Reading
Stuck what book to give your child next?
Below is some useful information to help!
Here are some of Mr. Lavin's Top Tips!
- Remember the Classics (There is a reason they have been popular for so long and you will find great enjoyment sharing one of your favourite stories from The Golden, Olden Days!)
- Find a Favourite Author (Many children like to collect things - why not collect the titles of an author they particularly like? I was mad on exotic animals as a child, so the globe-trotting adventures of Hal and Roger Hunt in the stories by Willard Price were perfect for me!)
- Make Poetry a Passion (For some children, reading a whole novel can be quite daunting but dipping into anthologies of poems can serve as a wonderful smorgasbord! )
10 popular books for children in Year 4 (ages 8-9 years):
Groosham Grange (part of the Horowitz Wickedly Funny Collection) - Anthony Horowitz
Mr Stink - David Walliams
Matilda - Roald Dahl
Kaspar Prince of Cats - Michael Morpurgo
The Long Haul (part of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid collection) - Jeff Kinney
Hamish and Neverpeople - Danny Wallace
Yes! No (Maybe...) - Tom Gates
Violet and the Hidden Treasure - Harriet Whitehorn
There's a Dragon in My Dinner - Tom Nicoll
The Cat who came in off the Roof - Annie Schmidt
Useful websites which offer advice on children's books:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/23/recommended-reads-children-8-10
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/year-4
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/booklists/243/
http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/genre/9/9-plus-readers.html