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I'm looking for book recommendations for Delia. I'm making up her Christmas wishlist now, and I'd like to put a few books on it.
She loves the Harry Potter books and will read them voluntarily. So far, they're the only books that have gotten her that excited. Other books, she'll read a chapter of and give up. She's rejected the Oz books and the Chronicles of Narnia. She liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when we read it to her (she even read ahead) but didn't like Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. She likes Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume (the younger books) when we read the books to her but won't read them herself unless assigned them for school.
She doesn't deal well with books that have parents dying or appearing to die on screen. We couldn't read her The Secret Garden because of that (we haven't tried skipping the first chapter).
Delia seems to like the idea of reading better than actually reading. She checks out a lot of books from the library that she simply doesn't touch. She reads well but not fast.
Anyway, books like the Harry Potter books seem to be the way to go. What's out there to coax a reluctant reader?
She loves the Harry Potter books and will read them voluntarily. So far, they're the only books that have gotten her that excited. Other books, she'll read a chapter of and give up. She's rejected the Oz books and the Chronicles of Narnia. She liked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when we read it to her (she even read ahead) but didn't like Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. She likes Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume (the younger books) when we read the books to her but won't read them herself unless assigned them for school.
She doesn't deal well with books that have parents dying or appearing to die on screen. We couldn't read her The Secret Garden because of that (we haven't tried skipping the first chapter).
Delia seems to like the idea of reading better than actually reading. She checks out a lot of books from the library that she simply doesn't touch. She reads well but not fast.
Anyway, books like the Harry Potter books seem to be the way to go. What's out there to coax a reluctant reader?
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Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, by Kirsten Miller, doesn't have magic in it, but it does have a wonderful, engrossing subplot about the abandoned subway tunnels beneath Manhattan, and a whole slew of strong girl characters, no parental deaths. (The threat is more along the lines of international espionage.)
I also enjoyed Anne Allison's Gilda Joyce series, except that, oh rats, dead father. However, the death has happened prior to the books, and... yeah, no. Strike that.
Definitely seconding/thirding the Tamora Pierce recommendation...
I'd also try some graphic novels. I really like Owly, although she might find that too "babyish". I also really like Kazu Kibushi's Copper, which is the story of a boy and his dog, wandering through amazing landscapes (no scariness with death, or other serious stuff, etc. etc.) She might also enjoy the Amelia Rules! series by Jimmy Gownley, which is mostly silly kids' stuff. The only serious issues it deals with (a parent deployed in war) are in a separate issue, so I think you could hold off on that and still succeed with the other titles.
... yeah, I should have been a librarian. ;)
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I think she may still be too young for Kiki Strike, but I'll think about it. I liked the books, and she might, too.
I'll look into the graphic novels. The library might have some of them.