Timeline for A children's book that takes 25 minutes to read out loud - is it too long?
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| Oct 18, 2018 at 20:15 | comment | added | Tyler S. Loeper | I think reading books at 4 years old on your own is not representative of the general population. At 8 years old some kids will read books on their own however I think that the majority will be kids who can, but won't for pleasure. Lets remember to keep perspective since most people answering on this exchange will be avid readers. That said a picture book that is not super long might be an excellent entry book for kids a little younger (2nd grade, 1st grade? depending on the complexity of the content). | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 19:27 | comment | added | NKCampbell | @ArcanistLupus - I always figured the dwarves stand-ins for atheists, not the Jewish faith, but after doing a little reading (because of this conversation), I do see where some people have read them as both ways - so yeah, up to the interpretation of the reader/family and something good to be aware of. | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 19:18 | comment | added | Arcanist Lupus | @NKCampbell this particular allegory was brought to you by the dwarves that get stuck in the stables. (The allegory never occurred to me before this conversation, but in hindsight it's obvious. ) | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 17:59 | comment | added | NKCampbell | Yikes - I don't remember that last part! I figured the last book was just as on the nose as the Lion/Witch/Wardrobe in terms of the allegory, but yeah...I can understand that. Thanks - was just curious :) | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 17:14 | comment | added | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | @NKCampbell Because I'm a Jew, from a Jewish family. The Last Battle is very explicit about the Christian content, including Jews being denied heaven. | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 17:05 | comment | added | NKCampbell | fascinated to know why The Last Battle would be considered inappropriate for an 8-yr old who had read the rest of the series, as well as the other books listed (especially Peter Pan lol) | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 13:41 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @GuntramBlohm: "4 years olds will generally not read anything themselves" ??!! | |
| Oct 18, 2018 at 3:03 | comment | added | user18397 | Agree - at 8 years old, my daughter has read (and re-read) all of the harry potter books - they're her favourite and have been for about 12 months. She's in Grade 3 at school. Yes, she is a much more avid reader than others in her class, but even then... | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 20:11 | vote | accept | crj11 | ||
| Oct 17, 2018 at 19:53 | comment | added | Arcanist Lupus | I'm not sure I agree with the claim that Peter Pan is a kids book, but otherwise this is spot on. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 16:18 | comment | added | TimH - Codidact | Children develop at widely differing rates, so you're bound to have a decently large audience for your book. My 8 year old daughter still likes reading short (very short) books as well as having enjoyed reading through all the Chronicles of Narnia. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 16:13 | comment | added | Don Branson | Galastel, I think you're on the mark. Around this age I think we were finishing Narnia with our oldest and beginning Hobbit/LOTR. The upshot, I think, is that a book of this (or most any) length will find an audience if all its other qualities are in place. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 14:43 | comment | added | Amadeus | I was reading when I turned four years old. My father read constantly, and taught us (six kids) early; we only watched TV when he did: After dinner and before bed time. However, we were allowed to read anything on the shelves, hundreds of books and hundreds of magazines, he made no exceptions for our age. I think I finished Little Women when I was six. I got caught reading one of my father's age-inappropriate (sexually suggestive) detective novels in 2nd grade class, my father came to talk to the teacher about it, and told her to mind her own business, I can read whatever I like. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 12:14 | comment | added | Kevin | @GuntramBlohm I don't know what is "generally" the case, but all three of my kids were reading chapter books at 4 years old. But their mother and I are both avid readers, so they may be the exception. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 12:10 | comment | added | Guntram Blohm | 4 years olds will generally not read anything themselves; their parents will read the book to them, possibly as one bedtime story per day over a week or two. Which means you want short chapters of 5 minutes, but at least a dozen of them. As you said, this is quite different from what an 8 year old needs. However, if the books intention is "show kids who generally don't read that reading can be fun", it needs to deal with much shorter attention spans than a book aimed at experienced 8 year old readers. | |
| Oct 17, 2018 at 9:43 | history | edited | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2018 at 8:12 | history | answered | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |