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Out of curiosity, if you know/have a kid thatโs between 6-12 years old, do you know what they like to read about? Non-fiction and fiction both welcome ๐ฅน๐๐ฝ๐ค๐ง
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Kids are unique, everyone has their own preferences. I assume it depends on what gets their attention beside fiction or Non-fiction. If I recalled my childhood, it seemed my time was on playing games and handcrafting after school.
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My favorite was Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech.
Dunno why, but series' are always really popular too. Dresden Files, Her Royal Spyness, Harry Potter, Twilight, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Animorphs, Goosebumps, A Wizard of Earthsea, Steelheart, Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes. Then more classics like The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland, Chronicles of Narnia, The Haunting of Hill House, The Witchcraft of Salem Village, A Message to Garcia, The Alchemist, the Haddawy ver. of 1001 Arabian Nights.
These are what come to mind as I wake up randomly in the middle of the night. GN ๐ซ
Anything by David Walliams.
They do love David donโt they ๐ค๐ฏ๐ฏ thank you Sides ๐๐ฝ
Well, that's up to the child. How they want to know, nothing to push for you.
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Good morning! Iโd suggest fantasy, at least my kids were into that at that age ๐ถ๐พ๐ซกโ๏ธ
Fishcake?! You have puppies?! I thought you were a puppy ?! ๐คฏโบ๏ธ๐ซ๐๐ฝ๐ฅน good morning Fishcake, this is brilliant, thank you ๐๐ฝ๐
I have a grown set of puppies ๐ถ๐พ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐ซ
Whaaaaaaaa ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ Fishcake you look so young! No judgement here of course ๐๐ซ๐๐ฝ but you look like a university student so you must have had them at -20 years old ๐ค
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Stilton, Dahl, Kinney. They loved Kinney because they are boys.
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Thinking about what I'd like to have as a kid, something non-fiction and visually striking to kinda bring a sense of awe ๐ฒ
Did a bit of searching around and found two books that fit the description:
Magic of M. C. Escher by Locher
And Fractal 3D Magic by Clifford Pickover (I actually have this one ๐)
When I was a kid I always liked Beverly Cleary books like The Mouse and The Motorcycle
Maybe not for 12 year olds but for elementary aged kids
My daughter is in that range and she loves the Harry Potter novels.
When I was that age I was reading fantasy and science fiction. I honestly forget what I was reading exactly, just that I distinctly remember at age 12 trying to write fantasy stories. Now that's some memories that need to be dug up. I easily can bring to mind the non-fiction stuff - things like the K&R C manual, the X Window System manual, the Amiga Rom Kernel Manuals. Some odd stuff about mandelbrot sets and chaos theory maybe. It blurs into what I definitely remember having been in my early teens, so I know my memory of the earlier stuff is vague.