Moxie Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I saw the Who Was.. series on Amazon and would love a review. They would be for a reall bright, ADHD 7yo boy. ETA: Can anybody compare them to the "Getting to Know.." series by Mike Venezia?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I just picked one up from the used bookstore. I haven't read it yet but I was looking through it and looks really good. Hopefully the kids will like it but they were flipping through and told me to buy it so we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Um_2_4 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 My 9yo read a couple and said they are less "exciting/funny" than the ones by Venezia and a bit harder read when I just asked him. I would give the Venezia to my 7yo, but not the "Who Was " series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 My dd loves those books, and she hardly loves anything. I'm not sure if she'd have read them independently yet at 7, but that depends a lot on the kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Sometimes I wonder where I've been. Apparently not at the library? :tongue_smilie: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/youngreaders/minisites/who_was/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Several of the titles are available on audible.com for only a couple of dollars. Not bad since most are an hour or longer. Thought I would share in case anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobeknofret Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 We used the DaVinci and the Walt Disney ones, and ds loved the DaVinci one. They're a reasonable price and they seemed to hold his interest, as long as I broke them up into short chunks for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyK Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 The audible audios are good. We really enjoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 We love this series and own many of them. Just last week I read aloud the Harriet Tubman book as a part of our US History study. For our music study this year, we will be reading Louis Armstrong (our current book), Bob Dylan, and The Beatles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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