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[CCBC-Net] Alice's Illustrators: searching for the "right" Alice
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From: toddandmaggie
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:34:09 -0400
A quick observation: I read both Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass to my daughter when she was 5. I too began to wonder if I'd made a mistake choosing to read it to her at such a young age, but she loved it and wouldn't let me stop reading. When we finished Wonderland she absolutely insisted we continue on with Through the Looking Glass. I am not sure she
"understood" in the usual sense of the word what was going on, but something obviously attracted her to the story. I think it was the sheer nonsense of it. My daughter is nearly 8 now, and I suspect she probably wouldn't enjoy the book as much now as she did then. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing at this age she would be frustrated by it--too old to just sink into it unquestioningly, too young to really "get" it.
Maggie Bokelman toddandmaggie at msn.com
Received on Wed 18 Oct 2000 11:34:09 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:34:09 -0400
A quick observation: I read both Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass to my daughter when she was 5. I too began to wonder if I'd made a mistake choosing to read it to her at such a young age, but she loved it and wouldn't let me stop reading. When we finished Wonderland she absolutely insisted we continue on with Through the Looking Glass. I am not sure she
"understood" in the usual sense of the word what was going on, but something obviously attracted her to the story. I think it was the sheer nonsense of it. My daughter is nearly 8 now, and I suspect she probably wouldn't enjoy the book as much now as she did then. I could be wrong, but I'm guessing at this age she would be frustrated by it--too old to just sink into it unquestioningly, too young to really "get" it.
Maggie Bokelman toddandmaggie at msn.com
Received on Wed 18 Oct 2000 11:34:09 AM CDT
