K-12 Reading Poll

[author_by_night]

Okay. I'm going to attempt a cut yet again.

This poll is on what books you read between preschool and grade twelve - if you're unfamiliar with the American School system, that's age three through age seventeen/eighteen.

I didn't include grade level. Well, they are in order with some grade level/age in mind, but truthfully, everyone reads books at a different rate, and everyone's version of "grade level" differs. I know people who thought I was very mature for reading Baby-Sitter's club at eight years old; I know others who stopped reading them at seven years old. Same with Harry Potter - I've seen reading lists with Harry Potter for third graders and lists with Harry Potter for sixth graders.

I got some of these books out of memory, and some from lists. I tried to keep it as not-exclusively-American as possible, but some of these books are not too specific with their location (such as The Giver), and others, I have no idea what they are about, let alone where they come from. Plus, I used to live in Europe, and I read a lot of these American books.

Please do share other books you've read - my aim is to see what books kids read, and when. I was well read when I was younger, yet I never once touched most of the books I see on the book lists. (I keep seeing books that I've never heard of, and don't know if I don't remember them, or if they were never read to me, or if they were published when I'd outgrown that level).

ETA: You can pick a book you read then, or one you've read recently.

Okay, pray the cut works.


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Comments

[ehnel.livejournal.com]

Have a sudden worry I've messed up the poll - I ticked Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty/etc because I assumed you meant just the fairy tales - in Grimms - but now it occurs to me maybe you meant some individual books or something.

Re: classic books ... I read what I like, really - I don't much care if it's considered classic or not.


I didn't include grade level. Well, they are in order with some grade level/age in mind, but truthfully, everyone reads books at a different rate, and everyone's version of "grade level" differs.

Absolutely. Everyone reads at their own rate, and should be allowed to do so. It used to be one of the things I hated most of all about being a kid - people telling me I was "too young" for a particular book. They didn't manage to stop me, though - I'd just pick up the book whenever they weren't around, and read it anyway. I read some very odd things when I was a child. Robert Heilein and L Ron Hubbard, for example. *snort*

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Re: Fairy tales - meh, I more meant individual books, but the Grimm Tales count.