Post by pierogigirl on Aug 28, 2021 18:08:08 GMT -5
DS2 is starting 4th grade. He hates to read, but can read on grade level. I found an Usborne chapter book on Titanic. It is the first book he's read cover to cover and said he enjoyed. Can you recommend other titles? Amazon was no help - when I typed in Usborne Books, I got a random mix of books. The Usborne website seems stuck in the UK version, even when I click on United States.
I'd like to find him more chapter books he'd willingly read. I think he'd like more history. We read together a lot and he loves all sorts of genres (The Wild Robot books were recent favorites), so non-history books are great too (doesn't have to be Usborne).
Has he read any of the I Survived series? Or Ranger in Time?
The first is told from viewpoint of a kid living through (and surviving) major historical events.
The second is similar except there is a time-traveling dog that helps a kid escape from the event.
We have some I Survived from DS1 we can try.
I have never heard of the Ranger In Time books. I'll check those out. He loves dogs.
I think they’re a little less intense than the I survived books, although definitely a tad less realistic seeing as how a time-traveling magical dog is involved.
I forget the details but I think he is a trained search and rescue dog that has a magical briefcase or something. Somehow he gets alerted when someone needs help and travels to their time/place. After that it’s much more realistic.
There is one about hurricane Katrina where he helps kid escape from their attic - timely if your kid is following hurricane ida right now.