My granddaughter, soon to turn 8, is an avid reader. For a couple years, I was disappointed to see her favoring the “comic book” type reading options. This past Christmas, I gave her 2 books of “classics” short stories. and now she has requested more “classics”.
For her birthday, we bought TWELVE “classics” for her, ranging from Heidi, to Swiss Family Robinson, to Call of the Wild. It makes me SO happy that she wants to go in that direction now.
That is great to hear. I read to my daughter when she was little and it paid off.
The other day, she asked me to send her some books for when she needs a ‘getaway’ from her chemistry grad work. She asked for Bradbury and Shellabarger (Prince of Foxes)!