Children and Middle Graders Books

But that doesn’t mean you’re stuck with the same books and the same routine. Many years ago, before the digital age, parents probably did read the same books over, because they only had a limited selection. But ereaders and tablets have changed all that and there’s not only an endless supply of cheap and free ebooks for children and middle graders, there more being written and illustrated and added to the stock every day!

But that’s not all: we’re living in a golden age of childrens’ books and young adult literature. Where there used to be clear lines between what each age group would read, or have read to them — because of the way new media works, with film and television, games and education, all working together, young children and middle graders are being exposed much earlier to the characters and materials of books they may not come to read until much older.

Harry Potter is a case in point, although so is the Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit. When they were still just books, they were too advanced for younger children, but as films and games their presence is there in every toy shop and younger children are already familiar with them even before their reading level has caught up.

Disney movies no longer require a cinema ticket and a couple of hours in a darkened room, they can be streamed directly to a child’s play room. Even Dr Seuss and Roald Dahl characters have been turned into cartoons.

But that’s not to argue that we don’t need the books any longer. In fact, we need them more insistently. Words and pictures are the most essential ingredient of a developing child’s creative toolset. It’s important for them to engage with books at the outset, so they can understand how other media are developments from simply words and pictures. And they can create those themselves.

Ereaders and ebooks are essential to a child, as paper books were before the digital revolution (and remain so). The ‘library’ they provide is more extensive, but the principle remains the same. And here at Bookzio we’re dedicated to bringing you the best children’s book offers we can find…

All time Classic Childrens’ Book The Cat in The Hat by Dr Seuss

Classic Childrens’ Book, now a movie, The BFG by Roald Dahl