Originally Posted by
magnoliaparadise
My kid (10) has resisted reading Percy Jackson for awhile now - kept saying it was too scary. Last night, I finally started reading it to her with the hope that it would get her hooked - and it worked - I noticed this morning that she wouldn't stop reading it before school... but then something very scary happened (in the first 50 pages no less) and she told me about it and was upset and didn't want to bring it to school... so I'm thinking she might not continue Percy Jackson after all and that series!! I think it looks like a great series and umm, myself am hooked from last night, so I am so disappointed!!
Yeah, his math teacher turns into a monster in the first 50 pages. It didn't bother my DD - that was kind of the point when she got hooked, and we've visited the Met a few times since she turned 6.
Mine has even been doing extra reading about Greek mythology to help her understand what's going on.
Even if your DD1 is too skittish right now to finish the series, I highly recommend that you do! (I've read them several times over myself, which is why I'm OK reading them to/with my DD.)
About the Hobbit - we haven't tried that so I might do this with her. You are pretty ambitious reading these to an 8 year old!
I have a fully-illustrated edition of The Hobbit. It's fairly good (illustrator is Jemima Catlin; there are a bunch.)
There are some Very Scary bits, though - goblins, wargs, giant spiders, Gollum ... and that's even before you meet the dragon! - so she might not be ready for it yet.
I was running out of stuff for my DD to read or have read to her.
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
"Make mistakes! Get messy!" - Miss Frizzle