From: Clare Ferguson <clare.ferguson>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:26:21 -0400

I actually have this problem quite frequently. My 9 yr old has been reading skilfully for some time. She has started more books than I can count that match her level of reading but not maturity. She usually abandons them when they stop engaging her interest. I try not to censor too much but it's hard sometimes. If a book is a really great book I'll say that perhaps she'll like it when she's a bit older. Even that gets me looks askance sometimes. If a book is not worth commenting on I don't. I did take away Bridget Jones' Diary when I found her reading it one day. She was annoyed and thankfully hadn't got very far.

I have noticed with interest that she will follow a quite challenging book with either a Harry Potter fix or go back to her Pony Pals, Captain Underpants books for a while.

Clare
Received on Thu 18 Oct 2001 11:26:21 AM CDT