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A Christmas Carol: In prose, being a ghost story of Christmas
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Not age appropriate for kids under 7, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
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 to watch out for
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What Parents Need to Know
About A Christmas Carol: In prose, being a ghost story of Christmas
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.
Read our full review by Matt Berman
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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- I rate this title off for age 2 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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