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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
I needed a different answer option... I wasn't sure what to pick!
I have three kids aged 5-8. The oldest one is a voracious reader in both English and Hawaiian, the other two love to have books read to them in English, or to read books in Hawaiian themselves (they have not yet had formal English reading instruction, but I'm working on it!). As there is a dearth of Hawaiian ebooks out there, we won't be getting one for that purpose. 
Although my 8yo has expressed interest in having a reader like mine, I'm not in any hurry to get one. I want him to continue enjoying pbooks from the library for the time being. I want him to continue enjoying the experience of going to the library, browsing, picking out books, lugging them home, etc. I still enjoy that experience as well, as our library collection does not yet include many of my favorite authors.
I think he is mostly responsible enough to take care of it, but he has younger siblings who most certainly aren't. There is also not a huge collection of books available for his reading level. I am considering letting him read a few books on mine, if I can bear to hand mine over long enough , but that would be it for now. I probably wouldn't consider getting him one until later teenage years, or maybe until he saved up enough of his own money for one. |
A lot of Beverly Cleary's books are available. I read those to my 7 year old grandson a lot.