A few weeks ago I started reading Charlotte’s Web to my five-year-old. Unfortunately, this popular
classic failed to catch her attention for more than a couple of days.
I noticed as I was reading it that the language was not
familiar to my daughter, which isn’t surprising considering it was published in
1952. And though I am a lover of description, I don’t believe my five-year-old
is, and E. B. White definitely wrote in a way that would help the reader visualize
what they were reading. So Charlotte’s
Web has been returned to the shelf to wait until my daughter is older and
hopefully able to take pleasure in a story I enjoyed when I was younger.
When I asked my daughter why she didn’t like the book, she
told me that it was because there was no color, and that she doesn’t like all
black pictures. Of course, this leads me to believe that perhaps she isn’t
ready for chapter books, which rarely have color photos. But this momma will
not give up!
It’s important to me to establish chapter books as commonplace
in our house and in the lives of my children. So the next chapter book to be
put to the test? Candy Fairies: Chocolate
Dreams by Helen Perelman. Keeping my fingers crossed!!
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