and Just Say No.
> Kids get told "no" a lot; they're kinda used to it.)
That was my parents' approach
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(Msg. 55) Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:21 am
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>> Tristaan (remembers a certain young ogre who used to keep a
>> flashlight under his covers...)
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> Didn't everyone????
For a while, then mom figured it was cheaper to by a bed lamp than to
buy batteries. And it was my brother who 'borrowed' it and try to burn
the house down, not me!!
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>> I also can HIGHLY recommend Patricia Wrede/Caroline Stevermer's new-ish
>> series. I just read the 3rd (latest) book and stayed up into the wee
>> hours to finish it. (Yes, I admit it, some of my tastes are the same as
>> your average 6 yr old.)
>
> I share books now with my 7-year old
>
> My 10-year-old would LOVE some of the books on my sci-fi/fantasy
> bookshelf, but unfortunately he is at an age where anything Mommy
> recommends is immediately sent to the reject pile.
Would telling him they are too 'grownup' for him work?
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:50:44 -0600, Bookwyrm stomped through my
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>Tristaan wrote:
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>> Tristaan (remembers a certain young ogre who used to keep a
>> flashlight under his covers...)
>
>Didn't everyone????
I would think so... but hey, I'm weird too...
Tristaan
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:56:15 -0800, Edna stomped through my brain
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>The only problem with reading those books is that you might not want to
>give her ideas, unless you actually have room to keep a horse in the
>future...
LOL Yeah, she just MIGHT want a horse... although, she gets farm
exposure at my parents place and that seems to feed the need.
Tristaan (whose parents live smack dab in the middle of Amish
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:06:17 -0800, Rhino 7 stomped through my
brain with:
>>That's one of the challenges we're currently facing... finding
>>reading material for her that will exercise her abilities, even
>>stretch them a bit, but still be age appropriate material. It's
>>not as easy as one might think.
>
>May I recommend the entire 30+ book Oz series?
Well, we've read the first one. Just need to start hunting down
the others....
BTW, Hiya, Boss!
Tristaan (getting back to the cataloguing... work, work, work)
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:31:52 -0600, SAMK stomped through my brain
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>I understand absolutely! Try Tamora Pierce, if you can. Her stuff is
>great, and while it does occasionally have boy/girl things, it's never
>too intense. I just recommended them to my brother for his daughter--
>he's in the same situation. Also, if you can get them, Erin Hunter's
>Warriors series. Wild cats with personalities. And Pat Wrede.
>Especially the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, which include Speaking to
>Dragons, Calling on Dragons, Dealing with Dragons and one other...
>listed in no particular order. Lloyd Alexander, the Prydain Chronicles
>are ones I loved, but I think most of his stuff is good. Brian Jacques'
>Redwall series will really challenge her vocabulary and while there are
>battles, the good guys always win and they're all animals.
Ah, yes! Redwall and Prydain. I think I'll give those a shot.
I have the original Redwall book and I used to be hooked on
Prydain after I saw the Disney attempt at "The Black Cauldron".
Tristaan
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