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Parents - Special Cases - Case One The Child of 5 or 6 who can read everything. The idea is - with such an early start, the reader can acquire a background of culture and information against which to develop interests. In this case, the parents and teachers have entirely different tasks and agendas. Learning to read has already been accomplished. Now the task is to find good books that a child of 6 would be interested in reading. I really hate the words appropriate and suitable because they convey all the wrong messages. The emphasis should be on stories that would interest a child of 6 with unusually ability. Here are a few: Mary Poppins The Wizard of Oz The Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, etc. Fairy Books Book of Greek Mythology Outrageous Women of Ancient Times The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson The Poetry of Joan Anglund Wallop and Whizz and the Bottle of Fizz A word of introduction to Dorling Kindersley books. They are always superbly illustrated, factually accurate, and very informative. Whatever the subject, their style of presentation is particularly appealing to young people. They are frankly "gorgeous". Ideal for the precocious reader. A Street Through Time A Young Person's Guide to Philosophy A word of introduction to Usborne books. As with the Dorling Kindersley books, these, too, are excellent in their style of presentation and factual content. Well illustrated, well written, these too are ideal for the precocious reader. World Geography World History World Religions NOTE: No! Harry Potter really isn't of interest to a 6 year old. Why? The plots revolve around life in an English Prep School. The central character is 11 in book 1 and gets a year older in each succeeding book. The plots are reasonably realistic so I don't think that the problems of an 11 year old boy would interest a 6 year old. |
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