What's your child reading?

[champ1966]

We all have know what we're reading,but what are our kids reading? Them budding SK fans, with all them fantastic books to choose from. I for one can't wait 'til my daughter's old enough to enjoy the Unca Stevie and other adult authors at her disposal.

At the moment she's enjoying Jacqueline Wilson's Bad Girls

 

[Flat Matt]

My three-year-old boy is quite keen on The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

My sixteen-year-old boy likes to hide himself away in his bedroom and doesn't like to be disturbed, but something tells me he isn't reading in there.

I suspect he might be enjoying some rather different "Bad Girls."

 

[skimom2]

LilMan got a George R.R. Martin's kids' book (The Ice Dragon) for Christmas, so he's been reading that and Gaiman's Odd and the Frost Giants (he finally got his own copy after checking it out from the library umpteen times). 20 is reading The Strain, 18 got Amanda Palmer's book (The Art of Asking) for Christmas, and 16 is reluctantly reading Candide for her history class.

 

[do1you9love?]

My daughter reads everything she can get her hands on, much to my delight. She loves mysteries. In 3rd grade it was The Capital Mysteries, then The 39 Clues and all their follow ups. She has plowed through all my old Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys.

She also loves Star Wars books and The Origami Yoda series. Lots of good writing out there for kiddos right now.

 

[ghost19]

My 10 year old on is on the sixth installment of a series called "Vampirates". From what I read of the plot, the vampires in this series don't have glittery hair and issues with Goth-wannabe girlfriends, so I immediately ok'd the series for him...

 

[GNTLGNT]

My three-year-old boy is quite keen on The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

My sixteen-year-old boy likes to hide himself away in his bedroom and doesn't like to be disturbed, but something tells me he isn't reading in there.

I suspect he might be enjoying some rather different "Bad Girls."

...hmmmm, I bet the apple didn't drop far from the family orchard...could explain why you've pseudo-died so often...

 

[kingricefan]

If I had kids they would probably be reading something like 'Why Your Parents Are So Embarrassing' or 'How To Teach Your Parents How To Use Their I-Phone' or 'How To Be Adopted In Three Easy Steps' or 'How To Become A Rapper In Three Easy Steps *Street Cred Optional*' or 'How To Get Your Own Reality Show'.....

 

[GNTLGNT]

...on the serious side, my boys are not avid readers-however, when they do read-they raid my SK collection....

 

[Kurben]

LilMan got a George R.R. Martin's kids' book (The Ice Dragon) for Christmas, so he's been reading that and Gaiman's Odd and the Frost Giants (he finally got his own copy after checking it out from the library umpteen times). 20 is reading The Strain, 18 got Amanda Palmer's book (The Art of Asking) for Christmas, and 16 is reluctantly reading Candide for her history class.

I felt the same way reading Candide the first time. I must have been her age i think. Also as an assiignment.

 

[krwhiting]

My 17 year old son is reading "Company Commander." He reads a lot of books out of my personal library - usually fantasy adventure stuff (a big fan of Drizzt for instance). But I gave him that one for his English class non-fiction reading requirement.

My 15 year old son fairly recently read Ambrose's "D-Day," I think. Because I'm making him.

My 14 year old daughter is reading the first volume of a series called "The Ranger's Apprentice." She picked it out Saturday at our local used book shop when I was getting several King paperbacks for my latest nosh. She writes stories. I have a stack of them that she's given me and I read and comment on. I once gave her a collection of M.R. James ghost stories and after reading the first one she brought it back and said, "Too much Dad. I can't sleep if I read that." I know the feeling. That guy was scary.

My 12 year old son is reading "E.M. Bounds on Prayer."

My youngest is reading Hardy Boys. Again, because I'm making him. So slowly and kicking as he does it.

My oldest son is out of the house. He's a Marine. Probably reading something I'd object to if I knew.

My oldest daughter, 18, isn't reading anything at the moment. She's too busy with her phone and boyfriend and getting ready to graduate to spend any time reading. Sadly. But she has read a lot in the past. More than most of the others. Though after I gave her "Wuthering Heights" to read she balked at any more of any of the Bronte sisters.

Kelly

 

[Dana Jean]

My 17 year old son is reading "Company Commander." He reads a lot of books out of my personal library - usually fantasy adventure stuff (a big fan of Drizzt for instance). But I gave him that one for his English class non-fiction reading requirement.

My 15 year old son fairly recently read Ambrose's "D-Day," I think. Because I'm making him.

My 14 year old daughter is reading the first volume of a series called "The Ranger's Apprentice." She picked it out Saturday at our local used book shop when I was getting several King paperbacks for my latest nosh. She writes stories. I have a stack of them that she's given me and I read and comment on. I once gave her a collection of M.R. James ghost stories and after reading the first one she brought it back and said, "Too much Dad. I can't sleep if I read that." I know the feeling. That guy was scary.

My 12 year old son is reading "E.M. Bounds on Prayer."

My youngest is reading Hardy Boys. Again, because I'm making him. So slowly and kicking as he does it.

My oldest son is out of the house. He's a Marine. Probably reading something I'd object to if I knew.

