What book are you reading, ιf' - Iff you read books

[Qactus]

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids?
If not, do yo know any similar book?

I generally stay away from adapted/simplified children's editions, since there usually are plenty of really good books that were intended for children in the first place.
In your specific case I'd highly recommend The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt as well as its sequel The Secrets of the Wild Wood.

 

[Kyriakos]

Wouldn't The Hobbit somewhat work in that role?

 

[tjs282]

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids?
If not, do yo know any similar book?

I really enjoyed Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain when I was about that age. (That was shortly before Disney made The Black Cauldron, a fairly awful mashup of the first two books in the series).

My boys (aged 6 and 8 at the time) liked them too, when we did the entre pentalogy as bedtime stories (but you do have to do different voices for each character!).

 

[EgonSpengler]

I finished Imperial Earth (1975) by Arthur C. Clarke. Can't recommend it. A real slog that hints at something interesting near the end, and then ends. Oh well. Nobody bats 1.000, I guess.

 

[Arakhor]

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids?
If not, do yo know any similar book?

Wouldn't The Hobbit somewhat work in that role?

Yup. That's The Hobbit, which was incidentally the first book I ever bought, back when I was nine years old.

 

[Takhisis]

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids?

Peter Jackson's.

If not, do yo know any similar book?

Tolkien himself said that C.S. Lewis' Narnia books were of that, uhm, índole.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, by Robert Sapolsky. It’s compelling.

 

[tjs282]

Tolkien himself said that C.S. Lewis' Narnia books were of that, uhm, índole.

Yeah, I guess, kind of ... Although unless one is already a Believer, or otherwise enjoys being preached at, I'd recommend stopping at least one book before The Last Battle.

The film adaptations weren't too bad, though.

 

[Arakhor]

The Prince Caspian film had an entirely unnecessary romance shoehorned in for no apparent reason. The siege at the end was overly dramatic, but at least that was there to provide a spectacular climax.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Tolkien himself said that C.S. Lewis' Narnia books were of that, uhm, índole.

I loved the Narnia series as a child, and they still have a special place in my heart, even though the casual racism / Western chauvinism getting increasingly noticeable on every reread soured my experience.

 

[Takhisis]

As compared to the swarthy, slant-eyed hordes coming from the East in Sauron's support during the War of the Ring?

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

As compared to the swarthy, slant-eyed hordes coming from the East in Sauron's support during the War of the Ring?

I've not read beyond The Fellowship of the Ring now

In fact, I'm just about to start The Two Towers

 

[Gori the Grey]

Peter Jackson's.

Sick burn, dude.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Does exist any Lord of the rings edition adapted to 8-10 years old kids?
If not, do yo know any similar book?

I read the full version to my 8-10 year old son. The Redwall series is wonderful for that age group or even a bit younger.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

If not, do yo know any similar book?

You could try The Wheel of Time, though it is inferior to Lord of the Rings, and there's 10 more books in the series if the kid takes a fancy to the first one.

 

[PhroX]

I read the full version to my 8-10 year old son. The Redwall series is wonderful for that age group or even a bit younger.

Loved the Redwall books when I was a kid. Definitely second this recommendation. EULALIA!!!!!!

 

[Kyriakos]

I loved the tv series, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, back when I was in elementary.

 

[Somebody613]

Yup. That's The Hobbit, which was incidentally the first book I ever bought, back when I was nine years old.

Me two (I mean, that was my introduction into Tolkien)! And also incidentally, the "bigger stage" books (or movies) somehow... failed to impress me, lol.
Probably because Bilbo is about first-person adventures, while Frodo is more about watching someone play Warcraft, which isn't too interesting to READ (or, it seems, to WATCH either).
Well, that's how I feel about the difference, yeah.

 

[tjs282]

The BBC series? Ahhh... That might actually have been what I was thinking of when I wrote the post above. But the first movie (which is the only one that I've seen, of the three(?) that were made) was also pretty faithful to the book, IIRC (this time!).

 

[Arakhor]

The film was pretty good, yes. The 1980s adaptation of TLtW&tW was also really good for its time.