Sunday, July 11, 2010

Our first complete novel

Bear and I have started novels in the past, but never finished them for a variety of reasons.  We're at the beach right now and just got through George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl.  I purposely chose a short novel (88 pages).  We finished it in two sittings.  Bear thoroughly enjoyed it.  In the story, George makes a medicine for his grandma to hopefully rid her of her grouchiness. A whole bunch of fantastical things happen to grandma when she takes her medicine.

Typical of Roald Dahl, this book is very exaggerated.  I'm not sure I liked it through the lens of a parent because of some of the word choices (stupid, hag, shut up), but I just changed those to more "appropriate-for-us" words as I read aloud.  I can see its appeal through the lens of a child however.  I remember really enjoyed other Roald Dahl books as a child. 

I think we're going to try The Boxcar Children next.

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4 comments:

  1. Mommy MomentJuly 11, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    The Boxcar children are great! I actually have them on hold at the library!

    Reading is so FUN! My 4 year old loves our cuddle/reading time and always tells me it is her favorite part of the day!

    Jody

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  2. JenJuly 11, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    My daughter's first novel (at around 2.5) was "My Father's Dragon". She loved it and still talks about it!

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  3. NicolemikoJuly 11, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Atira's first unabridged novel was Charlotte's Web. (I love E.B. White) We just finished the Trumpet of the Swan and the Boxcar Children! Bear will love it. We are on #2 Surprise Island in the Boxcar series. Atira keeps asking when we are going to get to the mystery. hehe.

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  4. Natalie PlanetSmartyJuly 12, 2010 at 12:13 PM

    Thanks for joining WMCIR! Word replacements wouldn't have worked for us, but I am thinking of starting Little House read-alouds here. It's great that Bear enjoyed her first novel, it sure will be one of the very many :)

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