Personal Favourites
Posted by Sadie , Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:20 AM
My personal favourite books are ones I grew up with, or I have recently found. For the youngest of us, (and I'm talking 1- 3) I love Bonton's 15 Animals, as well as the classic Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, more obscurely I love Anton Can Do Magic by Konnecke and Fly me to the moon by Roberts. For the children a little bit older, and better with their books authors like Babett Cole, Graham Base, Colin Thompson, Stephen Micheal King, Mem Fox, Giles Andrea and Ian Whybrow (for the Dinosaur fans), cannot be looked past, every child should have seen at least one of these authors growing up . I got a copy of Graham Bases Animalia and Eleventh Hour when I was about 5 years old, and 15 years later I am still trying to find the little boy and all the mice, his books transcend the age barrier, and I could never speak more highly of them.
Now for my personal Favourite for the first readers, I am a big fan of the Usbourne first readers series, not only does it get them into reading early with simple and easy to read books with large font, but they start with the classics all the parents know. No longer is it a chore to teach a child to read (and believe you me i know a few people who think it is) but pleasure, as the adults know all of these stories and can enjoy them with their child while introducing them into the world of adult classic stories, and let us not forget these are Classic stories, for a reason people!
Once they get over that last hurdle there is the larger and longer series (now up to 91 books in some cases) for the younger readers so as they pick up speed and it gets easier and easier for them to read, they can read a set of books that they are comfortable with, without making them feel like a baby. These are full chapter books, and most of the schools in my area award points for every chapter read, so not only are they learning to read and enjoy the world created within a book, but they are being rewarded for it.
Series like the Zac Power series from H.I Larry, are graded similar to the Usbourne series so the younger boys have something particularly boyish to read, but also for them is the Spiderwick Chronicles, and the Beast Quest Series. For the little girls, there is the Rainbow Magic series from Daisey Meadows, The Tiara Club by French, The Magic Ballerina by Darcy Brussel (who was a real ballerina!), Judy Moody is also there for the girls who want something more down to earth like the Go Girls series, which is done by a group of different authors all of whom have books for older children or in the same age range.
Well this is it for now, but never fear we have 3 more age ranges of my personal favourites to get through before I even think of reviewing anything yet.
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