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I’m still knitting the same cowl, and reading the same book (which I am enjoying.) I thought I might share something that my boys have been having a lot of fun reading lately. I never would have thought I would purchase graphic novels for my children. I didn’t grow up reading them, and I am just not very familiar with them in general. But, one of my boys struggles with reading and doesn’t typically choose to read on his own. I noticed him picking up these Tintin books every week at piano lessons, and when I realized he was actually reading them, not just looking at the pictures, I bought some for our family. We have several of the books in the Tintin series now, and one of the boys’ favorites is Red Rackham’s Treasure. I’m happy that they are motivating my reluctant reader to read!
Love the Tintin books! I have a daughter with Down syndrome and they are her favorites. The Asterix graphic novels are a lot of fun too.
Your cowl is going to be so pretty, the pattern is on my ever growing queue. Those are two of my favourite colours!
^ I saw someone else posted about the redwall series, those were what helped my reluctant reader. Thank you for hosting us again today. I look forward to it.
My little brother struggled to read as well and loves the TinTin books! Great choice for those younger boys.
Nice work, cowl and reluctant reader. Congratulations on your new little heartbeat too!
I remember enjoying TinTin as a child. How wonderful your son is enjoying them. Peter was a reluctant reader too so I know the thrill of coming across something that inspires the joy of reading. Now he has a few favorites, TinTin is one, Redwall, and Hardy Boys are the others.
I love the colors in your cowl. Makes me feel like drinking in the scent of a newborn baby’s sweet noggin. Such precious hues.
I loved Tintin books as a child, brilliant and funny, my eldest loves them too.
I love the colors in that cowl. I think I’ll have to find those books for my boys!
A friend of mine has been talking about TinTin and how much her boys love it. I had never heard of it before!
My children enjoy the zita space girl graphic books by Ben hatke. Your reluctant reader might be inspired by these too. My one reluctant reader is 🙂
My sons loved the Tintin books- great way to encourage reading!
What a good idea! I need to look for those books for my sons (one of whom is a VERY reluctant reader).
I love TinTin! What a great idea, Ginny.
When you first posted that you were reading The Devil’s Advocate, I was really confused because I thought it was the book from the Al Pacino movie that was kind of terrifying. So glad it’s not that!
p.s. when do we get to start guessing baby names? 🙂
in about six weeks, after our ultrasound! so far, we don’t have any definite favorites.
we have tintin as well. the boys love them. 🙂
My third child struggled with some dyslexia and was a late reader. Tintin is what really got him hooked on reading. I wouldn’t recommend just any comics to do this, but Herge is good, clean, smart fun. What also helped were audio books, because they can listen to vocabulary they are not yet ready to read and store it away for future use. When they come across a difficult reading word later they are more likely to make an accurate “guess” at pronunciation, usage and definition because they have heard the word used correctly in context. I would often read his schoolwork – history, religion, science – aloud to him so he wouldn’t be struggling with the act of reading AND comprehension all at once. Then I would have him read the same lesson to himself or aloud to me. He had more confidence with difficult words because he remembered them from hearing them from my reading. It decreased his frustration with reading tremendously.
My reluctant readers have also enjoyed Graphic Novels and I was also apprehensive at first. We still get audio novels and the hard copy to follow along with for my younger son with Dyselxia from the library which have been a great help as well.
Love you knit!
My son loves TinTin. I used to read them when i was a kid. Around here we also read Asterix et Obelix. They’re fantastic books.
Oh gosh, we have that TinTin book from my husband’s childhood that we acquired. What a tortuous book! The kids love it but I have to read the whole thing in one sitting! And all that smoking and drinking!
We love Tintin here too! Asterix and the Chester Comix series are favorites as well. Your cowl is lovely.
very nice! great to have books for all types of readers!
Although my oldest is an avid reader, he too loves comics. My daughter is a late reader. She is finding greater confidence in her ability through comics. And my youngest is beginning to read them a bit as well. I never was a fan as a youth, but see how much all my kiddos now love them. We also enjoy Asterix and the Disney comics (Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, etc). The comics also bring up great discussions in our house.
