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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My graphic novel-loving tween is now a teen reading Enders Game for school and proceeded to talk about the plot for 20 minutes straight last night.

Let them love to read! Let them call themselves bookworms and define themselves as readers. They are kids, they don’t get to choose much of what they do in school, you probably choose most of their food—let them have choice in what they read as long as it’s appropriate.[/quote]

This!! I want my kids to love reading more than I want them to only read stuff with "literary merit." If you love to read, you hoover up the graphic novels, short "popcorn books," and "literary books" alike over time. And you do develop an attention span.

My 4th grader was really into Wings of Fire 1st-3rd grades. Now loves Percy Jackson, any other books on or based on mythology, and basically any youth fantasy book with a dragon on the cover. Also Spy Kids, Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, and "I survived." [/quote]

Thank you! I work in an elementary school and many students equate reading with torture and would rather stare at a book and turn pages instead of actually trying to read and enjoy. Let these graphic novel loving kids be, they’ll become readers of all types when they get older. [/quote]

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