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[badseed1980]

Has anyone ever read The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish?

Anyone ever read it to a kid? How old, and did they like it?

I'm thinking of getting that as my year-end gift for the kid I mentor. Stuff he's liked a lot so far:

The Magic Treehouse series
The Avatar series (based on the kids' TV show on Nickelodeon)
The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

I hope he'd like the Gaiman book, but I'm dithering over it.

Comments

the kids LOVE it

[drwex]

Not only have we read it to the kids multiple times but the kids read it to each other. (kids in question are ages 8 and 5-now-6.)

Re: the kids LOVE it

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Ah, cool! N. is going on 8, and is very bright, though a bit distractable. So books need to be interesting to keep his attention. I'm sure this qualifies as interesting, at the very least. :)

[sabrinamari.livejournal.com]

We have it and we love it. So does Trent. But I think Gaiman's othet book for younger kiddoes is even better: The Wolves in the Walls:

http://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Walls-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0380810956/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241811859&sr=1-1

We all love that one, and Michael read it to Trent's second grade class. It is, of course, kind of creepy, but the little girl heroine rocks. So does her pig puppet.

We are also a household of rabid Avatar fans. Trent really likes avataer, but Michael and I love Avatar as much as some people love Star Trek.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I was afraid The Wolves In The Walls sounded a little too dark for him, but I could be wrong. I haven't read that either.

Avatar is very cute, isn't it? I haven't seen the show, but the books are awesome.