During the school holidays the six-year-old boy devoured a bunch of books in a matter of days, and I was wondering what was suitable to read next. While he will still read picture books sometimes, he generally finishes them in minutes and rarely goes back to them. He is definitely in the chapter book phase. But he has already read all of his Roald Dahl and The Thirteen Storey Treehouse series multiple times. On recommendation I decided to try out Tintin. It's not something I read as a child, but I know of many others who did.
When we started reading Explorers on the Moon, I could tell that he was captivated. He didn't want the story to stop, and when I asked him over the next couple of days if he wanted to read more, the answer was always yes.
For a comic strip book, it is quite a long story and involves several characters. It's a little old-fashioned in parts, but that didn't seem to deter his overall enjoyment of it.
He has already looked at the other books in the series, and I have a feeling we will be reading quite a few more.
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When I went to school we had two "camps", the Tintin and the Asterix & Obelix camp. While most prefered one or the other, there were a few who read and enjoyed both. It might be worth showing him a few Asterix & Obelix reads as well.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. Will definitely have to check out. Thanks for the tip!
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