The Answer Sheet - In the Age of 'Twilight': About kids who read fantasy... and ‘readicide’:
"Does your child read fantasy books, one after the other, whizzing through series after series to the exclusion of any other genre?
You suggest perhaps trying something different and you are met with stiff resistance
There is nothing better, you are told, than series such as 'Game of Thrones,” “The Wheel of Time, “The Bartimaeus Trilogy,” “Harry Potter,” and so many others. And then you start to worry that your child is:
A) living in a fantasy world
b) wasting time on silly themes
c) wasting time reading easy books
These were some of the concerns that expert Lucy Calkins heard from parents at a conference she recently held."
"Does your child read fantasy books, one after the other, whizzing through series after series to the exclusion of any other genre?
You suggest perhaps trying something different and you are met with stiff resistance
There is nothing better, you are told, than series such as 'Game of Thrones,” “The Wheel of Time, “The Bartimaeus Trilogy,” “Harry Potter,” and so many others. And then you start to worry that your child is:
A) living in a fantasy world
b) wasting time on silly themes
c) wasting time reading easy books
These were some of the concerns that expert Lucy Calkins heard from parents at a conference she recently held."