I agree! Reading should be a pleasure regardless of one's abilities.
We had a fifth grader who frequently visited the high school library to borrow
books her mother suggested, and I wondered what she would read when she would be in
high school. During those years, she read books many students would not even touch.
If this girl likes mysteries, how about the Stevie Diamond series by Linda Bailey?
They are entertaining and humorous as well as being good whodunits. The Keepers
trilogy by Jackie French Koller is popular among fantasy aficionadoes.
Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
basyak10@hotmail.com
> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 07:11:50 -0700> From: bengvall@MAC.COM> Subject: Re: ELEM:
>Fiction for an 8-yr. old - recommendations> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> > Well
>said...I have a group of boys around the same age who are just > finishing up A
>Series of Unfortunate Events....if she likes that kind > of sarcastic reading.
>Also, Sisters Grimm by Buckley is one of my new > hot series. Don't forget the
>Beverly Cleary books! Oh, Naylor's > Hatfords and Malloys....aka Boys start the
>war ...> > FWIW, my Anastasia books just don't move...I keep recommending them >
>and they just sit....so they are being weeded out and will probably go > so a
>classroom.> > > ****************************> Barb Engvall> =^..^=> >
>Teacher-Librarian> John Campbell Elem> Selah, WA> macbarb@charter.net>
>http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm> > On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Gail Smith
>wrote:> > > This teacher seems to be falling into the trap that is so common > >
>among the> > parents of gifted children--or advanced readers--which is to think >
>> that a> > child must always be reading on the upper end of their reading > >
>ability.> > Especially for recreational reading, it is much better to allow a > >
>child more> > leeway in selecting what interests them. I have taught reading in a
>> > gifted> > school program for 15 years and find that the children will pick > >
>books from> > a variety of reading levels but are more concerned with content
>that> > interests them. I understand that we want the children to be > >
>challenged in> > school to continue their educational growth, but reading just for
>> > fun needs> > to be encouraged also. Most school librarians enjoy reading > >
>children's or> > young adult literature that no one could claim is on their
>"reading > > level",> > and children should, in my opinion, be given the same kind
>of choice > > of> > materials and levels.> >> > That being said, I would suggest
>Chasing Vermeer and sequels by Blue> > Balliett, the Anastasia Krupnik series by
>Lois Lowry, Anne of Green > > Gables> > series, and Nancy Drew,(my students who
>have a preference choose the> > original old ones).> >> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at
>7:40 AM, Tish Carpinelli <carpinellit@lcmrschools.com > > >> > wrote:> >> >> Hi
>all-> >>> >> I have a teacher whose daughter (8 yrs. old and reading on a 6th > >>
>grade> >> level) is having a hard time finding books. Her mom wants the books > >>
>to be> >> on> >> a reading level appropriate for her, but with age-appropiateness
>(for> >> instance, the girl's class just finished reading Stargirl, which > >>
>wasn't> >> what> >> she wanted the type of material she wanted her daughter
>reading > >> yet). I'm> >> in> >> a high school, so I've kind of lost touch with
>the elementary > >> books. Any> >> suggestions?> >>> >>> >>> >> Tish Carpinelli,
>Media Specialist> >>> >> Lower Cape May Regional H.S.> >>> >> Cape May, NJ> >>> >>
>carpinellit@lcmrschools.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>
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