I'm not well up on modern books for smaller children, but classics-wise, has she tried 'Winnie the Pooh'? I don't think you need to be any particular age to enjoy it, but certainly a lot of seven-year-olds do. If she likes 'Jungle Book', has she tried the 'Just-So Stories'? What about 'The Hobbit' for reading aloud, if she likes being read to?
As for revoltingly 'correct' books for kids, they have always been with us and always will be. The notions they peddle change with society, of course, but the books are always there and they're always awful, and children grow out of them pretty fast.
Do you know the glorious short story by Saki called 'The Story-Teller'? It's about a Horribly Good little girl who gets her come-uppance, and it's the antidote to all saccharine literature for children. It's online at
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Books for seven-year olds?
Date: 2007-07-16 11:43 am (UTC)As for revoltingly 'correct' books for kids, they have always been with us and always will be. The notions they peddle change with society, of course, but the books are always there and they're always awful, and children grow out of them pretty fast.
Do you know the glorious short story by Saki called 'The Story-Teller'? It's about a Horribly Good little girl who gets her come-uppance, and it's the antidote to all saccharine literature for children. It's online at
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/Storyteller.html