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A young adult, middle grade, and classic book blog! Twitter account run by Briana: Tolkien, Doctor Who, medieval lit fan.

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@John_Barach I guess it depends why they want to draw. I assume most kids want to draw because they literally want to do the drawing part, not because they want a picture of something. If they just want a picture of a giraffe, they can Google it. They wouldn't be trying to draw one.

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@exceeding_love You can theoretically write about anything interesting about yourself, but the general consensus is the readers really want you to write about a struggle.

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@jolinsdell Hope you feel better soon!

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Was There a Recent Past Where "Everyone" Read and Loved the Classics? https://t.co/Qij7z9uBX9

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@GovernorAnne I think about this a lot. There's a narrative you can have six kids if you just don't go on vacation and don't sign up for sports and thrift your clothes. But you still need food, healthcare, room for the kids, diapers, school supplies, etc.

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The Correspondent by Virginia Evans https://t.co/wDv5vPc3D0

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I think teens can understand things fine even if it's not how an adult would. But that is in terms of themes. In terms of pure historical context, I know someone who taught P&P to college students recently, and they were baffled by all the historical things like characters' jobs.

[Dr Vicki Bier @BierVicki]

@shaydeofgold Jane Austen esp is incomprehensible to teenagers

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@larissaphillip But as a kid who "got it" quickly I did hate the whole thing and really hated "what is the lesson" questions when a story didn't necessarily even have a "lesson" as such.

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The problem is that this is a skill that needs to be taught but gets old if you're a young kid who is good at it and doesn't need the repetitive practice. Also the books picked do all seem to have the same message like "be a good friend." At least in my experience.

[Larissa Phillips @larissaphillip]

Possibility: maybe making elementary-age kids keep reading journals in which they have to answer the same tedious questions (What do you predict will happen next? How did these actions make you feel? What do you think the main character is thinking?) night after night after night is part of the problem.

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@larissaphillip In elementary school this is especially true because being able to sound out words and read what they say is a different skill from understanding what you sounded out, and teachers have to check for comprehension.

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@CivicNatalist I think reading for pleasure is down a concerning amount but agree the idea that all kids used to read all day before phones & the Internet is completely wrong. It was never "everyone" who loved to read. Neither of my parents did & they had no Internet. They just played outside.

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@AsChiWasSayin @flower4taylor My college was extremely strict about fire hazards because the res life director had previously been at a college where students died in a dorm fire. I don't know of anyone "snitching" about banned items, but maybe people who do have legit concerns.

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Going to start an account where I just post sensationalist things that aren't true at all like, "OMG did you know schools don't even HAVE books at all these days? Kids graduate from eighth grade never having seen a book! Save school libraries!" so I can start racking up likes.

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This weeks Fantasy with Friends asks whether we prefer Stand-alones or series, and little miss indecisive over here obviously had to say both! https://t.co/JhpZD5y8YL

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@NAllison89 I think adults are too focused on kids/teens understanding a book the exact same way they would. The teen's POV is different not necessarily wrong.

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I lost the post but saw someone talking about how they probably became a reader because their parents barely let them leave the house, and I had the same experience. Home all summer and you don't go anywhere and you aren't in any sports/activities. I read a lot.

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Was There a Recent Past Where "Everyone" Read and Loved the Classics? https://t.co/Qij7z9uBX9

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@SketchesbyBoze I loved reading classics as a kid, but I disliked half the books on this list. The real key to getting kids to read is realizing there's no magic single book everyone likes, and you may have to branch out from recommending books that YOU personally like.

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@rightscholar I am always confused when posts like this get lots of comments like, "Exactly! I like to READ books, not actually think about or understand what they say!" Not sure that is something I would go around proclaiming like it's a good thing....