Thursday, June 5, 2008

Are you watching what your children are reading?

Children's books are becoming more and more interesting and advcanced as the years go on. Just look at the amount of history and story involved in a Harry Potter book or a Narnia novel. EVen the Spiderwick Chronicles were able to hold my attention as I read through the five book series, enjoying it all the while.
I think adults can appreciate Children's books and Young Adult novels even more so because we have already been through childhood and developed our imaginations. Our imaginations flurished under the same circumstances as our children's have and so we need to be responsible as to what our kids are reading.
Good books with honest characters, imaginary settings and stories that let their imaginations take flight, are the right stuff for a delevoping mind. West of Noreaso is just such a book. With the first edition ready for print and another being written your child's mind will be occupied with the strange and interesting land that is West of Noreaso while picturing themsleves in Ekim and Asil's shoes.

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