>>>Tom Sawyer
>>>Mobydick
>>>All books of Jul Verne
>>>Aisopos's fables
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>>I'm thinking that these books are more appropriate for an older age, say, from 10 and up.
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>In Turkey there are oversimplified versions can be find for all of these books. I'm sure there are in USA too...
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>Anyway my daugter at eleven and she'is only care about Winx and Barbie magazines yet... :(
Some children, unfortunately, don't like to read. It is said that Harry Potter has "magically" changed this, for millions of children.
So far, my son (12 years) has been resisting this sort of magic, but my daughter (14 years) has read all the Harry Potter books so far, and (just like me), is impatient to read the last one.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)