literature for children?

Question

I am looking for any interesting book or any short story to be interesting for a girl of ten.Please help me.

Answer 1

a girl of ten will have her own ideas. Take her with you if this is a possibility. She will likely remember you forever. Otherwise, get her a gift cert. A reader likes to pick their read. I'm glad you have a reader to buy for.

Answer 2

Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadowtheives (these are stories of how Peter Pan became Peter Pan and are geared toward this age), Any Narnia, Eragon and/or Eldest but only if she is a strong reader. The Spiderwick Chronicles (short, easier read but good), Artemis Fowl Series (Be sure to start at the beginning), The Bartemauis Trilogy (3 books by Jonathan Stroud ...again for a strong reader), Harry Potter of course, Magic Tree House Series (this is a little easier read but there are all sorts of adventures to choose from), Anything by Meg Cabot wrote Princess Diaries, or any of the American Girls series.

Good Luck

Answer 3

I loved the Little House on the Prairie series, The Singing Tree, The Chronicles of Narnia, and the Boxcar Children. It'd be great if you could get her interested in challenging books now because it will help her in high school. Old classics usually have great vocab words too.

Answer 4

* Charlotte's Web (you can also see the movie and compare it to the book)
* Little House on the Prairie (the whole series)
* Paddington Bear (the whole series)
* Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene (the whole series)
* A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engel
* The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (I didn't like the cartoon movie, but it could be used for comparison)

For a more advanced assignment, you could compare "Pocahontas," as in the Walt Disney movie, to a real biography on Pocahontas that is historically factual. I think skills in media education are becoming increasingly important, since kids are constantly bombarded by media messages, but it depends how advanced or interested the student is in a topic, or in analyzing media in general to distinguish artistic interpretation from historical or factual content. This would be a very advanced assignment, since it requires higher abstract thinking, usually more appropriate for middle or high school. But if your ten-year-old shows promise, interest or curiosity in this area, I would encourage early exploration in media literacy and education.

Answer 5

A librarian or the girl's school teacher can help. Here's a short list of titles and authors you might want to look into:

"Mirette on the High Wire" by Emily Arnold McCully
"Felita" by Nicholasa Mohr
"The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynn Cherry
"City Green" by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
"And then There Was One: The Mysteries of Extinction" by Margary Facklam
"The Storyteller" by Joan Weisman
"Sleeping Ugly" by Jane Yolen
"If You Say So, Calude" by Joan Lowery Nixon
"Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" by Verna Aardema
"The Tiger, the Persimmon and the Rabbit's Tail" by Suzanne Crowder Han
"The Dark Thrity" by Patricia C. McKissack
"The Boy Who Drew Cats" by Arthur A. Levine
"Dolphin Adventure" by Wayne Grover
"Buffalo Woman" by Paul Goble
"The Talking Eggs" by Robert D. San Souci
"The Gold Coin" by Alma Flor Ada
"Sato and the Elephants" by Juanita Hill
"Night Dive" by Ann McGovern
"Volcano: the Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens" by Patricia Lauber
"Think Like an Eagle: At Work with a Wildlife Photographer" by Kathryn Lasky
"Bees Dance and Whales Sing" by Margery Facklam
"Hidden Worlds: Pictures of the Invisible" by Seymour Simon

Answer 6

I sell Award-winning children's books - both educational and fiction. Here are some of the books I think would be great for a 10 year-old girl, by category (I have a ten year-old daughter as well!!) :

Short Stories/Fiction:
-Sandy Lane Stables Series (about horses)
-Ballerina Dreams Series
-Paperback Classics (Adventures of Ulysses, Treasure Island, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick and more, ALL age-appropriate)

Reference/Non-Fiction
-->Internet-Linked Children's Encyclopedia
-->Internet-Linked Book of Knowledge (Information about science and technology, earth's structure and landscapes, the human body, plants and animals, timelines with w/key dates in world history, world records, star charts and space facts.)
-->Peoples of the World
-->Encyclopedia of Planet Earth
-->Internet Linked Children's World Atlas

In Between!
-->Greek myths and Legends
-->True Adventure Stories (collections of thrilling adventure stories, based on actual life events - Ideal for reluctant readers)

Take care, Andrea in NJ [e-mail]

Answer 7

I loved the book The mixed up files of Mrs basil e frankwiler. I also enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time. Classics are always great too. The adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Answer 8

I was ten a looooong time ago, but this is what I loved:

Caddie Woodlawn

All the Marguerite Henry horse books: Misty of Chincoteague, and Justin Morgan had a Horse, and on and on

Tom's Midnight Garden (mysterious time travel)

Homer Price, several books

Beverley Cleary, several books

Answer 9

Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell He also has other good books
The Big Wave - Pearl Buck
Where the Red Fern Grows - Rawls
Gossamer - Lois Lowry and any of her other books
The Hole in the Wall-Marguerite de Angeli
The Bronze Bow - Speare

Answer 10

I love the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. That is good for that age group.

There are also the American Girl history stories about the dolls.