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Originally Posted by Elsi
I'm afraid I don't understand this statement. Many of the classics written for children use a more complex vocabulary than contemporary books. Whether classics or contemporary books, a child who is reading above her age/grade level may run into situations that were written for an older child, so I would recommend making sure you know what she's reading, no matter who recommends the books.
Definitely the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the various books by L M Montgomery will be very good ones for her. Consider also Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter, and just about anything from Louisa May Alcott.
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I second the above.
It really depends how intellectually developed the child is. Plus, depending on how voracious of a reader she is, she may either plow through all the titles you load by the time she is nine, or by the time she is 40. :-)
With those qualifications, and give or take a year of age, I'd also suggest stuff like
The Little Prince,
Nobody's Boy (Sans Famille), or
Heart (Cuore). All great "tear-jerkers."
