Spec me errr...... Lord of the Rings books

loki · 01-11-2009, 21:16

I am after getting Lord of the Rings for Alexander for Xmas. The thing is it's not a book (or set of books) that I think a seven year old could easily pick up and appreciate. Nor do I think me reading it to him would do it justice.

So I am after a childrens version of the LoTR Trilogy suitable and readable for a seven year old. He has seen the movies and he really likes the story. An I doing the written work an injustice or is it a little too heavy for a 7 year old ?

Feek · 01-11-2009, 21:29

It's too heavy for me and I'm significantly older than 7! I find it almost biblical in style and it's one of the few books I've ever struggled with. I can't read it (them).

Pheebs · 01-11-2009, 21:39

I read them when I was about 14 and although I didn't fully get it, followed the basics. But 7 year old? Waaaay too heavy.

A triology that's perhaps simpler and yet still enjoyable would be the Dark Materials series... might be a bit easier but I still think it's quite heavy? (It's the ones with The Golden Compass, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass). I dunno, depends what level your kiddy is at reading, would have been the kind of book I had read to me each evening by my Pa

Dymetrie · 01-11-2009, 21:40

Graphic novel of The Hobbitt as a starter for the lad?

I enjoyed it

loki · 01-11-2009, 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

Graphic novel of The Hobbitt as a starter for the lad?

I enjoyed it

Oh linkage please Dym if you have it

Flibster · 01-11-2009, 22:11

Linky

Close enough?

Jingo · 01-11-2009, 23:42

I'd certainly recommend the Hobbit first and for him to then see how he gets on.

I don't know of a 'simplified version' of the LOTR, if anything would even exist; although I do know that the series is actually 10 books, and to buy the set of 10 would perhaps be easier to 'digest' than the substantially chunkier trilogy versions

I would have personally thought LOTR to be too linguistically advanced for the average 7 year old, but that could change entirely if the book was being read to them maybe ?

Treefrog · 02-11-2009, 02:09

Another vote for The Hobbit here. I read LoTR when I was 11 or 12 but, as my Dad once said, I'd read the back of the sauce bottle if there was nothing else to read!

Pheebs · 02-11-2009, 09:15

Oooh I forgot about The Hobbit! Good plan peoples!!

Matblack · 02-11-2009, 10:06

No one has mentioned CS Lewis yet? This is THE set of books for a 7 year old, a good reader will be able to take them up themselves so they are a great transition from being read to to reading, along with The Hobbit they were my first real books not counting stuff prescribed by school

MB

01-11-2009, 21:16	#1
loki Vodka Martini Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 871	Spec me errr...... Lord of the Rings books I am after getting Lord of the Rings for Alexander for Xmas. The thing is it's not a book (or set of books) that I think a seven year old could easily pick up and appreciate. Nor do I think me reading it to him would do it justice. So I am after a childrens version of the LoTR Trilogy suitable and readable for a seven year old. He has seen the movies and he really likes the story. An I doing the written work an injustice or is it a little too heavy for a 7 year old ? __________________ PC & Console LAN 9th-11th July

01-11-2009, 21:29	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	It's too heavy for me and I'm significantly older than 7! I find it almost biblical in style and it's one of the few books I've ever struggled with. I can't read it (them). __________________

01-11-2009, 21:39	#3
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	I read them when I was about 14 and although I didn't fully get it, followed the basics. But 7 year old? Waaaay too heavy. A triology that's perhaps simpler and yet still enjoyable would be the Dark Materials series... might be a bit easier but I still think it's quite heavy? (It's the ones with The Golden Compass, Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass). I dunno, depends what level your kiddy is at reading, would have been the kind of book I had read to me each evening by my Pa __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

01-11-2009, 21:40	#4
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	Graphic novel of The Hobbitt as a starter for the lad? I enjoyed it __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

01-11-2009, 22:11	#6
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Linky Close enough? __________________

01-11-2009, 23:42	#7
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	I'd certainly recommend the Hobbit first and for him to then see how he gets on. I don't know of a 'simplified version' of the LOTR, if anything would even exist; although I do know that the series is actually 10 books, and to buy the set of 10 would perhaps be easier to 'digest' than the substantially chunkier trilogy versions I would have personally thought LOTR to be too linguistically advanced for the average 7 year old, but that could change entirely if the book was being read to them maybe ? __________________

02-11-2009, 02:09	#8
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	Another vote for The Hobbit here. I read LoTR when I was 11 or 12 but, as my Dad once said, I'd read the back of the sauce bottle if there was nothing else to read! __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

02-11-2009, 09:15	#9
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Oooh I forgot about The Hobbit! Good plan peoples!! __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

02-11-2009, 10:06	#10
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	No one has mentioned CS Lewis yet? This is THE set of books for a 7 year old, a good reader will be able to take them up themselves so they are a great transition from being read to to reading, along with The Hobbit they were my first real books not counting stuff prescribed by school MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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