Monday, March 22, 2010

Advanced Readers Book Lists

Good guides available at EWML for parents of ‘tween readers!”

Oooppps! Jen and Jonnie can read! And, well beyond their grade level, too! So, what’s the problem? Well, it could be that your avid reader has informed you that he or she has outgrown the fiction classified as “J,” in other words “too babyish.”

Your reading wizard’s comprehension may be light years ahead of his or her chronological age when it comes to vocabulary, but is a 10 or 11 year-old socially mature enough to be exposed to some of the topics explored in novels designated for “young adults?” Only you, as a parent, can answer that question, but how do you find time to preview each and every book your child wants to check out? How you judge a book by its cover?

Here, at EWML, we can help you meet this “reading challenge.”

Just ask to see the lists of age appropriate titles available at the adult reference desk, the desk in the children’s library, and the great guide books on the Parenting shelf in the children’s library.

-Pat Salerno
Library Aide