Reading the classics is great experience when they are well-written. Sure, it's challenging but we want their brains to be stretched a lot more than Diary of a Wimpy Kid, right?
A Christmas Carol: In prose, being a ghost story of Christmas
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Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
The granddaddy of Christmas stories.
Why We Rated This
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of A Christmas Carol: In prose, being a ghost story of Christmas was written by Matt Berman
Parents need to know that the original text is a real challenge for today's young readers, and for most kids this book works best as a read-aloud, with lots of discussion and explanation along the way.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Dickens' ideas about the effects of ignorance and want, and about compassion and generosity of spirit. Also worth talking about is Scrooge himself. What is so bad about him, and what made him the way he is? Does his transformation make sense?
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Book Summary
The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge some of the events in his life that led him to become the person he is. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows him what Christmas Day is like for those he knows, and for strangers. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him where his actions are leading him, and others. Together they engender in him a recognition of his faults and a resolve to change his life.
Is It Any Good?
Publisher’s Details
Number of pages: 118, Price: $18.85 (hardcover)
Read Aloud: 9, Read Alone: 12
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
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For good readers over age 9.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
A Christmas Carol is a story that we've all heard...over and over and over. The language is good, the descriptions intriguing, and Dickens' literary style is beautiful, as always, but lets face it: the story isn't anything that we, or Dickens for that matter have heard a million times before. If you want to read something by Charles Dickens that's good, go read A Tale of Two Cities, and at least get a new story out of it.

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