by StoneMarshall | Oct 20, 2014 | parent-news |
For any parent of a child who’d rather be outside kicking a football than inside reading a book, book selection can be a fine art. You can try fantasy, you can try mystery but often they drift wide of the goalposts, so to speak. My own 11-year-old son is one of these boys. A few years ago I stumbled across Michael Wagner’s books, Maxx Rumble Cricket. It was a compendium of eight smaller books rolled into one, a season full of stories and statistics about a young cricket team. It was the first book he read cover to cover. Now, with more regularity than a Glenn McGrath over, it makes an appearance at the start of each cricket season, to be read again.
via Reluctant readers get in the game with books about sport.
by StoneMarshall | Oct 19, 2014 | parent-news |
Bob Shea: In celebration of the publication of our comedic dinosaur-tinged western, Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads Lane and I were asked to recommend excellent books every boy is sure to love.
Lane Smith: There’s only one problem, all boys are different. Who are these boys? I don’t know these boys. One might be into tales of high speed rail travel while another might love nothing more than a good ol’ yarn of the mischievous and colorful Fiddler Crab.
Bob Shea: This was clear when I attempted to foist Harry Potter on my son. He took one look and said, “Pass!”
“Why?” I said, “Kids your age go nuts for this stuff! It’s got ghosts and monsters, and
THERE’S A MOVIE! Fall in line, son.”
“Yeah, but none of that stuff really happened. Peddle your lies somewhere else,” he said. Then we read Diary of a Plausibly Wimpy Kid again for the five hundredth time.
I was just glad he was reading. So the book every boy should read? Whatever they want. As long as they are reading. That’s the trick. So you can pretty much ignore this list right now.
Lane Smith: But if you’re still reading, we put together our 7 Picks Every Boy Should Read, but don’t have to if they don’t feel like it. Also, girls are more than welcome to read any of these titles, just be discreet.
via 7 Books That Will Get Young Boys Reading | Bob Shea.
by StoneMarshall | Oct 18, 2014 | parent-news |
struggling and reluctant readers need reading support and interventions – ideas, activities, and tips
via (4) Struggling Readers on Pinterest.
by StoneMarshall | Oct 17, 2014 | parent-news |
There’s a new, unlikely hero for young boys who are struggling or reluctant readers.
The “Alien Dude!” book series debuted earlier this year and recently released its second book, “Alien Dude! Mr. Evil Potato Man and the Food Fight.” The author, south Charlotte resident Beth Smith, will visit the Barnes & Noble Arboretum location’s educators’ fair. The event takes place Saturday, Oct. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon at the 3327 Pineville-Matthews Road store.
via Alien Dude making a home with readers | South Charlotte Weekly.
by StoneMarshall | Oct 17, 2014 | parent-news |
This week is all about celebrating and sharing the diverse books we love and also asking questions about why there aren’t more of them around! Here’s what we’ve got planned
via Why we’re holding a diversity in children’s book week | Children’s books | theguardian.com.
by StoneMarshall | Oct 16, 2014 | parent-news |
Recently, the movie industry has adopted the tactic of translating classic children’s stories into films. “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Ramona and Beezus” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” are all based on children’s books that, though they are decades old, have come to grace the silver screen within the past three years. Now, filmmakers have incorporated “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” originally a picture book by Judith Viorst from 1972, into this modern tradition of updating classic kids’ stories into films. The resulting movie is thankfully neither terrible nor horrible.
via ‘Alexander’ struggles with targeted audience | The Daily Californian.
