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badassfaerie

Book Plea...

Mar 02, 2009 07:59

So... I was thinking of starting a mini-book club type thing with some kids that I know... elementary aged girls, to get them maybe exposed to some more learning and the world outside of video games, the rural area in which they live and MTV/Disney culture ( Read more... )

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lilmymble March 2 2009, 14:20:42 UTC

Well, beverly cleary is usually a good place to start for girls of that age. There's not a lot of "classics" suited to girls that aren't dreadfully long and/or boring. Anne of green Gabes is one of my favorites, but I couldn't even get into the book until 7th/8th grade. The Mixed of Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is good.

badassfaerie March 4 2009, 04:06:21 UTC

What is the Mixed Files book about?

Beverly Cleary is tried and true... good thought.

I know... what is up with craptastic young chic-lit?

lilmymble March 4 2009, 15:07:41 UTC

Mixed up files is about a girl who decides to run away (with her brother) and live in the museum. and it's about how they hide out from the museum gaurds and explore the treasures (I think it's the MET), and there's mysteries to be solved, etc. Vale recently read it in school and enjoyed it as well, but the main character is a girl, so that's why I suggested it.

malterre March 2 2009, 15:08:58 UTC

I cheat, I use amazon guides and ask librarians :)

badassfaerie March 4 2009, 04:05:20 UTC

Heh. I cheated for LJ folk first... :)

bumblefreque March 3 2009, 00:08:37 UTC

spiderwick chronicles

anne of grreen gables

and one of our faves (although some people might not like the language ~ twit, nitwit, etc) the Clarice Bean series by Laurne Child. We laugh like crazy everytime we read them!

badassfaerie March 4 2009, 04:05:05 UTC

ooh yeah, Anne of Green Gables. I haven't read either of the others... I'll have to check them out!

seajelly March 3 2009, 14:33:07 UTC

this site has lots of reviews and lists. there's also a section for starting a reading group. i used to do this for a living and i'd have been able to do you better in the olden days, but i've been out of the public library youth dept since '97. hope this helps~*
http://www.kidsreads.com/lists/reading-lists.asp

badassfaerie March 4 2009, 04:04:13 UTC

Thanks!

melisagogo March 3 2009, 21:01:17 UTC

I second the Beverly Cleary suggestion. I grew up on the Ramona series and loved her.

Also, the Lemony Snickett series is right around that age group.

badassfaerie March 4 2009, 04:04:35 UTC

I did too... and I already have the Lemony Snicket..