Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.
Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.
I want you to understand this. I NEED you to understand this. My mother read me the hobbit as bedtime story, and I started pushing myself to read before pre-school so I could in fact read the hobbit for myself instead of having to wait for bedtime.
I didn't do so right away but jesus wept I PUSHED myself to learn to read SPECIFICALLY so I could read The Hobbit! It is, in fact, a children's story! And children only see page count as 'there is a lot of this fun story to read!'
Like... come on man, 310 pages isn't even what I would've considered a particularly long book as a kid.
......I read LOTR as a 9 or 10 yo dyslexic child. It took me a week or two of non-stop reading to finish each book but I was so obsessed with them because of the films I just powered through. And I learned to read very late, like only couple of years prior to reading LOTR. It's wild to me that someone could think it's unheard of for kids to read The Hobbit.
I don’t remember how old I was but I was definitely about 10 when I read The Hobbit, LOTR, AND The Silmarillion for the first time. Like— I was so obsessed with reading as a child that I learnt ahead of all my peers because I kept pestering my parents to teach me how to read.
My four year old can already understand so many “complex” words and mind you, he’s multilingual. His spoken english is not that great but he understands just fine. You just have to treat children with respect and understand that if you put the effort into teaching them stuff, they’ll learn.
It’s extremely sad to see how far things have declined… All these poor kids are being done a disservice
If I remember correct, my school had it as a lecture when I was like 8-9 years old. It's probably still a lecture if a first book of Harry Potter or Narnia wasn't picked instead.
I was a little confused by the amount of the text, but damn, spiders were cool and shocking. I am rereading every few years 🫡
