Still thinking about my list of twelve books every kid should read (see post below). All day there’s been a list of my favourite children’s books scrolling through my head. I haven’t narrowed it to a list of twelve yet, but I’m getting closer. In the picture book category, I’d love to include Ca-a-r Ca-a-a-a-r by Geoff Havel, because it’s the book I most often recommend to people. It is simply
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The West Australian newspaper today devoted its whole page three to articles related to children’s books – hip hip hooray! As well as a piece about what JK Rowling is up to, and another about Paddington Bear, the big feature of the page is titled 12 books your kids must read before they turn 12. You can read the article online by clicking on the link, but unfortunately the online version does
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I'm surprised to see Lockie Leonard for the under 12's. I taught it to a class of year 9's (15 year olds) and some of them found it uncomfortable in parts, in terms of content.
I agree Joh - I love this book but wasn't sure that it was something 'every' 12 year old should have read - for me it's a year 9 book, and when I taught it to year 9 (many moons ago - when it was newly published) they loved it. I think some 12 year olds could read and enjoy it comfortably but not necessarily all.