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llolly

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 8:14 pm

Anyone know which kids speak book is best for children 8 - 14 yrs old. There are 12. Thanks!

Blessing1

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 8:42 pm

They're all good. Personal stories are always interesting. I like reading them.

amother

Magenta

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 8:44 pm

All are amazing! They will love every single one!

seeker

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 10:22 pm

I consider them all basically equivalent but without having read them all I would guess that the more recent ones would be more relatable to current generation kids. My dd enjoys the ones from when I was younger, though.

amother

Denim

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 10:23 pm

As a kid I found kids speak #3 to be the scariest and #1 to have the most simple stories. Dont remember the rest

flapsmom

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 11:15 pm

NONE! I had nightmares for months as a child after reading some stories.

#BestBubby

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 11:24 pm

I think the first kid speak had the most stories - and they were shorter, more to the point.

Blessing1

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 11:26 pm

flapsmom wrote:

NONE! I had nightmares for months as a child after reading some stories.

At what age did you read the books?

flapsmom

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 11:38 pm

About eight or nine don't remember exactly

Blessing1

Tue, Aug 18 2020, 11:44 pm

flapsmom wrote:

About eight or nine don't remember exactly

I think this is a bit too young to read kids speak. I wouldn't let my 9 year old read it yet, maybe at age 10-12. There are probably some younger kids that can handle it, but I think it's geared more for pre teens.

Hashem_Yaazor

Wed, Aug 19 2020, 12:07 am

Blessing1 wrote:

Really? The characters aren't all that old, and the writing level is lower. If it's supposed to be marketed toward preteens and up, the publisher didn't really do a great job.

Signed someone who was horrified to find her 5 yo reading it. The reading level was on par with hers, but the content was way too hard. So I figured it's probably written for the average 8-9 yo.
I still remember the Malki abduction story myself... The tickle and stop breathing one... Etc

srbmom

Wed, Aug 19 2020, 12:10 am

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NONE! I had nightmares for months as a child after reading some stories.

I did too! I don't let my kids read these books, they'd be in my room every night with nightmares. You have to know your kids' personalties....

amother

Teal

Wed, Aug 19 2020, 12:21 am

I read them all as a kid. Never had a nightmare and loved them. Read People Speak when I was way too young LOL

and that was a little much.

But now as an adult (and a teacher who brings some of these stories into class on occasion) I am sometimes upset by the way some of the lessons are presented and I really don't think they're examples of good Chinuch and teaching emotional intelligence.

That said, I love the earlier volumes and the Our Heroes set

Scotty

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:09 pm

I will also say that while I loved them as a kid as an adult I'm kind of horrified at how it imprinted on me a culture gap with Israeli culture - all the social gymnastics, feuds, 'queen bee' situations and so on bewildered me as a child, disgusted me as a teen, and made me feel very remote toward Jewish Israeli society as an adult, so there's that. American societal mores differ very greatly, for better or worse. I kind of wish I wouldn't have let my own children read them because feeling distant from other Jews makes me sad.

NotInNJMommy

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 2:11 pm

My kids loved them all at that age. They are early/mid teens now and still will read them.

amother

Sapphire

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 5:45 pm

They're amazing books but way way too intense for a sensitive child.
I remember having terrible nightmares and the stories being constantly on my mind.

I reread them as an adult and laugh at myself.
Helavai such stories should make such an impression on me now. The garbage I read these days....

avrahamama

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 5:54 pm

Funny. I dislike the series. And would beg my son to have me read him something else at bedtime. He got hooked at around 7. But when I taught in elementary school I realized kids LOVE the series. And I ended up using it as writing project on how to write personal narratives.

I still feel it's a bit too heavy for kids ... But they love it.

STMommy

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 6:44 pm

There is a story in book 1 that horribly upset me...as an adult.

keym

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 7:08 pm

STMommy wrote:

There is a story in book 1 that horribly upset me...as an adult.

Which one?
My kids love the books. I see them as all the things I as a mother can be nervous or stressed out about.

STMommy

Thu, Aug 20 2020, 7:37 pm

The one where the man calls the girl by her name so she assumes he knows her and she follows him inside and....yeah.

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