tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post481748097753278057..comments2024-03-18T17:05:21.126+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: The Break-through Book by Keren DavidUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-52716470112936745752011-06-08T11:46:27.022+01:002011-06-08T11:46:27.022+01:00Funnily enough, breaking through to reading meant ...Funnily enough, breaking through to reading meant breaking through to writing too. Winnie the Pooh did it for me. Not only could I read these wonderful, funny stories, but when I'd read the last of them I started making up my own and I've been writing ever since.Pauline Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826696982301252524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13982819328516142212011-05-23T18:56:17.234+01:002011-05-23T18:56:17.234+01:00Anne, I loved LBS too and for exactly the reasons ...Anne, I loved LBS too and for exactly the reasons you put forth: the highly visual magic of tigers turning into melted butter, the patterns in the narrative, and also, I fear, greed. I loved pancakes!<br /><br />But I think my breakthrough book was my very first 'own' book given to me as a pre-schooler: Dr Seuss' The Fox in Socks. I learned to read it through repetition and started gobbling up books from that moment. I have it still.Ellen Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409919041496631776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69365460185613743912011-05-21T20:28:17.972+01:002011-05-21T20:28:17.972+01:00Phonics checks? WTF? How did those ever get a chil...Phonics checks? WTF? How did those ever get a child to love reading? Just because you can read doesn't mean you want to.<br />I don't remember a breakthrough book, but I do remember loving 'My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes' by Lynley Dodd. Wonderful in every way. And 'The Blue Balloon' by Mick Inkpen.Leilahttp://www.leilarasheed.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15421667445772535672011-05-21T05:59:24.145+01:002011-05-21T05:59:24.145+01:00For me the breakthrough moment came earlier with t...For me the breakthrough moment came earlier with the now-deried Little Black Sambo. I thought it absolutely magical - in a book, tigers could turn into ghee if they ran fast enough! And of course it all made sense because if I watched our cat run very fast it *did* go all blurry, so if it went even faster why shouldn't it turn into liquid? And there were the sound patterns you could find in words (OK, Mumbo Jumbo is not very PC, but I was 5 and it was the 1960s).<br /><br />I noticed the pattern in the narrative, too, as he lost one item of clothing after another and the tension built up. It was so real - the tigers were bullying him, just like big kids in the playground. This was the real wonder of it: a story could imitate life while being totally different. <br /><br />You are SO right, Keren - it's a very important stage, and no number of phonics checks will ever inspire a child to read. I agree with John re the tattoo.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-1001671587709897352011-05-20T17:51:26.321+01:002011-05-20T17:51:26.321+01:00My daughter enjoyed the Rainbow Fairies for a whil...My daughter enjoyed the Rainbow Fairies for a while and my son gobbled up Beast Quest - but with both series there came a wonderful moment when they said 'I don't want any more of those, they're all the same,' and I realised that more sophisticated critical thinking had kicked in.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69606712940890758362011-05-20T16:00:45.469+01:002011-05-20T16:00:45.469+01:00This is such an important stage of a child's r...This is such an important stage of a child's reading. a time when they need plenty of books all as easily accessible, and often ahandy adult to share the story with at the end of the day. <br /><br />Though I too am wary about it, the familiarity of a series may be what is needed so that the young reader doesn't have to deal with a whole new concept each time they face a book. Like playing a familiar game over and over. Or maybe already seeing a series on the tv first?<br /><br />But agree with both yesterday's and today's posts about the low status of these important books. Well said, Keren.<br /><br />Think that The Owl who Was Afraid of the Dark was the breakthough book about a year ago in our family.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78943881036325481402011-05-20T12:50:11.116+01:002011-05-20T12:50:11.116+01:00"I suspect that ensuring that children have a..."I suspect that ensuring that children have access to inviting libraries where they can be guided towards their very own breakthrough book might be a little more useful and pleasurable than an external decoding test at six."<br /><br />Absolutely. Should be tattooed backwards on Sarah Teather's forehead.John Doughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937505376169411724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53822083630872441112011-05-20T11:18:30.148+01:002011-05-20T11:18:30.148+01:00The first book that belonged to me that I remember...The first book that belonged to me that I remember trying to read was 'Five On A Treasure Island'. I was about six, and I thought it was very difficult. I read and reread that book and many of Enid Blyton's other books until my early teenage years. Famous Five, Secret Seven, Faraway Tree, Malory Towers, Wishing Chair, Adventure books, Secret books, I loved them all.Anne Fayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995124999158583323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41945071837130905492011-05-20T10:43:26.644+01:002011-05-20T10:43:26.644+01:00For me it was Enid Blyton too - my mother loves to...For me it was Enid Blyton too - my mother loves to recount how she read the opening of Five On A Treasure Island, and then found me eagerly struggling my way through the rest, my first book!<br /><br />For that reason alone I am always rather defensive of Enid Blyton - so often criticised, but the provider of so many childrens' "First Books".Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50781269812212254302011-05-20T08:21:19.311+01:002011-05-20T08:21:19.311+01:00Mine was James and the Giant Peach. Before that bo...Mine was James and the Giant Peach. Before that book, I could read..I just didn't much see the point when there were mud-pies to make. After that the book, the world was a bigger, brighter, bolder place than I could ever have imagined.<br /><br />Great post!Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.com