Weekend reading

[nanila]

What are you planning to read this weekend? Everything counts! Menus, maps and mysteries included.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

I'm most of the way through the weekend, and have kind of achieved what I wanted to, which was to finish at least one book on the bedside table - finished "Curious Magic" by Elisabeth Beresford, which I was reading aloud to the kids, until each of them snuck off with it to finish, because we weren't going fast enough! Have now read the last two chapters, and quite enjoyed it.

There are still six books on the bedside table. Tonight I'll put another one on (how many can I get down to by the end of the week!), but i'll probably rotate a couple that are there, because I haven't been reading them. I would like to have read more of the R graphics book, and I should get at least 50 emails dealt with (across three accounts and two computers)

[nanila]

May I ask what level Curious Magic is pitched at? I have the feeling that since it's got chapters it's probably still a bit beyond my toddler but would like to keep it in reserve if it's suitable for 4-5 year olds as a bedtime thing to read out loud.

I hope your weekend reading has gone well!

[fred_mouse]

I'd guess it is pitched at middle-primary/reasonably confident readers. I would guess that an eight or nine year old, reading at age level, would have no problem.

As a read-aloud, I can see it being fine for some 4-5 year olds. However, I didn't read chapter books to mine at that age, so I don't have a baseline, but I know that other people read The Hobbit to that age child, and this would be easier to follow.

[nanila]

*nodding* Thank you. We're trying The BFG at the moment and that's going surprisingly well. Possibly because of all the silly voices I have for the characters. :P The Hobbit is queued up next.

[fred_mouse]

I do voices for all the characters in everything! Reading 'Monstrous Regiment' at the moment, and having a great deal of fun. And yes, if the BFG is going down well, then I would expect this one to go similarly.