DD10 has always been a big reader - in the bathroom, the car, while walking, you name it. She was on a graphic novel kick for a long time but consistently likes non fiction the best. HOWEVER, she picks out such low level books at the library. It's just baffling to me. She loves the encyclopedia-type books with loads of pictures, and today she came home with books leveled at third graders. She starts 6th grade next week! She is always in the top reading group at school and was recommended for advanced reading this year (even after being grade skipped this past Spring). I asked her awhile back why she picks such short easy books (she reads the books in a nano second and then tosses them aside). She stated something along the line of she hates to look at all the text. Is there something going on visually? The ADHD inattentive issue? Graphic novels are broken up by pictures. Younger kid books have bigger fonts. Yet, she grabbed the Harry Potter book we are reading aloud each night, and she read way ahead the other day. What gives?
