Reading books - not the best choice for my granddaughter.

[Gemini]

My granddaughter has been a 'free reader'since reception year, as she galloped through all the reading stages. She is allowed to take herself off and choose her books.
This week she came home with the 2nd part of Roald Dahls autobiography. SIL read the description on the back and advised GD it wasn't really suitable for her at her age. She will be 7 next month.

She loves Roald Dahl, so it is understandable that she chose it. SIL had read part 1 of Dahls autobiography, about his childhood, so knew it was suitable. He had a word at school and her book was changed for the first part.
Hopefully the teacher will check her choices in future.

Just because a child is able to read something, doesn't mean they should!

[ZIZI]

Reading was always something I was very good at as a child, and of course now as an adult I love reading. When I was about nine we were living in Berlin (forces family) and I took home Pride and Prejudice from the school library. Part of the reason was that it felt and smelt lovely as I remember but also I loved the words. My dear dad went bonkers and snatched the book off me which really upset me. He said it was a totally unsuitable book for my age and insisted on taking it back to the school himself and complaining. In those days and in that place it was most unusual for that to happen. I think "advised" was probably his version of what happened.......

I did did read the book later in life and it remains one of my favourites although I must admit I haven't read it for a while. Husband does not understand reading a book twice, says what is the point if you know the end? Well we won't watch Titanic or Mama Mia again then will we?

[Gemini]

I love re reading books Zizi. My OH can't understand it either.

[Nanto2girls]

Never read any of the classics. When I have read books,it was always true stories.

[Grauntie Mag]

I never read a book twice, there are so many to read!
I bought a festive dot-to-dot book in the children's book department of a local store for a child's Christmas stocking one year. It was a good job I flicked through it first, it was erotic for adults! 😳

[Gemini]

My OH had hardly read any of the classics Nan2. When I was at home reading as a child, she was climbing trees, making dens and roaming the countryside
Recently she has read Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Woman in White, and a couple of others, and has enjoyed them.

[Enfys]

I too love re-reading books. It's like revisiting old friends, but lots of people just don't get it. I have always loves reading, can't be without a book or two on the go. DD is not a great reader but DS is and now DGS, both of them, are the same.

[aggie]

When i was about 9 or 10 I was reading Daphne Du Maurier , no one said they were too advanced for me .Only DS2 is not a reader in our lot , he reads the paper from the back , if you get my drift. One DGD has just taken off reading , she has a book on the go upstairs another downstairs and a spare in her Schoolbag for play time , she gets dragged out for some play time though !I think you could have read Pride and Prejudice and probably enjoyed it

[Gemini]

The problem with the Dahl autobiography, part 2, was something on the back cover about the charred remnants of skeleton dangling from a tree, for starters. As we are talking about a little girl not yet 7, this just isn't suitable! She also told me there were naughty words ' not swear words, but naughty words'. I have no idea what those were!!

[Daisy]

Gem - it's great that your GD enjoys reading so much, but if the second part of RD's autobiography is in a junior school library perhaps the Librarian needs to check content more carefully.

My GD1 is off the reading scheme and she's enjoying RD's books a lot - currently James and the Giant Peach.

[Oma]

I love to re read books , I have several I have read sometimes 3 times , I skim read so I like to re read them as often there are bits I have missed or forgotten. My children were both avid readers my DD still is but my DS never picks a book up now . Up till his teens he devoured books read anything he could . You do have to be careful what children read I remember G'S 1 bringing a book home about facts of life that was meant for year 9. He was In nursery at the time , teacher had no idea how it got into the nursery library.