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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
That was my question, although the broader topic is a fine one, too.
My son is enjoying Calvin & Hobbes right now, though I suspect most of it is way over his head. I'm wondering if Charlotte's Web is worth a go.
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Of course you realize you will have to have "the talk" (no you pervs, not THAT talk) about death -- but I suppose it's not a bad way to introduce it. I remember my teacher reading it to my class in first grade (public school), where most the kids are six. So, as we all have academically gifted children, and needn't trouble ourselves with the LCD problem, at least two years prior, wouldn't you say?
Along with Magic Treehouse, another pretty good series for easing into chapter books is the Magic Schoolbus. If your child is interested in a particular subject, they probably have a MS book about it.
I should point out here that I had to cut off reading Magic Treehouse, because they are actually pretty lame stories (for me, that is -- he rather liked "Night of the Ninjas" -- basically anything that involves hand-to-hand combat, he's up for).
But Junie B. Jones is really funny for parent and child.
