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    Non-fiction suggestions?

    My 10yr old ALWAYS has his nose in a book. Even when playing on his computer or watching TV! At school he takes every chance too. He mostly reads exciting childrens adventure stuff, and always reads all titles in a series.

    He has a range of other interests (karate, cornet, swimming - moving to competitive now), but is easily bored. He's very bright, having already got the top marks possible for the SATs he should be taking at the end of next academic year and is rapidly working his way through GCSE maths texts.

    I'm thinking that it would be good to throw the odd non-fiction title in to his reading habits. He has enjoyed Adam Hart-Davis before.

    Any suggestions?

    Cheers,

    T.
    FT.
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    Principles of Corporate Finance - Brealey & Mayers
    Modern Structured Analysis - Edward Yourdon
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    • #3
      ROFL. I think something that won't cause permanent brain damage to your average adult would be better suited. Do they do "Oligarchy for Kids"?
      FT.

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      • #4
        Most 10 y-o kids like animal non-fiction (as opposed to stories), things like safari yarns.
        Brian (the devil incarnate)

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        • #5
          Some interesting topics to read about...

          1-The solar system, discover the planets what surrounds us.

          2-Dinosaurs, it may give him an interest in Palaeontology

          3-Deep sea discoveries, what lies beneath the deep waters of our oceans, like int he BBC documentaries, except in a book?

          4-The human body and how it works, he can learn about the heart the lungs etc.

          5-Animal kingdom, read about how animals survive in their environments


          When I was a kids, my interests were in astronomy, learning about the planets and fictional creatures like big foot, the locness monster, frankenstein and last but not least...tons of mystery and detective type stories.

          Cheers,
          Elie
          Last edited by Elie; 21 February 2008, 12:27.

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          • #6
            Son Luke's favorite non-fiction work is Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer. You'll want to read the Wiki article to determine if it's age-appropriate.

            Kevin

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            • #7
              Is the Bible fiction or non-fiction? The NT, at least is a good yarn if told simply as a story in modern language for kids.
              Brian (the devil incarnate)

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              • #8
                Agreed.

                Erik roots around Margies issues of Discover & Popular Science and my issues of Scientific American, Sky & Telescope and Astronomy. If he hits a rough patch we help him over it and it's on to the next story.
                Dr. Mordrid
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                • #9
                  I'd hand him stuff written by/about the explorers of our (your... whatever ) time - thor heyerdahl (ra, kon tiki), amundson, scott, hillary (the brit, not her), cousteau, hans haas, etc.

                  mfg
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                  • #10
                    You can't go wrong with a book about volcanoes.
                    “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
                    –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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                    • #11
                      Get him to play chess
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Umfriend View Post
                        Get him to play chess
                        He's already beaten me if I don't concentrate fully.
                        FT.

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                        • #13
                          Let him loose in Doc's Science and Military Forum
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                          • #14
                            Get him on a chess club then or do what Mehen said.
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                            • #15
                              also, if he like martial arts, he can buy books written by the masters like Musashi and Oeshiba in order to learn about the philisophical aspects and how to think.

                              One comment intrigued me when Musashi said " life giving sword"

                              we had an 8th dan Iaido instructor from Japan give us a speech on Musashi and it was amazing.

                              Anyway, give it a try

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