Patterico's Pontifications

7/24/2005

Charlotte Dies

Filed under: General,Real Life — Patterico @ 8:53 pm



We have been reading our daughter Lauren “Charlotte’s Web.” Tonight Mrs. P. was doing the reading, and she just got to the part where Charlotte dies. I could tell because I heard both of them crying.

2 Responses to “Charlotte Dies”

  1. Huh, I somehow had the impression your daughter was too young for a book like Charlotte’s Web. Either I misunderstood Lauren’s age, or else she’s just a lot more advanced than most kids. How old is she anyway?

    Would Mrs. P. consider reading Lauren the Madeleine L’Engel series that begins with A Wrinkle In Time? It’s a wonderful science-fiction/fantasy series geared for kids who enjoy books at the level of Charlotte’s Web.

    Guilty Pleasures Confession: I must admit that I love reading classic kidbooks even today! I just recently read two of the three classic Francis Hodgson Burnett novels, Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden; I have a Little Princess here but haven’t read it yet.

    I’m eagerly anticipating getting to Adventures of Pinnochio, by Carlo Collodi, and Mary Mapes Dodge’s Hans Brinker. And for some reason, I never did read the Wind In the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) or Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie).

    If you want any recommendations of great literature for kids (yes, I consider the best of it to be real literature), let me know: I’m always happy to toss in my two Euros’ worth. (I can especially give you lots of SF/F titles for kids.)

    Dafydd

    Dafydd (f8a7be) — 7/25/2005 @ 5:22 am

  2. She’s five. It would be too advanced for her to read on her own, but not, I think, to have read to her. Granted, she has to ask what many words mean, and she picks up a lot from context, and I’m sure there are plenty of nuances missed. But she can follow the basic story fine.

    Patterico (756436) — 7/25/2005 @ 6:46 am


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