justme824 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 My son just finished The Hound of Baskervilles and is asking for more. Can someone point some out to me? TIA :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 A quick google or Amazon search will have you all set up. Start with A Study in Scarlet because that is the first, and covers the meeting of Holmes and Watson. They are prob all at your local library. I can't imagine anything in any of them not be appropriate for a 5th grader. I read them all myself when I was in 5th and 6th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I believe all of them should be appropriate. The Irene Adler story (Scandal in Bohemia) has some suggested indecency but it's so subtle it wasn't until I was in my 30's that I figured it out. I recommend starting with A Study in Scarlet because that's where we are first introduced to Holmes and Watson. Oops. Looks like RedSquirrel and I posted at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 My hubby bought this book so my boys read it. Not sure if it is among the best though. The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0890090572 The same book for free at archive.org https://archive.org/details/originalillustra00cast ETA: Kids knew about marijuana through the news on legalizing marijuana in California so they knew drugs exist. My childhood neighborhood had gangs and drugs so drugs and SWAT was something everyone in the area knew about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 ITA with Study in Scarlet. There are details about Holmes and Watson that are important to know. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I can't imagine anything in any of them not be appropriate for a 5th grader. Well, aside from the murders! Ha. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Well, aside from the murders! Ha. ;) And Holmes' drug addiction. ;) I think it was The Sign of Three that I read recently which has the whole first chapter about how cocaine is good for him and why he uses it to clarify his mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 He definitely is an addict. The finite amount of material that can fit in the brain! That image has stuck with me, even though I reject it, it stays in my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 And Holmes' drug addiction. ;) I think it was The Sign of Three that I read recently which has the whole first chapter about how cocaine is good for him and why he uses it to clarify his mind. That's "The Sign of the Four." :-) Holmes's use of cocaine would not deter me from allowing my children to read the books, though. He discusses it in that chapter, Watson expresses his disapproval, and they move on. Although it is mentioned a couple of other times, it is mostly a non-issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 That's "The Sign of the Four." :-) Holmes's use of cocaine would not deter me from allowing my children to read the books, though. He discusses it in that chapter, Watson expresses his disapproval, and they move on. Although it is mentioned a couple of other times, it is mostly a non-issue. Yes, I missed a sign. :0 FWIW, I would let my kids read it too at some point, but I would enjoy the heads up to discuss the issue. For me, I skipped it with my kids now - but they are quite little and they don't know anything about cocaine yet, and I am not interested in discussing it yet (and they utterly idolize Holmes and we already talk about the smoking and alcohol, I figure that is enough for now). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I read some of them in 3rd grade after a big blow-up between my ultra conservative father and much more liberal mother. I think the drug issues went totally over my head. For an older child I (very liberal) would still discuss the issues prior to them reading any of the books. I also agree with reading them in order, which I didn't get to do:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 There are some great kid friendly spin offs - we enjoyed the Enola Holmes books - a younger sister to Sherlock. Lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Our ds read & loved SH at that age. Some of the episodes of "Sherlock" are great spin-offs of these stories. However, some of them (esp. in the later seasons) are a bit PG-13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I think it's depressing that Watson just came back from Afghanistan when he first meets Holmes. I think this would have a closer connection to a child nowadays than when I was a child. In the tv show Murdoch Mysteries, set at the turn of the 20th C., there is occasional cocaine usage and it's just sort of hilarious to me. In fact, most of their medical treatment is alarming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 There are some great kid friendly spin offs - we enjoyed the Enola Holmes books - a younger sister to Sherlock. Lots of fun! DD loves these books. I highly recommend them also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Project Gutenberg has them all for free. The phone/tablet app is called Goot eBooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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