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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at our library account, my daughters have read hundreds of graphic novels over the past few years (along with e-graphic novels, graphic novels in school, etc.) There are so many great ones - we will sometimes read them together. I am an avid reader and am mostly just happy that my kids enjoy any kind of books/magazines.

That said- I agree they do need to learn reading stamina. Around 3rd grade I noticed my kids really never read chapter books. What helped was (1) finding a series to start on as a read aloud that they would then get hooked on (for dd1 this was Warriors, dd2 got hooked on the Kate DiCamillo books); and (2) school reading competitions. We are in Missouri, where they have nominate 12 or so books for an award every year, and kids who read 8 of them get a special field trip. Then if they'd read an Alan Gratz or Gordon Korman book in the reading challenge, they would often read more by that author.

Those two things really got them over the hump, and now at 10 and 12, they both read a lot of chapter books, especially the 12 yo.  I see the 10 yo getting there soon. Graphic novels are still big too.

Oh - a third thing we do is watch the movie after all reading a book. If someone hasn't finished when everyone else has, there is some peer pressure to finish up so we can have the movie night. [/quote]

Are you saying they never read chapter books in elementary school?

Alan Gratz writes great books.  He also does graphic novels too because as a former 8th grade teacher he knows his audience.  [/quote]

They rarely read chapter books in elementary school until 4th grade. Their reading groups would often have a chapter book they all read together. And their teacher would read aloud a chapter book. But they very rarely picked up chapter books during free reading time, whether at school or at home, until 4th grade. Even then, there was still a strong preference for graphic novels until they started 5th grade, when it became more balanced. [/quote]

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