Which books will appeal to children 9 and 10 years old (and a little 14) and why it is important to read books
My eldest son, already a big one - he is 14 years old, and he reads quite adult books: he mastered the entire Fandorin cycle, swallowed The Master and Margarita in three days, alternates Agatha Christie detectives with fantasy. He has always been an omnivorous reader - from science fiction to encyclopedias. In this, his imagination developed and it served in the future for writing a written work. When something didn’t work out, I used the resource https://editius.com/academic-proofreading/ to write an essay. This is a very good way to keep developing your imagination.
But the younger one, (he is ten) has quite pronounced preferences. From the freshly read, but already beloved: “Gymnasium No. 13” by Zhvalevsky and Pasternak, “Being a Cat” by Matt Haig, “Tim Thaler” by James Crews, “Emil and the Detectives” by Erich Kestner, “Land of Salty Rocks” by Sat-Ok, the trilogy “Books started” by John Stevens (by the way, it goes well after “Harry Potter”), “Momo” by Michael Ende and “Kees, admiral of tulips”.
I once asked my nine-year-old daughter to make a list of books she would recommend to her best friend. Here's what she did: "The Little Princess" by Frances Burnett, two books by Kate Di Camillo "The Amazing Journey of Edward Rabbit" and "Thank You, Winn-Dixie", "Dog Dog" by Daniel Pennak, fairy tales by Oscar Wilde. And in addition to Momo by Michael Ende, I want to mention The Neverending Story - it's an incredible book, just fantastic. Many people know her from the film, but this is the case when the book is not just better: the film is just a film, and Ende's book is a whole world, huge and fascinating.