My second son wasn’t big on reading. At first he didn’t feel a need
to learn to read because his book loving big brother would always read
to him. Finally, we got him to start reading and although he would be
proud to show his skill to his uncle or grandma, he didn’t spend a lot
of time with books. We struggled with finding just the right amount of
reading for him during his school lessons and even then there was no
other reading outside of what was required in school. For a time, the
only thing that worked was comics. We would offer him Garfield, Charlie
Brown and then Foxtrot. The smaller amount of text was just enough to
keep him reading on the sidelines.
One day he discovered the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. This series
is about a clan of cats, in the wild, and their many adventures with
each other, and with humans. Suddenly he was hooked! In no time he
devoured the first 6 books of the series, and then went on to the next
ones. I wasn’t sure what the draw was but of course I was not going to
complain when he would ask me if he could take time to read, or if I
could buy him another book!
Recently, I was emailing with a friend who was looking for some
books. Her daughter, a reluctant reader, was finally reading, and she
wanted to keep the flow of books coming. She asked if I had any of the
Warriors series by Erin Hunter! Isn’t that interesting that two
reluctant readers found the joy of reading with the same books! Kudos to
Erin Hunter an obviously awesome writer.
So I set to work to find the series for my friend – but was not
allowed to take them from my son’s shelf, because even now at the age of
17, he is still fond of the series.
Here is the Amazon link to Erin Hunter’s great books Warriors
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