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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 375842" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>There are a number of boy-related magazines. difficult child 3 gets K-Zone and Disney Adventures even though he's really too old for them at 16. But there are comics of all kinds for all ages. Asterix is marvellous, especially if he's at all interested in other languages. We found a copy in German when difficult child 3 was studying the language; we put the English verion and the German version side by side, it became like a puzzle for him.</p><p></p><p>You can adapt it at any age level.</p><p></p><p>Also worth looking for, on the computer, are the interactive books such as Grandma and Me, and Arthur and Friends.</p><p></p><p>But the more you tell me about him, the more convinced I am that stories by Paul Jennings would be marvellous for him. Even if you can get the "Round the Twist" DVD series to begin with. Paul Jennings has a small role in one of the episodes, as a ghost needing help. The books are a series of unrelated stories, but the TV series changed the protagonists in the story to members of the Twist family, whose dad is an artist and who live in an old lighthouse. The local real estate agent wants them out of there so he can develop the property, and the lighthouse is also haunted by friendly ghosts who feature in a later story. And there you have the background. The kids in the family mean that the episodes change which kid is the focus from week to week, which gives it a wider appeal. </p><p></p><p>A common concept is "I hate school" and although there is a nice teacher in the story, there is also a not so nice teacher. It balances out. </p><p></p><p>To give you more of an idea, the theme song sets the weird, oddball mood and also the inner turmoil of kids - "Have you ever - ever felt like this? Do strange things happen, are you going round the twist?"</p><p>Most difficult children can relate to this. PCs love this series, but difficult children connect. And the books are the same sort of stories, before being adapted to the series. So there is even more in the books. But short stories mean the child gets to the end of that story faster, it's not a whole novel.</p><p></p><p>I know I seem to be carping on this topic, but I've seen a lot of difficult children, including dyslexic ones, make a huge effort because it's great stuff and clicks with them.</p><p></p><p>A book adapted for very young kids (or basic readers) is "The Cabbage Patch Fib". It also was made into a TV episode. The book is Golden Book sized.</p><p></p><p>But whatever you give him - always read it yourself too. You need to be able to talk to the kids about it, ask them what they like, what they don't like.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 375842, member: 1991"] There are a number of boy-related magazines. difficult child 3 gets K-Zone and Disney Adventures even though he's really too old for them at 16. But there are comics of all kinds for all ages. Asterix is marvellous, especially if he's at all interested in other languages. We found a copy in German when difficult child 3 was studying the language; we put the English verion and the German version side by side, it became like a puzzle for him. You can adapt it at any age level. Also worth looking for, on the computer, are the interactive books such as Grandma and Me, and Arthur and Friends. But the more you tell me about him, the more convinced I am that stories by Paul Jennings would be marvellous for him. Even if you can get the "Round the Twist" DVD series to begin with. Paul Jennings has a small role in one of the episodes, as a ghost needing help. The books are a series of unrelated stories, but the TV series changed the protagonists in the story to members of the Twist family, whose dad is an artist and who live in an old lighthouse. The local real estate agent wants them out of there so he can develop the property, and the lighthouse is also haunted by friendly ghosts who feature in a later story. And there you have the background. The kids in the family mean that the episodes change which kid is the focus from week to week, which gives it a wider appeal. A common concept is "I hate school" and although there is a nice teacher in the story, there is also a not so nice teacher. It balances out. To give you more of an idea, the theme song sets the weird, oddball mood and also the inner turmoil of kids - "Have you ever - ever felt like this? Do strange things happen, are you going round the twist?" Most difficult children can relate to this. PCs love this series, but difficult children connect. And the books are the same sort of stories, before being adapted to the series. So there is even more in the books. But short stories mean the child gets to the end of that story faster, it's not a whole novel. I know I seem to be carping on this topic, but I've seen a lot of difficult children, including dyslexic ones, make a huge effort because it's great stuff and clicks with them. A book adapted for very young kids (or basic readers) is "The Cabbage Patch Fib". It also was made into a TV episode. The book is Golden Book sized. But whatever you give him - always read it yourself too. You need to be able to talk to the kids about it, ask them what they like, what they don't like. Marg [/QUOTE]
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