Children of seven or nine years old absorb information like sponges. Therefore, it is very important to provide them with good literature. She will create a kind of information backbone, help determine life priorities.
Reading is very important. However, if your child does not like to read, do not stand over his soul, it will not add joy to him. Try reading him yourself or introduce him to audio books. In any case, he will absorb the text, and in a year or two, perhaps, he will love reading.
The most obvious option for a child of eight
The simplest and most obvious option is folk tales. Moreover, it is not necessary to dwell only on Russian and European folk tales. Introduce the child to the tales of the Indians and the Eastern peoples. Perhaps, it is worth filtering out only the tales of the Caucasian peoples. It is better to read them at a later age in connection with rather specific plots. Of course, it is best to take as a basis slightly adapted fairy tales that are easier for children to perceive.
Don't let an eight-year-old child read Harry Potter. The problem is that only the first books are simple fairy tales. The following books are intended for older readers.
Author's tales of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries can also be very interesting for an eight-year-old child. Charles Perot, Ernst Hoffmann, Wilhelm Hauf, Carlo Gozzi, Edith Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling - a fascinating, interesting and kind reading. In addition, these fairy tales can serve as an excellent topic for conversations with your child, because despite the fact that the moral and ethical values of these fairy tales are quite relevant now, a huge number of interesting and incomprehensible historical details can arouse intense interest in a child.
Fairy tales are good because they are suitable for reading for both boys and girls.
What to read to develop your imagination
The bizarre tales of the twentieth century are highly creative. The heroes of Astrid Lindgren's stories are familiar to every adult in this country. Carlson, Pippi Longstocking, Emil are interesting, lively and understandable, despite their fabulousness, heroes. Strange Mummy Trolls Tove Janson are curious anthropomorphic creatures in a complex, fairytale world that sleep in winter and stay awake in summer, provide a huge amount of food for the imagination of an eight-year-old child. Clive Lewis's Narnia should not be left aside. A kind, beautiful fairy tale about a magical land with its own laws, rules, where ordinary, very positive English children go, has fascinated more than one generation.
Well, if we talk about Russian storytellers, one cannot but recall the wonderful Alexander Sharov. His fairy tales "The Pea Man and the Simpleton", "Dandelion Boy and Three Keys" are somewhat reminiscent of the stories of Astrid Lindgren. His stories are magical, poignant and sad. They will teach your child to empathize with the heroes and will carry him into an amazing subtle magical world.
