Here's a short video with some terrific suggestions. The best one is at minute marker 2:00 of course.
I found this video cause Vordak T. Incomp
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Help getting books your boys will love
Need help finding books your boys want to read?
Here's a short video with some terrific suggestions. The best one is at minute marker 2:00 of course.
I found this video cause Vordak T. Incomprehensible linked to it on twitter. He had the temerity to suggest minute 3:17 was the best. Obviously his heinous headgear is cutting off blood flow to his brain.
Here's a short video with some terrific suggestions. The best one is at minute marker 2:00 of course.
I found this video cause Vordak T. Incomp
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Thank you so much for sharing. I may have to buy all of them for my 12 yr old.
I thought 2:17 in was most fitting for you.
Great video. As a parent of two boys (ages 7 and 10), and as a writer, I am always looking at ways to understand what motivates young readers (or intimidates reluctant readers, as it may be).
My older son loves non-fiction, especially sports books and ghost stories. My younger son will read anything. Particularly while on the toilet. My wife and I are constantly telling him he's allowed to keep reading after he comes out of the bathroom...
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I'd have to add The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda, and Darth Paper Strikes Back to her list. My reluctant reader liked those.
I'm reading a YA for boys right now. "Trapped," by Michael Northrope. I do not know him either. I found the book through a recommendation. Excellent writing and a great YA that boys would like.
My 7 yo boy likes the books that have words in them. Any topic, any story thread. Illustrated, not, history of Ancient Civilizations to Encyclopedia Brown.
Books are his kryptonite and my respite. I give him a new one so I can buy time. To go read my own books.
My son learned to read on Tin Tin and Calvin & Hobbes. I cheerily abandoned the good-for-kids chapter books. These days, it's fantasy that floats his boat. Yes. Let them read what they want.
In my family, the 10-y-o loves the Goosebumps series and the Wimpy Kid series. The 9-y-o loves books about animals, like wolves and bears. The 15-y-o read "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children" in 2 days, which piqued the 51-y-o's interest. He's reading it during his breaks at work.
Thanks for this! I have two boys, a voracious reader and a reluctant reader. I can occasionally engage the reluctant boy if I read him something that strikes a chord (he loved the Gregor the Overlander series), but mostly he just reads comics and graphic novels. I watched this video and filled my cart at Amazon, hoping something will engage him--and if not, my other son won't let the books go to waste.
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