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[quote=Anonymous]My 4th grader’s favorites:

Anything by Roald Dahl
All the Harry Potters
Holes and wayside stories by Louis Sachar
Diary of a wimpy kid
Big Nate
Calvin and Hobbes
Garfield (lol)

He has read and enjoyed some books (the Giver, Hatchet, wrinkle in time) that I consider to have more “literary merit” but does not gravitate toward those when reading for pleasure. He reads a lot at home just for fun and is constantly going in my library account putting books he wants on hold.

He says he wants to read things that are funny. They read more serious books at school (he is reading the Secret Garden now at school) and when he’s at home he just wants to read things that aren’t as heavy and serious. He is in the gifted program, reads at a high level, has a great vocabulary, and loves to read. So why would I step in and say nope you can’t read Garfield as your bedtime story you need to read Robinson Crusoe instead (we are reading Robinson Crusoe together right now but it’s slow going)[/quote]

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