Comments on: Books to Read Aloud to Teens https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-455499 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 10:31:21 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-455499 In reply to Jennifer.

I've not read that book so can't comment on it, specifically. Go ahead and try it! Our teens are often more sophisticated than we give them credit for!

]]> By: Jennifer https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-455492 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 22:29:29 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-455492 Wondering how The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry would be for reading to my tween/teen. I remember the book fondly from years ago when I first read it but hadn't then been thinking with the lens of how youth-appropriate it would be!

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-447376 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:50:48 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-447376 In reply to Lynne Nigalis.

I totally agree with this. Picture books can be excellent teaching tools for middle and high school students!

]]> By: Lynne Nigalis https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-447374 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:59:21 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-447374 There are so many good picture books to read aloud with tweens and teens too! As a school librarian, we've had a ton of great discussions and learning moments using these books with our students. If you'd like a list, I'd be happy to share with your readers.

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-426134 Wed, 13 May 2020 12:14:08 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-426134 In reply to YYC mom.

Thanks for sharing your experience. And my teen just read The Martian, too!

]]> By: YYC mom https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-426120 Wed, 13 May 2020 01:58:23 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-426120 When my daughter was 11 we (she and my husband and I) read aloud Pride and Prejudice, and she has reread it many times since then! It was nice to have time that was just for her, without her little brother.
We used to read aloud at bedtime, but as the kids get older and bedtimes get later, it's hard for us to make the time.

Just recently (at 13) her teacher recommended The Martian by Andy Weiss. She read and enjoyed it, and so I and her dad also read it, and now we can discuss together. (It's a great book, but there is swearing, so if that's something that will offend people, don't read it.)

]]> By: Erica https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-424712 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:20:09 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-424712 In reply to Jane Pusch.

I love that book! A Holmes mystery would be a great choice!

]]> By: Jane Pusch https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/books-to-read-aloud-to-teens/#comment-424683 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 17:19:44 +0000 https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/?p=25035#comment-424683 Love this idea! My daughter is 17 now and I think it would be fun. Middleschool was the last time we read together aloud - "The last of the really great Whangdoodles" by Julie Andrews....we took turns reading a chapter each. I'm thinking now maybe the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

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