Asher had a lot of difficulty reading, and he eased into it with graphic novels: Tintin, Asterix and Bone. He still loves them, but has also moved on to other things as well. We often check them out from the library, but I do review them as our library doesn’t do a very good job of sorting them according to what might be age appropriate. Some them do get a bit, ahem, graphic at times. That said, there are some really wonderful ones available, and it is a very different medium with its own strengths and charms.
And of course, so thrilled about your news. xo.
oh yes, we love TinTin Adventures. They are great!
… and what beautiful news about your pregnancy. All the best and blessings for you!
Love from
Isla (in Germany)
We love Tintin around here! They are a bit outdated, but great for early readers.
My boys are big Tintin lovers. Have you discovered Moomin yet?
My husband loves graphic novels. He’s told me before that lots of kids who struggle with reading find that they can handle reading graphic novels. Many of the children learn to love reading through graphic novels and then will branch out to unillustrated books. I’m glad to hear that your son is learning to love reading this way.
TinTin is classic literature! We love those books!
The TinTin books are wonderful! I grew up with them, and then all three of my children have each, in turn, become comfortable with reading, thanks to TinTin. 🙂
I grew up with Tintin around, although in the case of my family it was my dad who collected the graphic novels and also bought the cassettes with the stories. When my sister and me were old enough, we were allowed to listen to the cassettes, but never to touch my dad´s precious graphic novels 🙂 Luckily we were totally into books and had plenty.
With my Godchild I also experience that she never cared about books, but likes magazines as they provide shorter texts.
TinTin and Asterix — I’m not a big graphic novel fan, but these are a staple for my boys!
My 8yo daughter is a voracious reader and she loves graphic novels. I was never drawn to them (being a voracious reader myself), so I was doubtful of them at first. The creativity they inspire is pretty awesome. I find my daughter now creating panels and stories of her own and I encourage it every chance I get. We also found that comic books are a big hit, though I struggle more with those finding something kid-appropriate.
Lovely picture and knitting, as always! Congratulations on the wonderful news:)
My son struggles with reading too, and has taken to mangas. When he picks up a new one in a series he sits and devours it! I look at it as just another form of reading.
Congratulations on your beautiful news! I was happy to read it. You’re blessed with such a large family! We just welcomed our fourth and can’t imagine life without her. I think my son would love Tintin, too…we’re hoping to find some Asterix and Obelix, as well! Graphic novels are a great start for reluctant readers. We also loved “The Arrival” by Shaun Tan…gave us SO much to talk about (it’s all illustrations and requires much inference…our six year old LOVED it).
Love the colors for that cowl!
My kids love graphic novels, and the Tintin ones are great. You might be able to find historical graphic novels at your library. One of my kids is currently reading one about Gettysburg.
One on my boy’s struggled with reading, but loved South Carolina Wildlife magazines, I used them for his reading lessons. Whatever works!
I’m a firm believer in whatever gets them to read, put it in front of them! I’m glad you found something that draws your son in. Lovely cowl ~ such soft colors. I really like them. 🙂
I have a 6 year old who loves reading Tintin too, have you seen Asterix?, I think is good too.
Your cowl looks great.
Yes! We have a few of those as well.
I liked them as a kid too, and also Mafalda, but I don’t think that is available in English.
Your cowl *is* lovely, at the risk of sounding repetitive.
That is one of our favorite Tintin books!!! It caused the demise of one of my old paperback Wodehouse books once, when my boys found it falling to pieces and continued the progress by ripping it up to produce the “secret documents” found in “The Unicorn”!
Ginny,
Thank you so much for sharing about the graphic novels – I know they would be enjoyed here as well I have been a bit reluctant too.
the cowl is looking nice!
yay for Tintin!! Never mind, today is the first Wednesday in WEEKS that I am actually sharing a new project and a new book…..
Tin Tin is a favorite in our home!
I’m working on the seashore cowl, too. Yours is lovely!!
Aw, I love Tintin! Those are such fun books. Your cowl is looking lovely!