My oldest daughter, 18, isn't reading anything at the moment. She's too busy with her phone and boyfriend and getting ready to graduate to spend any time reading. Sadly. But she has read a lot in the past. More than most of the others. Though after I gave her "Wuthering Heights" to read she balked at any more of any of the Bronte sisters.

Kelly

I want to tease you so bad about how you need to read the book, "Cheaper by the Dozen." Good for you for encouraging their reading!

 

[SharonC]

I want to tease you so bad about how you need to read the book, "Cheaper by the Dozen." Good for you for encouraging their reading!

I still have a very well worn and frequently read copy of this on my bookshelf! I also have a DVD of the original movie with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy.

 

[skimom2]

My 14 year old daughter is reading the first volume of a series called "The Ranger's Apprentice."

My now 16 YO read that whole series a couple of years ago and really liked it! At that age , she also liked the Skulduggery Pleasant books and Michael Grant's Gone series (still re-reads that one on occasion)

 

[skimom2]

My 17 year old son is reading "Company Commander." He reads a lot of books out of my personal library - usually fantasy adventure stuff (a big fan of Drizzt for instance). But I gave him that one for his English class non-fiction reading requirement.

My 15 year old son fairly recently read Ambrose's "D-Day," I think. Because I'm making him.

My 14 year old daughter is reading the first volume of a series called "The Ranger's Apprentice." She picked it out Saturday at our local used book shop when I was getting several King paperbacks for my latest nosh. She writes stories. I have a stack of them that she's given me and I read and comment on. I once gave her a collection of M.R. James ghost stories and after reading the first one she brought it back and said, "Too much Dad. I can't sleep if I read that." I know the feeling. That guy was scary.

My 12 year old son is reading "E.M. Bounds on Prayer."

My youngest is reading Hardy Boys. Again, because I'm making him. So slowly and kicking as he does it.

My oldest son is out of the house. He's a Marine. Probably reading something I'd object to if I knew.

My oldest daughter, 18, isn't reading anything at the moment. She's too busy with her phone and boyfriend and getting ready to graduate to spend any time reading. Sadly. But she has read a lot in the past. More than most of the others. Though after I gave her "Wuthering Heights" to read she balked at any more of any of the Bronte sisters.

Kelly

Oh, and I picked books for my kids, too If they had a school assignment and hadn't picked a book on their own in a reasonable amount of time, mama chose. My oldest (now almost 21), a veteran procrastinator, read a whole lot of classics that way--lol

 

[danie]

13 yo is reading the 11th (I think) in the How to Train Your Dragon series.

 

[krwhiting]

Dana Jean: I have Cheaper by the Dozen and have read it, as have both my girls (but, interestingly, none of the boys - sort of like Little Women). We've also watched the movie referenced by SharonC. We dvr'd it some time back and everyone watched it. I also had to read it when I was a sophomore in high school.

Skimom, my 14 year old is very much her own personality (they all are but she has extremely distinct likes and dislikes). She loves old fairy tales and any book with dragons in it. I'll run those you mentioned by her and see if she bites. But I do assign books to read periodically. I've chosen many, though not all, of their school reading books. And I also sometimes just get a book I think they should read, hand it to them, and tell them to read it. I usually do that when the Sox are on so I'm controlling the tv (my wife, bless her, bought me MLB season ticket several years ago for my birthday so I get to watch the NESN broadcasts of the Sox all the way out here in Idaho), and I've banned them from their various electronic gizmos for a while. They whine about nothing to do so I get them a book. It's disappointing, but like reading, I can't get them into watching baseball.

Kelly

 

[Dana Jean]

Dana Jean: I have Cheaper by the Dozen and have read it, as have both my girls (but, interestingly, none of the boys - sort of like Little Women). We've also watched the movie referenced by SharonC. We dvr'd it some time back and everyone watched it. I also had to read it when I was a sophomore in high school.

Skimom, my 14 year old is very much her own personality (they all are but she has extremely distinct likes and dislikes). She loves old fairy tales and any book with dragons in it. I'll run those you mentioned by her and see if she bites. But I do assign books to read periodically. I've chosen many, though not all, of their school reading books. And I also sometimes just get a book I think they should read, hand it to them, and tell them to read it. I usually do that when the Sox are on so I'm controlling the tv (my wife, bless her, bought me MLB season ticket several years ago for my birthday so I get to watch the NESN broadcasts of the Sox all the way out here in Idaho), and I've banned them from their various electronic gizmos for a while. They whine about nothing to do so I get them a book. It's disappointing, but like reading, I can't get them into watching baseball.

Kelly

Has your 14 year old read Eyes of the Dragon?

 

[krwhiting]

Has your 14 year old read Eyes of the Dragon?

She has not. Though I have. It was my first introduction to Randall Flag. I read it before The Stand lo those many years ago.

 

[champ1966]

Has your 14 year old read Eyes of the Dragon?

At what age would you recommend introducing a child to Eyes of the Dragon DJ? Will be the first SK book I'll give to my daughter. I'm thinking maybe 13.

 

[krwhiting]

So my 15 year old boy got back from a wrestling tournament and was heading to bed and noticed the book I was reading: Everything's Eventual. He asked if I was done with Salem's Lot and when I said yes, asked if he could read it. So he'll be the first to read a King book. I'll be interested to see how he likes it.

Kelly